Elna Reinach

Elna Reinach

Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	(1968-12-02) 2 December 1968 (age 56) Pretoria, South Africa
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1995
Prize money	$1,096,356
Singles
Career record	248–196
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 26 (13 February 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1987)
French Open	4R (1991)
Wimbledon	3R (1988, 1990)
US Open	4R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	278–168
Career titles	10 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 10 (11 June 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1987, 1994-95)
French Open	SF (1988, 1990)
Wimbledon	SF (1989)
US Open	SF (1989)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	F (1993)
US Open	W (1994)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	16–4

Elna Reinach (born 2 December 1968) ^[1] is a South African former professional tennis player.

With Patrick Galbraith, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Reinach was runner-up at the French Open with Danie Visser in 1993. Her brother, Fanie, coached her and their sister, Monica, as well as Lori McNeil, Lindsay Davenport, and Laura Gildemeister. After retiring in 1995, she had a daughter named Lané and another daughter named Liezel.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1993	French Open	Clay	Danie Visser	Andrei Olhovskiy Eugenia Maniokova	2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	1994	US Open	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Todd Woodbridge Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–4

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV & V (1/1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Aug 1989	VS Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Lori McNeil	1–6, 3–6
Win	2.	Feb 1993	Auckland Classic, New Zealand	Hard	Caroline Kuhlman	6–0, 6–0

Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 1986	Berkeley, United States	Hard	Amy Holton	Beth Herr Alycia Moulton	1–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	Oct 1988	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet (i)	Raffaella Reggi	Iwona Kuczyńska Martina Navratilova	1–6, 4–6
Win	3.	Aug 1989	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Nicole Provis	Raffaella Reggi Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	4.	Oct 1989	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet (i)	Raffaella Reggi	Gigi Fernández Robin White	4–6, 6–7
Loss	5.	Oct 1989	Bayonne, France	Hard	Raffaella Reggi	Manon Bollegraf Catherine Tanvier	6–7, 5–7
Win	6.	May 1990	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Nicole Provis	Hana Mandlíková Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–1
Win	7.	May 1990	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Nicole Provis	Kathy Jordan Liz Smylie	6–1, 6–4
Loss	8.	May 1991	Rome, Italy	Clay	Nicole Provis	Jennifer Capriati Monica Seles	5–7, 2–6
Loss	9.	May 1991	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Nicole Provis	Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva	3–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	Jun 1991	Birmingham, England	Grass	Sandy Collins	Nicole Provis Liz Smylie	3–6, 4–6
Loss	11.	Nov 1991	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	andy Collins	Mareen Harper Cammy MacGregor	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	12.	Nov 1991	Brentwood, United States	Hard	Sandy Collins	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win	13.	May 1992	Zürich, Switzerland	Clay	Amy Frazier	Karina Habšudová Marianne Werdel	7–5, 6–2
Loss	14.	Jun 1992	Birmingham, England	Grass	Sandy Collins	Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 3–6, 6–8
Win	15.	Nov 1992	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Amanda Coetzer	Gigi Fernández Kathy Rinaldi	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win	16.	Nov 1992	VS Indianapolis, United States	Hard (i)	Katrina Adams	Sandy Collins Mary-Lou Daniels	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Win	17.	Feb 1993	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Isabelle Demongeot	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	6–2, 6–4
Win	18.	Nov 1994	Quebec City, Canada	Carpet	Nathalie Tauziat	Linda Wild Chanda Rubin	6–4, 6–3
Win	19.	Feb 1995	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Laura Golarsa Caroline Vis	7–6, 6–2

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (6–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	30 December 1980	Cape Town, South Africa	Hard	Monica Reinach	7–5, 6–4
Win	2.	30 December 1980	Cumberland, United Kingdom	Hard	Nancy Cohen	7–5, 7–5
Loss	3.	5 May 1985	Sutton, United Kingdom	Hard	Kumiko Okamoto	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win	4.	20 May 1985	Bath, United Kingdom	Clay	Zhong Ni	6–3, 6–4
Win	5.	17 January 1986	El Paso, United States	Hard	Nanette Schutte	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	6.	22 December 1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Karen Schimper	2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	7.	18 January 1988	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Mariaan de Swardt	6–3, 6–4

Doubles (7–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	9 December 1984	Hull, United Kingdom	Hard	Monica Reinach	Cathy Drury Ellinore Lightbody	6–3, 6–3
Win	2.	15 April 1985	Cumberland, United Kingdom	Hard	Monica Reinach	Lorrayne Gracie Martina Reinhardt	6–2, 6–4
Win	3.	28 April 1985	Hatfield, United Kingdom	Hard	Monica Reinach	Li Xinyi Zhong Ni	2–6, 6–2, 9–7
Loss	4.	6 May 1985	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Hard	Monica Reinach	Li Xinyi Zhong Ni	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win	5.	20 May 1985	Bath, United Kingdom	Clay	Monica Reinach	Belinda Borneo Joy Tacon	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6.	10 January 1986	Miami, United States	Hard	Monica Reinach	Jana Novotná Fukiko Osawa	7–6, 2–6, 2–6
Win	7.	17 November 1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Monica Reinach	Mary Dailey Dianne Van Rensburg	1–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	8.	15 December 1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Monica Reinach	Katie Rickett Valda Lake	6–4, 6–2
Win	9.	18 January 1988	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Dianne Van Rensburg	Linda Barnard Mariaan de Swardt	3–6, 6–4, 6–4

References

1. South African Sport Hall of Fame ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}

External links

• Elna Reinach at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elna Reinach at the International Tennis Federation
• Elna Reinach at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)