Women Sports Players Biography: Brenda Schultz Mccarthy

Brenda Schultz Mccarthy Biography

Dutch tennis player.
Height 6 foot 2
Weight 170 Pounds
Born December 28, 1970 in Haarlem, Netherlands
Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy is a Dutch tennis player. She is married to Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati. Schultz is known for her fast serve, holding the record for the fastest serve in the WTA tour.

Schultz turned professional in 1986. She married McCarthy in April 8, 1995. Thereafter, she is known as "Brenda Schultz-McCarthy".

Schultz' career high was in 1996 when she reached World No. 9. She reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon & the US Open in 1995. She retired from tennis in 1999 with longstanding injuries. She came out of retirement in 2005, playing Fed Cup & WTA tournaments in 2006. The best result of her comeback came in June of 2006 at the Tier III Ordina Open in the Netherlands, reaching the quarterfinals with wins over two players ranked in the top 70 on the WTA Tour.

In July of 2006, Schultz-McCarthy claimed her place as the fastest server in WTA history, recording a 130 MPH (209 km/h) serve last year in the first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open qualifying tournament, held in Cincinnati, Ohio. Venus Williams previously held the women's record set in 1998 of 127 MPH (204 km/h) in a match in a quarter-finals win against Mary Pierce in Zurich.

Brenda Schultz Mccarthy