Hana Mandlíková is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia who later obtained Australian citizenship. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Open, 1985 US Open, and the 1987 Australian Open. She was also the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles events, including the Wimbledon finals of 1981 and 1986, and won one Grand Slam women's doubles title, at the 1989 US Open with Martina Navratilova. Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994, she is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. Goolagong was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Ilie Theodoriu Năstase is a Romanian former world No. 1 tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in singles from 23 August 1973 to 2 June 1974, and was the first man to hold the top position on the computerized ATP rankings. Năstase is one of the 10 players in history who have won over 100 total ATP titles, with 64 in singles and 45 in doubles.
Pamela Howard Shriver is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster and pundit. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 titles, including 21 singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. This includes 22 major titles, 21 in women's doubles and one in mixed doubles. Shriver also won an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, partnering Zina Garrison. Shriver and regular doubles partner Martina Navratilova are the only women's pair to complete the Grand Slam in a calendar year, winning all four majors in 1984.
Yannick Noah is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade career, Noah captured 23 singles titles and 16 doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3 in July 1986 and attaining the world No. 1 doubles ranking the following month. Since his retirement from the game, Noah has remained in the public eye as a popular music performer and as the co-founder, with his mother, of a charity organization for underprivileged children. Noah is also the father of former NBA player Joakim Noah.
Françoise Dürr is a retired French tennis player. She won 50 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.
Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She won the 1978 French Open singles championship.
Renáta Tomanová is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
The France women's national tennis team represents France in international women's tennis and is directed by the Fédération Française de Tennis. The team played in the first ever tournament in 1963, and is one of four teams that has taken part in every single edition since.
Pauline Parmentier is a French former tennis player.
Delina Ann Boshoff-Mortlock, commonly known as Linky Boshoff, is a former professional tennis player who won the 1976 US Open women's doubles title with her partner Ilana Kloss.
Jean-Noël Grinda is a former French international tennis player.
Brigitte Cuypers is a retired tennis player from South Africa.
Patrice Beust is a former professional tennis player from France.
Hana Strachoňová is a retired professional tennis player who represented both Czechoslovakia and Switzerland.
Elisabeth Ekblom is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Laura Bao is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.
Elena Pavlovna Eliseenko is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was a singles and doubles gold medalist at the Friendship Games, an event held for countries boycotting the 1984 Olympics.
Annemarie Rüegg is a Swiss former professional tennis player.
Sonoe Yonezawa is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
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