Amanda Coetzer

**Amanda Coetzer** (an haife ta a 22 ga Oktoba 1971, a Hoopstad) tsohuwar 'yar wasan Tennis ce ta Afirka ta Kudu. Coetzer ya gama a cikin Matsayi na WTA saman 20 na lokutan goma a jere (1992-2001), ya kai kololuwa a duniya No. 3. Ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na Grand Slam sau uku (Australian Open 1996 da 1997, French Open 1997) da kuma wasan karshe na Grand Flam sau biyu (US Open 1993). Coetzer ta sami suna don doke 'yan wasan da suka fi ta girma. Ta hanyar zira kwallaye da yawa duk da tsayinta na ƙafa biyar da biyu (1.58m), ta sami laƙabi: "The Little Assassin".

## Rayuwa ta sirri
An haifi Coetzer a Hoopstad, Afirka ta Kudu, ga Nico da Suska Coetzer . Ta fara buga wasan tennis tana da shekaru shida. A lokacin aikinta, ta zauna da farko a Hilton Head, South Carolina kuma Gavin Hopper ne ya horar da ita, daga baya Lori McNeil. A matsayinta na mai daukar hoto ta bayyana a matsayin Sunshine Girl a cikin jaridar Kanada Sun . Ta auri mai shirya fina-finai na Hollywood Arnon Milchan .  Suna da 'ya'ya biyu, Shimon (an haife shi a shekara ta 2009) da Olivia (an haifi ta a shekara ta 2011). 

A shekara ta 1998, an nuna Coetzer a cikin *All Star Tennis '99*, wasan bidiyo na wasan tennis da aka saki akan PlayStation da Nintendo 64. 

## Sana'a
Shekarar ci gaban Coetzer ta kasance a cikin shekara ta 1992. Ta doke duniya No. 3, Gabriela Sabatini, a Boca Raton, da Jennifer Capriati a Italian Open, ta shiga cikin saman 20 a watan Agusta.

A shekara ta 1993, Coetzer ta lashe lambar yabo ta farko ta WTA Tour a Melbourne, inda ta doke Naoko Sawamatsu a wasan karshe, kuma ta kai wasan karshe na US Open mata biyu tare da Inés Gorrochategui .

A Kanada Masters a shekarar 1995, Coetzer ya kayar da 'yan wasa uku da suka kasance a cikin manyan 5 na duniya - Steffi Graf (No. 1), Jana Novotná (No. 4) da Mary Pierce (No. 5) - kafin a karshe ya rasa Monica Seles a wasan karshe. Rashin nasarar Graf ya kawo karshen nasarar da aka samu a wasanni 32 ga Jamusanci. A ƙarshen shekara, an ba Coetzer lambar yabo ta WTA Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award (wanda wasu 'yan wasa suka zabe).

A Australian Open a shekara ta 1996, Coetzer ta zama mace ta farko ta Afirka ta Kudu a cikin Open Era don kaiwa wasan kusa da na karshe na Grand Slam, inda ta rasa a cikin saiti uku ga Anke Huber .

A shekara ta 1997, ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na Australian Open a karo na biyu a jere, inda ta doke Steffi Graf a duniya, a zagaye na huɗu. Ta doke Graf a karo na biyu a wannan shekarar a German Open a watan Mayu (wanda ya haifar da asarar Graf mafi muni: 6-0, 6-1 a cikin minti 56 kawai), sannan, a cikin kwata-kwata na French Open, ta sake kayar da Graf don zama ɗaya daga cikin hudu kawai don kayar da ita fiye da sau ɗaya a wasannin Grand Slam. Coetzer ya rasa a wasan kusa da na karshe na Faransa Open ga mai cin kofin Iva Majoli . Ta shiga saman 10 a watan Yuni da saman 5 a watan Agusta, kuma a Leipzig Coetzer ta doke Martina Hingis, wacce a lokacin ta karɓi matsayi na 1 a duniya. Coetzer ya lashe lambobin yabo guda biyu a wannan shekarar - a Budapest da Luxembourg, ya kai 15 semifinals (ko mafi kyau) gabaɗaya kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship a karo na biyu, mafi kyawun mai kunnawa da lambar yabo ta Diamond Aces (duk WTA).

Coetzer ta lashe babbar lambar yabo ta aikinta a shekarar 1998, a Charleston Open . Ta kuma doke Conchita Martínez a kan hanyar zuwa kashi na uku na karshe da ke nunawa a US Open .

A shekara ta 1999, Coetzer ta doke duniya No. 1, Lindsay Davenport, da kuma duniya No. 4, Monica Seles, a kan hanyar zuwa wasan karshe na Tokyo, don haka ta zama dan wasan da ya taba kayar da Graf, Hingis da Davenport yayin da suke cikin matsayi na farko.

Coetzer ya haɗu da Wayne Ferreira don lashe Kofin Hopman na 2000 na Afirka ta Kudu. Ta doke duniya No. 3, Venus Williams, a Hamburg kuma ta kai wasan karshe na German Open a Berlin.

A shekara ta 2001, ta cancanci gasar zakarun shekara ta tara a jere, kuma ta gama kakar wasa ta goma a jere a saman 20 na duniya.

Coetzer ya yi ritaya a shekara ta 2004. Gabaɗaya, ta lashe lambobin WTA 18, tara a cikin mutane ɗaya da tara a cikin ninki biyu. An lashe lambar yabo ta karshe a Acapulco a shekara ta 2003, kuma nasarar da ta samu ta kai dala miliyan 6.

## Gasar karshe ta Grand Slam

### Sau biyu: 1 wanda ya zo na biyu

## WTA wasan karshe

### Singles: 21 (lakabi 9, masu tsere 12)

### Biyu: 23 (lakabi 9, masu tsere 14)

## Mafi kyawun sakamakon Grand Slam
 

## Ya lashe manyan 'yan wasa 10

## Mafi tsayin nasara

### Wasan 8 na farko-nasara jere (1992)

### Na biyu 8-matches na nasara jere (1994)

### Na uku-8-matches na nasara jere (1997)

### Na hudu 8-masanin nasara guda ɗaya (1998)

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Amanda Coetzer at the Women's Tennis Association 
* Amanda Coetzer at the International Tennis Federation 
* Amanda Coetzer at the Billie Jean King Cup 
* Amanda Coetzer at Olympedia 
* Amanda Coetzer at Olympics.com 

## Magana