Mariaan de Swardt (born 18 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa, who was active from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at theSummer Olympics, in1992 and1996,[1] and was a member of theSouth Africa Fed Cup team in 1992 and from 1994 to 1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S. citizen.[citation needed]
De Swardt won two Grand Slam titles in mixed-doubles competition, the1999 Australian Open and the2000 French Open with partnerDavid Adams.[2][3]She also won four women's doubles titles and reached as high as world No. 11 in the doublesWTA rankings. She has oneWTA Tour singles title from 1998 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 28 in 1996.
Since retiring from tennis, she has been a commentator forEurosport and South African television, and has coached at professional, collegiate and recreational level with her base being at Atlanta, Georgia. She resides in Houston, Texas, and is a teaching professional at The Houstonian Club. In 2004, she set up a non-profit charity, the Pet Care Fund, to help animals.[4]
^Djata, Sundiata (2008).Blacks at the Net : Black Achievement in the History of Tennis (1 ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 82.ISBN978-0815608981.
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