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Sabrina Goleš (born 3 June 1965) is a former Yugoslav tennis player.


Biography

Sabrina Goleš was ranked no. 3 among juniors in the world in 1983 (in the juniors, she won the Italian Open and Rolex Port Washington, reached the semifinals at Roland Garros and the Orange Bowl, and the quarterfinals at the US Open). Goleš competed for
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at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, where she made it to the finals, losing 6–1, 3–6, 4–6 to
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. The same year, Goleš was part of the Yugoslav team that reached the Federation Cup semifinals. In 1987, Goleš won the WTA tournament in Paris and four titles in doubles. She also competed in 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul where she beat Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Goleš has career wins over top 10 players Kathleen Horvath,
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, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Bettina Bunge, Kathy Rinaldi, Lisa Bonder, Katerina Maleeva, Manuela Maleeva, Carling Bassett,
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, Andrea Temesvári, Nathalie Tauziat, and Virginia Wade. Goleš was the captain of the Fed Cup team of Yugoslavia and coached the Fed Cup team of Croatia from 1992 to 1994.


WTA Tour finals


Singles 4 (1–3)


Doubles 8 (3–5)


ITF Circuit finals


Singles (1–2)


Doubles (0–2)


Grand Slam singles performance timeline


References


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goles, Sabrina 1965 births Living people People from Stari Mikanovci Croatian female tennis players Hopman Cup competitors Olympic tennis players for Yugoslavia Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Yugoslav female tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade