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Patricia Tarabini

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Patricia Tarabini
Tarabini at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceKey Biscayne, Florida, U.S.
Born (1968-08-06) 6 August 1968 (age 56)
La Plata, Argentina
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro1986
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,541,551
Singles
Career record147–143
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 29 (9 May 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1991, 1994, 1995)
French Open3R (1990)
Wimbledon2R (1994)
US Open3R (1987, 1989)
Doubles
Career record449–347
Career titles15 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 12 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1998)
French OpenSF (1993)
WimbledonQF (1995)
US OpenQF (1993, 1995, 1997, 2000)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Doubles
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Doubles

Patricia Tarabini (born 6 August 1968) is an Argentine tennis coach, retired top 30 singles player and former Grand Slam mixed-doubles champion.

Career

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She represented her country and won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic 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 9 May 1988, Tarabini reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 29. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 12, which she achieved on 17 August 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, partnering with Javier Frana.

Coaching career

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In June 2019, she began coaching Russian player Anna Kalinskaya, then ranked just within the WTA's top 150.[1]

Grand Slam finals

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Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

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Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Jun 1996 French Open Clay Argentina Javier Frana United States Luke Jensen
United States Nicole Arendt
6–2, 6–2

Olympic finals

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Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

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

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 3 (runner-ups)

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Legend
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 0
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. May 1989 Strasbourg, France Clay Czech Republic Jana Novotná 1–6, 2–6
Loss 2. Dec 1989 Guarujá, Brazil Hard Argentina Federica Haumüller 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss 3. Sep 1990 Paris, France Clay Spain Conchita Martínez 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 31 (15 titles, 16 runner-ups)

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Legend
Tier I 2
Tier II 2
Tier III 1
Tier IV & V 8
Titles by surface
Hard 1
Clay 13
Grass 0
Carpet 1
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Jul 1987 Båstad, Sweden Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini United States Penny Barg
Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen
1–6, 2–6
Win 2. Jul 1989 Arcachon, France Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini Argentina Mercedes Paz
Netherlands Brenda Schultz
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 3. Sep 1989 Athens, Greece Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini Bulgaria Elena Pampoulova
West Germany Silke Meier
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 4. Sep 1989 Paris, France Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini France Nathalie Herreman
France Catherine Suire
6–1, 6–1
Win 5. Dec 1989 Guarujá, Brazil Hard Argentina Mercedes Paz Brazil Cláudia Chabalgoity
Brazil Luciana Corsato
6–2, 6–2
Loss 6. Apr 1990 Barcelona, Spain Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš Argentina Mercedes Paz
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
7–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win 7. Jul 1990 Estoril, Portugal Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini Netherlands Carin Bakkum
Netherlands Nicole Jagerman
1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 8. Sep 1990 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini Czechoslovakia Petra Langrová
Czechoslovakia Radomira Zrubáková
0–6, 4–6
Loss 9. Jul 1991 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini Argentina Bettina Fulco
Netherlands Nicole Jagerman
5–7, 4–6
Win 10. Sep 1991 Bayonne, France Carpet (i) France Nathalie Tauziat Australia Rachel McQuillan
France Catherine Tanvier
6–3, ret.
Win 11. Sep 1992 Paris, France Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini Australia Rachel McQuillan
France Noëlle van Lottum
7–5, 6–1
Win 12. Jul 1993 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Argentina Inés Gorrochategui Italy Laura Golarsa
Netherlands Caroline Vis
6–2, 6–1
Win 13. Aug 1993 San Marino Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini Argentina Florencia Labat
Germany Barbara Rittner
6–3, 6–2
Loss 14. Oct 1993 Budapest, Hungary Carpet (i) Italy Sandra Cecchini Argentina Inés Gorrochategui
Netherlands Caroline Vis
1–6, 3–6
Loss 15. May 1994 Strasbourg, France Clay Netherlands Caroline Vis United States Lori McNeil
Australia Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 16. Jul 1994 Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Italy Sandra Cecchini France Alexandra Fusai
Slovakia Karina Habšudová
7–5, 7–5
Loss 17. May 1995 Hamburg, Germany Clay Spain Conchita Martínez United States Gigi Fernández
Switzerland Martina Hingis
2–6, 3–6
Loss 18. May 1995 Rome, Italy Clay Spain Conchita Martínez United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natalia Zvereva
6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 19. May 1997 Rome, Italy Clay Spain Conchita Martínez United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
2–6, 4–6
Loss 20. Jul 1997 Stanford, USA Hard Spain Conchita Martínez United States Lindsay Davenport
Switzerland Martina Hingis
1–6, 3–6
Win 21. Apr 1998 Hilton Head, USA Clay Spain Conchita Martínez United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 22. Apr 1999 Amelia Island, USA Clay Spain Conchita Martínez United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Loss 23. May 1999 Berlin, Germany Clay Czech Republic Jana Novotná France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
3–6, 5–7
Win 24. Sep 1999 Tokyo, Japan Hard Spain Conchita Martínez South Africa Amanda Coetzer
Australia Jelena Dokić
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 25. Apr 2000 Hilton Head, USA Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
5–7, 3–6
Win 26. Apr 2001 Amelia Island, USA Clay Spain Conchita Martínez United States Martina Navratilova
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–4, 6–2
Loss 27. May 2001 Rome, Italy Clay Argentina Paola Suárez Zimbabwe Cara Black
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
1–6, 1–6
Win 28. Jul 2001 Vienna, Austria Clay Argentina Paola Suárez Germany Vanessa Henke
Czech Republic Lenka Němečková
6–4, 6–2
Loss 29. Sep 2001 Bahia, Brazil Hard United States Nicole Arendt South Africa Amanda Coetzer
United States Lori McNeil
7–6(10–8), 2–6, 4–6
Loss 30. May 2002 Rome, Italy Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
3–6, 4–6
Loss 31. May 2004 Warsaw, Poland Clay Argentina Gisela Dulko Italy Silvia Farina Elia
Italy Francesca Schiavone
6–3, 2–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles (2–1)

