Kathy Jordan

Kathy Jordan

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Born	(1959-12-03) December 3, 1959 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1979
Retired	1991
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
College	Stanford University
Prize money	$1,592,111
Singles
Career record	247–155
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 5 (March 19, 1984)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (1983)
French Open	QF (1980)
Wimbledon	SF (1984)
US Open	4R (1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986)
Doubles
Career record	473–136
Career titles	42
Highest ranking	No. 6 (February 4, 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1981)
French Open	W (1980)
Wimbledon	W (1980, 1985)
US Open	W (1981)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1990)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	2
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1991)
French Open	W (1986)
Wimbledon	W (1986)
US Open	QF (1984, 1986)
Last updated on: May 24, 2012.

Kathryn Jordan (born December 3, 1959) is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won seven Grand Slam titles, five of them in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. She also was the 1983 Australian Open women's singles runner-up and won three singles titles and 42 doubles titles.

College

She received an athletic scholarship to Stanford University in 1978. While at Stanford, she won the 1979 AIAW Championships in singles and in doubles with her sister Barbara Jordan. in 1979, she won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the best female collegiate player.

Career

Jordan turned professional in 1979. Her best performance in a Grand Slam singles tournament was runner-up at the 1983 Australian Open, where she lost to Martina Navratilova in straight sets..

She was the first player to defeat Chris Evert before the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament. Jordan defeated Evert 6–1, 7–6 in the third round of Wimbledon in 1983 after Evert had reached at least the semifinals of her first 34 Grand Slam singles tournaments. Jordan and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (also in the third round and by the same score 6–1, 7–6 at the 1988 French Open) are the only two women who ever beat Evert before the quarterfinals as Evert made 54 quarterfinals from the 56 grand slams she played in her career.

In women's doubles, Jordan won five Grand Slam titles, four of which were in partnership with Anne Smith. She also won a career Grand Slam in women's doubles, winning the 1980 French Open, 1980 and 1985 Wimbledon, 1981 US Open, and 1981 Australian Open.

In the Wimbledon final on July 6, 1985, Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie teamed to snap the 109-match winning streak of Navratilova and Pam Shriver by defeating them in three sets.

In mixed doubles, Jordan won two Grand Slam titles, 1986 French Open and 1986 Wimbledon, both of which were in partnership with Ken Flach.

Jordan retired in 1991. Her highest singles rank was world number five in 1984 and her highest doubles rank was world number 6 in 1991. She won several awards during her career, including 1979 WTA Most Impressive Newcomer Award, 1980 WTA Doubles Team of the Year Award with Smith, 1984 WTA Most Improved Player of the Year Award, and 1991 WTA Player Service Award

After retiring, Jordan returned to Stanford University and received a B.A. in political science in 1991. She was elected vice-president of the WTA in 1992. She also served as chairperson of the WTA Drug Testing Committee and served on WTA executive, deferred compensation, finance/marketing, and insurance committees through 1992.

In 2002, Jordan was presented with a Mentor Award by Martina Navratilova, on behalf of the WTA Tour, in recognition of her contribution to the Partners for Success program and to the sport of tennis at large.

Personal life

Jordan was one of the top juniors during the 1970s. She also was a top high school basketball player, being named to the All-Conference basketball team while at Upper Merion Area High School in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Her sister won the 1979 Australian Open women's singles title. Her father, Bob Jordan, was instrumental in the development of the WTA deferred compensation plan. Now, Jordan lives in Palo Alto, California.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1983	Australian Open	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1980	French Open	Clay	Anne Smith	Ivanna Madruga Adriana Villagrán	6–1, 6–0
Win	1980	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	1981	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win	1981	US Open	Hard	Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–3
Win	1981	Australian Open	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 7–5
Loss	1982	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1983	French Open	Clay	Anne Smith	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	1984	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–4
Win	1985	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1987	US Open	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–4, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1984	Wimbledon	Grass	Steve Denton	Wendy Turnbull John Lloyd	6–3, 6–3
Win	1986	French Open	Clay	Ken Flach	Rosalyn Fairbank Mark Edmondson	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	1986	Wimbledon	Grass	Ken Flach	Martina Navratilova Heinz Günthardt	6–3, 7–6(9–7)

Year-end championships finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1982	New York City	Carpet	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–3
Win	1990	New York City	Carpet	Elizabeth Smylie	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6(7–4), 6–4

WTA career finals

Singles 13 (3–10)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (3–9)

