CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS - SINGLES WINNER (30): 2000
- Australian Open, Indian Wells, Linz, Philadelphia; 1999
- Wimbledon, Chase Championships, Sydney, Madrid, Stanford,
Tokyo [Princess Cup], Philadelphia; 1998
- U.S. Open, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Stanford, San Diego,
Los Angeles, Zurich; 1997
- Oklahoma City, Indian Wells, Amelia Island, Atlanta,
Zurich, Chicago; 1996
- Olympics, Strasbourg, Los Angeles; 1995
- Strasbourg; 1994
- Brisbane, Lucerne; 1993
- European Open
CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS - DOUBLES WINNER (29): 2000
- Indian Wells (w/Morariu); 1999
- Wimbledon (w/Morariu), Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Davenport),
Stanford (w/Morariu), San Diego (w/Morariu); 1998
- Chase Championships (w/Zvereva), Indian Wells (w/Zvereva),
German Open (w/Zvereva), Stanford (w/Zvereva), San Diego
(w/Zvereva), Filderstadt (w/Zvereva); 1997
- U.S. Open (w/Novotna), Chase Championships (w/Novotna),
Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Zvereva), Indian Wells (w/Zvereva),
Amelia Island (w/Novotna), German Open (w/Novotna), Stanford
(w/Hingis); 1996 -
Roland Garros (w/M.J. Fernandez), Chase Championships
(w/M.J. Fernandez), Sydney (w/M.J.Fernandez), Los Angeles
(w/Zvereva), Oakland (w/M.J. Fernandez); 1995
- Sydney (w/Novotna), Indian Wells (w/Raymond), Strasbourg
(w/M.J. Fernandez), Tokyo [Nichirei] (w/M.J. Fernandez);
1994 - Indian Wells
(w/Raymond), Oakland (w/Sanchez-Vicario)
CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS - MIXED DOUBLES SEMIFINALIST (4): 1997
- Wimbledon (w/Connell); 1996
- Wimbledon (w/Connell); 1995
- Australian Open (w/Connell), Wimbledon (w/Connell)
ADDITIONAL
HIGHLIGHTS: United States Fed Cup Team 1993-2000.
United States Olympic Team 1996, 2000.
Sanex
WTA TOUR RANKING (SEASON-ENDING, SINGLES): 2000-2;
1999-2; 1998-1; 1997-3; 1996-9; 1995-12; 1994-6; 1993-20;
1992-159; 1991-339
HIGHEST
SINGLES RANKING: No. 1 (October 12, 1998-February
7, 1999; July 5-August 8, 1999; April 3-May 7, 2000; May
15-21, 2000)
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FACTS
*
Ended 2000 in 11th place on the Open Era titles list with
30, after ending 1999 tied with Martina Hingis in 16th
place with 26
*
At 2000 Sydney, reached third consecutive tournament final
and stretched her match winning streak to 11 before falling
in the final; it was her fourth final in Sydney in six
years
*
Earned third career Grand Slam singles title at 2000 Australian
Open, ending world No. 1 Martina Hingis's 27-match, three-title
winning streak at the tournament and becoming the first
America-born woman to win there since Chris Evert in 1984
*
Equaled her (then) career consecutive-finals streak of
five at 2000 Scottsdale, where she came from behind to
win earlier matches against Monica Seles and Jennifer
Capriati; the final was canceled due to two days of rain
*
At 2000 Scottsdale, became the seventh woman tennis player
ever to cross the $10 million mark in career prize money
*
Set a personal best (at the time) by reaching a sixth
consecutive final at 2000 Indian Wells, where she came
back from down a set and 2-4 to defeat world No. 1 Martina
Hingis; also won the doubles title
*
Reached seventh consecutive final at 2000 Miami and stretched
her match winning streak to 21 before falling to Martina
Hingis; by reaching the semifinals, regained the world
No. 1 ranking; earned her 400th career match win in the
third round
*
On April 17, 2000, became the fourth player since computer
rankings began in 1977 to simultaneously hold the world
No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, joining Martina
Navratilova, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario and Martina Hingis
* Withdrew from 2000 Amelia Island
and Hilton Head with a left ankle injury suffered in her
semifinal win at 2000 Miami; suffered a lower back strain
while warming up for her third-round match at 2000 Italian
Open and withdrew from it and her next event, Madrid
*
Suffering from back spasms in the second set, lost in
the first round of 2000 Roland Garros to Dominique Van
Roost, becoming only the second No. 2 seed to lose in
the first round of the tournament since 1925 and marking
