Zina Garrison

Zina Garrison
Singles

Country	United States
Residence	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Date of birth	November 16, 1963 (1963-11-16) (age 47)
Place of birth	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	61.2 kg (135 lb; 9.64 st)
Turned pro	1982
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$4,590,816
Career record	587–270
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 4 (November 20, 1989)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (1983)
French Open	QF (1982)
Wimbledon	F (1990)
US Open	SF (1988, 1989)
Doubles
Career record	436–231
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	No. 5 (May 23, 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1987, 1992)
French Open	QF (1988, 1989, 1991, 1995)
Wimbledon	SF (1988, 1990, 1991, 1993)
US Open	SF (1985, 1991)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	3
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1987)
Wimbledon	W (1988, 1990)
Last updated on: July 12, 2008.

Women's tennis
Olympic medal record
Competitor for United States
Gold	1988 Seoul	Doubles
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Singles

Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963 in Houston, Texas) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.

1 Career
2 Personal life and post-tennis career
3 Grand Slam finals
4 Titles (34)
- 4.1 Singles (14)
- 4.2 Doubles (20)
5 Singles runner-ups (22)
6 Grand Slam singles performance timeline
7 References
- 7.1 Bibliography
- 7.2 Footnotes
8 External links

Career

An African-American and the youngest of seven children, Garrison started playing tennis at the age of 10 and entered her first tournament at the age of 12. Her success as a junior player quickly made the tennis world take notice. At the age of 14 she won the national girls' 18s title. And then in 1981, she won both the Wimbledon and US Open junior titles and was ranked the World No. 1 junior player. Garrison graduated from Sterling High School in Houston in 1982.^[1]

Garrison began suffering from the eating disorder bulimia when she was 19, following the death of her mother^[1]. "I had never been comfortable with my looks and felt I had lost the only person who loved me unconditionally", Garrison told the British Observer Sport Monthly in 2006. "The pressure of being labeled 'the next Althea Gibson' only made things worse. I felt I was never going to be allowed to grow into just becoming me."

Garrison turned professional in 1982, and skipped her graduation at Ross Sterling High School to compete in the French Open, her first tournament as a professional, where she reached the quarterfinals before being knocked-out by Martina Navrátilová.

Despite battling bulimia during her first few years on the tour, Garrison enjoyed notable success on-court. She reached the Australian Open semifinals in her first full year on the tour - 1983 - and finished the year ranked World No. 10. She won her first top-level singles titles in 1984 at the European Indoor Championships in Zürich. She was a Wimbledon semifinalist in 1985, and in 1986, she won her first tour doubles at the Canadian Open (partnering Gabriela Sabatini).

At the Australian Open in 1987, Garrison won the mixed doubles (partnering Sherwood Stewart) and finished runner-up in the women's doubles (partnering Lori McNeil). A year later, Garrison and Stewart captured the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon.

At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Garrison teamed with Pam Shriver to win the women's doubles gold medal for the United States, defeating Jana Novotná and Helena Suková of Czechoslovakia in the final. And Garrison defeated Shriver in the quarterfinals of the singles event, where she won a bronze medal.

In 1989, Garrison defeated Chris Evert 7–6, 6–2 in the quarterfinals of the US Open in what proved to be the final Grand Slam singles match of Evert's career. Garrison subsequently lost to Navrátilová in the semifinals. She finished 1989 ranked a career-high World No. 4 in singles.

The highlight of Garrison's career came in 1990 at Wimbledon. She defeated French Open champion Monica Seles in the quarterfinals 3–6, 6–3, 9–7 and the defending Wimbledon champion and World No. 1 Steffi Graf in the semifinals 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 to reach her first (and only) Grand Slam singles final. There, she lost to Navrátilová 6–4, 6–1 who won her record ninth women's singles title at Wimbledon. However, Garrison claimed her third Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Wimbledon that year (partnering Rick Leach).

In 1992, Garrison finished runner-up in the Australian Open women's doubles (partnering Mary Joe Fernandez).

Garrison retired from the professional tour in 1996. During her career, she won 14 top-level singles titles and 20 doubles titles.

Personal life and post-tennis career

Garrison married Willard Jackson in September 1989; however' the marriage ended in divorce in 1997.

