Amanda Grunfeld

Amanda Grunfeld Rosenfield (born 1 March 1967) is a British former professional tennis player.

Amanda Grunfeld
Full nameAmanda Grunfeld Rosenfield
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born (1967-03-01) 1 March 1967
Manchester, England
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$111,432
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 138 (28 September 1992)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon2R (1991, 1992)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 148 (25 November 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon1R (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993)

Biography

Tennis career

A left-handed player from Manchester, Grunfeld won the British Under-18 Indoor Championship as a 16 year old in 1984.[1]

Her ITF titles include the $25,000 event in her home town of Manchester in 1991, where she beat Irina Spîrlea en route to a win in the final against Samantha Smith.

Grunfeld featured in the singles main draw at Wimbledon on seven occasions, twice reaching the second round. In the 1991 Wimbledon Championships she lost in the second round to Martina Navratilova, after earlier beating Alexia Dechaume-Balleret.[2] At the 1992 tournament she had a win over Silke Meier, then lost a close second round match to Mana Endo, 5–7 in the third set. In addition to her Wimbledon appearances she also played main draw doubles at the Australian Open and featured in qualifying at the French Open and US Open during her career.

She attained her career best ranking of 138 in the world in 1992, which at the time placed her behind only Jo Durie and Monique Javer in the British rankings.

In 1993, her final year on tour, she represented Great Britain in two Federation Cup ties. In both ties she was used as a doubles player alongside Julie Salmon and they won both rubbers, over Ukraine and Turkey.

A shoulder injury ended her tennis career and she left the tour to study for a degree at Manchester University.[3]

Personal life

Grunfeld, who is Jewish, is married to Peter Rosenfield.[4] She now coaches tennis in Florida, at the Windermere Preparatory School.[5]

ITF finals
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 10 October 1988 Telford, United Kingdom Hard (i) Cecilia Dahlman 6–3, 7–6
Winner 2. 26 August 1990 Chiang Mai, Thailand Hard Choi Jeom-sang 7–5, 6–4
Winner 3. 4 November 1991 Manchester, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Samantha Smith 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles (2–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 25 April 1988 Sutton, United Kingdom Clay Jo Louis Maria Ekstrand
Monica Lundqvist		 4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner 2. 10 November 1991 Manchester, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Julie Salmon Lubomira Bacheva
Barbara Griffiths		 7–6(2), 6–1

See also

References
  1. "Budding British Tennis Star". Jewish Post. 1 February 1984. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. "Sampras and Ivanisevic bounced from Wimbledon". United Press International. 29 June 1991. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. "Grunfeld is not giving up". Jewish Post. 8 February 1995. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. "Playing against Navratilova reward enough for Grunfeld". Jewish Post. 7 July 1991. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  5. "Windermere Prep middle-school girls tennis wins GOAC". Windermere Observer. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
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