Catarina_Lindqvist Knowpia

Catarina Lindqvist
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Höllviken, Sweden &; Rumson, New Jersey, USA
Born	13 June 1963 (age 60); 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)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1985, 1987)
US Open	QF (1985)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)
French Open	2R (1987)
Wimbledon	2R (1987, 1988)

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

Career edit

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 six WTA Tour singles titles and one doubles title. 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 defenseman for the Carolina Hurricanes.^[2]

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 edit

Singles: 10 (5–5) edit

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)

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

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1984	Hershey, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Beth Herr	6–4, 6–0
Win	2–0	Oct 1984	Filderstadt, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Steffi Graf	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–0	Dec 1984	Port St. Lucie, U.S.	Hard	Terry Holladay	6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Mar 1985	Princeton, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	3–6, 5–7
Loss	3–2	Oct 1985	Filderstadt, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Pam Shriver	1–6, 5–7
Loss	3–3	Oct 1986	Brighton, UK	Carpet (i)	Steffi Graf	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Jul 1987	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Jan 1989	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–5	Apr 1990	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	6–3, 6–2
Win	5–5	Feb 1991	Oslo, Norway	Carpet (i)	Raffaella Reggi	6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (0–2) edit

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)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1987	Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 1988	Oklahoma City, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline edit

**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.

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	QF	NH	SF	4R	QF	A	2R	2R	0 / 7
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	2R	4R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	0 / 9
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	1R	QF	4R	1R	SF	1R	4R	2R	0 / 10
US Open	A	1R	A	3R	4R	4R	4R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 10
SR	0 / 0	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	148	131	115	18	13	17	16	42	16	38	46	63

ITF finals edit

Singles finals: (3-2) edit

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	3 January 1983	Chicago, United States	Hard	Elisabeth Ekblom	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	7 November 1983	Gothenburg, Sweden	Hard	Lena Sandin	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	8 July 1985	Landskrona, Sweden	Clay	Karolina Karlsson	6–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	7 July 1986	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Catrin Jexell	6–2, 6–0
Winner	5.	11 February 1991	Danderyd, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Els Callens	6–4, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles finals: (1-1) edit

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 July 1983	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Maria Lindström	Gabriela Dinu Patrizia Murgo	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	2.	7 July 1986	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Maria Lindström	Christina Singer Ellen Walliser	6–3, 6–2

References edit

^ Johnson, Brent. "Nationally ranked tennis pro teaching at East Brunswick club", The Star-Ledger, 19 May 2010. Accessed 14 February 2011. "It’s not the Swedish star’s first connection to New Jersey. Lindqvist has long lived in Rumson, where her husband Bill Ryan is from. And in the 1990s, she was a women’s tennis assistant coach at Princeton University."
^ Gackle, Paul (23 October 2017). "Sharks game is Garden party for father and son". New York: The Mercury News. Retrieved 12 February 2018.