Since retiring from the tour, Garrison has worked as a television commentator and maintained active roles in the community and in tennis. She founded the Zina Garrison Foundation for the Homeless in 1988, and the Zina Garrison All-Court Tennis Program, which supports inner-city tennis in Houston, in 1992. She has also served as a member of the United States President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Garrison has maintained a presence on the professional tennis scene, and was the captain for the U.S. Federation Cup team before relinquishing the role to Mary Joe Fernandez in 2008. This role involves coaching the team and giving on-court advice. She also led the U.S. women's team at the 2008 Beijing Games tennis event where team members Venus and Serena Williams won a doubles gold medal.^[2]

Grand Slam finals

Singles 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1990	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (0 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1987	Australian Open	Grass	Lori McNeil	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	1992	Australian Open	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	6–4, 7–6(3)

Mixed Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1987	Australian Open	Grass	Sherwood Stewart	Anne Hobbs Andrew Castle	3–6, 7–6(5), 6–3
Winner	1988	Wimbledon	Grass	Sherwood Stewart	Gretchen Magers Kelly Jones	6–1, 7–6(3)
Runner-up	1989	Australian Open	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Jana Novotná Jim Pugh	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1990	Australian Open	Hard	Jim Pugh	Natasha Zvereva Andrew Castle	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	1990	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Rick Leach	Elizabeth Sayers Smylie John Fitzgerald	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1993	Australian Open	Hard	Rick Leach	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 6–4

Titles (34)

Singles (14)

Legend
Grand Slams (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (5)
Tier IV & V (3)
VS (6)

Titles by Surface
Hard (3)
Clay (1)
Grass (4)
Carpet (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	November 4, 1984	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (I)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–1, 0–6, 6–2
2.	April 21, 1985	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Chris Evert	6–4, 6–3
3.	November 3, 1985	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (I)	Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–3
4.	November 2, 1986	Indianapolis, USA (VS of Indianapolis)	Hard (I)	Melissa Gurney	6–3, 6–3
5.	January 11, 1987	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Pam Shriver	6–2, 6–4
6.	February 15, 1987	San Francisco, USA	Carpet (I)	Sylvia Hanika	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
7.	February 26, 1989	Oakland, USA	Carpet (I)	Larisa Neiland	6–1, 6–1
8.	July 23, 1989	Newport, USA	Grass	Pam Shriver	6–0, 6–1
9.	November 12, 1989	Chicago, USA	Carpet (I)	Larisa Neiland	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
10.	June 17, 1990	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Linda Harvey Wild	6–4, 6–3
11.	February 23, 1992	Oklahoma City, USA	Hard (I)	Lori McNeil	7–5, 3–6, 7–6(10)
12.	February 21, 1993	Oklahoma City, USA	Hard (I)	Patty Fendick	6–2, 6–2
13.	October 24, 1993	Budapest, Hungary	Carpet (I)	Sabine Appelmans	7–5, 6–2
14.	June 18, 1995	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Lori McNeil	6–3, 6–3

Doubles (20)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Olympic Gold (1)
Tier I (2)
Tier II (6)
Tier III (6)
Tier IV & V (0)
VS (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	August 10, 1986	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini	Pam Shriver Helena Suková	7–6(2), 5–7, 6–4
2.	November 2, 1986	Indianapolis, USA	Hard (I)	Lori McNeil	Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	4–5 retired
3.	August 23, 1987	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Lori McNeil	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–1, 6–2
4.	October 7, 1987	New Orleans, USA	Carpet (I)	Lori McNeil	Peanut Louie Harper Heather Ludloff	6–3, 6–4
5.	March 13, 1988	Boca Raton, USA	Hard	Katrina Adams	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4–6, 5–7, 6–4
6.	April 11, 1988	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Eva Pfaff	Katrina Adams Penny Barg Mager	4–6, 6–2, 7–6(5)
7.	April 24, 1988	Houston, USA	Clay	Katrina Adams	Lori McNeil Martina Navratilova	6–7(4), 6–2, 6–4
8.	October 2, 1988	Summer Olympics, Seoul	Hard	Pam Shriver	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	4–6, 6–2, 10–8
9.	November 27, 1988	Tokyo, Japan (World Doubles)	Carpet (I)	Katrina Adams	Gigi Fernández Robin White	7–5, 7–5
10.	February 5, 1989	Tokyo, Japan (Pan Pacific)	Carpet (I)	Katrina Adams	Mary Joe Fernandez Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–3, 6–3, 7–6(5)
11.	April 30, 1989	Houston, USA	Clay	Katrina Adams	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	6–3, 6–4
12.	June 25, 1989	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Katrina Adams	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–3 retired
13.	February 25, 1990	Washington, DC, USA	Carpet (I)	Martina Navrátilová	Ann Henricksson Dinky Van Rensburg	6–0, 6–3
14.	August 12, 1990	San Diego, USA	Hard	Patty Fendick	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer	6–4, 7–6(5)
15.	October 21, 1990	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet (I)	Mary Joe Fernandez	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 6–3
16.	March 24, 1991	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Mary Joe Fernandez	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	7–5, 6–2
17.	February 14, 1993	Chicago, USA	Carpet (I)	Katrina Adams	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	7–6(3), 6–3
18.	February 21, 1993	Oklahoma City, USA	Hard (I)	Patty Fendick	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–2
19.	October 10, 1993	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
20.	June 12, 1994	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	6–4, 6–4

