Paola Suárez
Country | Argentina |
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Residence | Munro, Argentina |
Born |
Pergamino, Argentina | 23 June 1976
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | 1 March 1991 |
Retired | 2007-2011; 2014 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $5,217,775 |
Singles | |
Career record | 371–239 |
Career titles | 4 WTA, 12 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 9 (7 June 2004) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 4R (2001) |
French Open | SF (2004) |
Wimbledon | QF (2004) |
US Open | QF (2003) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 513 - 192 |
Career titles | 44 WTA, 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (9 September 2002) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2004) |
French Open | W (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005) |
Wimbledon | F (2002, 2003, 2006) |
US Open | W (2002, 2003, 2004) |
Other Doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | Bronze Medal (2004) |
Mixed Doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2002) |
French Open | F (2001) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2000, 2003) |
US Open | 2R (2000, 2003, 2007) |
Last updated on: 15 February 2013. |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Women's tennis | ||
Competitor for Argentina | ||
Bronze | 2004 Athens | Women's doubles |
Paola Suárez (born 23 June 1976 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) is a retired tennis player. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris.
Career
Suárez began playing professional tennis at the age of fifteen, in 1991. In 1994, she joined the professional tour as a singles player. It was not until the 2000s, however, that she became an international figure in her sport, by reaching the semi-finals of the French Open.
Suárez won four WTA titles (2004 Canberra, 2003 Vienna, 1998 & 2001 Bogotá) and 12 other minor tournaments. In 2004, Suárez hoped to obtain the French Open title that would become her first grand slam championship, but lost in the semi-finals against Elena Dementieva after defeating 18th seed and future Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova in the quarter-finals. That year, she was ranked number nine in the world among women tennis players by the WTA, which has been her highest ranking as a singles player thus far. By accomplishing that feat, Suárez became the highest-ranked Argentine women's player since Gabriela Sabatini achieved the number three ranking in 1989. Also in 2004, she won the bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens for women's doubles with Patricia Tarabini.
But it was in doubles where she had the best results, playing with Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in 32 of her 39 titles. They won several tournaments, including the French Open on four occasions, the US Open three times, the Australian Open in 2004, and many others. With Virginia, they were the No. 1 female couple for 3 consecutive years since 9 September 2002 (WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year 2002, 2003 and 2004). They also reached nine straight Grand Slam finals, two short of Navratilova–Shriver's 11 straight Slam finals.
In 2005 she announced her retirement for 2006 for personal reasons, and that until then she will only play a few tournaments. In June 2005 she went on labrum hip clinical intervention, with a recovering time of 3 to 4 months. She restarted playing in Sydney in January 2006 with Ruano Pascual, reaching the final, but suffered calf muscle injury short after. Later that same year, she also reached the final of Wimbledon with Ruano Pascual, marking her third appearance in a Wimbledon final.
Suárez returned to the circuit with a victory over Dinara Safina, ranked 15, in the San Diego's singles tournament.
On 1 September 2007, Suárez played her last professional tennis match. At the US Open, she retired from tennis after losing a mixed doubles second round match. She partnered Kevin Ullyett and lost to Jamie Murray and Liezel Huber, 7–5, 6–4.
In her career, Suárez has earned $4,837,968 US$, with four single WTA titles, and 8 doubles grand slams.
Suárez returned to the WTA doubles circuit in 2012 partnering with fellow Argentinian Gisela Dulko. The pair played at the London Summer Olympics Games.[1][2][3] During 2013 Suárez did not play any international tournaments at all.
