Czechoslovakian tennis player
Renáta Tomanová Country (sports) Czechoslovakia Born (1954-12-09 ) 9 December 1954 (age 70) Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[ 1] Plays Right-handed Prize money US$ 275,644 Singles Career record 123–136 Career titles 4 Highest ranking No. 22 Grand Slam singles results Australian Open F (1976 ) French Open F (1976 ) Wimbledon 3R (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981) US Open 4R (1980) Doubles Career record 120–140 Career titles 4 Grand Slam doubles results Australian Open W (1978)French Open SF (1974, 1975, 1976, 1980) Wimbledon 3R (1977) US Open 3R (1979, 1980) Grand Slam mixed doubles results French Open W (1978)Wimbledon QF (1979) US Open 2R (1978, 1980) Team competitions Fed Cup W (1975 )
Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a former professionaltennis player fromCzechoslovakia .
Tomanová won the girls' singles title at the1972 French Open .
In 1975, she andMartina Navratilova represented Czechoslovakia in theFederation Cup , the international women's team competition. They won the cup after beating the Australian team 3–0 in the final of the World Group.[ 2] Between 1975 and 1981, she played in 18 ties for the Czechoslovakian team and compiled a 20–7 win–loss record. In May 1975, she won the singles title at theWest German Championships in Hamburg after a three-set final againstKazuko Sawamatsu .[ 3] In 1976, Tomanová reached the singles final at both theFrench Open and theAustralian Open . She lost at the French Open toSue Barker in three sets and at the Australian Open toEvonne Goolagong in straight sets.[ 4] [ 5] Tomanová also reached the women's doubles final at the Australian Open withLesley Turner Bowrey , losing to Goolagong andHelen Gourlay Cawley .
In May 1977, she reached the final of theItalian Open , losing toJanet Newberry .[ 6] In 1978, Tomanová teamed withBetsy Nagelsen to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Open, defeatingNaoko Sato andPam Whytcross in the final in straight sets.[ 7] With compatriotPavel Složil , she won the mixed doubles title at the1978 French Open .
Tomanová was coached byVěra Suková .[ 8]
Senior tour Tomanová is active on the senior tour, and in 2011, she received the Deutsche Tennis Preis from the German tennis federation for her achievements during the 2010 season.[ 9]
Singles (2 runner-ups)[ edit ] Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[ edit ] Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[ edit ] Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)[ edit ] Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Jan 1976 Australian Open Grass Evonne Goolagong 2–6, 2–6 Win 1–1 May 1975 Hamburg , West GermanyClay Kazuko Sawamatsu 7–6, 5–7, 10–8 Loss 1–2 May 1976 Hamburg , West GermanyClay Sue Barker 3–6, 1–6 Loss 1–3 Jun 1976 French Open Clay Sue Barker 2–6, 6–0, 2–6 Win 2–3 Jul 1976 Båstad , SwedenClay Helena Anliot 6–3, 6–2 Win 3–3 Oct 1976 Madrid , SpainClay Virginia Ruzici 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 Loss 3–4 May 1977 Italian Open , ItalyClay Janet Newberry 3–6, 6–7(5–7) Win 4–4 Jul 1977 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Katja Ebbinghaus 6–3, 7–5 Loss 4–5 Jul 1982 Hamburg , West GermanyClay Lisa Bonder 3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)[ edit ] Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Win 1–0 May 1975 Hamburg , West GermanyClay Dianne Fromholtz Paulina Peisachov Kazuko Sawamatsu 6–3, 6–2 Loss 1–1 Jan 1976 Australian Open Grass Lesley Turner Bowrey Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay 1–8 Loss 1–2 Dec 1976 Sydney , AustraliaGrass Dianne Fromholtz Helen Gourlay Betsy Nagelsen4–6, 1–6 Win 2–2 Dec 1977 London, UK Hard Billie Jean King Betty Stöve Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–3 Win 3–2 Jan 1979 Australian Open Grass Betsy Nagelsen Naoko Sato Pam Whytcross 7–5, 6–2 Win 4–2 May 1980 Perugia , ItalyClay Hana Mandlíková Ivanna Madruga Adriana Villagrán 6–4, 6–4 Loss 4–3 Jul 1980 Kitzbühel , AustriaClay Hana Mandlíková Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff w/o
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline [ edit ] (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.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
^ Bostic, Stephanie, ed. (1979).USTA Player Records 1978 .United States Tennis Association (USTA). p. 257. ^ "Fed Cup – 1975 World Group final" .www.fedcup.com . ITF. Archived fromthe original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved29 August 2014 .^ John Barrett , ed. (1976).World of Tennis '76 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook . London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 74– 77.ISBN 9780362002768 .OCLC 650229036 .^ John Barrett , ed. (1977).World of Tennis 1977 : a BP yearbook . London: Macdonald and Janes. pp. 34, 38, 114.ISBN 9780354090117 .^ "Edmonson, Goolagong Win Aussie Tennis Open" .Observer-Reporter . 5 January 1976.^ John Barrett , ed. (1978).World of Tennis 1978 : a BP yearbook . London: Macdonald and Janes. pp. 146– 147.ISBN 9780354090391 .^ John Barrett , ed. (1979).World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook . London: Macdonald and Jane's. p. 75.ISBN 978-0354090681 .^ John Barrett , ed. (1980).World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook . London: Queen Anne Press. p. 347.ISBN 9780362020120 .OCLC 237184610 .^ "DTB-Preis unterm Christbaum" .www.merkur-online.de (in German). 3 January 2011.