Titles by surface Hard (1–1) Grass (0–3) Clay (0–0) Carpet (2–6)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1979	San Antonio, US	Carpet	Linda Siegel	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–0	Mar 1979	Orlando, US	Hard	Regina Maršíková	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Aug 1979	Richmond, US	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 3–6
Win	3–1	Mar 1982	Boston, US	Carpet	Wendy Turnbull	7–5, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Apr 1983	Atlanta, US	Hard	Pam Shriver	2–6, 0–6
Loss	3–3	Sep 1983	Richmond, US	Carpet	Rosalyn Fairbank	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Oct 1983	Detroit, US	Carpet	Virginia Ruzici	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–5	Nov 1983	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Jo Durie	3–6, 5–5
Loss	3–6	Nov 1983	Australian Open	Grass	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	3–7	Mar 1984	Dallas, US	Carpet	Hana Mandlíková	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 1–6
Loss	3–8	Jun 1984	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Martina Navratilova	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–9	May 1985	Melbourne, Australia	Carpet	Pam Shriver	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–10	Feb 1986	Oakland, US	Carpet	Chris Evert-Lloyd	2–6, 4–6

Doubles 78 (42–36)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (6–6) WTA Tour Championships (1–1) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (1–0) Tier III (1–0) Tier IV (2–1) Tier V (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (31–28)

Titles by surface Hard (16–3) Grass (4–9) Clay (6–7) Carpet (16–17)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Jan 1979	San Antonio, US	Carpet	Wendy White	Bunny Bruning Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–2, 6–2
Win	2.	Aug 1979	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Anne Smith	Penny Johnson Paula Smith	6–1, 6–0
Loss	1.	Jan 1980	Chicago, US	Carpet	Sylvia Hanika	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Feb 1980	Los Angeles, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova	6–7, 2–6
Loss	3.	Feb 1980	Detroit, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	3.	Apr 1980	Hilton Head Island, US	Clay	Anne Smith	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4.	Apr 1980	Amelia Island, US	Clay	Pam Shriver	Rosemary Casals Ilana Kloss	6–7, 6–7
Win	4.	May 1980	French Open	Clay	Anne Smith	Ivanna Madruga Adriana Villagrán	6–1, 6–0
Win	5.	Jun 1980	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Anne Smith	Pam Shriver Betty Stöve	6–4, 6–1
Win	6.	Jun 1980	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	7.	Sep 1980	Las Vegas, US	Hard (I)	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	5.	Sep 1980	Atlanta, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	3–6, 1–6
Win	8.	Oct 1980	Brighton, UK	Carpet	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	6–3, 7–5
Loss	6.	Nov 1980	Filderstadt, West Germany	Hard (I)	Anne Smith	Hana Mandlíková Betty Stöve	4–6, 5–7
Win	9.	Jan 1981	Cincinnati, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	7.	Mar 1981	Dallas, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 4–6
Win	10.	Apr 1981	Amelia Island, US	Clay	Paula Smith	JoAnne Russell Pam Shriver	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Loss	8.	Jun 1981	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–6, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	9.	Jun 1981	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	11.	Jul 1981	San Diego, US	Hard	Candy Reynolds	Rosemary Casals Pam Shriver	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	10.	Aug 1981	Richmond, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win	12.	Sep 1981	US Open	Hard	Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–3
Loss	11.	Nov 1981	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	13.	Nov 1981	Australian Open	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 7–5
Win	14.	Jan 1982	Washington, D.C., US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	12.	Jan 1982	Seattle, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	5–7, 4–6
Win	15.	Feb 1982	Houston, US	Carpet	Pam Shriver	Sue Barker Sharon Walsh	7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss	13.	Feb 1982	Oakland, US	Carpet	Pam Shriver	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	1–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Win	16.	Mar 1982	Los Angeles, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–3, 7–5
Win	17.	Mar 1982	Boston, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	7–6, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	14.	Mar 1982	Avon Championships, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 3–6
Loss	15.	Apr 1982	Fort Worth, US	Clay	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 3–6
Loss	16.	Apr 1982	Orlando, US	Clay	Anne Smith	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	3–6, 3–6
Loss	17.	Jun 1982	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Loss	18.	Jun 1982	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 1–6
Win	18.	Jul 1982	San Diego, US	Hard	Paula Smith	Patricia Medrado Cláudia Monteiro	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Win	19.	Aug 1982	Atlanta, US	Hard	Betsy Nagelsen	Chris Evert Billie Jean King	4–6, 7–6(13–11), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	19.	Jan 1983	Washington, D.C., US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	20.	Jan 1983	Palm Beach Gardens, US	Clay	Paula Smith	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	21.	Feb 1983	Chicago, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1–6, 2–6
Win	20.	Feb 1983	Palm Springs, US	Hard	Ann Kiyomura	Dianne Fromholtz Betty Stöve	6–2, 6–2
Loss	22.	Mar 1983	Boston, US	Carpet	Anne Smith	Jo Durie Ann Kiyomura	3–6, 1–6
Loss	23.	Mar 1983	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Anne Smith	Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh	1–6, 1–6
Loss	24.	May 1983	French Open	Clay	Anne Smith	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	25.	Sep 1983	Richmond, US	Carpet	Barbara Potter	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	7–6(7–3), 2–6, 1–6
Loss	26.	Sep 1983	Hartford, US	Carpet	Barbara Potter	Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	21.	Oct 1983	Detroit, US	Carpet	Barbara Potter	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 6–1
Win	22.	Apr 1984	Amelia Island, US	Clay	Anne Smith	Anne Hobbs Mima Jaušovec	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	27.	Jun 1984	Wimbledon	Grass	Anne Smith	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Win	23.	Aug 1984	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–2
Win	24.	Jan 1985	Key Biscayne, US	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Win	25.	Jan 1985	Marco Island, US	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Camille Benjamin Bonnie Gadusek	6–3, 6–3
Loss	28.	Feb 1985	Delray Beach, US	Hard	Hana Mandlíková	Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win	26.	Apr 1985	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Elizabeth Smylie	Betsy Nagelsen Anne White	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	29.	May 1985	Melbourne, Australia	Carpet	Anne Hobbs	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss	30.	Jun 1985	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 4–6
Win	27.	Jun 1985	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win	28.	Aug 1985	Mahwah, US	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	29.	Sep 1985	Chicago, US	Carpet	Elizabeth Smylie	Elise Burgin JoAnne Russell	6–2, 6–2
Win	30.	Jan 1986	Wichita, US	Carpet	Candy Reynolds	JoAnne Russell Anne Smith	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Win	31.	Jan 1986	Key Biscayne, US	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Betsy Nagelsen Barbara Potter	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 6–2
Win	32.	Mar 1986	Princeton, US	Carpet	Elizabeth Smylie	Hana Mandlíková Helena Suková	6–3, 7–5
Loss	31.	Mar 1986	Nashville, US	Carpet	Elizabeth Smylie	Barbara Potter Pam Shriver	4–6, 3–6
Loss	32.	Mar 1986	Marco Island, US	Clay	Elise Burgin	Martina Navratilova Andrea Temesvári	5–7, 2–6
Win	33.	Sep 1986	Hilversum, Betherlands	Carpet	Helena Suková	Tine Scheuer-Larsen Catherine Tanvier	7–5, 6–1
Win	34.	Apr 1987	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Betsy Nagelsen	Sandy Collins Sharon Walsh	6–3, 7–5
Win	35.	Apr 1987	Houston, US	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6–2, 6–4
Loss	33.	Jul 1987	Newport, US	Grass	Anne Hobbs	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win	36.	Jul 1987	Aptos, US	Hard	Robin White	Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken	6–1, 6–0
Loss	34.	Aug 1987	US Open	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Win	37.	Oct 1987	Brighton, UK	Carpet	Helena Suková	Tine Scheuer-Larsen Catherine Tanvier	7–5, 6–1
Win	38.	Mar 1990	San Antonio, US	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Gigi Fernández Robin White	7–5, 7–5
Win	39.	Apr 1990	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	Hu Na Michelle Jaggard	6–0, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	35.	May 1990	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Elizabeth Smylie	Nicole Provis Elna Reinach	1–6, 4–6
Loss	36.	Jun 1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Elizabeth Smylie	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	3–6, 4–6
Win	40.	Oct 1990	Nashville, US	Hard (I)	Larisa Neiland	Brenda Schultz Caroline Vis	6–1, 6–2
Win	41.	Nov 1990	Virginia Slims Championships, US	Carpet	Elizabeth Smylie	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	42.	Jan 1991	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Elizabeth Smylie	Mary Joe Fernández Robin White	4–6, 6–0, 6–3

