Manon Bollegraf

Manon Bollegraf

Full name	Manon Bollegraf
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1964-04-10) 10 April 1964 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$2,107,856
Singles
Career record	161–151
Career titles	1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 29 (9 July 1990)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (1989)
French Open	QF (1992)
Wimbledon	3R (1991)
US Open	2R (1988–90, 1995)
Doubles
Career record	495–247
Career titles	26 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 4 (16 February 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1995, 1996)
French Open	QF (1992–93, 1996–97)
Wimbledon	F (1997)
US Open	SF (1997)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	4
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1997)
French Open	W (1989)
Wimbledon	F (1993)
US Open	W (1991, 1997)

Manon Maria Bollegraf (born 10 April 1964) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who was a quarterfinalist at the singles event of the 1992 French Open, a finalist in doubles at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships, and a four-time mixed doubles Grand Slam champion. She also finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Career

Bollegraf reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 9 July 1990, when she became world number 29. She won 26 doubles tournaments in her career and her highest doubles ranking was world number four, achieved on 16 February 1998.

She was a member of the Dutch tennis team that reached the final of the Fed Cup in 1997, losing to France.

Bollegraf won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, the 1989 French Open and the 1991 US Open, both teaming up with Tom Nijssen. Partnering Rick Leach, she won the Australian Open and US Open mixed doubles titles in 1997.

Bollegraf was a member of the Idaho Sneakers Team Tennis ^[1] with Amy Frazier and Jon Leach; coached by Greg Patton (Boise State University men's tennis coach).

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Nicole Arendt	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–7(4–7), 4–6

Mixed doubles: 6 (4–2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1989	French Open	Clay	Tom Nijssen	Horacio de la Peña Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–2
Winner	1991	US Open	Hard	Tom Nijssen	Emilio Sánchez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Tom Nijssen	Mark Woodforde Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1996	US Open	Hard	Rick Leach	Patrick Galbraith Lisa Raymond	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Winner	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Rick Leach	John-Laffnie de Jager Larisa Neiland	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Winner	1997	US Open	Hard	Rick Leach	Pablo Albano Mercedes Paz	3–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
4th place	1996	Atlanta	Hard	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez	1–6, 3–6

WTA Tour Finals

Singles 3 (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	5 March 1989	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Leila Meskhi	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	25 February 1990	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Amy Frazier	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	17 February 1991	Aurora	Carpet	Lori McNeil	6–3, 6–4

