Catarina Lindqvist


Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

Career

Lindqvist turned professional in 1983. She reached a career high rank of World No. 10 in April 1985 and won five singles titles. She reached the semifinals of Grand Slam tournaments twice, the Australian Open in 1987 and Wimbledon in 1989. She lost to Martina Navratilova in both semifinals. She retired from tennis in 1992.
Lindqvist six WTA Tour singles titles and one doubles title. She had career wins over Steffi Graf, Virginia Wade, Pam Shriver, Hana Mandlíková, Wendy Turnbull, Manuela Maleeva, Nathalie Tauziat, Dianne Fromholtz, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, Kathy Jordan, Jo Durie, and Natasha Zvereva.
She currently resides in New Jersey, and is the mother of Joakim Ryan, a defenseman for the Carolina Hurricanes.
In 2009, Lindqvist and her husband Bill Ryan bought the East Brunswick Racquet Club in East Brunswick, New Jersey, where currently Lindqvist is the head teaching pro.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jan 1984Hershey, U.S.Carpet

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 1987Berlin, West GermanyClay

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992Career SR
Australian OpenAAA2RQFNHSF4RQFA2R2R0 / 7
French OpenAA2R2R2R4R2R1R1R1RA1R0 / 9
WimbledonAA1R2R1RQF4R1RSF1R4R2R0 / 10
US OpenA1RA3R4R4R4R1R1R1R2R1R0 / 10
SR0 / 00 / 10 / 20 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 40 / 36
Year End Ranking148131115181317164216384663-

ITF finals

Singles finals: (3-2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.3 January 1983Chicago, United StatesHard