her first Grand Slam first-round loss in seven years
*
Reached the final at 2000 Wimbledon but was unable to
defend her 1999 title, falling to Venus Williams; in the
second round, won six straight games to rally from a 0-3
third-set deficit against Elena Likhovtseva; also captured
wins over Monica Seles and Jennifer Capriati
*
Reached her third Grand Slam final of the year at the
2000 U.S. Open, falling to Venus Williams; in the quarterfinals
snapped a five-match losing streak to Serena Williams
to avenge her 1999 loss there to her
*
Reached her seventh final of 2000 at Stanford, her third
consecutive final at that tournament, including a semifinal
win over Monica Seles, but fell in the final to Venus
Williams
*
Finalist for an eighth time in 2000 in Los Angeles, falling
to Serena Williams in a third-set tie-break; 10th final
of 2000 came in Zurich, where she served for the match
leading 5-4 in the third set against No. 1 Martina Hingis
before falling
*
Suffered tendinitis in her left foot in a second-round
win over Justine Henin at the 2000 Canadian Open, but
retired due to the injury in her next match against Magdalena
Maleeva, and withdrew from her second-round match at the
2000 Olympics and the following tournament in Tokyo [Princess
Cup] due to the injury
*
Won 36 of 38 matches from September 1999 to May 2000,
including a 21-match winning streak
*
Playing in 11th final of 2000, snapped a three-match losing
streak to Venus Williams at Linz, halting Williams' 35-match,
six-tournament winning streak, to win her third title
of the year
*
Continued strong indoor season in 2000, reaching the Philadelphia
final for a fourth straight year and winning second title
there by snapping world No. 1 Martina Hingis's 15-match,
three-tournament winning streak
*
Undefeated in Fed Cup play in 1999 and 2000, leading the
United States to the title both years
*
Won second Grand Slam singles title at 1999 Wimbledon,
defeating defending champion Jana Novotna in the quarterfinals
and seven-time champion Steffi Graf in the final, becoming
the third American-born woman to win Wimbledon in the
Open Era; never lost her serve in the final; by reaching
the semifinals, became the 17 woman to reach the semifinals
of all four Grand Slams; has won titles on all four surfaces;
also won the doubles title
*
Won the 1999 Chase Championships over No. 1 Martina Hingis
to tie Hingis for the most singles titles in 1999 with
seven and to sweep Hingis in all three of their 1999 meetings;
through 1999, defeated Hingis in five of their last six
meetings and in six of eight matches in 1998-99
*
Won seven of the eight finals she reached in 1999; won
more than 60 matches and earned over $2 million in prize
money in 1999 for the second consecutive year
*
Lost just 10 games in four matches en route to the quarterfinals
of the 1999 U.S. Open, where she saved two match points
to defeat Mary Pierce and advance to the semifinals before
falling in three sets to eventual champion Serena William
*
Withdrew from the 1999 Miami before her quarterfinal match
with a sprained left wrist suffered during practice several
days earlier; injury also caused her to withdraw from
her next tournament, Hilton Head, and the first round
of Fed Cup and Filderstadt and Zurich in the fall
*
Won fifth singles title of 1999 at Tokyo [Princess Cup],
knocking off five-time champion Monica Seles in the final
to end her three-year winning streak at the tournament;
in the second round versus Anna Smashnova, did not lose
a point on her serve
*
Reached the final at Philadelphia for a third straight
year in 1999, winning it for the first time by defeating
No. 1 Martina Hingis in the final and No. 3 Venus Williams
in the semifinals 6-1, 6-2
*
Her 12 consecutive straight-set wins in Grand Slam matches,
from 1998 U.S. Open through the quarterfinals of the 1999
Australian Open, made her the most dominant player since
Steffi Graf's 20 straight-set Grand Slam wins in 1988
and ties for fifth-best in the Open Era
*
Became the No. 1 ranked player in the world on October
12, 1998, the eighth player to capture the top ranking
since the Sanex WTA TOUR rankings began in November 1975;
became the third American-born player to be ranked No.
