Miriam Oremans

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Miriam Oremans
Country (sports)Netherlands
Born (1974-09-09) 9 September 1974 (age 50)
Berlicum, The Netherlands
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2002
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record182–205
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 25 (26 July 1993)
Doubles
Career record195–187
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 19 (7 July 1997)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Doubles

Miriam Oremans (born 9 September 1972) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25.

She did not win any singles titles (Oremans did have two Satellite tournament wins in 1989), but did win three titles in doubles. In 1992 she was runner-up together with Jacco Eltingh in the mixed doubles finals of Wimbledon.

Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the silver medal in doubles, partnering Kristie Boogert, losing the final match to Venus and Serena Williams.

Major finals

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Olympic finals

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Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Silver 2000 Sydney Hard Netherlands Kristie Boogert United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
1–6, 1–6

WTA Tour finals

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Singles 5

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Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 0
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1993 Eastbourne, England Grass United States Martina Navratilova 6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 1997 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Romania Ruxandra Dragomir 7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jun 1998 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass France Julie Halard-Decugis 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Oct 2000 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Czech Republic Dája Bedáňová 1–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss 0–5 Jun 2001 Birmingham, England Grass France Nathalie Tauziat 3–6, 5–7

Doubles 12 (3–9)

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Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 1
Tier III 1
Tier IV & V 1
Olympic Games 0
Titles by surface
Hard 1
Clay 0
Grass 1
Carpet 1
Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partners Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1992 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Netherlands Monique Kiene Germany Claudia Porwik
Italy Raffaella Reggi-Concato
6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 1995 Strasbourg, France Hard (i) Belgium Sabine Appelmans United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Mary Joe Fernández
2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 May 1996 Madrid, Spain Clay Belgium Sabine Appelmans Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–7, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 1996 Leipzig, Germany Carpet Belgium Sabine Appelmans Netherlands Kristie Boogert
France Nathalie Tauziat
4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Mar 1997 Key Biscayne, Florida, USA Hard Belgium Sabine Appelmans Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
2–6, 3–6
Win 2–4 Feb 1998 Paris, France Carpet (i) Belgium Sabine Appelmans Russia Anna Kournikova
Latvia Larisa Neiland
1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 3–4 Jun 1998 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Belgium Sabine Appelmans Romania Cătălina Cristea
Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 3–5 Oct 2000 Sydney Olympics, Australia Hard Netherlands Kristie Boogert United States Venus Williams
United States Serena Williams
1–6, 1–6
Loss 3–6 Feb 2001 Doha, Qatar Hard Netherlands Kristie Boogert France Sandrine Testud
Italy Roberta Vinci
5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 3–7 May 2001 Antwerp, Belgium Clay Netherlands Kristie Boogert Belgium Els Callens
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 3–8 Jun 2001 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Belgium Kim Clijsters Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Russia Nadia Petrova
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Loss 3–9 Dec 2001 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Sweden Åsa Svensson United States Meghann Shaughnessy
Belgium Justine Henin
1–6, 6–7(6–8)

ITF finals

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Singles: (2-2)

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 6 November 1989 Ashkelon, Israel Clay South Africa Robyn Field 6–4, 7–5
Win 2. 13 November 1989 Jerusalem, Israel Clay Israel Yael Segal 7–-5, 6–4
Loss 3. 14 May 1990 Jaffa, Israel Hard Israel Limor Zaltz 6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 4. 12 November 1990 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Netherlands Nicolette Rooimans 6–3, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: (1-2)

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Result No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 14 May 1990 Jaffa, Israel Hard Netherlands Nicolette Rooimans South Africa Michelle Anderson
South Africa Robyn Field
5–7, 4–6
Loss 2. 11 June 1990 Modena, Italy Hard Netherlands Heleen van den Berg Italy Silvia Farina Elia
Italy Simona Isidori
2–6, 3–6
Win 3. 7 December 1997 Cergy-Pontoise, France Hard (i) Netherlands Kristie Boogert France Julie Halard-Decugis
France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
7–5, 6–4
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