Marie Pinterova

Marie Pinterova
Full name Marie Neumanová Pinterova
Country (sports)  Czechoslovakia
 Hungary
Born (1946-08-16)16 August 1946
Stara Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 1969
Singles
Career record 12–26
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 394 (5 January 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1980)
French Open QF (1974)
Wimbledon 2R (1978, 1979, 1981)
US Open 3R (1978)
Doubles
Career record 14–22
Highest ranking No. 303 (5 January 1987)

Marie Pinterova (née Neumanová, born 16 August 1946), is a Czech and Hungarian professional tennis player with a professional career from 1969 to 1989.[1][2]

Life

Marie Neumanová was born in 1946 in Stara Boleslav. She began her professional career in 1969. In 1974 Pinterova married Hungarian engineer Andras Pinter. They had one son, Karim in 1976. Pinterova returned to professional tennis at the age of 34, and won the Tokyo title.[3][4]

Career

In 1974, she played the quarter-finals at Roland Garros (but was beaten by Olga Morozova), her best performance in a single round of the Grand Slam. She has won two WTA singles during her career, first in Florida in 1972 (opposite Billie Jean King in the final), the second to Japan in 1981.[1][4][5][6]

During her career Pinterova has won:

She has had successful matches against some of the big names of tennis, other than those mentioned, including Martina Navratilova, Sue Barker and Kathy Jordan.[3]

She has played on the European senior circuit of the ITF since 1995. Since then she has won 11 World singles championship titles and 24 European titles.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Marie Pinterova Stats". Australian Open. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Eurosports". Eurosports. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lifetime Seniors Champions". Tennis Europe. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 "WTA stats". WTA. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Wimbledon". Wimbledon. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "In-the-womens-singles-34-year-old-veteran-pro". United Press International. 1980. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

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