Amy Frazier

Amy Frazier
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Detroit, Michigan
Born	September 19, 1972 (age 51); St. Louis, Missouri
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,460,799
Singles
Career record	497–335 (59.7%)
Career titles	8 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 13 (February 27, 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1992)
French Open	3R (1995, 2001)
Wimbledon	4R (1991, 1992, 1996, 2004)
US Open	QF (1995)
Doubles
Career record	200–225 (47.1%)
Career titles	4 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 24 (March 29, 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1989–90, 1993, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2006)
French Open	3R (1995)
Wimbledon	QF (1995)
US Open	QF (1998)

Last updated October 17, 2023

Amy Frazier (born September 19, 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won eight singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour. On February 27, 1995, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 13, while on March 29, 1993, she achieved a career-high doubles ranking of No. 24.

Biography

Junior career

As a junior, she won US national titles in every age division, and she finished with 11 top 10 rankings, during a 6 year period in the 1980s. She captured 7 US national singles titles and 5 national doubles titles, while her junior Grand Slam record was 12-6 in singles.^[1]

Active career

Frazier made her first appearance in four tour qualifying events in 1986 and debuted in the main draw in 1987, including at the 1987 US Open, where she lost to Catarina Lindqvist in the first round. She was an active player until the 2006 US Open, in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance (a record among active players). She also appeared in 18 Australian Open, 18 Wimbledon, and 15 French Open tournaments for an all-time record of 71 Grand Slam appearances, until compatriot Venus Williams surpassed this record at the 2016 US Open. She qualified two times for year end WTA Tour Championships, first time in 1992 and then in 2000.

Her best showing is a pair of quarterfinal appearances at the 1992 Australian Open and 1995 US Open. She lost 30 times in the first round of her Grand Slam matches, 18 times in the second round, 15 times in the third round, six times in the fourth round, and both of her quarterfinal matches. Her all-time Grand Slam record is 73–71. Frazier has more than 30 wins against top-10 players, spent 18 consecutive years in the top 100 and 17 straight seasons inside the Top 40 which is the longest ever continuous span by any male or female tennis player who hasn't reached top 10.^[2]^[3]

Frazier has the distinction of being the last woman to play against Steffi Graf in a WTA Tour match at the 1999 TIG Tennis Classic, played at the La Costa Resort and Spa outside San Diego. During the third set, Graf retired and never played again.

Frazier won eight career titles and was a finalist seven times. Being a flat-hitter, she excelled on hard courts and was the most successful on the summer hard-court events in California and appeared in eight finals in two different events in Japan.

She was also a member of the United States Fed Cup team.

Retirement

Frazier played her last professional tour match at the 2006 US Open.^[4] She never officially announced her retirement. After leaving the WTA Tour, she continued to be actively involved in tennis taking up a coaching role at the Franklin Athletic Club, Michigan (her local tennis club where she was first introduced to the sport at three years of age).

USTA National W40 Hardcourt champion

In December 2015, Frazier won the USTA National W40 Hardcourt Championships at La Jolla, California.^[5] At 43, it was her first and her last USTA National Senior tournament since leaving the pro tour.

USTA Midwest Hall of Fame induction

In February 2019, she was inducted into the USTA Midwest Hall of Fame.^[6]

Personal life

Frazier is married and has a daughter.

WTA career finals

Singles: 15 (8–7)

Legend
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (1/2)
Tier III (4/4)
Tier IV & V (2/1)
Virginia Slims (1/0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Feb 1989	Virginia Slims of Kansas, Wichita	Hard (i)	Barbara Potter	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win	2.	Feb 1990	U.S. National Indoors, Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Manon Bollegraf	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1.	Sep 1990	Nichirei International Championships, Japan	Carpet (i)	Mary Joe Fernández	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	3.	May 1992	WTA Swiss Open, Lucerne	Clay	Radka Zrubáková	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	2.	Apr 1994	Japan Open Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Kimiko Date	7–5, 6–0
Win	4.	Aug 1994	Los Angeles Classic, United States	Hard	Ann Grossman	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3.	Sep 1994	Nichirei International Championships, Japan	Hard (i)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–2
Win	5.	Apr 1995	Japan Open Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Kimiko Date	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Loss	4.	Apr 1996	Japan Open Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Kimiko Date	6–4, 7–5
Loss	5.	Apr 1997	Japan Open Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	6.	Apr 1999	Japan Open Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6.	Oct 2000	Japan Open Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–4, 7–5
Loss	7.	Jan 2003	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Alicia Molik	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	7.	Jan 2004	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	6–3, 6–3
Win	8.	Nov 2005	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 13 (4–9)

Legend
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/5)
Tier III (1/3)
Tier IV & V (3/1)
Virginia Slims (0/0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 1990	Puerto Rico Open	Hard	Julie Richardson	Elena Brioukhovets Natalia Medvedeva	6–4, 6–2
Win	1.	Apr 1991	Japan Open Championships	Hard	Maya Kidowaki	Yone Kamio Akiko Kijimuta	6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	Apr 1992	Japan Open Championships	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Kimiko Date Stephanie Rehe	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), 6–0
Win	3.	May 1992	Swiss Open	Clay	Elna Reinach	Karina Habšudová Marianne Werdel	7–5, 6–2
Loss	2.	Feb 1993	Chicago Cup, United States	Carpet (i)	Kimberly Po	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison-Jackson	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Loss	3.	Sep 1994	International Championships, Tokyo	Hard (i)	Rika Hiraki	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Julie Halard-Decugis	6–1, 0–6, 6–1
Loss	4.	Apr 1996	Japan Open Championships	Hard	Kimberly Po	Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama	7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(6–8), 6–3
Loss	5.	Aug 1996	Los Angeles Classic, United States	Hard	Kimberly Po	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 6–4
Loss	6.	Oct 1996	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Kimberly Po	Debbie Graham Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7.	Aug 1997	San Diego Open, United States	Hard	Kimberly Po	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 7–5
Loss	8.	Apr 1998	Japan Open Championships	Hard	Kimberly Po	Nana Miyagi Naoko Kijimuta	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	4.	Nov 1999	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Katie Schlukebir	Debbie Graham Cara Black	6–2, 6–3
Loss	9.	Jul 2000	Stanford Classic, United States	Hard	Cara Black	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam performance timeline

**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.

Singles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	4R	QF	1R	3R	3R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	3R	3R	1R	19–16
French Open	A	A	2R	A	1R	3R	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	9–13
Wimbledon	3R	4R	4R	A	1R	2R	4R	2R	1R	1R	3R	3R	1R	2R	4R	1R	3R	23–16
US Open	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	4R	3R	3R	2R	1R	18–17
Win–loss	2–3	7–3	8–4	1–2	3–4	9–4	4–4	2–4	0–2	4–4	2–4	5–4	5–4	4–4	7–4	4–4	2–4	69–62

Records against top ranked players

Frazier has had some success against top-ranked opponents. Her records against some of the top rated women are as follows:

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References

External links

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Amy Frazier at the International Tennis Federation
Amy Frazier at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3erES6fF90

[2] "Former WTA Top 20 Amy Frazier on How Tennis Tactics and Technology Have Changed over the Years [Podcast]". 14 April 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[3] "Fantastic Tennis: Getting to Know….Amy Frazier on Apple Podcasts".

[4] ttps://www.wtatennis.com/players/60034/amy-frazier/#matches

[5] "Amy Frazier Wins 40 Hard Court Singles; Debbie Spence Nasim/Tracie Currie Take Doubles Crown". 5 December 2015.

[6] "Peachy Kellmeyer, Amy Frazier among Americans honored".

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