Olga Tsarbopoulou
Country (sports) Greece
Born (1968-06-19) 19 June 1968
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Prize money$45,363
Singles
Career record54–62
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 117 (29 August 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1988)
US Open1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record13–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 218 (15 August 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1988)
Team competitions
Fed Cup8–23
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1987 LatakiaWomen's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place1983 CasablancaWomen's Singles

Olga Tsarbopoulou (born 19 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Greece.

Biography

Tsarbopoulou was 15, when she began competing for the Greece Fed Cup team in 1983.[1]

She was a bronze medalist in the singles event at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Casablanca and partnered with Angeliki Kanellopoulou to win a women's doubles gold medal when Syria hosted the 1987 Mediterranean Games.

On the WTA Tour, she had her best performances in 1987, when she was a quarterfinalist in Athens and made the round of 16 in Buenos Aires. She reached her career best ranking of 117 in the world in 1988, with main-draw appearances that year at the Australian Open and US Open.

She was a member of the Greece contingent at the 1988 Summer Olympics, appearing in the singles draw, where she lost in the first round to Argentina's Mercedes Paz.[2]

Retiring in 1991, she finished her Fed Cup career having appeared in 18 ties.

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 2 July 1984 ITF Carpi, Italy Clay Romania Daniela Moise 7–6, 6–3
Loss 2. 6 April 1987 ITF Caserta, Italy Clay Italy Laura Lapi 1–6, 3–6
Loss 3. 1 June 1987 ITF Adria, Italy Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Karmen Škulj 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win 4. 27 June 1988 ITF Brindisi, Italy Clay Italy Stefania Dalla Valle 6–2, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 6 April 1987 ITF Caserta, Italy Hard West Germany Heike Thoms Soviet Union Eugenia Maniokova
Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva		 3–6, 5–7

References

  1. ↑ "Tennis Results". United Press International. 18 July 1983. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Olga Tsarmbopoulou Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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