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Miriam Oremans Country Netherlands Born September 9, 1972
Berlicum, The NetherlandsHeight 5' 6 1/2"/ 1.69 m Turned pro 1997 Retired 2002 Plays Right-handed Singles Career record 182-205 Highest ranking 38 (12 August 1996) Olympic Games Silver medal (2000) Doubles Career record 195-187 Career titles 3 Highest ranking 35 (10 July 2000) Last updated on: 14 April 2011. Olympic medal record Women's Tennis Silver 2000 Sydney Doubles Miriam Oremans (born 9 September 1972 in Berlicum, Noord-Brabant) 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 in 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.
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WTA Tour finals
Singles 5
Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0 Olympic Games 0 Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final Runner-up 1. 19 June 1993 Eastbourne, England Grass Martina Navratilova 6-2, 2-6, 3-6 Runner-up 2. 22 June 1997 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass Ruxandra Dragomir 7-5, 2-6, 4-6 Runner-up 3. 15 June 1998 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Julie Halard-Decugis 3-6, 4-6 Runner-up 4. 23 October 2000 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Dája Bedáňová 1-6, 7-5, 3-6 Runner-up 5. 11 June 2001 Birmingham, England Grass Nathalie Tauziat 3-6, 5-7 Doubles 12 (3-9)
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 Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final Winner 1. 16 February 1992 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Monique Kiene Claudia Porwik
Raffaella Reggi-Concato6-4, 6-2 Runner-up 2. 28 May 1995 Strasbourg, France Hard (i) Sabine Appelmans Lindsay Davenport
Mary Joe Fernandez2-6, 3-6 Runner-up 3. 25 May 1996 Madrid, Spain Clay Sabine Appelmans Jana Novotná
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario6-7, 2-6 Runner-up 4. 6 October 1996 Leipzig, Germany Carpet Sabine Appelmans Kristie Boogert
Nathalie Tauziat4-6, 4-6 Runner-up 5. 29 March 1997 Key Biscayne, Florida, USA Hard Sabine Appelmans Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Natasha Zvereva2-6, 3-6 Winner 6. 15 February 1998 Paris, France Carpet (i) Sabine Appelmans Anna Kournikova
Larisa Neiland1–6, 6–3, 7–6 Winner 7. 21 June 1998 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Sabine Appelmans Cătălina Cristea
Eva Melicharová6–7, 7–6, 7–6 Runner-up 8. 1 October 2000 Sidney Olympics, Australia Hard Kristie Boogert Venus Williams
Serena Williams1-6, 1-6 Runner-up 9. 18 February 2001 Doha, Qatar Hard Kristie Boogert Sandrine Testud
Roberta Vinci5-7, 6-7(4) Runner-up 10. 19 May 2001 Antwerp, Belgium Clay Kristie Boogert Els Callens
Virginia Ruano Pascual3-6, 6-3, 4-6 Runner-up 11. 18 June 2001 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Kim Clijsters Ruxandra Dragomir
Nadia Petrova6-7(5), 7-6(5), 4-6 Runner-up 12. 30 December 2001 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Åsa Svensson Meghann Shaughnessy
Justine Henin1-6, 6-7(6) References
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- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- People from Sint-Michielsgestel
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