Rosa Bielsa

Spanish tennis player
Rosa Bielsa
Full nameRosa Bielsa-Hierro
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1966-01-09) 9 January 1966 (age 58)
Prize money$36,823
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 230 (11 September 1989)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 176 (7 November 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1989)
Medal record
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Sheffield Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Sheffield Mixed doubles

Rosa Bielsa-Hierro (born 9 January 1966) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Biography

Bielsa competed in two Federation Cup ties for Spain, both in the 1985 edition, as the doubles partner of Ana Almansa. The pair won the deciding doubles rubber against Hong Kong, to advance to a second round fixture against Australia, which they and their teammates lost 0–3.

At the 1989 French Open she lost in the qualifying draw for the singles but featured in the main draw of the women's doubles, with Soviet player Eugenia Maniokova.[1]

Bielsa won two medals for Spain at the 1991 Summer Universiade in Sheffield, a bronze in the singles and a bronze in the mixed doubles.

In 1996 she was a member of the Spanish women's team which finished runner-up in the Padel Tennis World Championship.[2]

ITF finals

Singles (0–2)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 12 September 1988 Arzachena, Italy Clay Italy Laura Golarsa 2–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 18 March 1991 Alicante, Spain Clay Norway Amy Jönsson Raaholt 4–6, 5–7

Doubles (8–10)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 28 July 1986 Sezze, Italy Clay Spain Elena Guerra Spain Ninoska Souto
Spain Janet Souto
3–6, 6–7
Win 2. 4 May 1987 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Hard Spain Ana Segura Denmark Lone Vandborg
Netherlands Titia Wilmink
6–4, 7–5
Loss 3. 29 June 1987 Brindisi, Italy Clay Spain Elena Guerra Australia Michelle Bowrey
Australia Kristine Kunce
3–6, 6–7
Win 4. 21 September 1987 Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Elena Guerra Spain María José Llorca
Spain Inmaculada Varas
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 5. 29 February 1988 Rocafort, Spain Clay Spain Elena Guerra Austria Bettina Diesner
United Kingdom Anne Simpkin
3–6, 2–6
Win 6. 8 August 1988 Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Janet Souto United States Allison Cooper
United States Mary Norwood
6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 6. 29 August 1988 Corsica, France Clay Spain Janet Souto Austria Bettina Diesner
Switzerland Mareke Plocher
1–6, 4–6
Loss 7. 12 September 1988 Arzachena, Italy Hard Spain Janet Souto United States Anne Grousbeck
Australia Tracey Morton
5–7, 1–6
Loss 8. 28 August 1989 Arzachena, Italy Hard Spain Janet Souto Finland Anne Aallonen
Finland Nanne Dahlman
1–6, 1–6
Win 9. 18 September 1989 Porto, Portugal Clay Spain Janet Souto Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Spain Inmaculada Varas
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 10. 12 March 1990 Murcia, Spain Clay Spain Janet Souto Spain Ana-Belen Quintana
Spain Ana Segura
5–7, 5–7
Win 11. 25 February 1991 Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Janet Souto Czechoslovakia Janette Husárová
Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Málková
6–2, 6–3
Win 12. 18 March 1991 Alicante, Spain Clay Spain Silvia Ramón-Cortés Spain Eva Bes
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–3, 0–6, 7–5
Loss 13. 8 April 1991 Limoges, France Carpet Spain Janet Souto Finland Anne Aallonen
Soviet Union Eugenia Maniokova
3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Loss 14. 3 June 1991 Milan, Italy Clay Spain Janet Souto Italy Nathalie Baudone
Italy Francesca Romano
4–6, 5–7
Win 15. 1 July 1991 Palermo, Italy Clay Spain Janet Souto Italy Claudia Piccini
Italy Cristina Salvi
6–3, 6–2
Loss 16. 28 October 1991 Madeira, Portugal Hard Spain Janet Souto Netherlands Carin Bakkum
Germany Meike Babel
3–6, 2–6
Loss 17. 11 May 1992 Barcelona, Spain Hard Spain Gala León García Argentina Paola Suárez
Argentina Pamela Zingman
4–6, 2–6
Win 18. 13 July 1992 Vigo, Spain Clay Spain Janet Souto United States Kylie Johnson
Germany Sabine Lohmann
2–6, 6–3, 7–5

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paris". The Press Democrat. 1 June 1989.
  2. ^ "La historia del deporte". El Periódico Extremadura (in Spanish). 22 March 2004.

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