Manon Maria Bollegraf (born 10 April 1964) is a former professional

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player from the Netherlands, who was a quarterfinalist at the singles event of the 1992 French Open, a finalist in doubles at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships, and a four-time mixed doubles Grand Slam champion. She also finished fourth in women's doubles at the

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in Atlanta.

Career

Bollegraf reached her highest ranking on the

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on 9 July 1990, when she became world No. 29. She won 26 doubles tournaments in her career and her highest WTA doubles ranking was No. 4, achieved on 16 February 1998. She was a member of the Dutch team that reached the

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final

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, losing to

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. Bollegraf won four Grand Slam mixed-doubles titles, the 1989

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and the 1991 US Open, both teaming up with Tom Nijssen. Partnering

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, she won the

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and US Open mixed doubles titles in 1997. Bollegraf was a member of the Idaho Sneakers Team TennisASAP Sports – Tennis – 1997 – US OPEN – 4 September – Rick Leach
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and Jon Leach; coached by Greg Patton (

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men's tennis coach).

Grand Slam finals

Women's doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Mixed doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Olympic finals

Doubles (0–1)

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 55 (26 titles, 29 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Women’s Doubles

Mixed doubles

References

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bollegraf, Manon 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch Tennis players from North Brabant Dutch female tennis players Australian Open (tennis) champions French Open champions Hopman Cup competitors Olympic tennis players for the Netherlands Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics US Open (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles 20th-century Dutch sportswomen