Career Highlights
1999
Made the semifinals of the Evert Cup before losing to Serena Williams 7-5, 6-0.
1998
Her ranking returned to the world's Top 15 for the first time in two years and she qualified for the season-ending Chase Championships in singles as one of the year's top 16 players for the first time in three years. Won the Chase Championships doubles title for the third time.
Unseeded at Wimbledon, defeated fourth seed Steffi Graf for the first time in 18 tries and sixth seed Monica Seles en route to her first semifinal there.
Earned second win over a Top 10 player, defeating No. 10 Irina Spirlea to reach the quarterfinals at Indian Wells. Had upset world No. 4 Amanda Coetzer at Sydney. Third win over a Top 10 player came in Eastbourne, where she upset No. 6 Venus Williams and continued on to reach the semifinals.
Reached third consecutive semifinal at Prague.
Through U.S. Open, had reached 25 of the last 31 Grand Slam women's doubles finals.
1997
In Strasbourg, earned best win of the year, defeating fifth-ranked Lindsay Davenport to reach the quarterfinals.
Stunned 10th-ranked Conchita Martinez 6-1, 6-0 in the first round of 1997 Filderstadt, then stretched world No. 1 Martina Hingis to three sets before falling in the second round.
Won 20th Grand Slam title at 1997 Wimbledon doubles, moving into 14th place on the all-time total Grand Slam titles list.
1995
Runner-up at Indian Wells event -- defeated No. 1-ranked Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in semifinals for first victory over a current No. 1 player. Her quarterfinal victory over Elena Likhovtseva was career match win No. 300.
1988
Reached the finals at the French Open, upsetting second-ranked Martina Navratilova in the fourth round.
Notes
Ranked among the Top 10 players in the world in singles 1988-89 and 1994-95. Has been among the Top 30 since 1988 except 1996 when she was out with an injury.
Has won three of the four Grand Slams doubles titles in the same year four times (1992-94, 1997).
Won non-calendar year doubles Grand Slams in 1992-93 (six straight titles) and 1996-97 (four straight titles).
Holds second-longest Grand Slam doubles sweep in Open-era with Gigi Fernandez, winning six consecutively from 1992 Roland Garros through 1993 Wimbledon (Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver won eight consecutive Grand Slam titles from 1983 Wimbledon through 1985 Roland Garros, including a doubles calendar-year Grand Slam sweep in 1984). With Fernandez, won fourth consecutive grand slam doubles title at 1993 Australian Open - a non-calendar year Grand Slam sweep.
Has qualified for the season-ending Chase Championships as one of the best 16 players of the year six times in singles and as one of the top eight doubles teams every year since 1988.
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