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Argentine tennis player
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Female
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Birth:
6 August 1968(La Plata, Argentina)
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Residences
San Diego, USA
The details
Biography
Introduction
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 |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| 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 Haumüller | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 23 September 1990 | Paris, France | Clay | Conchita Martínez | 5–7, 3–6 |
Doubles 31 (15–16)
| Titles by surface | |
| Legend | |
| Grand Slam | 0 |
| WTA Championships | 0 |
| Tier I | 2 |
| Tier II | 2 |
| Tier III | 1 |
| Tier IV & V | 8 |
| Titles by surface | |
| Hard | 1 |
| Clay | 13 |
| Grass | 0 |
| Carpet | 1 |
| Grand Slam | 0 |
| WTA Championships | 0 |
| Tier I | 2 |
| Tier II | 2 |
| Tier III | 1 |
| Tier IV & V | 8 |
| 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 | Cláudia Chabalgoity Luciana Corsato |
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, 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)
| Titles by surface | |
| Legend | |
| Grand Slam | 1 |
| WTA Championships | 0 |
| Tier I | 0 |
| Tier II | 0 |
| Tier III | 0 |
| Tier IV & V | 0 |
| Titles by surface | |
| Hard | 0 |
| Clay | 1 |
| Grass | 0 |
| Carpet | 0 |
| Grand Slam | 1 |
| WTA Championships | 0 |
| Tier I | 0 |
| Tier II | 0 |
| Tier III | 0 |
| Tier IV & V | 0 |
| 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
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | NH |
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent;(NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
| 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 |