Suárez Second retirement from professional tennis on 2014.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 14 (8–6)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 2000 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Martina Hingis Mary Pierce | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 2001 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez | 6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 2002 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2002 | Wimbledon | Grass | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 2002 | US Open | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová | 6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2003 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama | 6–7(5), 6–2, 9–7 |
Runner-up | 2003 | Wimbledon | Grass | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama | 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 2003 | U.S. Open | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova | 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 2004 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | 6–0, 6–3 |
Winner | 2004 | U.S. Open | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | 6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 2005 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2006 | Wimbledon | Grass | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Yan Zi Zheng Jie | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
Mixed doubles: 2 (0–2)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 2001 | French Open | Clay | Jaime Oncins | Tomás Carbonell Virginia Ruano Pascual | 5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2002 | Australian Open | Hard | Gastón Etlis | Daniela Hantuchová Kevin Ullyett | 3–6, 2–6 |
Olympic finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Bronze | 2004 | Athens | Hard | Patricia Tarabini | Shinobu Asagoe Ai Sugiyama | 6–3, 6–3 |
WTA Tour Finals
Singles 8 (4–4)
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0/0) |
Olympic Gold (0/0) |
WTA Championships (0/0) |
Tier I (0/0) |
Tier II (0/0) |
Tier III (2/2) |
Tier IV & V (2/2) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1. | 22 February 1998 | Bogotá | Clay | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 17 May 1999 | Madrid | Clay | Lindsay Davenport | 6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 February 2000 | São Paulo | Clay | Rita Kuti-Kis | 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 3. | 7 January 2001 | Auckland | Hard | Meilen Tu | 7–6(10), 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 25 February 2001 | Bogotá | Clay | Rita Kuti-Kis | 6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 3 March 2002 | Acapulco | Clay | Katarina Srebotnik | 6–7(1), 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 14 June 2003 | Vienna | Clay | Karolina Šprem | 7–6(0), 2–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 17 January 2004 | Canberra | Hard | Silvia Farina Elia | 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(5) |
Doubles 69 (44–25)
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (8–6) |
Olympic Gold (0–0) |
WTA Championships (1–0) |
Tier I (9–9) |
Tier II (5–6) |
Tier III (10–2) |
Tier IV & V (11–2) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 5 May 1996 | Bol | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexandra Fusai |
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 18 January 1998 | Hobart | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová |
7–6(6), 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 22 February 1998 | Bogotá | Clay | Janette Husárová | Melissa Mazzotta Ekaterina Sysoeva |
3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 26 April 1998 | Budapest | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo |
4–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 5. | 3 May 1998 | Bol | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Joannette Kruger Mirjana Lučić |
walkover |
Winner | 6. | 10 May 1998 | Rome | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
7–6(1), 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 12 July 1998 | Maria Lankowitz | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik |
6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 21 February 1999 | Bogotá | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Christína Papadáki Seda Noorlander |
6–4, 7–6(5) |
Winner | 8. | 23 May 1999 | Madrid | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Maria Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner |
6–2, 0–6, 6–0 |
Winner | 9. | 18 July 1999 | Sopot | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Gala León García María Sánchez Lorenzo |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 10. | 10 October 1999 | São Paulo | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Janette Husárová Florencia Labat |
6–7(1), 7–5, 7–5 |
Winner | 11. | 20 February 2000 | Bogotá | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Rita Kuti-Kis Petra Mandula |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 12. | 27 February 2000 | São Paulo | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Janette Husárová Florencia Labat |
5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 13. | 23 April 2000 | Hilton Head | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 June 2000 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Martina Hingis Mary Pierce |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 14. | 16 July 2000 | Klagenfurt | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder |
7–6(5), 6–1 |
Winner | 15. | 23 July 2000 | Sopot | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 3. | 21 August 2000 | New Haven | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 5–7, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 8 October 2000 | Tokyo | Hard | Nana Miyagi | Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama |
6–0, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 19 February 2001 | Bogotá | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová |
6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 4 March 2001 | Acapulco | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez |
6–4, 6–7(5), 7–5 |
Runner-up | 7. | 11 March 2001 | Indian Wells | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 22 April 2001 | Charleston | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
5–7, 7–6(5), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | 20 May 2001 | Rome | Clay | Patricia Tarabini | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 16. | 26 May 2001 | Madrid | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
7–5, 2–6, 7–6(4) |
Winner | 17. | 10 June 2001 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Jelena Dokić Conchita Martínez |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 18. | 15 July 2001 | Vienna | Clay | Patricia Tarabini | Vanessa Henke Lenka Němečková |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 19. | 24 February 2002 | Bogotá | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 20. | 3 March 2002 | Acapulco | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 10. | 1 April 2002 | Miami | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
