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 Head Coach Gigi Fernandez
Gigi Fernandez, one of the best doubles players to ever play the game starts her second year as the head coach of the women’s tennis team at the University of South Florida.
Fernandez, who won 17 Grand Slam doubles championships, two Olympic Gold Medals, as well as being ranked in the Top 30 in singles for most of her career, made an immediate impact during her first year of coaching.
Fernandez played one season at Clemson University in 1982-83, where she was a singles and doubles All-American and reached the NCAA singles final prior to turning professional.
gobulls.usf.edu /Sports/womenstennis/staff/gigi_fernandez.htm   (574 words)

  
 renaissancemaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gigi is a millennium girl empowered by a ring given by her grandmother for her birthday.
Gigi and her classmates visit the Museum of History to view an Aztec exhibit.
Gigi is hip, magical, clever and fun, and will take kids from every walk of life into daring educational and inspiring adventures.
www.renaissancehouse.net /gigi.htm   (214 words)

  
 Sports: USF tennis coach can't wait to start
Gigi Fernandez, one of the all-time great doubles players, surreptitiously enrolled at USF during the spring of 2001.
Fernandez, 38, a native of Puerto Rico, retired in 1997 and moved to Tampa a few years later for the warm weather and to be closer to her mother.
Fernandez was taking classes when an athletic department intern spotted her in class and asked if she would donate a racket for a USF athletic auction.
www.sptimes.com /2002/07/11/Sports/USF_tennis_coach_can_.shtml   (572 words)

  
 Gigi Fernández - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a former professional tennis player.
She has also coached for the Puerto Rican national team and the University of South Florida.
She also manages the Gigi Fernández Charitable Foundation, which has contributes to various Hispanic and Puerto Rican organizations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gigi_Fernandez   (475 words)

  
 Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
Gigi Fernandez, the first female professional athlete from Puerto Rico, won two Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour singles titles and 69 doubles titles in her career.
Fernandez was the recipient of the COREL WTA TOUR Doubles Team of the Year Award with partner Natasha Zvereva 1993-95, and she also won the award with partner Jana Novotna in 1991.
Fernandez was named the 1994 Female Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Tennis Association and the U.S. Olympic Committee after an outstanding year in 1993 in which she won doubles titles at the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=890   (281 words)

  
 Gigi Fernandez
Gigi Fernandez is the all time greatest doubles player in the world.
Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva made the four finals of the slams, the first time they have ever done that.
Gigi Fernandez and Zvereva won the first 3 slams of the year, but lost in the semi finals of the US Open.
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 Gigi Fernández - Wikipedia
Beatriz Gigi Fernández (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22 de febrero de 1964) es una ex-tenista profesional.
Junto con Natasha Zvereva, formó parte de una de las mejores parejas de dobles femeninos la historia del deporte, superada sólo por la dupla de Martina Navratilova y Pam Shriver en cantidad de torneos de Grand Slam.
Gigi Fernández ganó 17 títulos de Grand Slam en parejas y en 1994 llegó a semifinales en sencillos en Wimbledon.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gigi_Fernandez   (302 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Tennis Lessons From A Pro: Gigi Fernandez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
There was a mischievous smile on Gigi Fernandez's face as she recalled the first time she sailed a racket in anger.
Today, five years into retirement and hardly slowing down, coach Fernandez brings her South Florida women's team to the University of Miami (1 p.m.), where she'll be writing out a lineup card instead of a check to cover her latest round of fines.
Fernandez and Robin White, her original doubles partner, won their first Slam at the U.S. Open but had to get past Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver in the semis.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2003/vol7n12/TennisLessons-en.shtml   (858 words)

  
 Natasha Zvereva
With her usual partner, Gigi Fernandez, she made the final of US Open and won their fifth French Open and fourth Wimbledon doubles titles.
Gigi Fernandez and Zvereva win the US Open, their only slam of the year.
Gigi Fernandez and Zvereva won the Australian, French and Wimbledon slams and plenty of other tournaments.
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 ESPN.com: NCAA - Gigi Fernandez to coach South Florida tennis program
TAMPA, Fla. -- Gigi Fernandez, a member of world's top-ranked doubles team from 1991-1997, was named women's tennis coach at South Florida on Wednesday.
Fernandez, who captured 17 Grand Slam doubles championships and two Olympic gold medals in her career, replaced Sherry Bedingfield, who retired after 23 seasons as coach.
Fernandez climbed as high as 17th in the WTA singles rankings.
espn.go.com /ncaa/news/2002/0710/1404392.html   (250 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Gigi Fernandez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Regarded as one of the greatest doubles players of all-time, Fernandez emerged from a one-year stint at Clemson University in 1983 to win 14 Grand Slam doubles titles as of May 1, 1996.
Fernandez returned to the Grand Slam winner’s circle again in New York two years later, winning the title with Martina Navratilova.
Fernandez has also been a mainstay on the U.S. Fed Cup team since 1988 and helped the U.S. to the title in 1990.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/tennis/gigifern.htm   (218 words)

