Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan (born 13 June 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Career
Lindqvist turned professional in 1983. She reached a career high rank of World No. 10 in April 1985 and won five singles titles. She reached the semifinals of Grand Slam tournaments twice, the Australian Open in 1987 and Wimbledon in 1989. She lost to Martina Navratilova in both semifinals. She retired from tennis in 1992.
Lindqvist six WTA Tour singles titles and one doubles title. She had career wins over Steffi Graf, Virginia Wade, Pam Shriver, Hana Mandlíková, Wendy Turnbull, Manuela Maleeva, Nathalie Tauziat, Dianne Fromholtz, Helena Suková, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Zina Garrison, Kathy Jordan, Jo Durie, and Natasha Zvereva.
She currently resides in New Jersey, and is the mother of Joakim Ryan, a top amateur hockey player. She is also the mother of Christina and Tobias.
In 2009 Lindqvist and her husband Bill Ryan bought the East Brunswick Racquet Club [1] in East Brunswick, New Jersey, where currently Lindqvist is the head teaching pro [2].
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 10 (5–5)
| Winner — Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | | WTA Tour Championships (0–0) | | Tier I (0–0) | | Tier II (0–0) | | Tier III (0–0) | | Tier IV (1–1) | | Tier V (1–0) | | Virginia Slims (3–4) |
| | Titles by Surface |
|---|
| Hard (2–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Clay (0–1) | | Carpet (3–3) |
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2 January 1984 | Hershey | Carpet (i) | Beth Herr | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2. | 15 October 1984 | Filderstadt | Carpet (i) | Steffi Graf | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 31 December 1984 | Port St. Lucie | Hard | Terry Holladay | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 4 March 1985 | Princeton | Carpet (i) | Hana Mandlíková | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 14 October 1985 | Filderstadt | Carpet (i) | Pam Shriver | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 20 October 1986 | Brighton | Carpet (i) | Steffi Graf | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 6 July 1987 | Båstad | Clay | Sandra Cecchini | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 9 January 1989 | Sydney | Hard | Martina Navratilova | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 9 April 1990 | Tokyo | Hard | Elizabeth Smylie | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 5. | 14 February 1991 | Oslo | Carpet (i) | Raffaella Reggi | 6–3, 6–0 |
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
| Winner — Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) | | WTA Tour Championships (0–0) | | Tier I (0–0) | | Tier II (0–0) | | Tier III (0–0) | | Tier IV (0–1) | | Tier V (0–0) | | Virginia Slims (0–1) |
| | Titles by Surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Clay (0–1) | | Carpet (0–1) |
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 11 May 1987 | Berlin | Clay | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Helena Suková | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 22 February 1988 | Oklahoma City | Carpet (i) | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | Jana Novotná
Catherine Suire | 4–6, 4–6 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; or (NH) tournament not held.
| Tournament | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | Career SR |
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| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | QF | NH | SF | 4R | QF | A | 2R | 2R | 0 / 7 |
| French Open | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 9 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 4R | 1R | SF | 1R | 4R | 2R | 0 / 10 |
| US Open | 1R | A | 3R | 4R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 10 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 36 |
| Year End Ranking | 131 | 115 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 42 | 16 | 38 | 46 | 63 |
- SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.