Catarina_Lindqvist
Catarina Lindqvist
Swedish tennis player
Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan (born 13 June 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Quick Facts Country (sports), Residence ...
| Country (sports) |  Sweden |
|---|---|
| Residence | Höllviken, Sweden & Rumson, New Jersey, USA[1] |
| Born | (1963-06-13) 13 June 1963 (age 60) Kristinehamn, Sweden |
| Turned pro | 1983 |
| Retired | 1992 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one handed-backhand) |
| Prize money | US$1,076,284 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 297–207 |
| Career titles | 5 |
| Highest ranking | No. 10 (15 April 1985) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1987) |
| French Open | 4R (1986) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1989) |
| US Open | 4R (1985, 1986, 1987) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 30–70 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 29 (11 April 1988) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1985, 1987) |
| US Open | QF (1985) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (1989) |
| French Open | 2R (1987) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1987, 1988) |
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Lindqvist turned professional in 1983. She reached a career high rank of World No. 10 in April 1985 and won five singles titles. She reached the semifinals of Grand Slam tournaments twice, the Australian Open in 1987 and Wimbledon in 1989. She lost to Martina Navratilova in both semifinals. She retired from tennis in 1992.
Lindqvist six WTA Tour singles titles and one doubles title. She had career wins over Steffi Graf, Virginia Wade, Pam Shriver, Hana Mandlíková, Wendy Turnbull, Manuela Maleeva, Nathalie Tauziat, Dianne Fromholtz, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, Kathy Jordan, Jo Durie, and Natasha Zvereva.
She currently resides in New Jersey, and is the mother of Joakim Ryan, a defenseman for the Carolina Hurricanes.[2]
In 2009, Lindqvist and her husband Bill Ryan bought the East Brunswick Racquet Club in East Brunswick, New Jersey, where currently Lindqvist is the head teaching pro .
Singles: 10 (5–5)
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More information Result, W/L ...
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jan 1984 | Hershey, U.S. | Carpet (i) |  Beth Herr |
6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 1984 | Filderstadt, West Germany | Carpet (i) |  Steffi Graf |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | Dec 1984 | Port St. Lucie, U.S. | Hard | Terry Holladay |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Mar 1985 | Princeton, U.S. | Carpet (i) |  Hana Mandlíková |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 1985 | Filderstadt, West Germany | Carpet (i) | Pam Shriver |
1–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Oct 1986 | Brighton, UK | Carpet (i) | Steffi Graf |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jul 1987 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay |  Sandra Cecchini |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Jan 1989 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Martina Navratilova |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Apr 1990 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard |  Elizabeth Smylie |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–5 | Feb 1991 | Oslo, Norway | Carpet (i) | Raffaella Reggi |
6–3, 6–0 |
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Doubles: 2 (0–2)
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More information Result, W/L ...
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | May 1987 | Berlin, West Germany | Clay |  Tine Scheuer-Larsen |
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková |
1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Feb 1988 | Oklahoma City, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Tine Scheuer-Larsen |
Jana Novotná  Catherine Suire |
4–6, 4–6 |
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| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
More information Tournament, Career SR ...
| Tournament | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | Career SR |
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | QF | NH | SF | 4R | QF | A | 2R | 2R | 0 / 7 |
| French Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 9 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 4R | 1R | SF | 1R | 4R | 2R | 0 / 10 |
| US Open | A | 1R | A | 3R | 4R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 10 |
| SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 36 |
| Year End Ranking | 148 | 131 | 115 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 42 | 16 | 38 | 46 | 63 |
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Singles finals: (3-2)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
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More information Outcome, No. ...
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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| Winner | 1. | 3 January 1983 | Chicago, United States | Hard | Elisabeth Ekblom |
1–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 7 November 1983 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Hard | Lena Sandin |
2–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 8 July 1985 | Landskrona, Sweden | Clay | Karolina Karlsson |
6–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 7 July 1986 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Catrin Jexell |
6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner | 5. | 11 February 1991 | Danderyd, Sweden | Carpet (i) |  Els Callens |
6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
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Doubles finals: (1-1)
More information Outcome, No ...
| Outcome | No | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 11 July 1983 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Maria Lindström |
Gabriela Dinu Patrizia Murgo |
2–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 7 July 1986 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Maria Lindström |
Christina Singer Ellen Walliser |
6–3, 6–2 |
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- Johnson, Brent. "Nationally ranked tennis pro teaching at East Brunswick club", The Star-Ledger, 19 May 2010. Accessed 14 February 2011. "It’s not the Swedish star’s first connection to New Jersey. Lindqvist has long lived in Rumson, where her husband Bill Ryan is from. And in the 1990s, she was a women’s tennis assistant coach at Princeton University."
- Gackle, Paul (23 October 2017). "Sharks game is Garden party for father and son". New York: The Mercury News. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
