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Egypt Region International Economy Opinion Culture Profile Features Travel Living Sports People Time Out Chronicles Cartoons Letters Five top-20 pros
By Nashwa Abdel-TawabArantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Residence: Andorra, Spain Date of birth: 18 December, 1971 Place of birth: Barcelona, Spain Height: 1.69m Weight: 56kg Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Status: Pro (June 1985) WTA Tour singles titles: 26 WTA Tour doubles titles: 55 Grand Slam titles: 4 singles, 6 doubles 1998 singles ranking: 7th Highest singles ranking: No.1 in most of the months of 19951998 Highlights -- singles
Winner: Roland Garros, Sydney Finalist: Eastbourne, Canadian Open, Tokyo (Toyota), Semi-finalist: Lipton, Italian Open, Los Angeles, Filderstadt Quarter-finalist: Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Hamburg, Grand Slam Cup Third Round: German Open Additional: Spanish Fed Cup team1998 Highlights -- doubles
Finalist: Lipton (w/Zvereva), Italian Open (w/Coetzer), Eastbourne (w/Zvereva), Tokyo (w/M.Fernandez), Filderstadt (w/Kournikova)Mary Pierce
Residences: Paris, France and Bradenton, Florida, USA Date of birth: 15 January, 1975 Place of birth: Montreal, Canada Height: 1.80m Weight: 64kg Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Status: Pro (March 1989) WTA Tour singles titles: 12 WTA Tour doubles titles: 5 Grand Slam titles: 1 singles ITF Women's Circuit singles titles: 2 1998 singles ranking: 8th Highest singles ranking: 3rd from January to August 1995
1998 Highlights -- singles
Arantxa Sanchez
Mary Pierce
Winner: Paris Indoors, Amelia Island, Moscow, Luxembourg Finalist: San Diego Quarter-finalist: Australian Open, Chase Championships, Zurich Fourth Round: US Open Third Round: Italian Open1998 Highlights -- doubles
Winner: Amelia Island (w/Cacic), Moscow (w/Zvereva)Sandrine Testud
Nickname: Tes-Tu Residence: Lyon, France Date of birth: 3 April, 1972 Place of birth: Lyon, France Height: 1.76m Weight: 68kg Plays: Right-handed Status: Pro WTA Tour singles titles: 2 WTA Tour doubles titles: 0 Grand Slam titles: 0 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles: 5 1998 singles ranking: 12th Highest singles ranking: 11th in February 19981998 Highlights -- singles
Winner: Filderstadt Finalist: Prague Semi-finalist: Auckland, Madrid, Rosmalen, Moscow Quarter-finalist: Australian Open, Oklahoma City, Budapest, Italian Open, Canadian Open, Quebec City Fourth Round: Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Lipton Third Round: US Open, Indian Wells, German Open1998 Highlights -- doubles
Finalist: Quebec City (w/Rubin) Semi-finalist: Rosmalen (w/Coetzer)Irina Spirlea
Nickname: Ee-Ree-Nuh Spir-Lay-uh Residence: Bucharest, Romania Date of birth: 26 March, 1974 Place of birth: Bucharest, Romania Height: 1.75m Weight: 68kg Plays: Right-handed Status: Pro (1990) WTA Tour Singles titles: 4 WTA Tour doubles titles: 3 Grand Slam titles: 0 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles: 3 1998 singles ranking: 15th Highest ranking: 7th from October to November 19971998 Highlights -- singles
Winner: Strasbourg Finalist: Hilton Head Semi-finalist: Chase Championships, Zurich, Leipzig Quarter-finalist: Pan Pacific, German Open, Luxembourg, Birmingham, Eastbourne Fourth Round: Wimbledon, US Open Third Round: Indian Wells, Italian Open, Canadian Open1998 Highlights -- doubles
Finalist: Leipzig (w/Bollegraf) Semi-finalist: Los Angeles (w/Rubin), Luxembourg (w/Schett)Natasha Zvereva
Nickname: Zeh-Vere-Reh-Vuh Residence: Minsk, Belarus Date of birth: 16 April, 1971 Place of Birth: Minsk, USSR Height: 1.74m Weight: 62kg Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Status: Pro (May 1988) WTA Tour singles titles: 3 WTA Tour doubles titles: 76 Grand Slam titles: 18 doubles ITF Women's Circuit singles titles: 3 1998 singles ranking: 17th 1998 doubles ranking: No.1 (most months since 1991) Highest singles ranking: 5th from May to June 19891998 Highlights -- singles
Semi-finalist: Wimbledon, Eastbourne, Prague Quarter-finalist: Sydney, Indian Wells, Stanford, Los Angeles, Leipzig, Philadelphia Third round: Australian Open, Lipton, Hilton Head1998 Highlights -- doubles
Winner: Chase Championships (w/Davenport), Indian Wells (w/Davenport), German Open (w/Davenport), Stanford (w/Davenport), San Diego (w/Davenport), Los Angeles (w/Hengis), Filderstadt (w/Davenport), Moscow (w/Pierce); Finalist: Australian Open (w/Davenport), Roland Garros (w/Davenport), Wimbledon (w/Davenport), US Open (w/Davenport), Pan Pacific (w/Davenport), Lipton (w/Sanchez-Vicario), Eastbourne (w/Sanchez-Vicario) .