Doubles 55 (26–29)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	8 December 1986	Buenos Aires	Clay	Nicole Muns-Jagerman	Lori McNeil Mercedes Paz	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	1.	16 May 1988	Strasbourg	Clay	Nicole Bradtke	Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson	7–5, 6–7(11), 6–3
Winner	2.	26 February 1989	Wichita	Hard (i)	Lise Gregory	Sandy Collins Leila Meskhi	6–2, 7–6(5)
Runner-up	2.	14 May 1989	Rome	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Liz Smylie Janine Thompson	6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	23 July 1989	Brussels	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder	6–1, 6–2
Winner	4.	22 October 1989	Bayonne	Hard (i)	Catherine Tanvier	Elna Reinach Raffaella Reggi	7–6(3), 7–5
Winner	5.	12 November 1989	Nashville	Hard (i)	Meredith McGrath	Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi	1–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(4)
Winner	6.	11 February 1990	Wichita	Hard (i)	Meredith McGrath	Mary-Lou Daniels Wendy White	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	25 February 1990	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Lise Gregory	Mary-Lou Daniels Wendy White	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	16 September 1990	Orlando	Carpet	Meredith McGrath	Larisa Neiland Natalia Zvereva	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	30 September 1990	Leipzig	Carpet	Jo Durie	Lise Gregory Gretchen Magers	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	14 October 1990	Zürich	Carpet	Eva Pfaff	Catherine Suire Dianne Van Rensburg	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	26 May 1991	Strasbourg	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Lori McNeil Stephanie Rehe	6–7(2), 6–4, 6–4
Winner	8.	6 October 1991	Leipzig	Carpet	Isabelle Demongeot	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	5 January 1992	Brisbane	Hard	Nicole Bradtke	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	23 February 1992	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Katrina Adams	Lori McNeil Nicole Bradtke	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(6)
Runner-up	9.	3 May 1992	Hamburg	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Steffi Graf Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	9.	10 May 1992	Waregem	Clay	Caroline Vis	Elena Brioukhovets Petra Langrová	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	21 February 1993	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Katrina Adams	Patty Fendick Zina Garrison	6–3, 6–2
Winner	10.	28 March 1993	Houston	Clay	Katrina Adams	Eugenia Maniokova Radomira Zrubáková	6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7)
Runner-up	11.	4 April 1993	Hilton Head	Clay	Katrina Adams	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–1
Winner	11.	7 November 1993	Quebec City	Hard (i)	Katrina Adams	Katerina Maleeva Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–4
Winner	12.	14 November 1993	Philadelphia	Carpet	Katrina Adams	Conchita Martínez Larisa Neiland	6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7)
Runner-up	12.	31 January 1994	Tokyo	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(3)
Runner-up	13.	13 February 1994	Chicago	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	20 February 1994	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Katrina Adams	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	7–6(3), 6–2
Runner-up	15.	27 February 1994	Indian Wells	Hard	Helena Suková	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	6 March 1994	Delray Beach	Hard	Helena Suková	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–0
Winner	13.	27 March 1994	Houston	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	17.	2 October 1994	Leipzig	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6–4, 6–4
Winner	14.	9 October 1994	Zürich	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	7–6(3), 6–1
Runner-up	18.	16 October 1994	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	7–6(5), 6–4
Winner	15.	23 October 1994	Brighton	Carpet	Larisa Neiland	Mary Joe Fernández Jana Novotná	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	19.	14 January 1995	Hobart	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Kyoko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	20.	19 February 1995	Paris	Carpet	Rennae Stubbs	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	6–4, 6–1
Winner	16.	2 April 1995	Hilton Head	Clay	Nicole Arendt	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	21.	9 April 1995	Amelia Island	Clay	Nicole Arendt	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	17.	16 April 1995	Houston	Clay	Nicole Arendt	Wiltrud Probst Rene Simpson	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	22.	22 May 1995	Edinburgh	Clay	Rennae Stubbs	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	6–2, 7–6(2)
Winner	18.	18 June 1995	Birmingham	Grass	Rennae Stubbs	Nicole Bradtke Kristine Kunce	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	19.	8 October 1995	Zürich	Carpet	Nicole Arendt	Chanda Rubin Caroline Vis	6–4, 6–7(4), 6–4
Winner	20.	5 November 1995	Quebec City	Hard (i)	Nicole Arendt	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–6(6), 4–6, 6–2
Winner	21.	3 March 1996	Linz	Carpet	Meredith McGrath	Rennae Stubbs Helena Suková	6–4, 6–4
Winner	22.	20 May 1996	Edinburgh	Clay	Nicole Arendt	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 2–6, 7–6(6)
Winner	23.	23 February 1997	Hanover	Carpet	Nicole Arendt	Larisa Neiland Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	23.	13 April 1997	Amelia Island	Clay	Nicole Arendt	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–0
Winner	24.	11 May 1997	Rome	Clay	Nicole Arendt	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–2, 6–4
Winner	25.	21 May 1997	Edinburgh	Clay	Nicole Arendt	Rachel McQuillan Nana Miyagi	6–1, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	24.	6 July 1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Nicole Arendt	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	7–6(4), 6–4
Runner-up	25.	17 August 1997	Toronto	Hard	Nicole Arendt	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	26.	24 August 1997	Stone Mountain	Hard	Nicole Arendt	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7(5), 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	26.	8 November 1998	Leipzig	Carpet	Irina Spîrlea	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–7(2), 6–1
Runner-up	27.	2 April 2000	Miami	Hard	Nicole Arendt	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	28.	7 May 2000	Hamburg	Clay	Nicole Arendt	Anna Kournikova Natalia Zvereva	6–7(5), 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	29.	19 November 2000	New York City	Carpet	Nicole Arendt	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6–2, 6–3

Women's doubles performance timeline

Mixed doubles performance timeline

References

External links

• Manon Bollegraf at the Women's Tennis Association
• Manon Bollegraf at the International Tennis Federation
• Manon Bollegraf at the Fed Cup
  
• ESPN Profile