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$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 22 April 1985 ITF Monviso, Italy Clay Italy Laura Golarsa 4–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 6 April 1986 ITF Bari, Italy Clay Czechoslovakia Olga Votavová 6–0, 6–4
Winner 2. 21 April 1986 ITF Taranto, Italy Clay West Germany Wiltrud Probst 6–2, 6–1

Doubles (6–5)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 17 March 1985 ITF Porto Alegre, Brazil Clay Argentina Mariana Pérez Roldán United Kingdom Rina Einy
United Kingdom Lorrayne Gracie
7–6(0), 3–6, 6–4
Winner 2. 1 April 1985 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Mariana Pérez Roldán Argentina Gabriela Mosca
Argentina Andrea Tiezzi
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 22 April 1985 ITF Monviso, Italy Clay Argentina Mariana Pérez Roldán Italy Patrizia Murgo
Italy Barbara Romanò
6–7, 5–7
Winner 3. 16 June 1985 ITF Amiens, France Clay Argentina Mariana Pérez Roldán United States Cammy MacGregor
United States Cynthia MacGregor
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 15 July 1985 ITF Subiaco, Italy Clay Argentina Mariana Pérez Roldán Italy Patrizia Murgo
Italy Barbara Romanò
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 22 July 1985 ITF Sezze, Italy Clay Argentina Mariana Pérez Roldán Italy Patrizia Murgo
Italy Barbara Romanò
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 5 March 1989 ITF Miami, United States Hard Argentina Gabriela Mosca United States Kathy Foxworth
United States Tammy Whittington
6–7, 6–7
Runner-up 5. 11 July 1994 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay Argentina Bettina Fulco South Korea Park Sung-hee
South Korea Choi Ju-yeon
4–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 27 September 1998 ITF Tucuman, Argentina Clay Argentina Mercedes Paz Argentina Luciana Masante
Argentina Laura Montalvo
5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Winner 5. 8 July 2001 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Argentina María Emilia Salerni Bulgaria Lubomira Bacheva
Belgium Laurence Courtois
7–6(5), 3–6, 6–1
Winner 6. 1 February 2004 ITF Waikoloa, United States Hard Argentina Gisela Dulko United States Amanda Augustus
South Africa Natalie Grandin
1–6, 6–3, 6–3

Career statistics

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Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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

References

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  1. ^ Oddo, Chris (2019-08-28). "Getting to know you: Anna Kalinskaya". US Open. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Orange Bowl Girls' Singles Champion
Category: 18 and under

1986
Succeeded by