Olga Tsarbopoulou
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | 19 June 1968 |
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Prize money | $45,363 |
Singles | |
Career record | 54–62 |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 117 (29 August 1988) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1988) |
US Open | 1R (1988) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 13–34 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 218 (15 August 1988) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1988) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 8–23 |
Olga Tsarbopoulou (born 19 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Greece.
Biography[]
Tsarbopoulou was 15, when she began competing for the Greece Fed Cup team in 1983.[1]
She was a bronze medalist in the singles event at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Casablanca and partnered with Angeliki Kanellopoulou to win a women's doubles gold medal when Syria hosted the 1987 Mediterranean Games.
On the WTA Tour, she had her best performances in 1987, when she was a quarterfinalist in Athens and made the round of 16 in Buenos Aires. She reached her career best ranking of 117 in the world in 1988, with main-draw appearances that year at the Australian Open and US Open.
She was a member of the Greece contingent at the 1988 Summer Olympics, appearing in the singles draw, where she lost in the first round to Argentina's Mercedes Paz.[2]
Retiring in 1991, she finished her Fed Cup career having appeared in 18 ties.
ITF finals[]
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 4 (2–2)[]
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 2 July 1984 | ITF Carpi, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
7–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 6 April 1987 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1 June 1987 | ITF Adria, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 4. | 27 June 1988 | ITF Brindisi, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)[]
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 6 April 1987 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
References[]
- ^ "Tennis Results". United Press International. 18 July 1983. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Olga Tsarmbopoulou Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
External links[]
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Greek female tennis players
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece
- Olympic tennis players of Greece
- Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
- Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games