# Miriam Oremans

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
### Olympic finals
#### Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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

## 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 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 1993 | Eastbourne, England | Grass | Martina Navratilova | 6–2, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 1997 | Rosmalen, Netherlands | Grass | Ruxandra Dragomir | 7–5, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jun 1998 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Julie Halard-Decugis | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Oct 2000 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | Dája Bedáňová | 1–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–5 | Jun 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 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partners | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 1992 | Linz, Austria | Hard (i) | Monique Kiene | Claudia Porwik Raffaella Reggi-Concato | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | May 1995 | Strasbourg, France | Hard (i) | Sabine Appelmans | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | May 1996 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Sabine Appelmans | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct 1996 | Leipzig, Germany | Carpet | Sabine Appelmans | Kristie Boogert Nathalie Tauziat | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Mar 1997 | Key Biscayne, Florida, USA | Hard | Sabine Appelmans | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | Feb 1998 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | Sabine Appelmans | Anna Kournikova Larisa Neiland | 1–6, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 3–4 | Jun 1998 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Sabine Appelmans | Cătălina Cristea Eva Melicharová | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 3–5 | Oct 2000 | Sydney Olympics, Australia | Hard | Kristie Boogert | Venus Williams Serena Williams | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Feb 2001 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | Kristie Boogert | Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci | 5–7, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–7 | May 2001 | Antwerp, Belgium | Clay | Kristie Boogert | Els Callens Virginia Ruano Pascual | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Jun 2001 | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | Kim Clijsters | Ruxandra Dragomir Nadia Petrova | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–9 | Dec 2001 | Gold Coast, Australia | Hard | Åsa Svensson | Meghann Shaughnessy Justine Henin | 1–6, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |

## ITF finals
### Singles: (2-2)

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

### Doubles: (1-2)

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