Patricia Tarabini

Patricia Tarabini
Tarabini at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceKey Biscayne, Florida, U.S.
Born (1968-08-06) 6 August 1968
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
2004 Athens Doubles
Pan American Games
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

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

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

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1996 French Open Clay Javier Frana Luke Jensen
Nicole Arendt
6–2, 6–2

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

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

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (runner-ups)

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

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

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 Sandra Cecchini Penny Barg
Tine Scheuer-Larsen
1–6, 2–6
Win 2. Jul 1989 Arcachon, France Clay Sandra Cecchini Mercedes Paz
Brenda Schultz
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 3. Sep 1989 Athens, Greece Clay Sandra Cecchini Elena Pampoulova
Silke Meier
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 4. Sep 1989 Paris, France Clay Sandra Cecchini Nathalie Herreman
Catherine Suire
6–1, 6–1
Win 5. Dec 1989 Guarujá, Brazil Hard Mercedes Paz Cláudia Chabalgoity
Luciana Corsato
6–2, 6–2
Loss 6. Apr 1990 Barcelona, Spain Clay Sabrina Goleš Mercedes Paz
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
7–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win 7. Jul 1990 Estoril, Portugal Clay Sandra Cecchini Carin Bakkum
Nicole Jagerman
1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 8. Sep 1990 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Sandra Cecchini Petra Langrová
Radomira Zrubáková
0–6, 4–6
Loss 9. Jul 1991 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Sandra Cecchini Bettina Fulco
Nicole Jagerman
5–7, 4–6
Win 10. Sep 1991 Bayonne, France Carpet (i) Nathalie Tauziat Rachel McQuillan
Catherine Tanvier
6–3, ret.
Win 11. Sep 1992 Paris, France Clay Sandra Cecchini Rachel McQuillan
Noëlle van Lottum
7–5, 6–1
Win 12. Jul 1993 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Inés Gorrochategui Laura Golarsa
Caroline Vis
6–2, 6–1
Win 13. Aug 1993 San Marino Clay Sandra Cecchini Florencia Labat
Barbara Rittner
6–3, 6–2
Loss 14. Oct 1993 Budapest, Hungary Carpet (i) Sandra Cecchini Inés Gorrochategui
Caroline Vis
1–6, 3–6
Loss 15. May 1994 Strasbourg, France Clay Caroline Vis Lori McNeil
Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 16. Jul 1994 Bad Gastein, Austria Clay Sandra Cecchini Alexandra Fusai
Karina Habšudová
7–5, 7–5
Loss 17. May 1995 Hamburg, Germany Clay Conchita Martínez Gigi Fernández
Martina Hingis
2–6, 3–6
Loss 18. May 1995 Rome, Italy Clay Conchita Martínez Gigi Fernández
Natalia Zvereva
6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 19. May 1997 Rome, Italy Clay Conchita Martínez Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
2–6, 4–6
Loss 20. Jul 1997 Stanford, USA Hard Conchita Martínez Lindsay Davenport
Martina Hingis
1–6, 3–6
Win 21. Apr 1998 Hilton Head, USA Clay Conchita Martínez Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 22. Apr 1999 Amelia Island, USA Clay Conchita Martínez Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Loss 23. May 1999 Berlin, Germany Clay Jana Novotná Alexandra Fusai
Nathalie Tauziat
3–6, 5–7
Win 24. Sep 1999 Tokyo, Japan Hard Conchita Martínez Amanda Coetzer
Jelena Dokić
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 25. Apr 2000 Hilton Head, USA Clay Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
5–7, 3–6
Win 26. Apr 2001 Amelia Island, USA Clay Conchita Martínez Martina Navratilova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–4, 6–2
Loss 27. May 2001 Rome, Italy Clay Paola Suárez Cara Black
Elena Likhovtseva
1–6, 1–6
Win 28. Jul 2001 Vienna, Austria Clay Paola Suárez Vanessa Henke
Lenka Němečková
6–4, 6–2
Loss 29. Sep 2001 Bahia, Brazil Hard Nicole Arendt Amanda Coetzer
Lori McNeil
7–6(10–8), 2–6, 4–6
Loss 30. May 2002 Rome, Italy Clay Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
3–6, 4–6
Loss 31. May 2004 Warsaw, Poland Clay Gisela Dulko Silvia Farina Elia
Francesca Schiavone
6–3, 2–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (2–1)

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 22 April 1985 ITF Monviso, Italy Clay Laura Golarsa 4–6, 3–6
Win 1. 6 April 1986 ITF Bari, Italy Clay Olga Votavová 6–0, 6–4
Win 2. 21 April 1986 ITF Taranto, Italy Clay Wiltrud Probst 6–2, 6–1

Doubles (6–5)

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

Career statistics

Singles performance timeline

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

  1. ^ Oddo, Chris (2019-08-28). "Getting to know you: Anna Kalinskaya". US Open. Retrieved 2023-03-19.