Olga Tsarbopoulou Explained

Olga Tsarbopoulou
Birth Date:19 June 1968
Height:170 cm
Careerprizemoney:$45,363
Singlesrecord:54–62
Singlestitles:2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 117 (29 August 1988)
Australianopenresult:1R (1988)
Usopenresult:1R (1988)
Doublesrecord:13–34
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 218 (15 August 1988)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (1988)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult:8–23
Medaltemplates-Expand:yes

Olga Tsarbopoulou (born 19 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Greece.

Biography

Tsarbopoulou was 15, when she began competing for the Greece Fed Cup team in 1983.[1]

She was a bronze medalist in the singles event at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Casablanca and partnered with Angeliki Kanellopoulou to win a women's doubles gold medal when Syria hosted the 1987 Mediterranean Games.

On the WTA Tour, she had her best performances in 1987, when she was a quarterfinalist in Athens and made the round of 16 in Buenos Aires. She reached her career best ranking of 117 in the world in 1988, with main-draw appearances that year at the Australian Open and US Open.

She was a member of the Greece contingent at the 1988 Summer Olympics, appearing in the singles draw, where she lost in the first round to Argentina's Mercedes Paz.[2]

Retiring in 1991, she finished her Fed Cup career having appeared in 18 ties.

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (2–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.ITF Carpi, ItalyClay7–6, 6–3
Loss2.6 April 1987ITF Caserta, ItalyClay1–6, 3–6
Loss3.1 June 1987ITF Adria, ItalyClay6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win4.ITF Brindisi, ItalyClay6–2, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Notes and References

  1. News: Tennis Results. 18 July 1983. United Press International. 8 June 2018.
  2. Web site: Olga Tsarmbopoulou Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214318/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ts/olga-tsarmbopoulou-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 8 June 2018.