Heidi Sprung

Heidi Sprung Vasudevan (born 10 January 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.

Heidi Sprung

Full name	Heidi Sprung Vasudevan
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	(1969-01-10) 10 January 1969 (age 56)
Prize money	$110,483
Singles
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 212 (14 October 1991)
Doubles
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 97 (17 July 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1988, 1989, 1990)
French Open	2R (1989)
Wimbledon	2R (1989)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–1

Biography

Sprung, who is originally from Salzburg, played Fed Cup tennis for Austria in 1988. She teamed up with Judith Wiesner to win the deciding doubles rubber over Belgium, setting up a second round tie with the USSR. Against the USSR she beat world number 16 Larisa Savchenko in the singles, but this time lost the live doubles rubber.^[1]

On the WTA Tour she was most successful as a doubles player, with a career best ranking of 97. She was a doubles finalist at the 1989 Fernleaf Classic in Wellington.^[2]

Since retiring she has lived in Switzerland and is married to former India Davis Cup team representative Srinivasan Vasudevan. The pair run a tennis club in Zofingen.^[3]

WTA Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Result	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Feb 1989	Wellington, New Zealand	Tier I	Hard	Tracey Morton	Elizabeth Smylie Janine Tremelling	6–7(3), 1–6

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (0–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	22 July 1991	Schwarzach, Austria	Clay	Barbara Mulej	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	29 July 1991	Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany	Clay	Florentina Curpene	3–6, 2–6

Doubles (3–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	4 August 1986	Kitzbuhel, Austria	Clay	Judith Wiesner	Justine Brown Louise Pleming	0–6, 0–6
Loss	2.	13 July 1987	Erlangen, West Germany	Clay	Alison Scott	Denisa Krajčovičová Virginie Paquet	1–6, 2–6
Win	3.	27 July 1987	Kitzbuhel, Austria	Clay	Judith Wiesner	Bettina Diesner Karin Oberleitner	6–3, 6–4
Win	4.	1 July 1991	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Lisa Seemann	Henrike Kadzidroga Patricia Miller	7–6, 6–1
Loss	5.	22 July 1991	Schwarzach, Austria	Clay	Agnese Blumberga	Karina Habšudová Katarína Studeníková	3–6, 1–6
Win	6.	31 May 1993	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Eleni Rossides	Tzipora Obziler Limor Zaltz	0–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	7.	18 October 1993	Langenthal, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Anne De Gioanni	Miroslava Vavrinec Natalie Tschan	4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	8.	10 April 1994	Limoges, France	Clay	Angelique Olivier	Isabelle Demongeot Maria Strandlund	2–6, 2–6