7–6(4), 6–7(4), 6–3 |
Winner | 21. | 19 May 2002 | Rome | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 22. | 9 June 2002 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 11. | 24 June 2002 | Wimbledon | Grass | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Serena Williams Venus Williams |
6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 23. | 18 August 2002 | Montreal | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 7–6(4) |
Winner | 24. | 8 September 2002 | US Open | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 25. | 14 September 2002 | Bahia | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 12. | 24 September 2002 | Leipzig | Carpet | Janette Husárová | Alexandra Stevenson Serena Williams |
6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 13. | 13 October 2002 | Filderstadt | Hard (i) | Meghann Shaughnessy | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond |
6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 14. | 13 January 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Serena Williams Venus Williams |
4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 26. | 13 April 2003 | Charleston | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez |
6–0, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 15. | 20 April 2003 | Amelia Island | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond |
7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 27. | 11 May 2003 | Berlin | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 16. | 8 June 2003 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
6–7(5), 6–2, 9–7 |
Runner-up | 17. | 6 July 2003 | Wimbledon | Grass | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 28. | 23 August 2003 | New Haven | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Alicia Molik Magüi Serna |
7–6(6), 6–3 |
Winner | 29. | 7 September 2003 | US Open | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 18. | 19 October 2003 | Zürich | Hard (i) | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
7–6(3), 6–2 |
Winner | 30. | 10 November 2003 | Los Angeles | Hard (i) | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 19. | 5 January 2004 | Auckland | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić Tošić |
7–6(6), 3–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 31. | 1 February 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva |
6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 32. | 21 March 2004 | Indian Wells | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva |
6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 33. | 18 April 2004 | Charleston | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond |
6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 20. | 10 May 2004 | Rome | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy |
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 34. | 3 June 2004 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva |
6–0, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 21. | 26 July 2004 | San Diego | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs |
4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 35. | 11 September 2004 | US Open | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova |
6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 22. | 17 October 2004 | Moscow | Carpet | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva |
6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 23. | 24 October 2004 | Zürich | Hard (i) | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 36. | 31 October 2004 | Luxembourg City | Hard (i) | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner |
6–1, 6–7(1), 6–3 |
Winner | 37. | 5 March 2005 | Dubai | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik |
6–7(7), 6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 38. | 19 March 2005 | Indian Wells | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy |
7–6(3), 6–1 |
Winner | 39. | 4 June 2005 | French Open | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 24. | 17 January 2006 | Sydney | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Corina Morariu Rennae Stubbs |
6–3, 5–7, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 25. | 8 July 2006 | Wimbledon | Grass | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Zheng Jie Yan Zi |
6–3, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 40. | 13 August 2006 | Los Angeles | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 41. | 24 September 2006 | Beijing | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 42. | 1 October 2006 | Seoul | Hard | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Chia-jung Chuang Mariana Díaz-Oliva |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 43. | 6 January 2007 | Auckland | Hard | Janette Husárová | Su-Wei Hsieh Shikha Uberoi |
6–0, 6–2 |
Winner | 44. | 25 February 2007 | Bogotá | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci |
1–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
Singles Performance Timeline
Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 3R | A | A | LQ |
French Open | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 3R | SF | 1R | A | LQ |
Wimbledon | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 4R | QF | A | A | LQ |
US Open | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 3R | A | A | LQ |
Women's Doubles Performance Timeline
Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L | ||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | 3R | F | W | A | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 10 | 23–9 | ||||||||
French Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | F | W | W | F | W | W | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 2R | 4 / 13 | 38–9 | ||||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F | F | SF | A | F | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 12 | 29–11 | ||||||||
US Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | 3R | W | W | W | A | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 3 / 11 | 28–8 | ||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–4 | 7–4 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 15–3 | 19–2 | 20–3 | 21–1 | 6–0 | 11–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 8 / 46 | 118–37 | ||||||||
Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | SF-B | Not Held | A | Not Held | 1R | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | |||||||||||||||||
Year-End Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | SF | QF | W | SF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 5 | 3–4 |
External links
- Paola Suárez at the Women's Tennis Association
- Ole 2005, on her retirement
- Paola and Virginia
- Paola Suarez at the TheTennisTimes
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