Kathleen Horvath

Kathleen Horvath

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Short Hills, New Jersey, USA
Born	October 16, 1965 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Turned pro	January 1981
Retired	1989
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$220,905
Singles
Career record	176–154
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 10 (June 11, 1984)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)
French Open	QF (1983, 1984)
Wimbledon	3R (1986)
US Open	3R (1981, 1986)
Doubles
Career record	150–132
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 45 (September 12, 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1989)
French Open	SF (1982, 1984)
Wimbledon	3R (1982)
US Open	3R (1985)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)
French Open	SF (1981)
Wimbledon	1R (1986)
US Open	SF (1985)

Erica Kathleen "Kathy" Horvath (born August 25, 1965) is a retired American professional tennis player.

Career

She was the youngest player to play in the US Open in 1979 at 14y5d—this record still stands. Horvath was the youngest player to win the U.S. National 16 and under in 1979. She also is the only player to ever win all four age groups in the U.S. Girls Clay Courts in all consecutive years.

Horvath played on the WTA Tour from 1981 to 1989, winning six singles titles and reaching a career high rank of #10 in 1984.^[1] She reached the quarterfinals at the French Open in 1983 and 1984. She retired with a 176–154 singles record.^[2]

Horvath was the only player to defeat Martina Navratilova in the 1983 season (at the 1983 French Open), winning in the fourth round 6–4, 0–6, 6–3. Navratilova's coaches (Renee Richards and Nancy Lieberman) argued in the stands over strategy, something Navratilova noticed during the match.

Horvath had career victories over Navratilova, Andrea Jaeger, Manuela Maleeva, Gabriela Sabatini, Dianne Fromholtz, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Mary Joe Fernández, Betty Stöve, and Sylvia Hanika. She was a member of the 1984 US Fed Cup Team. She played in the 1984 Olympics when tennis was reintroduced and was the 1st seed. She was coached by renowned Australian coaches Harry Hopman and Nick Bollettieri.

After her tennis career she got her BS and MBA at the Wharton School of Business and then worked on Wall Street until 2003.

WTA Career finals

Singles 9: (6–3)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (6–3)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (2–3) Carpet (4–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	25 January 1981	Montreal	Carpet	Candy Reynolds	6–4, 7–6
Winner	2.	6 March 1983	Nashville	Carpet	Marcela Skuherská	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	23 May 1983	Berlin	Clay	Chris Evert-Lloyd	4–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Winner	3.	13 November 1983	Honolulu	Carpet	Carling Bassett	4–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–1)
Runner-up	2.	29 January 1984	Marco Island	Clay	Bonnie Gadusek	6–3, 0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	20 May 1984	Berlin	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–7^(8–10), 1–6
Winner	4.	10 March 1985	Indianapolis	Carpet	Elise Burgin	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	31 March 1985	Palm Beach Gardens	Clay	Petra Delhees-Jauch	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	6.	12 July 1987	Knokke	Clay	Bettina Bunge	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)

Doubles 9: (3–6)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims (3–6)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (2–6) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	9 May 1982	Perugia	Clay	Yvonne Vermaak	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Winner	2.	7 August 1983	Indianapolis	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Gigi Fernández Beth Herr	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	20 May 1984	Berlin	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Anne Hobbs Candy Reynolds	3–6, 6–4, 6–7^(11–13)
Runner-up	2.	27 May 1984	Perugia	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Iva Budařová Helena Suková	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 4–6
Winner	3.	10 March 1985	Indianapolis	Carpet	Elise Burgin	Jennifer Mundel Molly Van Nostrand	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	28 April 1985	Orlando	Clay	Elise Burgin	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	24 May 1987	Strasbourg	Clay	Marcella Mesker	Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	12 July 1987	Knokke	Clay	Marcella Mesker	Bettina Bunge Manuela Maleeva	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	5 October 1987	Athens	Clay	Dinky Van Rensburg	Andrea Betzner Judith Wiesner	4–6, 6–7^(0–7)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	1R	0 / 1
French Open	A	2R	3R	3R	QF	QF	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 9
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	3R	1R	1R	A	0 / 5
US Open	2R	2R	3R	A	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 8
SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 23
Year End Ranking	NR	NR	28	49	15	29	50	47	37	85	218

• 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.

References

1. "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour".
2. "ITF Kathy Horvath (USA)". Retrieved 2011-12-05.

External links

• Kathleen Horvath at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kathleen Horvath at the International Tennis Federation
• Kathleen Horvath at the Fed Cup