Singles runner-ups (22)

Legend
Grand Slams (1)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (8)
Tier III (4)
Tier IV & V (2)
VS (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	August 7, 1983	Indianapolis, USA (US Clay Courts)	Clay	Andrea Temesvári	6–2, 6–2
2.	January 2, 1984	Washington, DC, USA	Carpet (I)	Hana Mandlíková	6–1, 6–1
3.	September 30, 1984	New Orleans, USA	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–3
4.	January 20, 1985	Denver, USA	Carpet (I)	Peanut Louie Harper	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
5.	July 27, 1985	Indianapolis, USA (US Clay Courts)	Clay	Andrea Temesvári	7–6(0), 6–3
6.	September 21, 1986	Tampa, USA	Hard	Lori McNeil	2–6, 7–5, 6–2
7.	August 23, 1987	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–1
8.	October 30, 1988	Indianapolis, USA (VS of Indianapolis)	Hard (I)	Katerina Maleeva	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
9.	February 19, 1989	Washington, DS, USA	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	6–1, 7–5
10.	June 18, 1989	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Martina Navratilova	7–6(5), 6–3
11.	August 6, 1989	San Diego, USA	Hard	Steffi Graf	6–4, 7–5
12.	November 5, 1989	Worcester, USA	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
13.	February 25, 1990	Washington, DC, USA	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–1, 6–0
14.	July 8, 1990	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–1
15.	October 23, 1990	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
16.	February 17, 1991	Chicago, USA	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–1, 6–2
17.	October 27, 1991	Brighton, UK	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
18.	April 19, 1992	Houston, USA	Clay	Monica Seles	6–1, 6–1
19.	June 13, 1993	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Lori McNeil	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
20.	August 1, 1993	Stratton Mountain, USA	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–3, 6–2
21.	November 7, 1993	Oakland, USA	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 7–6(1)
22.	June 12, 1994	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Lori McNeil	6–2, 6–2

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	1R	SF	1R	QF	NH	QF	2R	QF	QF	4R	4R	3R	1R	3R	A	0 / 13
French Open	A	A	QF	1R	4R	2R	3R	A	4R	3R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 12
Wimbledon	A	A	4R	1R	2R	SF	2R	A	QF	2R	F	QF	4R	4R	QF	3R	A	0 / 13
US Open	1R	1R	4R	4R	3R	QF	4R	4R	SF	SF	QF	4R	4R	3R	4R	4R	1R	0 / 17
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 55

NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

References

Bibliography

A. P. Porter, Zina Garrison: Ace, First Ave. Editions, 1992

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ESPN Classic - Garrison's biggest rally came off the court at espn.go.com (retrieved 2009-04-13)
↑ "Harmon and Garrison to coach US teams in Beijing". 2008-03-19. http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=18489. Retrieved 2008-03-24.

External links

Zina Garrison on the Women's Tennis Association
Zina Garrison at the International Tennis Federation
Zina Garrison at the Fed Cup
ESPN biography
Zina Garrison on her fight with bulimia

Wimbledon (Open Era) girls' singles champions

1968 Kristy Pigeon • 1969 Kazuko Sawamatsu • 1970 Sharon Walsh • 1971 Marina Kroshina • 1972 Ilana Kloss • 1973 Ann Kiyomura • 1974 Mima Jaušovec • 1975 Natasha Chmyreva • 1976 Natasha Chmyreva • 1977 Lea Antonoplis • 1978 Tracy Austin • 1979 Mary Lou Piatek • 1980 Debbie Freeman • 1981 Zina Garrison • 1982 Catherine Tanvier • 1983 Pascale Paradis • 1984 Annabel Croft • 1985 Andrea Holikova • 1986 Natalia Zvereva • 1987 Natalia Zvereva • 1988 Brenda Schultz • 1989 Andrea Strnadová • 1990 Andrea Strnadová • 1991 Barbara Rittner • 1992 Chanda Rubin • 1993 Nancy Feber • 1994 Martina Hingis • 1995 Aleksandra Olsza • 1996 Amélie Mauresmo • 1997 Cara Black • 1998 Katarina Srebotnik • 1999 Iroda Tulyaganova • 2000 María Emilia Salerni • 2001 Angelique Widjaja • 2002 Vera Dushevina • 2003 Kirsten Flipkens • 2004 Kateryna Bondarenko • 2005 Agnieszka Radwańska • 2006 Caroline Wozniacki • 2007 Urszula Radwańska • 2008 Laura Robson • 2009 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn • 2010 Kristýna Plíšková

