Hana Mandlíková Tennis player

Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962, in Prague) is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open. She was the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles events and won one Grand Slam women's doubles title, the US Open in 1989 with Martina Navratilova. Beginning with the 1980 US Open and extending through Wimbledon in 1981, Mandlíková played in four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals.Mandlikova led Czechoslovakia to three consecutive Fed Cup titles from 1983-1985. After a short lived marriage to Australian, Jan Sedlak, she obtained Australian citizenship.Mandlikova was only the third woman to win grand slam titles on grass, clay, and hard courts joining Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. She defeated both Evert and Navratilova on consecutive days to accomplish this feat at the 1985 US Open. Since then, only Steffi Graf, Serena Williams, and Maria Sharapova have joined this exclusive group.Known as a breaker of streaks, Mandlikova first snapped Evert's 72 match win streak on clay in the 1981 French Open semis en route to that title. Next, she stopped Martina's 54 match win streak in 1984 in Oakland. She stopped another win streak for Martina, this time 56 straight wins, in the 1987 Australian Open final. And finally, she ended the first great streak of Steffi Graf's career at 23 matches at the 1986 French Open in a span where Steffi had defeated Hana, Chris, and Martina.After winning three early titles in 1987, Mandlikova seemed poised to finally overtake the rivals ahead of her, but a pulled stomach muscle, hamstring pull, and heel injury kept her off of the tour for much of 1987 and most of 1988. Following a divorce from her husband, she attempted a comeback which saw her rise to number 14 in the world, but well short of her goal.Struggling with injuries and a lack of confidence, Mandlíková retired at the relatively early age of 28. In 1994, she was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI.Mandlikova coached Jana Novotna from 1990-1999. During that time, Novotna won the 1998 Wimbledon singles title, and reached a career high ranking of number 2. She also served as the Czech Republic's Olympic and Fed Cup coach until 1996.In May of 2001, Mandlikova gave birth to twins. Both of her children are promising tennis juniors in Florida as she continues coaching in the United States and the Czech Republic.