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Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971 in Hoopstadmarker, South Africa) is the most accomplished female professional tennis player from South Africa.

Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004. She won her first top-level singles title in 1993 in Melbournemarker, and her second later that year in Tokyo.

Coetzer entered the top-20 on the women's world rankings in 1992 and remained there for most of the next 10 years. She developed a reputation for regularly beating players who were higher ranked than her as she climbed to her career high ranking of World No. 3 in 1997. As a result of her many upset wins and her small size, she earned the nickname "The Little Assassin."

Career

At the Canadian Open in 1995, Coetzer defeated three players ranked in the world's top-5 – Steffi Graf (No. 1), Jana Novotná (No. 4) and Mary Pierce (No. 5) – before finally losing to Monica Seles in the final. The defeat of Graf ended a 32-match winning-streak for the German.

At the Australian Openmarker in 1996, Coetzer became the first South African woman in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam semi-final, where she lost in three sets to Anke Huber.

1997 was the best season of Coetzer's career. In reaching the Australian Open semi-finals for the second consecutive year, she defeated World No. 1 Graf in the fourth round. She then beat Graf for a second time in the quarter-finals at Berlin, handing her her worst-ever loss by defeating her 6–0, 6–1 in just 56 minutes. And then in the quarter-finals of the French Openmarker she defeated Graf yet again to become one of just six players to beat Graf three times in one year, and one of only four to defeat her more than once in Grand Slam play. Coetzer lost in the French Open semi-finals to eventual-champion Iva Majoli. Later in the year in Leipzigmarker, Coetzer beat Martina Hingis who by then had taken over the World No. 1 ranking. Coetzer won two singles titles that year in Budapestmarker and Luxembourgmarker.

Coetzer won the biggest title of her career in 1998 at Hilton Headmarker (Tier 1 event).

In 1999 Coetzer became the only player ever to defeat Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport while they were ranked No. 1.

In 2000, Coetzer teamed-up with Wayne Ferreira to win the Hopman Cup for South Africa. She also played of South Africa's Fed Cup team for six years and represented South Africa in the Olympic Games three times.

In 2001 she qualified for her ninth consecutive year-end championship.

During her career, Coetzer won nine top-level singles titles and nine doubles titles. Her final singles title was won in Acapulcomarker in 2003. Her career prize-money earnings totalled US$5,594,821.

Personal life

Coetzer is the daughter of Nico and Suska Coetzer. She started playing tennis at the age of 6. During her playing career she resided primarily in Hilton Head, South Carolinamarker and was coached by Gavin Hopper. Coetzer formerly dated now-retired Baltimore Orioles baseball player Brady Anderson . She is married to the Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan.

Grand Slam women's doubles final

Runner-up (1)

Year Championship Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1993 US Openmarker Inés Gorrochategui Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Helena Suková
 6-4, 6-2


Titles (18)

Singles (9)

Legend
Tier I (1)
Tier II (1)
Tier III (3)
Tier IV & V (4)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2)
Clay (6)
Grass (0)
Carpet (1)
No. Date Tournament Name Location Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. 17 January 1993 Sunsmart Victorian Open Melbourne, Australiamarker Hard Naoko Sawamatsu 6-2, 6-3
2. 26 September 1993 Nichirei International Championships Tokyo, Japanmarker Hard Kimiko Date 6-3, 6-2
3. 15 May 1994 BVV Prague Open Prague, Czech Republicmarker Clay Åsa Svensson 6-1, 7-6(14)
4. 27 April 1997 Budapest Lotto Open Budapest, Hungarymarker Clay Sabine Appelmans 6-1, 6-3
5. 26 October 1997 SEAT Open Luxembourg City, Luxembourgmarker Carpet (I) Barbara Paulus 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
6. 5 April 1998 Family Circle Magazine Cupmarker Hilton Head Island, South Carolinamarker, U.S.marker Clay Irina Spîrlea 6-3, 6-4
7. 21 May 2000 Mexx Benelux Open Antwerp, Belgiummarker Clay Cristina Torrens Valero 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
8. 4 March 2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegasomarker (1) Acapulco, Mexicomarker Clay Elena Dementieva 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
9. 2 March 2003 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso (2) Acapulco, Mexico Clay Mariana Díaz-Oliva 7-5, 6-3


Doubles (9)





Runner-ups (26)

Singles (12)





Doubles (14)

Grand slam events in boldface.





Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Career SR
Australian Openmarker A A A A 1R 2R 3R SF SF 4R 4R 2R QF 4R 4R 2R 0 / 12
French Openmarker 4R 1R 2R 3R 2R 4R 2R 4R SF 1R 1R 3R 3R 1R 1R A 0 / 15
Wimbledonmarker 1R 2R 2R A 2R 4R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R A 0 / 14
US Openmarker 1R 1R 1R 3R 3R QF 1R QF 4R QF 1R 3R 1R 3R 3R A 0 / 15
SR 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 56


A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

References

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