Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel

Country	United States
Residence	Palm City, Florida
Born	March 24, 1967 (1967-03-24) (age 44) Stuart, Florida
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1980
Retired	September 1997
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$1,353,737
Singles
Career record	277–217
Career titles	3 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 7 (May 26, 1986)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4R (1984)
French Open	QF (1981)
Wimbledon	SF (1985)
US Open	4R (1982)
Doubles
Career record	196–175
Career titles	2 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 13 (February 8, 1993)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1991, 1993)
French Open	SF (1987)
Wimbledon	QF (1993)
US Open	SF (1985)
Last updated on: 16 December 2009.

Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (born March 24, 1967) is a former professional American tennis player, who retired in September 1997. She won three singles and two doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour, and reached the semifinals of the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.

Career

Rinaldi reached her highest career ranking on May 26, 1986, when she was ranked World No. 7. The recipent of WTA Most Impressive Newcomer Award in 1981 and WTA Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1989, she defeated top players such as Steffi Graf, Mary Joe Fernández, Zina Garrison, Manuela Maleeva, Jana Novotná, Hana Mandlíková, Pam Shriver and Helena Suková.

Rinald was the youngest player to win a match at Wimbledon (14 years, 91 days) in 1981, a record that stood until 1990.

Rinaldi married Brad Stunkel, her high school sweetheart, on December 11, 1993, and adopted his surname. She gave birth to son Bradley Benton Stunkel, Jr. on February 8, 1995. The family currently resides in Palm City, Florida.

Awards and recognitions

• 1985: WTA Most Impressive Newcomer of the Year
• 1989: WTA Comeback of the Year

Titles (5)

Singles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 18, 1981	Kyoto, Japan	Hard	Julie Harrington	6–1, 7–5
2.	August 18, 1985	Mahwah, USA	Hard	Steffi Graf	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
3.	November 9, 1986	Little Rock, USA	Carpet (I)	Natalia Zvereva	6–4, 6–7(7), 6–0

Doubles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	April 21, 1991	Houston, USA	Clay	Jill Hetherington	Patty Fendick Mary Joe Fernández	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
2.	August 4, 1991	San Diego, USA	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Runner-ups (14)

Singles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	May 24, 1982	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Bettina Bunge	6–2, 6–2
2.	August 1, 1982	San Diego, USA	Hard	Tracy Austin	7–6(5), 6–3
3.	September 22, 1985	Chicago, USA	Carpet (I)	Bonnie Gadusek	6–1, 6–3
4.	May 11, 1986	Houston, USA	Clay	Chris Evert	6–4, 2–6, 6–4

Doubles (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	March 31, 1991	San Antonio, USA	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Patty Fendick Monika Seleš	7–6(2), 6–2
2.	October 6, 1991	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet (I)	Jill Hetherington	Manon Bollegraf Isabelle Demongeot	6–4, 6–3
3.	February 2, 1992	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer Raffaella Reggi-Concato	1–6, 6–1, 7–5
4.	March 1, 1992	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Stephanie Rehe	6–3, 6–3
5.	March 22, 1992	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Savchenko	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
6.	April 19, 1992	Houston, USA	Clay	Jill Hetherington	Patty Fendick Gigi Fernández	7–5, 6–4
7.	November 1, 1992	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Amanda Coetzer Elna Reinach	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
8.	February 7, 1993	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Isabelle Demongeot Elna Reinach	6–2, 6–4
9.	March 21, 1993	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Larisa Savchenko Jana Novotná	6–2, 7–5
10.	May 23, 1993	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Jill Hetherington	Shaun Stafford Andrea Temesvári	6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Andrea Jaeger	WTA Most Impressive Newcomer of the Year 1981	Succeeded by Zina Garrison
Preceded by Pascale Paradis	WTA Comeback of the Year 1989	Succeeded by Elizabeth Smylie