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Elizabeth Smylie
Country | 23x15px Australia |
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Born |
Perth | 11 April 1963
Turned pro | 1982 |
Retired | 1997 |
Prize money | $1,615,247 |
Singles | |
Career record | 181 – 213 (45.93%) |
Career titles | 3 |
Highest ranking | No. 20 (14 September 1987) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1987) |
French Open | 2R (1983) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1984, 1985) |
US Open | 2R (1986, 1987, 1989) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 483 – 215 (69.19%) |
Career titles | 36 |
Highest ranking | No. 5 (28 March 1988) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (1993) |
French Open | SF (1984) |
Wimbledon | W (1985) |
US Open | F (1987) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (1990) |
Olympic Games | 20px Bronze Medal (1988) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1990, 1991) |
French Open | SF (1993) |
Wimbledon | W (1991) |
US Open | W (1983, 1990) |
Medal record | ||
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Women's tennis | ||
Bronze medal – third place | 1988 Seoul | Doubles |
Elizabeth "Liz" Smylie (née Sayers) (born 11 April 1963 in Perth, Western Australia) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 4 Grand Slam titles, 1 of them in women's doubles and 3 of them in mixed doubles. She also won 3 singles titles and 36 doubles titles.
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Career
Smylie turned professional in 1982. She won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1985 with Kathy Jordan. In mixed doubles, she teamed with John Fitzgerald to win the 1983 US Open and 1991 Wimbledon titles and with Todd Woodbridge to win the 1990 US Open. She won the Virginia Slims Championships with Jordan in 1990. Her best Grand Slam performance in singles came at the Australian Open in 1987, when she reached the quarterfinals. Her highest ever singles ranking was World No. 20 and her highest in doubles was World No. 5.
She played Fed Cup from 1984 to 1994. She won a bronze medal in women's doubles with Wendy Turnbull at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Over the course of her career, Smylie won 3 singles titles and 36 doubles titles. She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985 and the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993.
She was the first ever opponent of Steffi Graf in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the Australian Open in 1983
Personal life
She is married to player-manager Peter Smylie and they have three children, Laura, Jordan and Elvis. She was the long-time tournament director of the Australian Women's Hardcourts and also works as a sports television commentator.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Women's doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner–ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1985 | Wimbledon | Grass | 23x15px Kathy Jordan | 23x15px Martina Navratilova 23x15px Pam Shriver |
5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1987 | Wimbledon | Grass | 23x15px Betsy Nagelsen | 23x15px Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 23x15px Helena Suková |
7–5, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 1987 | US Open | Hard | 23x15px Kathy Jordan | 23x15px Martina Navratilova 23x15px Pam Shriver |
5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1990 | Wimbledon | Grass | 23x15px Kathy Jordan | 23x15px Jana Novotná 23x15px Helena Suková |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1993 | Australian Open | Hard | 23x15px Pam Shriver | 23x15px Gigi Fernández 23x15px Natasha Zvereva |
6–4, 6–3 |
Mixed doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1983 | US Open | Hard | 23x15px John Fitzgerald | 23x15px Barbara Potter 23x15px Ferdi Taygan |
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1984 | US Open | Hard | 23x15px John Fitzgerald | 23x15px Manuela Maleeva 23x15px Tom Gullikson |
2–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1985 | Wimbledon | Grass | 23x15px John Fitzgerald | 23x15px Martina Navratilova 23x15px Paul McNamee |
7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1985 | US Open | Hard | 23x15px John Fitzgerald | 23x15px Martina Navratilova 23x16px Heinz Günthardt |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1988 | US Open | Hard | 23x15px Patrick McEnroe | 23x15px Jana Novotná 23x15px Jim Pugh |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1990 | Wimbledon | Grass | 23x15px John Fitzgerald | 23x15px Zina Garrison 23x15px Rick Leach |
7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 1990 | US Open | Hard | 23x15px Todd Woodbridge | 23x15px Natasha Zvereva 23x15px Jim Pugh |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 1991 | Wimbledon | Grass | 23x15px John Fitzgerald | 23x15px Natasha Zvereva 23x15px Jim Pugh |
7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
Olympics
Doubles: 1 medal (1 bronze medal)
Outcome | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Bronze | 1988 | Seoul | Hard | 23x15px Wendy Turnbull | Tied | DNP |
Smylie and Turnbull lost in the semi-finals to Zina Garrison and Pam Shriver 7–6(5), 6–4. In 1988, there was no bronze medal play-off match, both beaten semi-final pairs received bronze medals.
Year-End Championships finals
Doubles: 1 final (1 title, 0 runner–ups)
Outcome | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1990 | New York City | Carpet (I) | 23x15px Kathy Jordan | 23x15px Mercedes Paz 23x15px Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
WTA Career finals
Singles: 6 (3–3)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 26 April 1982 | Sardinia | Clay | 23x15px Dana Gilbert | 6–3, 6–0 |
Winner | 2. | 19 September 1983 | Kansas City | Hard | 23x15px Anne Minter | 6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 1. | 12 November 1984 | Brisbane | Grass | 23x15px Helena Suková | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 9 February 1987 | Oklahoma City | Hard | 23x15px Lori McNeil | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 2. | 17 April 1989 | Tokyo | Hard | Template:Country data JPN Kumiko Okamoto | 4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 9 April 1990 | Tokyo | Hard | 23x15px Catarina Lindqvist | 3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 69 (36–33)
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Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | NH | QF | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 12 |
French Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 8 |
Wimbledon | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 13 |
US Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 10 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 43 |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
Year End Ranking | 96 | 225 | 115 | 104 | 36 | 43 | 114 | 27 | 154 | 66 | 53 | 115 | 336 | 119 | 194 |
- NH = tournament not held.
- A = did not participate in the tournament.
- SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Women's doubles
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | QF | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | NH | 1R | SF | QF | 3R | QF | A | F | SF | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 15 |
French Open | A | A | 3R | 2R | SF | A | A | QF | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 3R | A | 0 / 10 |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | W | QF | F | QF | 3R | F | 3R | 1R | SF | QF | A | SF | 1R | 1 / 15 |
US Open | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | QF | F | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 15 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 55 |
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Year End Ranking | 13 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 9 | 13 | NR | 27 | NR |
- NH = tournament not held.
- A = did not participate in the tournament.
- SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Mixed doubles
Tournament | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | NH | NH | NH | NH | 2R | QF | QF | SF | SF | A | QF | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 9 |
French Open | 2R | QF | A | A | 1R | A | A | 3R | A | A | SF | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 6 |
Wimbledon | A | SF | F | QF | QF | SF | 2R | F | W | 2R | 3R | QF | A | 3R | A | 1 / 12 |
US Open | W | F | F | SF | 2R | F | 2R | W | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 2 / 13 |
SR | 1 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 40 |
- NH = tournament not held.
- A = did not participate in the tournament.
- SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
External links
- Elizabeth Smylie at the Women's Tennis Association
- Elizabeth Smylie at the International Tennis Federation
- Elizabeth Smylie at the Fed Cup
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