Catarina Lindqvist Explained
| Catarina Lindqvist |
| Residence: | Höllviken, Sweden &<br>Rumson, New Jersey, USA[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1963 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kristinehamn, Sweden |
| Turnedpro: | 1983 |
| Retired: | 1992 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (one handed-backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$1,076,284 |
| Singlesrecord: | 297–207 |
| Singlestitles: | 5 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 10 (15 April 1985) |
| Australianopenresult: | SF (1987) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 4R (1986) |
| Wimbledonresult: | SF (1989) |
| Usopenresult: | 4R (1985, 1986, 1987) |
| Doublesrecord: | 30–70 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 29 (11 April 1988) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | QF (1985, 1987) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | QF (1985) |
| Mixed: | yes |
| Mixedtitles: | 0 |
| Australianopenmixedresult: | 1R (1989) |
| Frenchopenmixedresult: | 2R (1987) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | 2R (1987, 1988) |
Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan (born 13 June 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Career
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 http://ebrctennis.com/ in East Brunswick, New Jersey, where currently Lindqvist is the head teaching pro http://ebrctennis.com/?page_id=7.
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 10 (5–5)
| Winner – Legend | | Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | | WTA Tour Championships (0–0) | | Tier I (0–0) | | Tier II (0–0) | | Tier III (0–0) | | Tier IV (1–1) | | Tier V (1–0) | | Virginia Slims (3–4) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (2–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Clay (0–1) | | Carpet (3–3) | |
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| 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 | |
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
| Winner – Legend | | Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | | WTA Tour Championships (0–0) | | Tier I (0–0) | | Tier II (0–0) | | Tier III (0–0) | | Tier IV (0–1) | | Tier V (0–0) | | Virginia Slims (0–1) | |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Clay (0–1) | | Carpet (0–1) | |
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Grand Slam singles performance timeline
ITF finals
Singles finals: (3-2)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments | |
| width=75 | Outcome | width=50 | No. | width=125 | Date | width=250 | Tournament | width=75 | Surface | width=200 | Opponent in the final | width=200 | 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 | | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner | 5. | 11 February 1991 | Danderyd, Sweden | Carpet (i) |  Els Callens | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | |
Doubles finals: (1-1)
| Outcome | No | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 11 July 1983 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | | 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 | |
Notes and References
- 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."
- News: Gackle. Paul. Sharks game is Garden party for father and son. 12 February 2018. The Mercury News. 23 October 2017. New York.
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