Mariaan de Swardt (an haife ta a ranar 18 ga watan Maris 1971) ƙwararriyar 'yar wasan tennis ce daga Afirka ta Kudu, wacce ta yi aiki daga shekarun 1988 zuwa 2001.[1] Sau biyu ta wakilci ƙasarta ta haihuwa a gasar Olympics ta bazara, a cikin shekarun 1992 da 1996, kuma ta kasance memba a ƙungiyar cin kofin Fed na Afirka ta Kudu a shekarar 1992 kuma daga 1994 zuwa 1997.[2] A cikin shekarar 2006, de Swardt ta zama 'yar ƙasar Amurka.[ana buƙatar hujja][ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2010)">abubuwan da ake bukata</span> ]
De Swardt ta lashe kambun Grand Slam guda biyu a gasar gasa-biyu, 1999 Australian Open da 2000 French Open tare da abokin tarayya David Adams. '[3] Ta kuma lashe kambun gasar mata guda huɗu sannan ta kai matsayi na 11 a duniya a matsayi na biyu na WTA. Tana da kambun WTA Tour guda ɗaya daga shekarar 1998 kuma ta kai matsayi na ƙwararrun 'yan wasa na duniya na 28 a cikin shekarar 1996.[4][5]
Tun lokacin da ta yi ritaya daga wasan tennis, ta kasance mai sharhi a gasar Eurosport da talabijin ta Afirka ta Kudu, kuma ta yi horo a matakin ƙwararru, koleji da na nishaɗi tare da tushenta a Atlanta, Georgia.[6][7] Tana zaune a Houston, Texas, kuma ƙwararriyar mai koyarwa ce a The Houstonian Club. A cikin shekarar 2004, ta kafa wata ƙungiyar agaji mai zaman kanta, Asusun Kula da dabbobi, don taimakawa dabbobi.[8]
↑Djata, Sundiata (2008). Blacks at the Net : Black Achievement in the History of Tennis (1 ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 82. ISBN978-0815608981.
↑Djata, Sundiata (2008). Blacks at the Net : Black Achievement in the History of Tennis (1 ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. p. 82. ISBN978-0815608981.