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Catarina Lindqvist

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Catarina Lindqvist
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceHöllviken, Sweden &
Rumson, New Jersey, US[1]
Born (1963-06-13) 13 June 1963 (age 61)
Kristinehamn, Sweden
Turned pro1983
Retired1992
PlaysRight-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,076,284
Singles
Career record297–207
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 10 (15 April 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1987)
French Open4R (1986)
WimbledonSF (1989)
US Open4R (1985, 1986, 1987)
Doubles
Career record30–70
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 29 (11 April 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1985, 1987)
US OpenQF (1985)
Mixed doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (1989)
French Open2R (1987)
Wimbledon2R (1987, 1988)

Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan (born 13 June 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Career

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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 defenseman for the Carolina Hurricanes.[2]

In 2009, Lindqvist and her husband Bill Ryan bought the East Brunswick Racquet Club in East Brunswick, New Jersey, where currently Lindqvist is the head teaching pro.[3]

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 10 (5–5)

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Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (1–1)
Tier V (1–0)
Virginia Slims (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (3–3)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 1984 Hershey, U.S. Carpet (i) United States Beth Herr 6–4, 6–0
Win 2–0 Oct 1984 Filderstadt, West Germany Carpet (i) West Germany Steffi Graf 6–1, 6–4
Win 3–0 Dec 1984 Port St. Lucie, U.S. Hard United States Terry Holladay 6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–1 Mar 1985 Princeton, U.S. Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 3–6, 5–7
Loss 3–2 Oct 1985 Filderstadt, West Germany Carpet (i) United States Pam Shriver 1–6, 5–7
Loss 3–3 Oct 1986 Brighton, UK Carpet (i) West Germany Steffi Graf 3–6, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Jul 1987 Båstad, Sweden Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Jan 1989 Sydney, Australia Hard United States Martina Navratilova 2–6, 4–6
Win 4–5 Apr 1990 Tokyo, Japan Hard Australia Elizabeth Smylie 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–5 Feb 1991 Oslo, Norway Carpet (i) Italy Raffaella Reggi 6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

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Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV (0–1)
Tier V (0–0)
Virginia Slims (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1987 Berlin, West Germany Clay Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 1988 Oklahoma City, U.S. Carpet (i) Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
France Catherine Suire 		4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Career SR
Australian Open A A A 2R QF NH SF 4R QF A 2R 2R 0 / 7
French Open A A 2R 2R 2R 4R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 9
Wimbledon A A 1R 2R 1R QF 4R 1R SF 1R 4R 2R 0 / 10
US Open A 1R A 3R 4R 4R 4R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 10
SR 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 36
Year End Ranking 148 131 115 18 13 17 16 42 16 38 46 63

ITF finals

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Singles finals: (3-2)

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 3 January 1983 Chicago, United States Hard Sweden Elisabeth Ekblom 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2. 7 November 1983 Gothenburg, Sweden Hard Sweden Lena Sandin 2–6, 0–6
Loss 3. 8 July 1985 Landskrona, Sweden Clay Sweden Karolina Karlsson 6–7, 2–6
Win 4. 7 July 1986 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Catrin Jexell 6–2, 6–0
Win 5. 11 February 1991 Danderyd, Sweden Carpet (i) Belgium Els Callens 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles finals: (1-1)

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Result No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 11 July 1983 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Maria Lindström Germany Gabriela Dinu
Italy Patrizia Murgo 		2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 2. 7 July 1986 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Maria Lindström Germany Christina Singer
Germany Ellen Walliser 		6–3, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ Johnson, Brent. "Nationally ranked tennis pro teaching at East Brunswick club", The Star-Ledger, 19 May 2010. Accessed 14 February 2011. "It’s not the Swedish star’s first connection to New Jersey. Lindqvist has long lived in Rumson, where her husband Bill Ryan is from. And in the 1990s, she was a women’s tennis assistant coach at Princeton University."
  2. ^ Gackle, Paul (23 October 2017). "Sharks game is Garden party for father and son". New York: The Mercury News. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ^ "East Brunswick Racquet Club".
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