Amanda Coetzer
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| Country (sports) |
 South Africa
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| Residence | Hoopstad, South Africa, Africa |
| Born |
22 October 1971 Hoopstad, South Africa, Africa |
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | January, 1988 |
| Retired | June 2004 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $5,594,821 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 568–337 |
| Career titles | 9 WTA |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (3 November 1997) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1996, 1997) |
| French Open | SF (1997) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1994) |
| US Open | QF (1994, 1996, 1998) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 269–219 |
| Career titles | 9 WTA |
| Highest ranking | No. 15 (27 September 1993) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2002) |
| French Open | SF (1993, 1994) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1998, 2001) |
| US Open | F (1993) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career record | 18–18 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1995, 2001) |
| French Open | QF (1994) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2000) |
| US Open | 2R (1992, 1993) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | QF (1995, 1996), Total 31 - 13 |
| Hopman Cup | W (2000) |
Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971) is a South African former professional tennis player.
Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004. She won her first top-level singles title in 1993 in Melbourne, and her second later that year in Tokyo.
Coetzer entered the top twenty on the women's world rankings in 1992 and remained there for most of the next ten years. She earned a reputation for regularly beating players who ranked higher than she, while climbing to her peak in 1997. So many upset wins at five-foot-two inspired her nickname, "The Little Assassin."
Coetzer is the daughter of Nico and Suska Coetzer. She started playing tennis at the age of 6. During her playing career she resided primarily in Hilton Head, South Carolina and was coached by Gavin Hopper. She is married to the Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan.
At the Canadian Open in 1995, Coetzer defeated three players ranked in the world's top-5 – Steffi Graf (No. 1), Jana Novotná (No. 4) and Mary Pierce (No. 5) – before finally losing to Monica Seles in the final. The defeat of Graf ended a 32-match winning-streak for the German.
At the Australian Open in 1996, Coetzer became the first South African woman in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam semi-final, where she lost in three sets to Anke Huber.
1997 was the best season of Coetzer's career. In reaching the Australian Open semi-finals for the second consecutive year, she defeated World No. 1 Graf in the fourth round. She then beat Graf for a second time in the quarter-finals at Berlin, handing her worst-ever loss by defeating her 6–0, 6–1 in just 56 minutes. And then in the quarter-finals of the French Open she defeated Graf yet again to become one of just six players to beat Graf three times in one year, and one of only four to defeat her more than once in Grand Slam play. Coetzer lost in the French Open semi-finals to eventual-champion Iva Majoli. Later in the year in Leipzig, Coetzer beat Martina Hingis who by then had taken over the World No. 1 ranking. Coetzer won two singles titles that year in Budapest and Luxembourg.
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