1 and first since Chris Evert in November 1985; ended
Martina Hingis' reign at No. 1 at 80 weeks; in 1998, was
the sixth player since 1975 to end the season ranked No.
1 and first American-born player since Evert in 1981
*
Captured first Grand Slam singles title at the 1998 U.S.
Open on her mother's birthday; defeated top seed and defending
champion Martina Hingis 6-3, 7-5 in the final; did not
drop a set in the tournament; the first American-born
woman since Chris Evert in 1982 to win the U.S. Open and
only the fourth American-born player to win in the Open
Era; was the doubles runner-up
*
Won six titles in 1998, more than any other player; reached
the finals of eight of her last 10 tournaments in 1998,
winning five of them; through 1999, is one of 20 players
to win five or more singles titles in one calendar year
on the tour (since 1971)
*
Won first tournament played as the No. 1 player at 1998
Zurich; loss in the final of 2000 Zurich (to Martina Hingis)
ended a 21-match winning streak in Switzerland that included
four titles, one being the first in her career
*
In 1998, marked the sixth time in history of the tour
for a player to win at least four North American hard
court events in a single year (also accomplished by Graf
(twice), Evert, Hingis and Navratilova), winning Stanford,
San Diego, Los Angeles (consecutively) and the U.S. Open;
became first player to sweep the Stanford-San Diego-Los
Angeles summer series and first to win three titles in
one calendar month since Martina Navratilova in 1988
*
Seeded ninth, defeated Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario for first
time to capture the 1996 Olympic gold medal in singles;
upset four higher seeds to win gold medal
*
With partner Mary Joe Fernandez, captured the 1996 Chase
Championships, upsetting the world's top two teams; also
with Fernandez, named the first-ever International Tennis
Federation World Doubles Champions in 1996
*
Has qualified for the season-ending Chase Championships
as one of the best 16 players of the year seven consecutive
seasons 1994-2000; won the title (defeated No. 1 Martina
Hingis in the final) in 1999; reached the final in 1998
with a win over Steffi Graf in the semifinals before falling
to Martina Hingis in four sets in the best-of-five-sets
final; reached the final in her debut in 1994; has also
qualified in doubles as one of the top eight teams five
times, 1994, 1996-99, winning the title in 1996-98
*
One week after turning pro, upset then-No. 5-ranked Gabriela
Sabatini at 1993 Delray Beach * Elected to the Sanex WTA
TOUR Players' Council for a third consecutive year in
1998/99
*
Voted by journalists as winner of the 2000 Prix Orange
at Roland Garros as the friendliest and most approachable
player on the tour; named the United States Olympic Committee
Female Athlete of the Month in July 1999 for her Wimbledon
singles and doubles victories; recipient of the 1998 and
1999 Sanex WTA TOUR Player of the Year and Diamond ACES
awards, and the 1998 TENNIS Magazine Player of the Year
award; 1998 ITF World Champion and Doubles World Champion
with Natasha Zvereva; World Team Tennis Most Valuable
Player in 1997; 1997 International Tennis Federation Doubles
World Champion with Jana Novotna; 1996 ITF Doubles World
Champion with Mary Joe Fernandez; named by TENNIS magazine
and World Team Tennis as 1993 Rookie of the Year; 1991
TENNIS Magazine Female Junior Player of the Year
*
In junior competition, won 1992 U.S. Open singles and
doubles (w/Nicole London) and Australian Open doubles
(w/London); finalist at 1992 Australian Open singles and
Roland Garros doubles (w/Chanda Rubin)
Sanex
WTA TOUR singles titles:
30 (includes one Olympic title)