Heidi Sprung
Full name | Heidi Sprung Vasudevan |
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Country (sports) | Austria |
Born | 10 January 1969 |
Prize money | $110,483 |
Singles | |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 212 (14 October 1991) |
Doubles | |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 97 (17 July 1989) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1988, 1989, 1990) |
French Open | 2R (1989) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1989) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 2–1 |
Heidi Sprung Vasudevan (born 10 January 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.
Biography
[edit]Sprung, who is originally from Salzburg, played Fed Cup tennis for Austria in 1988. She teamed up with Judith Wiesner to win the deciding doubles rubber over Belgium, setting up a second round tie with the USSR. Against the USSR she beat world number 16 Larisa Savchenko in the singles, but this time lost the live doubles rubber.[1]
On the WTA Tour she was most successful as a doubles player, with a career best ranking of 97. She was a doubles finalist at the 1989 Fernleaf Classic in Wellington.[2]
Since retiring she has lived in Switzerland and is married to former India Davis Cup team representative Srinivasan Vasudevan. The pair run a tennis club in Zofingen.[3]
WTA Tour career finals
[edit]Doubles: 1 runner-up
[edit]Result | Date | Tournament | Category | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | February 1989 | Wellington, New Zealand | Tier I | Hard | Tracey Morton | Elizabeth Smylie Janine Tremelling |
6–7(3), 1–6 |
ITF finals
[edit]$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (0–2)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 22 July 1991 | Schwarzach, Austria | Clay | Barbara Mulej | 2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 29 July 1991 | Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany | Clay | Florentina Curpene | 3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles (3–5)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 4 August 1986 | Kitzbuhel, Austria | Clay | Judith Wiesner | Justine Brown Louise Pleming |
0–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 13 July 1987 | Erlangen, West Germany | Clay | Alison Scott | Denisa Krajčovičová Virginie Paquet |
1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 3. | 27 July 1987 | Kitzbuhel, Austria | Clay | Judith Wiesner | Bettina Diesner Karin Oberleitner |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 1 July 1991 | Vaihingen, Germany | Clay | Lisa Seemann | Henrike Kadzidroga Patricia Miller |
7–6, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 5. | 22 July 1991 | Schwarzach, Austria | Clay | Agnese Blumberga | Karina Habšudová Katarína Studeníková |
3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 6. | 31 May 1993 | Cáceres, Spain | Hard | Eleni Rossides | Tzipora Obziler Limor Zaltz |
0–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 18 October 1993 | Langenthal, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | Anne De Gioanni | Miroslava Vavrinec Natalie Tschan |
4–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 10 April 1994 | Limoges, France | Clay | Angelique Olivier | Isabelle Demongeot Maria Strandlund |
2–6, 2–6 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Unsung Swedes topple the US". The Age. 8 December 1988. p. 36. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Wellington - 06 February - 12 February 1989". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Tennisclub Zofingen" (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2018.