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Catarina Lindqvist

Catarina Lindqvist
Country (sports)  Sweden
Residence Hollviken, Sweden &
Rumson, New Jersey, USA
Born (1963-06-13) 13 June 1963 (age 53)
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) 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].


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