Mariaan de Swardt

Mariaan de Swardt

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Johannesburg, South Africa Bluffton, South Carolina, U.S. Houston, Texas, U.S.
Born	18 March 1971 Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,140,865
Singles
Career record	204–136
Career titles	1 WTA 9 ITF
Highest ranking	28 (8 April 1996)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1995, 1996, 1999)
French Open	3R (1999)
Wimbledon	4R (1995)
US Open	3R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	196–131
Career titles	4 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	11 (19 October 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1996, 1999)
French Open	QF (1996)
Wimbledon	F (1999)
US Open	QF (1996)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1999)
French Open	W (2000)

Mariaan de Swardt (born 18 March 1971) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996,^[1] and was a member of the South African Fed Cup Team in 1992 and 1994–1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S. citizen.

De Swardt won two Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles competition: the 1999 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open with partner David Adams. In addition to that, she also holds four women's doubles titles and reached as high as No. 11 in the women's doubles world ranking. She has one WTA Tour singles title from 1998 and reached No. 28 in the world singles ranking in 1996.

Since retiring from tennis, she has been a commentator for Eurosport and South African television, and has coached at professional, collegiate and recreational level with her base being at Atlanta, Georgia. She now resides in Houston, Texas and is a teaching professional at the River Oaks Country Club. In 2004, she set up a non-profit charity, the Pet Care Fund, to help animals.^[2]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	10.	4 July 1999	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	Elena Tatarkova	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	31 January 1999	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	David Adams	Max Mirnyi Serena Williams	6–4, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	2.	11 Jun 2000	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	David Adams	Todd Woodbridge Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)	Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)	Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (1/0)	Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/0)	International (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	16 August 1998	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Hard	Barbara Schett	3–6, 7–6, 7–5

Doubles 9 (4–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	30 April 1995	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Iva Majoli	Larisa Savchenko Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	2.	20 May 1995	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	Kerry-Anne Guse Patricia Hy	6–3, 6–5
Runner-up	3.	4 February 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Irina Spîrlea	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	6–7, 3–6
Winner	4.	19 May 1996	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Clay	Katrina Adams	Els Callens Laurence Courtois	6–0, 6–4
Winner	5.	20 June 1998	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Jana Novotná	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natalia Zvereva	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	16 August 1998	Boston, United States	Hard	Mary Joe Fernandez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	30 August 1998	New Haven, United States	Hard	Jana Novotná	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	8.	18 October 1998	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Elena Tatarkova	Venus Williams Serena Williams	7–5, 1–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	16 January 1999	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Elena Tatarkova	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Émilie Loit	6–1, 6–2

Head vs. Head Record

• Anna Kournikova 1-0
• Martina Hingis 1-0
• Lindsay Davenport 2-0
• Venus Williams 1-0
• Steffi Graf 2-1
• Anke Huber 2-2
• Monica Seles 2-0
• Dominique Monami 1-2

References

1. Olympic results
2. "Mariaan de Swardt Biography". Retrieved 2011-11-09.

External links

• Mariaan de Swardt at the Women's Tennis Association
• Mariaan de Swardt at the International Tennis Federation
• Mariaan de Swardt at the Fed Cup