Amy Frazier

Amy Frazier
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Detroit, Michigan
Born	September 19, 1972; St. Louis, Missouri
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,460,799
Singles
Career record	497–335
Career titles	8 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 13 (February 27, 1995)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1992)
French Open	3R (1995, 2001)
Wimbledon	4R (1991, 1992, 1996, 2004)
US Open	QF (1995)
Doubles
Career record	200–225
Career titles	4 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 24 (March 29, 1993)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1989–90, 1993, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2006)
French Open	3R (1995)
Wimbledon	QF (1995)
US Open	QF (1998)

Amy Frazier (born September 19, 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

She debuted in 1987 and was active player until the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance (a record among active players). She has also appeared in 18 Australian Open, 18 Wimbledon, and 15 French Open tournaments for an all-time record of 71 Grand Slam appearances, until compatriot Venus Williams surpassed this record at the 2016 US Open.

Her best showing is a pair of quarterfinal appearances at the 1992 Australian Open and 1995 US Open. She has lost 30 times in the first round of her Grand Slam matches, 18 times in the second round, 15 times in the third round, six times in the fourth round, and both of her quarterfinal matches. Her all-time Grand Slam record is 73–71. Frazier has over 30 wins against top-10 players and has spent 18 consecutive years in the top 100, the longest ever continuous span by any female tennis player who hasn't reached top 10.

Frazier has the distinction of being the last woman to play against Steffi Graf in a WTA Tour match at the 1999 TIG Tennis Classic, played at the La Costa Resort and Spa outside San Diego. During the third set, Graf retired and never played again.

Frazier won eight career titles and was a finalist seven times. Being a flat-hitter, she excelled on hard courts and was the most successful on the summer hard-court events in California and appeared in eight finals in two different events in Japan.

She was also a member of United States Fed Cup team.

Frazier played her last professional tour match at the 2006 US Open. She never officially announced her retirement. After leaving the WTA Tour, she continued to be actively involved in tennis taking up a coaching role at the Franklin Athletic Club, Michigan (her local tennis club where she was first introduced to the sport at three years of age).

In December 2015, Frazier won the USTA National W40 Hardcourt Championships at La Jolia, California. At 43, it was her first USTA National Senior tournament since leaving the pro tour.

Frazier was inducted into the USTA Midwest 2018 Hall of Fame.

Frazier is married and has a daughter.

WTA career finals

Singles: 15 (8–7)

Legend
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (1/2)
Tier III (4/4)
Tier IV & V (2/1)
Virginia Slims (1/0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Feb 1989	Wichita	Hard (i)	Barbara Potter	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win	2.	Feb 1990	National Indoor Championships, Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Manon Bollegraf	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1.	Sep 1990	Tokyo International	Carpet (i)	Mary Joe Fernández	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	3.	May 1992	WTA Swiss Open, Lucerne	Clay	Radka Zrubáková	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	2.	Apr 1994	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Kimiko Date	7–5, 6–0
Win	4.	Aug 1994	East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles	Hard	Ann Grossman	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3.	Sep 1994	Nichirei International Championships, Tokyo	Hard (i)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–2
Win	5.	Apr 1995	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Kimiko Date	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Loss	4.	Apr 1996	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Kimiko Date	6–4, 7–5
Loss	5.	Apr 1997	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	6.	Apr 1999	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6.	Oct 2000	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–4, 7–5
Loss	7.	Jan 2003	Moorilla Hobart International	Hard	Alicia Molik	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	7.	Jan 2004	Moorilla Hobart International	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	6–3, 6–3
Win	8.	Nov 2005	Bell Challenge, Québec City	Hard (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 13 (4–9)

Legend
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/5)
Tier III (1/3)
Tier IV & V (3/1)
Virginia Slims (0/0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	October 28, 1990	Puerto Rico Open, Dorado	Hard	Julie Richardson	Elena Brioukhovets Natalia Medvedeva	6–4, 6–2
Win	1.	April 8, 1991	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Maya Kidowaki	Yone Kamio Akiko Kijimuta	6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	April 6, 1992	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Kimiko Date Stephanie Rehe	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), 6–0
Win	3.	May 24, 1992	WTA Swiss Open, Lucerne	Clay	Elna Reinach	Karina Habšudová Marianne Werdel	7–5, 6–2
Loss	2.	February 14, 1993	Ameritech Cup, Chicago	Carpet (i)	Kimberly Po	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison-Jackson	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Loss	3.	September 19, 1994	Nichirei International Championships, Tokyo	Hard (i)	Rika Hiraki	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Julie Halard-Decugis	6–1, 0–6, 6–1
Loss	4.	April 21, 1996	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Kimberly Po	Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama	7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(6–8), 6–3
Loss	5.	August 18, 1996	East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles	Hard	Kimberly Po	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 6–4
Loss	6.	October 27, 1996	Bell Challenge, Québec City	Carpet (i)	Kimberly Po	Debbie Graham Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7.	August 3, 1997	Southern California Open, San Diego	Hard	Kimberly Po	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 7–5
Loss	8.	April 19, 1998	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo	Hard	Kimberly Po	Nana Miyagi Naoko Kijimuta	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	4.	November 1, 1999	Bell Challenge, Québec City	Carpet (i)	Katie Schlukebir	Debbie Graham Cara Black	6–2, 6–3
Loss	9.	July 30, 2000	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford	Hard	Cara Black	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	4R	QF	1R	3R	3R	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	3R	3R	1R	19–16
French Open	A	A	2R	A	1R	3R	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	9–13
Wimbledon	3R	4R	4R	A	1R	2R	4R	2R	1R	1R	3R	3R	1R	2R	4R	1R	3R	23–16
US Open	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	4R	3R	3R	2R	1R	18–17
Win–Loss	2–3	7–3	8–4	1–2	3–4	9–4	4–4	2–4	0–2	4–4	2–4	5–4	5–4	4–4	7–4	4–4	2–4	69–62

Records against top ranked players

Frazier has had some success against top-ranked opponents. Her records against some of the top rated women are as follows:

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External links

Amy Frazier at the Women's Tennis Association
Amy Frazier at the International Tennis Federation

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