US Open girls' singles champions

1974 Ilana Kloss • 1975 Natasha Chmyreva • 1976 Marise Kruger • 1977 Claudia Casabianca • 1978 Linda Siegel • 1979 Alycia Moulton • 1980 Susan Mascarin • 1981 Zina Garrison • 1982 Beth Herr • 1983 Elizabeth Minter • 1984 Katerina Maleeva • 1985 Laura Garrone • 1986 Elly Hakami • 1987 Natalia Zvereva • 1988 Carrie Cunningham • 1989 Jennifer Capriati • 1990 Magdalena Maleeva • 1991 Karina Habšudová • 1992 Lindsay Davenport • 1993 Maria Francesca Bentivoglio • 1994 Meilen Tu • 1995 Tara Snyder • 1996 Mirjana Lučić • 1997 Cara Black • 1998 Jelena Dokić • 1999 Lina Krasnoroutskaya • 2000 María Emilia Salerni • 2001 Marion Bartoli • 2002 Maria Kirilenko • 2003 Kirsten Flipkens • 2004 Michaëlla Krajicek • 2005 Victoria Azarenka • 2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova • 2007 Kristína Kučová • 2008 Coco Vandeweghe • 2009 Heather Watson • 2010 Daria Gavrilova

Australian Open mixed doubles champions

(1969) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen & Ann Haydon-Jones / Fred Stolle • (1987) Zina Garrison / Sherwood Stewart • (1988) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh • (1989) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh • (1990) Natalia Zvereva / Jim Pugh • (1998) Jo Durie / Jeremy Bates • (1992) Nicole Provis / Mark Woodforde • (1993) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Todd Woodbridge • (1994) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Andrei Olhovskiy • (1995) Natalia Zvereva / Rick Leach • (1996) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Mark Woodforde • (1997) Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach • (1998) Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob • (1999) Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams • (2000) Rennae Stubbs / Jared Palmer • (2001) Corina Morariu / Ellis Ferreira • (2002) Daniela Hantuchová / Kevin Ullyett • (2003) Martina Navrátilová / Leander Paes • (2004) Elena Bovina / Nenad Zimonjić • (2005) Samantha Stosur / Scott Draper • (2006) Martina Hingis / Mahesh Bhupathi • (2007) Elena Likhovtseva / Daniel Nestor • (2008) Tiantian Sun / Nenad Zimonjić • (2009) Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi • (2010) Cara Black / Leander Paes

Wimbledon (Open Era) mixed doubles champions

(1968) Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court • (1969) Fred Stolle / Ann Haydon-Jones • (1970) Ilie Năstase / Rosemary Casals • (1971) Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King • (1972) Ilie Năstase / Rosemary Casals • (1973) Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King • (1974) Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King • (1975) Marty Riessen / Margaret Court • (1976) Tony Roche / Françoise Durr • (1977) Bob Hewitt / Greer Stevens • (1978) Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve • (1979) Bob Hewitt / Greer Stevens • (1980) John Austin / Tracy Austin • (1981) Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve • (1982) Kevin Curren / Anne Smith • (1983) John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull • (1984) John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull • (1985) Paul McNamee / Martina Navratilova • (1986) Ken Flach / Kathy Jordan • (1987) Jeremy Bates / Jo Durie • (1988) Sherwood Stewart / Zina Garrison • (1989) Jim Pugh / Jana Novotná • (1990) Rick Leach / Zina Garrison • (1991) John Fitzgerald / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie • (1992) Cyril Suk / Larisa Savchenko Neiland • (1993) Mark Woodforde / Martina Navratilova • (1994) Todd Woodbridge / Helena Suková • ( 1995) Jonathan Stark / Martina Navratilova • (1996) Cyril Suk / Helena Suková • (1997) Cyril Suk / Helena Suková • (1999) Max Mirnyi / Serena Williams • (1999) Leander Paes / Lisa Raymond • (2000) Donald Johnson / Kimberly Po • (2001) Leoš Friedl / Daniela Hantuchová • (2002) Mahesh Bhupathi / Elena Likhovtseva • (2003) Leander Paes / Martina Navratilova • (2004) Wayne Black / Cara Black • (2005) Mahesh Bhupathi / Mary Pierce • (2006) Andy Ram / Vera Zvonareva • (2007) Jamie Murray / Jelena Janković • (2008) Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur • (2009) Mark Knowles / Anna-Lena Grönefeld • (2010) Leander Paes / Cara Black

Tennis at the Summer Olympics • Olympic Champions in women's doubles

1920: Kathleen McKane & Winifred McNair • 1924: Hazel Wightman & Helen Wills Moody • 1988: Zina Garrison & Pam Shriver • 1992 - 1996: Gigi Fernández & Mary Joe Fernández • 2000: Serena Williams & Venus Williams • 2004: Sun Tiantian & Li Ting • 2008: Serena Williams & Venus Williams