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	3R	A	F	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A	7–2
French Open	A		A	A	QF	3R	A	4R	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	8–5
Wimbledon	A		A	4R	4R	4R	3R	QF	SF	2R	4R	1R	A	A	1R	21–10
US Open	Q1		2R	4R	4R	4R	1R	4R	2R	4R	4R	1R	A	A	1R	20–11
Year-end ranking	NR		NR	11	13	15	21	13	10	19	15	35	NR	NR	205

Doubles

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	W	A	SF	A	A	NH	A	A	A	3R	QF	13–3
French Open	A	2R	W	QF	A	F	QF	A	QF	A	A	A	2R	QF	24–7
Wimbledon	A	1R	W	F	F	QF	F	W	3R	QF	A	A	F	QF	39–9
US Open	QF	2R	SF	W	QF	SF	3R	2R	QF	F	A	QF	SF	A	38–11
Year-end ranking							4	5	10	10	NR	65	9	21

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	W–L
Australian Open	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	A	A	A	A	2R	1–1
French Open	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	W	A	A	A	1R	QF	9–3
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	QF	F	SF	W	QF	A	A	2R	2R	21–7
US Open	2R	A	A	A	2R	QF	1R	QF	2R	A	A	1R	A	7–7

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

External links

• Kathy Jordan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kathy Jordan at World Tennis
• Kathy Jordan at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)