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Bonnie Gadusek (born September 11, 1963 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who retired in April 1987.

Gadusek won 5 singles and 3 doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on July 9, 1984, when she became the World No. 8. Her best Grand Slam finish were two quarterfinals at the US Open, in 1982 and 1986. Before entering the world of professional tennis, Gadusek was an aspiring gymnast; however, a broken neck prematurely ended her dreams of gymnastic glory and she turned instead to tennis. At the 1982 US Open Quarterfinals, Gadusek led eventual champion Chris Evert by a set and a break before Evert's famed baseline game went into another gear and she won the last 12 games in a row, the closest Gadusek ever came to a major upset.

Gadusek resided in Largo, Florida while on tour, if not after.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 July 1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	9 May 1983	Perugia, Italy	Clay	Andrea Temesvári	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	13 November 1983	Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA	Hard	Chris Evert-Lloyd	0–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	29 January 1984	Marco Island, Florida, USA	Clay	Kathy Horvath	3–6, 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	18 March 1984	Palm Beach, Florida, USA	Clay	Chris Evert-Lloyd	0–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	3 February 1985	Marco Island, USA	Hard	Pam Casale	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	26 May 1985	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Manuela Maleeva	6–2, 6–2
Winner	8.	22 September 1985	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Carpet	Kathy Rinaldi	6–1, 6–3
Winner	9.	13 October 1985	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Hard	Pam Casale	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	15 December 1985	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Manuela Maleeva	6–7, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles 6 (3–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 October 1983	Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA	Hard	Wendy White	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	0–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	13 November 1983	Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA	Hard	Wendy White	Pam Casale Mary-Lou Daniels	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	3 February 1985	Marco Island, Florida, USA	Hard	Camille Benjamin	Kathy Jordan Liz Smylie	3–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	26 May 1985	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Helena Suková	Bettina Bunge Eva Pfaff	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	13 October 1985	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Hard	Mary-Lou Daniels	Penny Barg Sandy Collins	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	6.	2 March 1986	Oakland, California, USA	Carpet	Helena Suková	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	6–7, 1–6

References

• ITF site

External links

• Bonnie Gadusek at the Women's Tennis Association

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