Background
Temesvári was born in Budapest, Hungary. She was coached by her father, Otto Temesvári, and Ferenc Polyak.
Temesvári was born in Budapest, Hungary. She was coached by her father, Otto Temesvári, and Ferenc Polyak.
She began playing tennis at age nine. Temesvári joined the Women's Tennis Association Tour in 1981. She reached a high of World Number.
7. in 1983.
After several injuries, she made a comeback after dropping out of Top 25 for first time since 1983 in 1986. She returned to the tour at start of 1989 after a 20-month layoff due to ankle and shoulder injuries. She had two operations on ankle in March and September 1987 and then arthroscopic surgery on right shoulder in April 1988.
She retired in 1997.
Grand Slam finals
= Doubles: 1 (1 title, 0 runners-up)
New Hampshire = tournament not held. A = did not participate in the tournament.
She won the Italian Open at age sixteen, but injuries would later hamper her career. She received the Most Improved Player Award by Women's Tennis Association Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. At the 1986 French Open she won the women"s doubles title with Martina Navratilova. She played for the Hungarian Federation Cup Team from 1983 to 1986, 1989 to 1990, and 1992. During her career she won a total of five singles titles and seven doubles titles. Social Research = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
She was also a member of the Hungarian Olympic Team in 1996.