  
 Sports: Gigi Fernandez to take over USF
TAMPA -- Gigi Fernandez, one of the greatest women's doubles players in history, will be announced today as South Florida's new women's tennis coach.
Fernandez, 38, won 17 Grand Slam doubles titles and was ranked No.1 in doubles eight times between 1991 and 1995.
Fernandez, who also won an Olympic gold medal with partner Mary Joe Fernandez in 1996, retired after the 1997 season, saying, "I'm going to have fun.
www.sptimes.com /2002/07/10/news_pf/Sports/Gigi_Fernandez_to_tak.shtml   (244 words)

  
 Kournikova a smash hit in Hamilton - Brock Press - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kournikova was there to celebrate her birthday at a gala dinner and play exhibition matches against retired doubles legend Gigi Fernandez, as well as raising money for the Children's Cancer and Leukemia Research Fund.
Fernandez in particular seemed to enjoy her time there, while Kournikova seemed slightly bothered by autograph hounds and numerous taunts and cat calls from the crowd.
However, given Kournikova's injury situation and Fernandez's age and rust, it wasn't nearly as bad a match as it could have been.
www.brockpress.com /news/2004/06/22/Sports/Kournikova.A.Smash.Hit.In.Hamilton-689169.shtml   (654 words)

  
 Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - Fernandez Beatriz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
With Mary Joe Fernandez, she won women's doubles gold medals at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.
Gigi came out by appearing with Martina Navratilova at the 1993 March on Washington.
Fernandez' relationship with Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez "has been an open secret on the women's tour among other players, writers, and fans", the Associated Press wrote in 1995.
andrejkoymasky.com /liv/fam/biof1/fern1.html   (168 words)

  
 Tennis Week
During her career on the WTA Tour, Fernandez won seven singles championships and 19 doubles titles, including the French Open with Lindsay Davenport in 1996 and the Australian Open with Patty Fendick in 1991.
Fernandez is also the youngest player to win a U.S. Open match at 14 years and 8 days old.
She won her first Olympic gold medal for women’s doubles in 1992 with Gigi Fernandez, and second Olympic gold medal in 1996 in doubles again with Gigi Fernandez.
www.sportsmediainc.net /tennisweek/index.cfm?func=showarticle&newsid=11456&bannerregion=   (246 words)

  
 NewStandard: 7/2/96
Fernandez was devastated when she was left off the team.
The ITF said the "exceptional circumstances" included that fact that Fernandez and Fernandez would get a chance to defend their doubles title, that the United States is staging the games, and that Mary Joe Fernandez was highly ranked and won last month's French Open doubles with Davenport.
Fernandez also said she didn't feel her case would create negative repercussions for future Olympics, should one country or another decide that it has a player who also deserves an "exceptional circumstance."
www.s-t.com /daily/07-96/07-02-96/d05sp109.htm   (642 words)

  
 Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva at 1993 U.S. Open Championship; Tennis; September 11, 1993; ASAPSports FastScripts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
GIGI FERNANDEZ: Well, they got better also, I think the she doublefaulted at 30-All twice, and they got better and started getting darker and we had the lights and then playing at night, which is difficult for us, particularly for me. So, just unlucky.
GIGI FERNANDEZ: She has the fever and the flu, so it's difficult to win four Grand Slams in a row.
GIGI FERNANDEZ: I was thinking about it 24 hours a day-- excuse me. You know, we knew this was the match we had to get through in the Slam.
www.asapsports.com /tennis/1993usopen/091193GF.html   (731 words)

  
 Sports Illustrated : Terrible two. (tennis player Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva) @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The best doubles team in the world, Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva, were having one of their typical conversations, the kind that has earned them the nicknames of MTV cartoon characters.
Zvereva, 23, is a counterculture maven from Minsk who listens to heavy metal and won't hire a coach because she can't stand to be told what to do.
Fernandez, 30, is a self-described spoiled rich girl from Puerto Rico who has left such a trail of broken rackets she once paid her fines to the women's tour in advance.
static.elibrary.com /s/sportsillustrated/february201995/terribletwotennisplayergigifernandezandnatashazver/index.html   (195 words)

