Country (sports) |
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Residence |
Hollviken, Sweden & Rumson, New Jersey, USA |
Born |
Kristinehamn, Sweden |
13 June 1963
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) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
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 top amateur hockey player. She is also the mother of Christina and Tobias.
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].