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Heidi Sprung

Heidi Sprung
Full nameHeidi Sprung Vasudevan
Country (sports) Austria
Born (1969-01-10) 10 January 1969 (age 55)
Prize money$110,483
Singles
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 212 (14 October 1991)
Doubles
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 97 (17 July 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1988, 1989, 1990)
French Open2R (1989)
Wimbledon2R (1989)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–1

Heidi Sprung Vasudevan (born 10 January 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

Biography

Sprung, who is originally from Salzburg, played Fed Cup tennis for Austria in 1988. She teamed up with Judith Wiesner to win the deciding doubles rubber over Belgium, setting up a second round tie with the USSR. Against the USSR she beat world number 16 Larisa Savchenko in the singles, but this time lost the live doubles rubber.[1]

On the WTA Tour she was most successful as a doubles player, with a career best ranking of 97. She was a doubles finalist at the 1989 Fernleaf Classic in Wellington.[2]

Since retiring she has lived in Switzerland and is married to former India Davis Cup team representative Srinivasan Vasudevan. The pair run a tennis club in Zofingen.[3]

WTA Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Result    Date    Tournament Category Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Feb 1989 Wellington, New Zealand Tier I Hard Australia Tracey Morton Australia Elizabeth Smylie
Australia Janine Tremelling 		6–7(3), 1–6

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 22 July 1991 Schwarzach, Austria Clay Slovenia Barbara Mulej 2–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 29 July 1991 Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany Clay Romania Florentina Curpene 3–6, 2–6

Doubles (3–5)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 4 August 1986 Kitzbuhel, Austria Clay Austria Judith Wiesner Australia Justine Brown
Australia Louise Pleming 		0–6, 0–6
Loss 2. 13 July 1987 Erlangen, West Germany Clay Australia Alison Scott Czechoslovakia Denisa Krajčovičová
France Virginie Paquet 		1–6, 2–6
Win 3. 27 July 1987 Kitzbuhel, Austria Clay Austria Judith Wiesner Austria Bettina Diesner
Austria Karin Oberleitner 		6–3, 6–4
Win 4. 1 July 1991 Vaihingen, Germany Clay United States Lisa Seemann Germany Henrike Kadzidroga
Uruguay Patricia Miller 		7–6, 6–1
Loss 5. 22 July 1991 Schwarzach, Austria Clay Soviet Union Agnese Blumberga Czechoslovakia Karina Habšudová
Czechoslovakia Katarína Studeníková 		3–6, 1–6
Win 6. 31 May 1993 Cáceres, Spain Hard United States Eleni Rossides Israel Tzipora Obziler
Israel Limor Zaltz 		0–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 7. 18 October 1993 Langenthal, Switzerland Carpet (i) France Anne De Gioanni Switzerland Miroslava Vavrinec
Switzerland Natalie Tschan 		4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss 8. 10 April 1994 Limoges, France Clay France Angelique Olivier France Isabelle Demongeot
Sweden Maria Strandlund 		2–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ "Unsung Swedes topple the US". The Age. 8 December 1988. p. 36. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Wellington - 06 February - 12 February 1989". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Tennisclub Zofingen" (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2018.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Sprung