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Linda French

United States · Women's doubles, women's singles and mixed doubles · 1985 to 1996

Born 4 March 1964 · 162 cm

26
matches
27%
won
0
senior titles
1
finals
World ranking

Not on a world ranking list we hold: the full lists are kept from September 2026 and the weekly top lists from 2013, so a player outside them has none.

Our ratingHow it works
1,451Women's doubles
last rated 1996

Highest 1,486. Women's singles: 1,424. Mixed doubles: 1,470.

Form
3/10won of the last
10 matches
  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. W
  5. L
  6. W
  7. L
  8. L
  9. L
  10. W

Latest: lost to Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen / Marlene Thomsen, Olympic Games 1996, round of 64. Newest on the left.

Season by season

Matches played and won, year by year.

  • Played
  • Won
  • A title that year
'85
'87
'89
'91
'93
'95
'96
Show the numbers
YearPlayedWonTitles
1996100
1993520
1992200
1991410
1989520
1987510
1985410
Recent matches

The last 20 matches.

Scores read from Linda French's side.

Olympic Games 1996Women's doubles, with Erika von Heiland Round of 64 Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen / Marlene Thomsen 4–15 1–15 Lost
World Championships 1993Women's doubles, with Ann French Round of 64 Eliza Nathanael / Zelin Resiana 7–15 7–15 Lost
World Championships 1993Women's singles Round of 128 Astrid van der Knaap 6–11 3–11 Lost
World Championships 1993Women's doubles, with Ann French Round of 128 Monika Lipinska / Sylwia Rutkiewicz Won
World Championships 1993Mixed doubles, with Chong Weng Kai Round of 128 Jaimie Dawson / Robbyn Hermitage 5–15 11–15 Lost
Round of 128 Árni Þór Hallgrímsson / Guðrún Júlíusdóttir 17–15 15–4 Won
Olympic Games 1992Women's singles Round of 64 Huang Hua 1–11 1–11 Lost
Olympic Games 1992Women's doubles, with Joy Kitzmiller Round of 64 Harumi Kohara / Hisako Mizui 6–15 12–15 Lost
Pan Am Championships 1991Women's doubles, with Joy Kitzmiller Final Denyse Julien / Doris Piché 7–15 4–15 Lost
Semi-final Ann French / Erika von Heiland 15–10 15–7 Won
World Championships 1991Women's singles Round of 128 Christine Magnusson 0–11 2–11 Lost
World Championships 1991Women's doubles, with Joy Kitzmiller Round of 128 Julie Bradbury / Cheryl Johnson 7–15 3–15 Lost
Pan Am Championships 1989Women's singles Quarter-final Heather Ostrom 3–11 2–11 Lost
World Championships 1989Women's doubles, with Linda Safarik Round of 64 Eline Coene / Erica van Dijck 9–15 2–15 Lost
World Championships 1989Women's singles Round of 128 Hisako Mori 6–11 11–12 Lost
Round of 128 Ellen Berg 11–9 11–5 Won
World Championships 1989Women's doubles, with Linda Safarik Round of 128 Marianne Wikdal / Ellen Berg 15–5 15–4 Won
Pan Am Championships 1987Women's doubles, with Joy Kitzmiller Semi-final Ximena Bellido / Gloria Jimenez 13–18 3–15 Lost
Pan Am Championships 1987Mixed doubles, with Dean Schoppe Quarter-final German Valdez / Francis MacKay 13–18 15–17 Lost
Pan Am Championships 1987Women's doubles, with Joy Kitzmiller Quarter-final Debra O'Connor / Beverly Tang 15–5 15–7 Won
Partners and rivals

Who with, and who against.

Head to head counts every draw match between them, in any event.

Partners

Rivals