Patricia Tarabini

Patricia Tarabini

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	San Diego, California
Born	(1968-08-06) 6 August 1968 La Plata, Argentina
Height
Turned pro	1986
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,541,551
Singles
Career record	147–143
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 29 (9 May 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1991, 1994, 1995)
French Open	3R (1990)
Wimbledon	2R (1994)
US Open	3R (1987, 1989)
Doubles
Career record	449–347
Career titles	15 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 12 (17 August 1998)
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Doubles Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Doubles

Patricia Tarabini (born 6 August 1968) is an Argentine former tennis player. Tarabini represented her country and won the bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens games, with Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China, Sun Tiantian and Li Ting. On May 9, 1988, Patricia reached her highest singles ranking; world number 29. Tarabini's highest doubles ranking was world number 12, which she achieved on August 17, 1998. Patricia turned pro in 1986, and won a total of 15 top-level doubles titles in her career. She is the 1996 French Open mixed doubles champion, which she won with Javier Frana.

Major finals

Olympic finals

Doubles: one final (one bronze medal)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2004	Athens	Hard	Paola Suárez	Shinobu Asagoe Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Singles 3 (0–3)

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0
Olympic Games	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	28 May 1989	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Jana Novotná	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	17 December 1989	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Federica Haumuller	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	23 September 1990	Paris, France	Clay	Conchita Martínez	5–7, 3–6

Doubles 31 (15–16)

Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 2 Tier II 2 Tier III 1 Tier IV & V 8 Olympic Games 0

Titles by Surface Hard 1 Clay 13 Grass 0 Carpet 1

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 July 1987	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Penny Barg Tine Scheuer-Larsen	1–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	16 July 1989	Arcachon, France	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Mercedes Paz Brenda Schultz	6–3, 7–6
Winner	3.	17 September 1989	Athens, Greece	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Elena Pampoulova Silke Meier	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	24 September 1989	Paris, France	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Nathalie Herreman Catherine Suire	6-1, 6–1
Winner	5.	17 December 1989	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Mercedes Paz	Claudia Chabalgoity Luciana Corsato-Owsianka	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	29 April 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sabrina Goleš	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6, 2–6, 1–6
Winner	7.	22 July 1990	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Carin Bakkum Nicole Muns-Jagerman	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	16 September 1990	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Petra Langrová Radomira Zrubáková	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	21 July 1991	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Bettina Fulco Nicole Jagerman	5–7, 4–6
Winner	10.	29 September 1991	Bayonne, France	Carpet	Nathalie Tauziat	Rachel McQuillan Catherine Tanvier	6–3, RET
Winner	11.	20 September 1992	Paris, France	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Rachel McQuillan Noëlle van Lottum	7–5, 6–1
Winner	12.	18 July 1993	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Inés Gorrochategui	Laura Golarsa Caroline Vis	6–2, 6–1
Winner	13.	1 August 1993	San Marino	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Florencia Labat Barbara Rittner	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	24 October 1993	Budapest, Hungary	Carpet	Sandra Cecchini	Inés Gorrochategui Caroline Vis	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	15.	22 May 1994	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Caroline Vis	Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	16.	31 July 1994	Styria, Austria	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Alexandra Fusai Karina Habšudová	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	17.	7 May 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	18.	14 May 1995	Rome, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	19.	11 May 1997	Rome, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	20.	27 July 1997	Stanford, California, USA	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Lindsay Davenport Martina Hingis	1–6, 3–6
Winner	21.	5 April 1998	Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	22.	5 April 1999	Amelia Island, Florida, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Runner-up	23.	16 May 1999	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Jana Novotná	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, 5–7
Winner	24.	26 September 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Amanda Coetzer Jelena Dokić	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	25.	23 April 2000	Hilton Head, Florida, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	5–7, 3–6
Winner	26.	15 April 2001	Amelia Island, Florida, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	27.	20 May 2001	Rome, Italy	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	1–6, 1–6
Winner	28.	15 July 2001	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Paola Suárez	Vanessa Henke Lenka Němečková	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	29.	16 September 2001	Bahia, Brazil	Hard	Nicole Arendt	Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil	7–6(10–8), 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	30.	19 May 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	31.	2 May 2004	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone	6–3, 2–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles 1 (1–0)

Legend Grand Slam 1 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0 Olympic Games 0

Titles by surface Hard 0 Clay 1 Grass 0 Carpet 0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	9 June 1996	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Javier Frana	Luke Jensen Nicole Arendt	6–2, 6–2

Career statistics

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	2R
French Open	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A
US Open	3R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A

• A = did not participate in the tournament

External links

• Patricia Tarabini at the Women's Tennis Association
• Patricia Tarabini at the Fed Cup