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Biography
- Coached by former doubles partner Lori McNeil...Father, Nico, is a lawyer; mother, Suska, is a housewife; has three sisters: Isabel, Martelle and Nicola...Hobbies include reading and shopping...Favorite books are My TraitorÆs Heart and Gifts of Unknown Things.
Plays
Right-HandedCareer High
3Height
5' 2 1/4'' (1.58 m)Birthday
Oct 22, 1971 October 22, 1971Birthplace
Hoopstad, South AfricaCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (9): 2003 - Acapulco; 2001 - Acapulco; 2000 - Antwerp; 1998 - Hilton Head; 1997 - Budapest, Luxembourg; 1994 - Prague; 1993 - Melbourne, Tokyo [Nichirei].
Finalist (12): 2003 - Memphis; 2001 - Amelia Island; 2000 - Berlin; 1999 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Oklahoma City; 1995 - Brighton, Toronto; 1994 - Indian Wells; 1993 - Indian Wells; 1991 - San Juan.
DOUBLES
Winner (9): 2001 - Oklahoma City, Bahia (both w/McNeil); 1997 - Budapest (w/Fusai); 1996 - Tokyo [Nichirei] (w/Pierce); 1995 - Amelia Island, Berlin (both w/Gorrochategui); 1994 - Prague (w/Wild); 1992 - Taranto (w/Gorrochategui), San Juan (w/E.Reinach).
Finalist (14): 2001 - Strasbourg (w/McNeil); 2000 - Berlin (w/Morariu); 1999 - Tokyo [Toyota Princess Cup]; 1998 - Rome (w/Sánchez Vicario) (w/Dokic), Hamburg (w/Novotna), Oklahoma City (w/Steck); 1995 - Tokyo Nichirei (w/Wild); 1994 - Amelia Island (w/Gorrochategui); 1993 - Amelia Island, US Open, Oakland (all w/Gorrochategui), Tokyo Nichirei (w/Wild); 1992 - Kitzbuhel (w/Probst), Taipei (w/MacGregor).
ADDITIONAL
South African Fed Cup Team 1992-93, 1995-97. South African Olympic Team 1992, 1996, 2000.