Amy Frazier Biography

Amy Frazier (born September 19, 1972) is a former professional female 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 4th 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 professional 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.

Frazier played her last professional WTA 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 3 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 WTA tour.

Frazier is married and has a daughter.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 15 (8-7)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (1/2)
Tier III (4/4)
Tier IV & V (2/1)
Virginia Slims (1/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	February 26, 1989	Wichita	Hard (i)	Barbara Potter	4-6, 6-4, 6-0
Winner	2.	February 25, 1990	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Manon Bollegraf	6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	1.	September 30, 1990	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Mary Joe Fernndez	3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Winner	3.	May 24, 1992	Lucerne	Clay	Radka Zrubkov	4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Runner-up	2.	April 4, 1994	Tokyo	Hard	Kimiko Date	7-5, 6-0
Winner	4.	August 14, 1994	Los Angeles	Hard	Ann Grossman	6-1, 6-3
Runner-up	3.	September 19, 1994	Tokyo	Hard (i)	Arantxa Snchez Vicario	6-1, 6-2
Winner	5.	April 16, 1995	Tokyo	Hard	Kimiko Date	7-6(7-5), 7-5
Runner-up	4.	April 15, 1996	Tokyo	Hard	Kimiko Date	6-4, 7-5
Runner-up	5.	April 20, 1997	Tokyo	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Winner	6.	April 18, 1999	Tokyo	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	6-2, 6-2
Runner-up	6.	October 9, 2000	Tokyo	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	6-4, 7-5
Runner-up	7.	January 12, 2003	Hobart	Hard	Alicia Molik	6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Winner	7.	January 16, 2004	Hobart	Hard	Shinobu Asagoe	6-3, 6-3
Winner	8.	November 6, 2005	Quebec City	Carpet (i)	Sofia Arvidsson	6-1, 7-5

Doubles 13 (4-9)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/5)
Tier III (3/3)
Tier IV & V (1/1)
Virginia Slims (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	October 28, 1990	Dorado	Hard	Julie Richardson	Elena Brioukhovets Natalia Medvedeva	6-4, 6-2
Winner	1.	April 8, 1991	Tokyo	Hard	Maya Kidowaki	Yone Kamio Akiko Kijimuta	6-2, 6-4
Winner	2.	April 6, 1992	Tokyo	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Kimiko Date Stephanie Rehe	5-7, 7-6(7-5), 6-0
Winner	3.	May 24, 1992	Lucerne	Clay	Elna Reinach	Karina Habudov Marianne Werdel	7-5, 6-2
Runner-up	2.	February 14, 1993	Chicago	Carpet (i)	Kimberly Po	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison-Jackson	7-6(7-3), 6-3
Runner-up	3.	September 19, 1994	Tokyo	Hard (i)	Rika Hiraki	Arantxa Snchez Vicario Julie Halard-Decugis	6-1, 0-6, 6-1
Runner-up	4.	April 21, 1996	Tokyo	Hard	Kimberly Po	Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama	7-6(8-6), 6-7(6-8), 6-3
Runner-up	5.	August 18, 1996	Los Angeles	Hard	Kimberly Po	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6-1, 6-4
Runner-up	6.	October 27, 1996	Quebec City	Hard (i)	Kimberly Po	Debbie Graham Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6-1, 6-4
Runner-up	7.	August 3, 1997	San Diego	Hard	Kimberly Po	Martina Hingis Arantxa Snchez Vicario	6-3, 7-5
Runner-up	8.	April 19, 1998	Tokyo	Hard	Kimberly Po	Nana Miyagi Naoko Kijimuta	6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Winner	4.	November 1, 1999	Quebec City	Hard (i)	Katie Schlukebir	Debbie Graham Cara Black	6-2, 6-3
Runner-up	9.	July 30, 2000	Stanford	Hard	Cara Black	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	6-4, 6-4

Records against some top ranked players

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

• Anke Huber 2-6
• Mary Pierce 4-3
• Justine Henin 2-1
• Arantxa Snchez Vicario 4-3
• Jennifer Capriati 0-6
• Pam Shriver 4-1
• Lindsay Davenport 0-10
• Patty Schnyder 3-2
• Steffi Graf 1-6
• Gabriela Sabatini 2-3
• Anke Huber 6-2
• Martina Hingis 1-6
• Martina Navratilova 1-2
• Monica Seles 1-9
• Maria Sharapova 0-3
• Nicole Vaidiov 1-0
• Ai Sugiyama 4-1
• Serena Williams 0-3
• Venus Williams 0-5
• Marion Bartoli 1-2
• Daniela Hantuchov 1-2
• Conchita Martnez 4-8
• Tatiana Golovin 1-1
• Ana Ivanovic 1-1
• Dominique Monami 2-0
• Silvia Farina Elia 3-2
• Barbara Paulus 2-0
• Natasha Zvereva 2-2