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An asterisk (*) denotes a tournament title for Chris.
Court surface and seedings listed where available.
Number in [brackets] denotes opponent’s tournament seeding.
Number in (parens) denotes number of points earned by the loser of a tiebreak.
Tournament Wins: 4
Match Record: 61-11
Australian Open (Jan. 8-24; Melbourne, Australia, synthetic, seeded 3): 1R def. Gretchen Rush Magers 6-4, 6-0; 2R def. Beverley Bowes 6-0, 6-1; 3R def. Patty Fendick 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; 4R def. Celine Cohen 6-1, 6-1; QF def. Claudia Porwik 6-3, 6-1; SF def. Martina Navratilova [2] 6-2, 7-5; F lost to Steffi Graf [1] 6-1, 7-6 (3)
Virginia Slims of Florida (Mar. 7-13; Boca Raton, FL, hard, seeded 2): 2R def. Monica Seles 6-2, 6-1; 3R def. Peanut Louie Harper 6-1, 6-3; QF def. Sandra Cecchini [7] 6-1, 6-0; SF lost to Gabriela Sabatini [4] 6-1, 7-5
Lipton International Players Championship (Mar. 14-27; Key Biscayne, FL, hard, seeded 2): 1R def. Alycia Moulton 6-0, 6-0; 2R def. Melissa Gurney 6-0, 6-2; 3R def. Terry Phelps 6-1, 6-4; 4R def. Pascale Paradis 6-4, 6-2; QF def. Helena Sukova [5] 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-4; SF def. Mary Joe Fernandez 6-2, 6-1; F lost to Steffi Graf 6-4, 6-4
* Eckerd Tennis Open (Mar. 28-Apr. 3; Tampa, FL, clay, seeded 1): 1R def. Michelle Torres 6-2, 6-0; 2R def. Federica Bonsignori 6-2, 6-4; QF def. Sylvia Hanika [6] 6-1, 6-0; SF def. Halle Cioffi 6-2, 6-2; F def. Arantxa Sanchez 7-6 (3), 6-4
* Virginia Slims of Houston (Apr. 18-24; Houston, TX, clay, seeded 2): 1R def. Maria Lindstrom 6-2, 6-2; 2R def. Laxmi Poruri 6-1, 6-4; QF def. Gretchen Rush Magers 2-6, 6-3, 6-0; SF def. Zina Garrison [4] 7-5, 6-2; F def. Martina Navratilova [1] 6-0, 6-4
Italian Open (May 2-8; Rome, Italy, clay, seeded 1): 2R def. Nicole Provis 7-6 (5), 6-0; 3R defaulted to Helen Kelesi [14] with heel spur
French Open Championships (May 23-June 5; Paris, France, clay, seeded 3). 1R def. Judith Wiesner 6-1, 6-4; 2R def. Barbara Romano 7-5, 6-2; 3R lost to Arantxa Sanchez 6-3, 7-6 (4) with heel spur
All-England Championships (June 20-July 3; Wimbledon, England, grass, seeded 4). 1R def. Alexia Dechaume 6-1, 6-2; 2R def. Christina Singer 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; 3R def. Akiko Kijimuta 6-4, 6-0; 4R def. Katrina Adams 5-7, 6-3, 6-0; QF def. Helena Sukova [6] 6-3, 7-6 (4); SF lost to Martina Navratilova [2] 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
* Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (Aug. 8-14; Manhattan Beach, CA, hard, seeded 1): 2R def. Eva Pfaff 6-2, 6-2; 3R Halle Cioffi 6-2, 6-0; QF def. Patty Fendick 6-4, 6-0; SF def. Stephanie Rehe 6-3, 6-3; F def. Gabriela Sabatini 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
Canadian Open Players Championship (Aug. 15-21; Montreal, Quebec, hard, seeded 2): 2R def. Rene Simpson 6-1, 6-2; 3R def. Isabelle Demongeot 6-4, 6-2; QF def. Helena Sukova [5] 6-2, 6-1; SF lost to Gabriela Sabatini [4] 6-4, 6-3
United States Open Championships (Aug 29-Sept. 11; Flushing Meadow, Queens, NY, hard, seeded 3): 1R def. Conchita Martinez 6-4, 6-1; 2R def. Halle Cioffi 6-1, 6-0; 3R def. Michelle Torres 6-3, 6-3; 4R def. Judith Wiesner 6-2, 6-4; QF def. Manuela Maleeva [6] 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; SF. defaulted to Steffi Graf [1], flu
Olympic Games (Sept. 19-Oct. 2; Seoul, South Korea, hard, seeded 2): 2R def. Sandra Cecchini, Italy 6-2, 6-2; 3R lost to Raffaella Reggi, Italy 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
* Virginia Slims of New Orleans (Oct. 3-9; Kenner, LA, hard, seeded 1): 2R def. Rosalyn Fairbank 6-1, 6-3; QF def. Susan Sloane 7-6 (4), 6-4; SF def. Stephanie Rehe [4] 6-1, 6-1; F def. Anne Smith 6-4, 6-1
Porsche Grand Prix (Oct. 10-16; Filderstadt, West Germany, indoor, seeded 2): 1R def. Silke Meier 6-3, 7-5; 2R def. Catarina Lindqvist 6-1. 7-6 (5); QF def. Sylvia Hanika [6] 6-0, 6-4; SF def Raffaella Reggi [8] 6-3, 6-1; F lost to Martina Navratilova [1] 6-2, 6-3
Virginia Slims of New England (Oct. 31-Nov. 6; Worcester, MA, indoor, seeded 2): 1R def. Shaun Stafford 6-3, 7-5; 2R def. Gretchen Rush Magers 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (4); QF def. Barbara Potter [7] 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; SF lost to Natalia Zvereva [6] 7-5, 7-6 (10)
Virginia Slims of Chicago (Nov. 7-13; Chicago, IL, indoor, seeded 2): 2R def. Stephanie Rehe w/o; QF def. Rosalyn Fairbank 6-0, 6-2; SF def. Manuela Maleeva [4] 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; F lost to Martina Navratilova [1] 6-2, 6-2
Virginia Slims Championships (Nov. 14-20; New York, NY, indoor, seeded 3): 1R def. Barbara Potter 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; QF lost to Pam Shriver [5] 7-5, 6-4
Season Highlights
–Upset Martina Navratilova at the Australian Open to again make the finals, all 5 times she played that Grand Slam tournament in her career.
–At age 33, won tour stops in Tampa, Houston (over Martina), Los Angeles, and New Orleans.