Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a Czech–Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in the mid-1980s. Mandíková won 27 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including four majors: the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Open, 1985 US Open and 1987 Australian Open. She was the runner-up at a further four singles majors – twice at Wimbledon and twice at the US Open. She also won 19 career doubles titles, including a major in women's doubles at the 1989 US Open partnering Martina Navratilova. Competing for Czechoslovakia and later Australia, Mandlíková was one of the brightest stars of her generation and is considered one of the greatest female players of the Open Era. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994.
Mandlíková was ranked in the top 50 for twelve consecutive seasons (1978–89), including seven seasons ranked in the top 10. She led Czechoslovakia to three consecutive Federation Cup victories from 1983 to 1985, and was only the third woman to win Grand Slam titles on grass (the Australian Open was a grass-court tournament until 1988), clay and hardcourts, joining Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. She retired in 1990, and went on to coach Jana Novotná to the Wimbledon singles title and a career-high ranking of world No. 2. Mandlíková also served as the Czech Republic's Olympic and Fed Cup coach.
Early life
Born in Prague, Mandlíková is the daughter of Vilém Mandlík, who was an Olympic 200-metre semi-finalist for Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. He also competed in the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Career
Junior
Mandlíková first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior. In 1978, the International Tennis Federation launched world junior rankings, and Mandlíková became the first female world No. 1 junior.
Professional
Mandlíková captured her first Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open in 1980, aged 18, defeating Australian Wendy Turnbull in straight sets in the final. With this victory, she once again ended a Navratilova winning run, this time after 56 matches. This was the last Australian Open played on grass.
Mandlíková attained Australian citizenship in 1988, and her last consistent performance in a Grand Slam event was at the 1988 Australian Open, where, as the defending champion at the new hard court venue, she reached the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Graf. Injury problems Mandlíková had been experiencing for several years saw her year-end ranking for 1988 drop to 29, her lowest since 1978.
She teamed with Pat Cash to represent Australia in the first edition of the Hopman Cup, reaching the final played on New Year's Day 1989, but losing to Czechoslovakia. In September she teamed with Navratilova to win the US Open women's doubles title, defeating Shriver and Mary Joe Fernández in the final. Mandlíková ended the 1989 season ranked 14 in the world.
Ten years after her first Grand Slam victory, Mandlíková retired from the professional tennis tour in 1990 at age 28, having won 27 singles and 19 doubles titles. Her Federation Cup win-loss singles record is 34–6. Mandlíková is one of only 13 women during the Open Era to have reached the singles finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments.
During her professional career, Mandlíková was coached by former player Betty Stöve.
Mandlíková was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994 and received the Hall of Fame ring in 2017.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
{| class="wikitable"
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|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Tournament !! 1978 !! 1979 !! 1980 !! 1981 !! 1982 !! 1983 !! 1984 !! 1985 !! 1986 !! 1987 !! 1988 !! 1989 !! 1990 !! Career SR
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Australian Open
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center"| NH
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |2 / 10
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |French Open
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 12
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Wimbledon
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 11
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |US Open
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 11
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |SR
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 4
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 4
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 4
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 4
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 4
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 4
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 4
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 4 / 44
|-
|align=left|Year-end ranking
|align="center"|45
|align="center"|17
|align="center" bgcolor=EEE8AA|4
|align="center" bgcolor=EEE8AA|5
|align="center" bgcolor=EEE8AA|7
|align="center" bgcolor=EEE8AA|9
|align="center" bgcolor=99ccff|3
|align="center" bgcolor=99ccff|3
|align="center" bgcolor=EEE8AA|4
|align="center" bgcolor=EEE8AA|5
|align="center"|29
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|NR
|}
Doubles
{| class="wikitable"
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| colspan="10" |
| colspan="3" |
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|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Tournament !! 1978 !! 1979 !! 1980 !! 1981 !! 1982 !! 1983 !! 1984 !! 1985 !! 1986 !! 1987 !! 1988 !! 1989 !! 1990 !! Career SR
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Australian Open
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center"| NH
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 7
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |French Open
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 12
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Wimbledon
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 10
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |US Open
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 9
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |SR
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 4
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 4
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1 / 4
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 1 / 38
|-
|align=left|Year-end ranking
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|align="center"|11
|align="center" bgcolor=EEE8AA|6
|align="center" bgcolor=EEE8AA|7
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|60
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|46
|}
Personal life
Mandlíková married Czech-born Australian restaurateur Jan Sedlak at the Old Town Hall in Prague during 1986 Federation Cup. The couple divorced two years later, shortly after Mandlíková obtained Australian citizenship.
In May 2001, she gave birth to twins Mark Vilém and Elizabeth Hana. Their father was a friend who was to have no role in their upbringing. Instead, Mandlíková brought up the children together with her partner, Liz Resseguie.
References
External links
Websites : hanamandlikova.com
- Inside Hana's Tennis