Patty Fendick

Patty Fendick
Country (sports)	United States
Born	March 31, 1965 (age 59); Sacramento, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Turned pro	1982
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed
College	Stanford University
Prize money	$1,574,956
Singles
Career record	249–183
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 19 (March 27, 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1990)
French Open	2R (1991, 1995)
Wimbledon	4R (1989, 1990, 1992)
US Open	4R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	347–153
Career titles	25
Highest ranking	No. 4 (July 3, 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1991)
French Open	SF (1995)
Wimbledon	SF (1986, 1990)
US Open	F (1988)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–1

Last updated October 31, 2024

Patty Fendick (born March 31, 1965) is a former professional tennis player and the former women's tennis program head coach at University of Texas.

Born in Sacramento, California, she played at the collegiate level at Stanford University, where the team won the NCAA team title three times. In 1987, she was named ITA Player of the Year, when on the Stanford tennis team she had a 57-match winning streak. She won two NCAA singles titles in 1986 and 1987. She won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1987.^[1]^[2] Her playing accomplishments, as a collegiate and professional player, has elevated her being inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame and also recognized as the Most Outstanding Student-Athlete of the first 25 years of NCAA women's tennis.

Fendick remains active in the sport of tennis as a coach and by serving on numerous committees with ITA and USTA. She was previously a tennis coach with the Washington Huskies.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1988	US Open	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1989	Australian Open	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	1990	Australian Open	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(6–8)
Win	1991	Australian Open	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Loss	1994	Australian Open	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	3–6, 6–4, 4–6

WTA career finals

Doubles: 38 (22–16)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1988	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor	6–2, 6–1
Win	2–0	Feb 1988	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Apr 1988	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Ann Henricksson	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Jul 1988	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Ronni Reis Lise Gregory	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Aug 1988	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Betsy Nagelsen Dinky Van Rensburg	7–6⁽¹⁰⁾, 6–4
Win	4–1	Aug 1988	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	7–6⁽²⁾, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Aug 1988	US Open	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	4–6, 1–6
Win	5–2	Oct 1988	Puerto Rico, U.S.	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Jan 1989	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	5–4	Jan 1989	Australian Open	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	6–4	Feb 1989	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Elizabeth Smylie Janine Thompson	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–4	Feb 1989	Connecticut, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jill Hetherington	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	7–5	Feb 1989	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Jill Hetherington	Katrina Adams Pam Shriver	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	7–6	Jan 1990	Australian Open	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	7–7	Jun 1990	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Zina Garrison	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 3–6
Win	8–7	Aug 1990	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Zina Garrison	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	6–4, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	9–7	Nov 1990	San Jose, U.S.	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Katrina Adams Jill Hetherington	6–1, 6–1
Win	10–7	Jan 1991	Australian Open	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–1
Win	11–7	Jan 1991	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Jo-Anne Faull Julie Richardson	6–3, 6–3
Win	12–7	Mar 1991	San Jose, U.S.	Hard	Monica Seles	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	7–6⁽²⁾, 6–2
Loss	12–8	Apr 1991	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Mary Joe Fernández	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	1–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	12–9	Mar 1992	US Hard Court Championships	Hard	Andrea Strnadová	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 2–6, 6–7
Win	13–9	May 1992	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Andrea Strnadová	Lori McNeil Mercedes Paz	6–3, 6–4
Loss	13–10	Oct 1992	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet (i)	Andrea Strnadová	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	5–7, 6–7
Win	14–10	Feb 1993	U.S. National Indoors	Hard (i)	Zina Garrison	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–2
Loss	14–11	Apr 1993	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Cammy Macgregor Catherine Suire	3–6, 6–7
Win	15–11	Apr 1993	Malaysia Open	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Nicole Arendt Kristine Radford	6–4, 7–6
Loss	15–12	Oct 1993	Filderstad, Germany	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–7, 4–6
Win	16–12	Nov 1993	San Jose, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Meredith McGrath	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	6–2, 6–0
Win	17–12	Jan 1994	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–3
Loss	17–13	Jan 1994	Australian Open	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	18–13	Feb 1994	National Indoors, U.S.	Hard (i)	Meredith McGrath	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	7–6, 6–2
Loss	18–14	Mar 1994	Key Biscayne, U.S.	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	3–6, 1–6
Win	19–14	Apr 1994	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Yayuk Basuki Nana Miyagi	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win	20–14	Apr 1994	Singapore	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Nicole Arendt Kristine Radford	6–4, 6–1
Win	21–14	Oct 1994	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet (i)	Meredith McGrath	Manon Bollegraf Larisa Savchenko	6–4, 6–4
Loss	21–15	Oct 1994	Zurich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Meredith McGrath	Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova	6–7, 1–6
Loss	21–16	Jan 1995	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	5–7, 6–2, 4–6

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References

↑ "Stanford University's Official Athletic Site - Women's Tennis". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
↑ "Tennis". CWSA. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

External links

Patty Fendick at the Women's Tennis Association
Patty Fendick at the International Tennis Federation
Patty Fendick at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "Stanford University's Official Athletic Site - Women's Tennis". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

[2] "Tennis". CWSA. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

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