Siobhán Nicholson

Siobhán Nicholson

Country (sports)	Ireland
Born	(1966-06-11) 11 June 1966 (age 58) Wimbledon, England
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$21,494
Singles
Career record	44–38
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 259 (16 November 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (1983, 1992)
Doubles
Career record	50–42
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 309 (15 July 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (1992, 1993)

Siobhán Nicholson (born 11 June 1966) is an Irish former professional tennis player.

Biography

Nicholson, a London-born player of Irish parentage, represented the Ireland Federation Cup team from 1983 to 1993. She featured in a total of 28 ties for Ireland, winning 10 singles and 12 doubles rubbers.[1]

While competing on the professional tour, Nicholson reached a career best singles ranking of 259 in the world, which was at the time the highest ever ranking attained by an Irish woman player.[2]

Nicholson played college tennis in the United States for the University of Florida, where she earned All-American honours for singles in both 1988 and 1989.[3]

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	12 June 1988	Alvor, Portugal	Clay	Nicole Polasek	6–3, 6–2
Win	2.	19 June 1988	Madeira, Portugal	Hard	Themis Zambrzycki	1–6, 6–4, 8–6
Win	3.	5 May 1991	Basingstoke, United Kingdom	Hard	Caroline Hunt	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1.	24 November 1991	ITF Okada, Nigeria	Hard	Aurora Gima	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	5 April 1992	Windhoek, Namibia	Hard	Sarah Bentley	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	12 June 1988	Alvor, Portugal	Clay	Nicole Polasek	Leisa Dunn Colette Sely	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1.	19 August 1990	Chatham, United States	Hard	Kirsten Dreyer	Kathy Foxworth Shannan McCarthy	2–6, 6–7^(6)
Win	2.	4 November 1990	Meknes, Morocco	Clay	Gina Niland	Barbara Collet Julie Foillard	7–5, 6–3
Win	3.	23 June 1991	Aveiro, Portugal	Hard	Kristine Jonkosky	Christina Zachariadou Sofia Prazeres	6–0, 2–6, 6–2
Win	4.	30 June 1991	Covilhã, Portugal	Clay	Kristine Jonkosky	Olivia De Camaret Mélanie Bernard	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2.	11 October 1992	Dublin, Ireland	Hard	Gina Niland	Lucie Ahl Julie Salmon	5–7, 5–7

References

1. "Key Statistics". fedcup.com.
2. Hickey, Paddy (21 December 1999). "Dolan holds court for women's finest". Irish Independent.
3. Browne, Jeff (13 May 1989). "SEC Tennis Florida Holds Off Pepperdine". Sun-Sentinel.

External links

• Siobhán Nicholson at the Women's Tennis Association
• Siobhán Nicholson at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Siobhán Nicholson at the International Tennis Federation