Sandra Heim-Dopfer (born 25 May 1970 in Lustenau[1] as Sandra Dopfer) is a former Austrian tennis player.

Sandra Dopfer
Full nameSandra Heim-Dopfer
Country (sports) Austria
Born (1970-05-25) 25 May 1970 (age 54)
Lustenau, Austria
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Prize money$382,801
Singles
Career record206–188
Career titles6 ITF
Highest ranking70 (29 August 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998)
French Open2R (1992, 1994)
Wimbledon1R (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
US Open3R (1996)
Doubles
Career record26–54
Career titles0
Highest ranking102 (19 July 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1993)
French Open1R (1993, 1994)
Wimbledon
US Open
Team competitions
Fed Cup0–1

Heim-Dopfer won six singles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 29 August 1994, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 70. On 19 July 1993, she peaked at world number 102 in the doubles rankings.

Heim-Dopfer made one appearance for the Austria Fed Cup team in July 1993. Her best Grand Slam result was in 1996, making the third round of that year's US Open.

After her tennis career, Sandra Heim-Dopfer worked for the charitable organisation Caritas Vorarlberg. In 2004, she married Michael Heim, an Austrian architect. They have two children.

During her career, Sandra Heim-Dopfer had learned about various healing methods as well as the power of mindfulness and she used several relaxation and visualisation techniques. In 2001, she started years of training in meditation and metaphysical healing and has been following her passion to help people ever since: She opened her meditation center in Dornbirn (Aut) in 2012.

ITF finals

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Singles (6–4)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (6–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 20 June 1988 Bad Gastein, Austria Clay   Florentina Curpene 6–1, 7–6
Win 2. 2 April 1990 Turin, Italy Clay   Cláudia Chabalgoity 6–2, ret.
Win 3. 20 April 1992 Bari, Italy Clay   Agnese Blumberga 6–2, 6–3
Win 4. 28 June 1993 Stuttgart, Germany Clay   Federica Bonsignori 6–1, 6–0
Win 5. 6 September 1993 Spoleto, Italy Clay   Emanuela Zardo 6–4, 6–0
Loss 1. 1 August 1994 Sopot, Poland Clay   Tatiana Ignatieva 6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 14 August 1995 Maribor, Slovenia Clay   Janette Husárová 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 4–6
Win 6. 2 October 1995 Lleida, Spain Clay   Mariam Ramón Climent 6–1, 6–1
Loss 3. 28 July 1997 Makarska, Croatia Clay   Mirjana Lučić 1–6, 4–6
Loss 4. 6 October 1997 Sedona, United States Hard   Rachel McQuillan 3–6, 6–7(5–7)

Doubles (0–1)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 17 August 1992 Spoleto, Italy Clay   Maja Živec-Škulj   Flora Perfetti
  Gloria Pizzichini
6–1, 2–6, 1–6

Fed Cup participation

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Singles

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
1993 Federation Cup
World Group
1R 20 July 1993 Frankfurt, Germany   Denmark Clay   Sofie Albinus L 7–5, 2–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Sandra Dopfer". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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