Tennis great, Gabriela Sabatini was joined by former Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, as the Mallorca Country Club in Santa Ponsa prepared to host the finals of Vanda Pharmaceuticals Mallorca Women’s Championships.
A former world Number. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 titles across both disciplines.
In singles, Sabatini won the 1990 US Open, the WTA Finals in 1988 and 1994, and was runner-up at Wimbledon 1991, the 1988 US Open, and the silver medalist at the 1988 Olympics. In doubles, she won Wimbledon in 1988 partnering with Steffi Graf, and reached three French Open finals. Among Open Era players who did not reach the world No. 1 ranking, Sabatini has the most wins over reigning No. 1 players. In 2006, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and in 2018, Tennis Magazine ranked her as the 20th-greatest female player of the preceding 50 years.
She is a frequent visitor to the island which she said she loved very much. Sabatini has been named as an ambassador for the tournament and will be at the club all this weekend as the competition enters its final stages.
Jurgen Klopp will soon be establishing a Padel Club at the Mallorca Country Club. He owns a house nearby. He also will be at the Club this weekend.