Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. She won the Italian Open at age 16, and injuries later hampered her career.

Born in Budapest, Temesvári began playing tennis at age 9. She was coached by her father Otto Temesvári and Ferenc Polyak.

Career She joined the WTA Tour in 1981 and won the Most Improved Player Award by the WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. Temesvári reached a career-high of world No. 7 in 1983. She fell out of the top 25 in 1986. At the 1986 French Open, she won the doubles title with Martina Navratilova.

She returned to the tour 1989 after a 20-month layoff due to ankle and shoulder injuries. She had two operations on ankle in March and September 1987 and then arthroscopic surgery on right shoulder in April 1988. She played for the Hungary Fed Cup team from 1983 to 1986, 1989 to 1990, and 1992. She was also a member of the Hungarian Olympic team in 1996. She retired in 1997.

During her career, she won a total of five singles titles and seven doubles titles.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1986 French Open Clay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 6–1, 6–2

WTA career finals Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) Winner — LegendGrand Slam tournamentsWTA Tour ChampionshipsTier I (0–0)Tier II (0–0)Tier III (0–0)Tier IV (0–1)Tier V (0–0)Virginia Slims, Avon, other (5–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Grass (0–0)Clay (4–1)Carpet (0–0) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 March 1982 Hershey, U.S. Hard (i) Catherine Tanvier 6–4, 6–2Loss 1–1 May 1982 Lugano, Switzerland Clay Chris Evert-Lloyd 0–6, 3–6Win 2–1 May 1983 Perugia, Italy Clay Bonnie Gadusek 6–1, 6–0Win 3–1 July 1983 Hittfeld, West Germany Clay Eva Pfaff 6–4, 6–2Win 4–1 August 1983 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Zina Garrison 6–2, 6–2Win 5–1 July 1985 Indianapolis, US Clay Zina Garrison 7–6(7–0), 6–3Loss 5–2 August 1989 Mahwah, U.S. Hard Steffi Graf 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups) Winner — LegendGrand Slam tournaments (1–0)WTA Tour Championships (0–0)Tier I (0–0)Tier II (0–2)Tier III (1–0)Tier IV (2–0)Tier V (0–0)Virginia Slims, Avon, other (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Grass (0–0)Clay (5–2)Carpet (2–1) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 October 1984 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) Andrea Leand Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková 6–1, 6–3Win 2–0 October 1985 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) Hana Mandlíková Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková 6–4, 3–6, 7–5Win 3–0 March 1986 Marco Island, U.S. Clay Martina Navratilova Kathy Jordan Elise Burgin 7–5, 6–2Loss 3–1 May 1986 Berlin, West Germany Clay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf Helena Suková 5–7, 2–6Win 4–1 May 1986 French Open Clay Martina Navratilova Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 6–1, 6–2Win 5–1 April 1989 Tampa, U.S. Clay Brenda Schultz Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank 7–6(8–6), 6–4Loss 5–2 April 1990 Amelia Island, U.S. Clay Regina Rajchrtová Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–7(5–7), 4–6Win 6–2 May 1993 Strasbourg, France Clay Shaun Stafford Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4Loss 6–3 February 1994 Paris, France Carpet (i) Mary Pierce Sabine Appelmans Laurence Courtois 4–6, 4–6Win 7–3 July 1995 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Clay Silvia Farina Elia Alexandra Fusai Wiltrud Probst 6–2, 6–2

ITF finals Legend $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 12 April 1981 Nice, France Clay Gail Lovera 2–6, 1–6Loss 2. 30 August 1981 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay Sabina Simmonds 3–6, 5–7Win 3. 6 September 1981 Bad Hersfeld, West Germany Clay Helga Lütten 4–6, 6–0, 6–4Win 4. 15 May 1994 Budapest, Hungary Clay Barbara Mulej 6–4, 6–1Win 5. 24 April 1995 Budapest, Hungary Clay Lenka Němečková 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles (4–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 10 June 1991 Érd, Hungary Clay Virág Csurgó Petra Holubová Markéta Štusková 6–1, 7–5Loss 2. 15 May 1994 Budapest, Hungary Clay Virág Csurgó Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová 2–6, 4–6Win 3. 27 February 1995 Southampton, England Carpet (i) Dominique Monami Seda Noorlander Christína Papadáki 6–4, 6–2Win 4. 2 September 1996 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Denisa Krajčovičová Petra Langrová Radka Zrubáková 0–6, 6–3, 6–3Win 5. 2 February 1997 Prostějov, Czech Republic Carpet (i) Denisa Krajčovičová Aleksandra Olsza Elena Tatarkova 6–2, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Australian Open A A A3R A NH A A3R2R A A2R A A1R A 6–5French Open1R3R4R2R1R2R A A2R3R2R A1R A1R2R A 12–12Wimbledon A3R3R4R2R A A A1R1R1R A1R A2R A A 9–9US Open A3R3R3R2R2R A A3R1R1R1R A1R1R A A 10–11 GS win–loss0–16–37–38–42–32–20–00–05–43–41–30–11–30–11–31–20–037–37Year-end ranking1463310141643NRNR431161577115313290181942

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