Catherine Tanvier

Catherine ("Cathy") Tanvier (born 28 May 1965) is a former tennis player from France, who emerged in the mid-1980s as one of the brightest young talents in the game. Peaking at number 20 on 17 September 1984 her elegant game lacked the power needed to dominate at the highest level, but she continued to play on the WTA Tour for another decade, winning seven doubles titles.

She now lives in Nice, France. She has written a book about her story Déclassée – de Roland-Garros au Rmi , Panama Ed., ISBN 978-2-7557-0234-7.

In 2010, she made her debut as an actress in Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 4 (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	17 July 1983	Freiburg, Germany	Carpet	Laura Arraya	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	30 Oct 1983	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	5 October 1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Carpet	Helena Suková	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	23 February 1992	Cesena, Italy	Carpet	Mary Pierce	1–6, 1–6

Doubles 18 (7–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	18 July 1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Patricia Medrado Claudia Monteiro	7–6, 6–2
Winner	2.	8 August 1982	US Clay Courts, USA	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Joanne Russell Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	9 May 1983	Perugia, Italy	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Virginia Ruzici Virginia Wade	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	10 July 1983	Hittfeld, Germany	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	30 October 1983	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Virginia Ruzici	Martina Navratilova Candy Reynolds	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	16 December 1984	Tokyo Pan Pacific, Japan	Carpet	Elizabeth Smylie	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	19 May 1985	German Open, Germany	Clay	Steffi Graf	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	11 November 1985	Hilversum, Netherlands	Carpet	Marcella Mesker	Sandra Cecchini Sabrina Goleš	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	13 April 1986	Hilton Head, USA	Clay	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert-Lloyd Anne White	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	20 April 1986	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Gabriela Sabatini	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	2–6, 7–5, 6–7
Runner-up	11.	19 October 1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Carpet	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Kathy Jordan Helena Suková	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	12.	24 May 1987	European Open, Switzerland	Clay	Laura Gildemeister	Betsy Nagelsen Liz Smylie	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	13.	17 July 1988	Nice, France	Clay	Catherine Suire	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	14.	24 July 1988	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Nathalie Herreman	Sandra Cecchini Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 7–5
Winner	15.	22 October 1989	Bayonne, France	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Elna Reinach Raffaella Reggi	7–6, 7–5
Winner	16.	30 September 1990	Bayonne, France	Carpet	Louise Field	Jo-Anne Faull Rachel McQuillan	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up	17.	29 September 1991	Bayonne, France	Carpet	Rachel McQuillan	Patricia Tarabini Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, RET
	18.	23 February 1992	Cesena, Italy	Carpet	Catherine Suire	Sabina Appelmans Raffaella Reggi	w/o

References

• ITF site

External links

• Catherine Tanvier at the Women's Tennis Association