Elizabeth Smylie

Elizabeth Smylie

Elizabeth Smylie
Country  Australia
Born 11 April 1963 (1963-04-11) (age 48)
Perth
Retired 1997
Career prize money $1,615,247
Singles
Career record 181 - 213 (45.93%)
Career titles 2
Highest ranking 20 (September 14, 1987)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open QF (1987)
French Open 2R (1983)
Wimbledon 4R (1984, 1985)
US Open 2R (1986, 1987, 1989)
Olympic Games 1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record 483 - 215 (69.19%)
Career titles 32
Highest ranking 5 (March 28, 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open F (1993)
French Open SF (1984)
Wimbledon W (1985)
US Open F (1987)
WTA Championships W (1990)
Olympic Games Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal (1988)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon W (1991)
US Open W (1983, 1990)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Bronze 1988 Seoul Doubles

Elizabeth Smylie (née Sayers) (born 11 April 1963 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian former tennis player.

She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.

She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993.

She was the first ever opponent of Steffi Graf in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the Australian Open in 1983.

Contents

Women's doubles winner (36)

  • 1983 - New Jersey (w/Mould)
  • 1983 - Kansas (w/Collins)
  • 1984 - Canadian Open (w/Kathy Jordan)
  • 1984 - Lynda Carter Classic (w/Navratilova)
  • 1984 - Eckerd Open (w/Carling Bassett-Seguso)
  • 1985 - VS of Florida (w/Jordan)
  • 1985 - Marco Island (w/Jordan)
  • 1985 - Bridgestone Doubles Championship (w/Jordan)
  • 1985 - Australian Indoors (w/Pam Shriver)
  • 1985 - Melbourne (w/Shriver)
  • 1985 - Wimbledon (w/Jordan)
  • 1985 - Mahwah (w/Jordan)
  • 1985 - VS of Chicago (w/Jordan)
  • 1986 - VS of Florida (w/Jordan)
  • 1986 - U.S. Indoor Championships (w/Jordan)
  • 1986 - Mahwah (w/Betsy Nagelsen)
  • 1987 - Sydney (w/Nagelsen)
  • 1987 - Geneva (w/Nagelsen)
  • 1988 - Eastbourne (w/Eva Pfaff)
  • 1989 - Wellington (w/Janine Thompson)
  • 1989 - Singapore (w/Belinda Cordwell)
  • 1989 - Tokyo (Japan Open) (w/Jill Hetherington)
  • 1989 - Rome (w/Thompson)
  • 1989 - Berlin (w/Thompson)
  • 1990 - Tokyo (Pan Pacific) (w/Gigi Fernandez)
  • 1990 - US Hardcourts (w/Jordan)
  • 1990 - Tokyo (Japan Open) (w/Jordan)
  • 1990 - WTA Tour Championships (w/Jordan)
  • 1991 - Tokyo (Pan Pacific) (w/Jordan)
  • 1991 - Geneva (w/Nicole Bradtke)
  • 1991 - Birmingham (w/Nicole Bradtke)
  • 1993 - Sydney (w/Pam Shriver)
  • 1993 - US Hardcourts (w/Helena Sukova)
  • 1994 - Tokyo (Pan Pacific) (w/Pam Shriver)
  • 1994 - Stratton Mountain (w/Pam Shriver)
  • 1996 - Birmingham (w/Linda Wild)

Grand Slam women's doubles winner (1)

Grand Slam women's doubles Runner-Up (4)

Grand Slam mixed doubles winner (3)


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