Interesting Facts

  • First WTA tournament: Aix-En-Provence, 18 July 1988
  • First opponent: Heike Thoms (GER)
  • First win: Coetzer def. Thoms, 6-3, 6-3
  • First loss: R16 at Aix-En-Provence, Judith Weisner (AUT) def. Coetzer, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6

  • First tournament win: Melbourne, 11 January, 1993
  • First final: San Juan, 21 October, 1991
  • First semi-final: Phoenix, 11 September 1989

  • First win over Top Three player: QF at Boca Raton, 2 March 1992, Coetzer def. Gabriela Sabatini, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
  • First win over no. 1 ranked player: R32 at the Canadian Open, 14 August 1995, Coetzer def. Steffi Graf, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6
  • Record against South African opponents: 7/3

  • First Grand Slam: French Open, 29 May, 1989
  • First Grand Slam win: Coetzer def. Veronika Martinek (GER) 6-4, 6-1
  • First Grand Slam loss: Arantxa Sanchez (ESP) def. Coetzer, 3-6, 2-6
  • First Grand Slam semi-final: Australian Open, 15 January 1996

  • First tie-break played: R32 at Hilton Head, 3 April 1989
  • First tie-break won: R32 at Hilton Head, Coetzer def. Mercedes Paz, 7-6, 6-4
  • First tie-break lost: R32 at Phoenix, 11 Sept 1989, Coetzer def. Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3

  • First three-set match played: R16 at Aix-En-Provence, 18 July 1988
  • First three-set match won: R32 at Phoenix, 11 Sept 1989, Coetzer def. Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3
  • First three-set match lost: Weisner def. Coetzer, 4-6, 6-3, 1-6



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