Mariaan de Swardt (born 18 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa, who was active from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the South Africa Fed Cup team in 1992 and from 1994 to 1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S. citizen.

De Swardt won two Grand Slam titles in mixed-doubles competition, the 1999 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open with partner David Adams. She also won four women's doubles titles and reached as high as world No. 11 in the doubles WTA rankings. She has one WTA Tour singles title from 1998 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 28 in 1996.

Since retiring from tennis, she has been a commentator for Eurosport and South African television, and has coached at professional, collegiate and recreational level with her base being at Atlanta, Georgia. She resides in Houston, Texas, and is a teaching professional at The Houstonian Club. In 2004, she set up a non-profit charity, the Pet Care Fund, to help animals.

Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1999Wimbledon Grass Elena Tatarkova Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu 4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (titles) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1999Australian Open Hard Max Mirnyi Serena Williams 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(5)Win 2000French Open Clay David Adams 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Legend (singles) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (1–0) Tier IV & V (0–0) ResultW-LDateTournament TierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 1998 Boston Cup, US Tier III Hard Barbara Schett 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) ResultW-LDateTournament TierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 1995 Barcelona, Spain Tier II Clay Iva Majoli Larisa Savchenko Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 5–7, 6–4, 5–7Win 1–1 May 1995 Bournemouth, UK Tier IV/V Clay Ruxandra Dragomir Kerry-Anne Guse Patricia Hy 6–3, 6–5Loss 1–2 Feb 1996 Tokyo, Japan Tier I Carpet (i) Irina Spîrlea Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva 6–7(7–9), 3–6Win 2–2 May 1996 Welsh Open, UK Tier IV/V Clay Katrina Adams Els Callens Laurence Courtois 6–0, 6–4Win 3–2 Jun 1998 Eastbourne, UK Tier II Grass Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva 6–1, 6–3Loss 3–3 Aug 1998 Boston, US Tier III Hard Mary Joe Fernández Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 4–6, 4–6Loss 3–4 Aug 1998 Connecticut, US Tier II Hard Jana Novotná Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat 1–6, 0–6Loss 3–5 Oct 1998 Zurich, Switzerland Tier I Hard (i) Elena Tatarkova Venus Williams Serena Williams 7–5, 1–6, 3–6Win 4–5 Jan 1999 Hobart, Australia Tier IV/V Hard Elena Tatarkova Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Émilie Loit 6–1, 6–2

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Singles (9–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 1 December 1986 ITF Vereeniging, South Africa Hard Marie-Christine Damas 6–2, 6–4Win 2. 11 January 1988 ITF Vereeniging Hard Linda Barnard 6–2, 3–6, 6–4Loss 1. 18 January 1988 ITF Pretoria, South Africa Hard Elna Reinach 3–6, 4–6Loss 2. 20 November 1989 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel Clay Yael Segal 3–6, 3–6Win 3. 23 April 1990 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Petra Thorén 6–1, 6–4Win 4. 28 May 1990 ITF Francavilla, Italy Clay Zuzana Witzová 6–7, 7–6, 6–2Win 5. 4 June 1990 ITF Mantua, Italy Hard Federica Bonsignori 6–3, 6–7, 6–3Win 6. 22 April 1991 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Ilana Berger 6–3, 4–6, 6–2Win 7. 6 May 1991 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Inés Gorrochategui 6–1, 6–2Win 8. 8 May 1994 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Hard Michelle Jackson-Nobrega 6–3, 7–6Win 9. 2 August 1998 ITF Salt Lake City, United States Hard Kristina Brandi 6–2, 6–2

Doubles (7–3) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. ITF Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Linda Barnard Valda Lake Katie Rickett 6–4, 7–6Loss 2. ITF Johannesburg Hard Rene Mentz Barbara Gerken Beth Herr 6–7, 2–6Win 3. ITF Port Elizabeth, South Africa Hard Linda Barnard Ralene Fourie Benita Haycock 6–4, 6–2Win 4. ITF Johannesburg Hard Linda Barnard Anne Grousbeck Vincenza Procacci 7–5, 6–2Win 5. ITF Vereeniging, South Africa Hard Linda Barnard Cora Linneman Margaret Redfearn 6–2, 7–5Loss 6. ITF Pretoria, South Africa Hard Linda Barnard Elna Reinach Dianne Van Rensburg 6–3, 4–6, 4–6Loss 7. 6 May 1991 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Yael Segal Eva Bes Virginia Ruano Pascual 3–6, 5–7Win 8. 8 May 1994 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Hard Liezel Huber Michelle Jackson-Nobrega Katarzyna Teodorowicz 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 9. 4 August 1997 ITF Salt Lake City, United States Hard Debbie Graham Rachel McQuillan Nana Smith 7–6, 7–5Win 10. 2 August 1998 ITF Salt Lake City Hard Samantha Smith Liezel Huber Karin Kschwendt 6–2, 6–2

Head-to-head records Anna Kournikova 0-1 Martina Hingis 0-1 Lindsay Davenport 0-2 Venus Williams 0-1 Steffi Graf 1–2 Anke Huber 2–2 Monica Seles 0-2 Dominique Monami 2-1

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