  
 Serving up some golf with Gigi Fernandez - PGATOUR.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Soon Fernandez, who had been a bogey golfer for several years, was down to a 1 handicap -- even competing in a Celebrity Player Tour event in Atlantic City.
Geddes taught Fernandez course management, which was an important skill for someone ingrained in an entirely different mentality.
Fernandez was becoming so good that she even began to consider trying out for the LPGA Tour.
www.pgatour.com /u/ce/multi/0,1977,3081387,00.html   (596 words)

  
 Gigi Fernandez Tennis Camp, USA, Florida, Tampa
The Gigi Fernandez Tennis Camp will be held from June 1st to the 14th at the University of South Florida Varsity Tennis Courts in Tampa, Florida.
The teachers will teach the techniques and methods that Gigi used during her 17 year WTA Tour career and that she now uses to train the women's tennis team at the University of South Florida.
In addition to the 4-5 hours spend on the court braining in groups, private lessons are available for students interested in the individual attention.
www.usa-tennis.de /tl_usaengl/floridae/fernandez/fernandez.htm   (421 words)

  
 srbio080300
She owns a total of 65 career doubles titles and teamed with Mary Joe Fernandez (no relation) to win gold medals at the 1992 and '96 Olympics.
Fernandez returns to the tournament as the defending champion, teaming with Dick Stockton for the 1999 title.
He was the champion last year with Gigi Fernandez and the 45-and-over winner in 1995 and '96.
www.cincypost.com /sports/2000/srbio080300.html   (1063 words)

  
 JS Online: U. of S. Fla. Hires Gigi Fernandez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Fernandez, winner of 17 Grand Slam doubles titles and a two-time Olympic champion, retired from professional tennis in 1997.
Fernandez, 38, has coached the Puerto Rican national team since 1999.
This is the first college coaching job for Fernandez, who won the 1992 and 1996 Olympic women's doubles gold medals with Mary Joe Fernandez.
www.jsonline.com /sports/etc/ap/jul02/ap-people-gigi-fer071102.asp?format=print   (147 words)

  
 Coaching At College Level Not For Gigi: From The Tampa Tribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
TAMPA - Even though Gigi Fernandez managed to resurrect the USF women's tennis program in her three years as head coach, the former Grand Slam champion left the job two weeks ago realizing one thing.
Fernandez, who owns 17 Grand Slam doubles championships, resigned her position June 9, saying she grew tired of the administrative work the job involved.
But Fernandez, who is now in England at Wimbledon, made it clear.
www.tampatrib.com /Sports/MGBNZ8BE7AE.html   (435 words)

  
 No Grand Slam in Doubles
EW YORK -- An upset, an end to one career and another player's unsuccessful bid to win four Grand Slam titles in a year -- all this was all rolled into one in the women's doubles final at the U.S. Open Saturday.
Not only were top-seeded Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva, the defending champions of the event, upset by third-seeded Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotna, 6-3, 6-4, but Fernandez, 33, also announced her retirement after 15 years on the tour.
A singles semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1994, Fernandez captured 15 Grand Slam titles alongside Zvereva, including the French Open and Wimbledon championships this year.
partners.nytimes.com /library/sports/090797ten-us-open-doubles.html   (175 words)

  
 Fernandez-Stockton dominating ATP Seniors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The prize money that goes to the winners of the Great American Insurance Seniors championship is no motivation to Gigi Fernandez, a former professional now living in San Diego.
Fernandez and partner Dick Stockton took a major step toward claiming the two collapsable Mercedes Bicycles that go to the winner along with the $24,000 first place money.
A native of San Juan, the 35-year-old Fernandez won 65 doubles titles, including 17 Grand Slam, during a 15-year career that ended in retirement two years ago.
www.enquirer.com /editions/1999/08/07/spt_fernandez-stockton.html   (241 words)

  
 Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva at 1997 Chase Championships of the COREL WTA Tour; Tennis; November 17, 1997; ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
GIGI FERNANDEZ: I was thinking that I had to hold or it was over.
GIGI FERNANDEZ: I was in Hilton Head when I found out I was supposed to play with Arantxa the whole year.
GIGI FERNANDEZ: Just when somebody like that dies, it makes you think about your life and saying this is what I'm doing, yeah, I could be there tomorrow.
www.asaphq.com /tennis/1997wta/111797GF.html   (2187 words)

  
 Gigi Fernandez Tennis Player
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Gigi Fernndez: Information From Answers.com Gigi Fernndez Beatriz Fernndez (born 1966), better known as Gigi Fernndez, is a Puerto Rican former tennis player.
Head Coach Gigi Fernandez - Gigi Fernandez, one of the best doubles players to ever play the game starts - Fernandez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and began playing tennis -
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