Catarina Lindqvist

Catarina Lindqvist

Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Hollviken, Sweden & Rumson, New Jersey, USA
Born	(1963-06-13) 13 June 1963 Kristinehamn, Sweden
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1992
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money	US$1,076,284
Singles
Career record	297–207
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 10 (15 April 1985)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (1987)
French Open	4R (1986)
Wimbledon	SF (1989)
US Open	4R (1985, 1986, 1987)
Doubles
Career record	30–70
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 29 (11 April 1988)

Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan (born 13 June 1963 in Kristinehamn, Värmland) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Career

Lindqvist turned professional in 1983. She reached a career high rank of World No. 10 in April 1985 and won five singles titles. She reached the semifinals of Grand Slam tournaments twice, the Australian Open in 1987 and Wimbledon in 1989. She lost to Martina Navratilova in both semifinals. She retired from tennis in 1992.

Lindqvist reached a career high rank of No. 10 in April 1985. She also won 6 WTA Tour singles titles and 1 doubles. She had career wins over Steffi Graf, Virginia Wade, Pam Shriver, Hana Mandlíková, Wendy Turnbull, Manuela Maleeva, Nathalie Tauziat, Dianne Fromholtz, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, Kathy Jordan, Jo Durie, and Natasha Zvereva.

She currently resides in New Jersey, and is the mother of Joakim Ryan, a top amateur hockey player. She is also the mother of Tobias and Christina Ryan. In 2009 Lindqvist and her husband Bill Ryan bought the East Brunswick Racquet Club [1] in East Brunswick, New Jersey, where currently Lindqvist is the head teaching pro [2].

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (0–0) Tier IV (1–1) Tier V (1–0) Virginia Slims (3–4)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	2 January 1984	Hershey	Carpet (I)	Beth Herr	6–4, 6–0
Winner	2.	15 October 1984	Filderstadt	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	6–1, 6–4
Winner	3.	31 December 1984	Port St. Lucie	Hard	Terry Holladay	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	4 March 1985	Princeton	Carpet (I)	Hana Mandlíková	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	14 October 1985	Filderstadt	Carpet (I)	Pam Shriver	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	20 October 1986	Brighton	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	6 July 1987	Båstad	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	9 January 1989	Sydney	Hard	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	9 April 1990	Tokyo	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	6–3, 6–2
Winner	5.	14 February 1991	Oslo	Carpet (I)	Raffaella Reggi	6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (0–0) Tier IV (0–1) Tier V (0–0) Virginia Slims (0–1)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 May 1987	Berlin	Clay	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	22 February 1988	Oklahoma City	Carpet (I)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	2R	QF	NH	SF	4R	QF	A	2R	2R	0 / 7
French Open	A	2R	2R	2R	4R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	0 / 9
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	1R	QF	4R	1R	SF	1R	4R	2R	0 / 10
US Open	1R	A	3R	4R	4R	4R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 10
SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 36
Year End Ranking	131	115	18	13	17	16	42	16	38	46	63

• 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.

External links

• Catarina Lindqvist at the Women's Tennis Association
• Catarina Lindqvist at the Fed Cup
• Catarina Lindqvist's East Brunswick Racquet Club: [3]