Paola Suárez

Paola Suárez (born 23 June 1976) is a retired professional tennis player. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascual, and holding the No. 1 doubles ranking for 87 non-consecutive weeks. She was also a singles semifinalist at the 2004 French Open.

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 retired from professional tennis in 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^(5–7), 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
Bronze	2004	Athens	Hard	Patricia Tarabini	Shinobu Asagoe Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Singles 8 (4–4)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (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	Score
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^(12–10), 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^(1–7), 6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	14 June 2003	Vienna	Clay	Karolina Šprem	7–6^(7–0), 2–6, 6–4
Winner	4.	17 January 2004	Canberra	Hard	Silvia Farina Elia	3–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)

Doubles 69 (44–25)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (8–6)
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
Winner	1.	5 May 1996	Bol	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexandra Fusai	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	18 January 1998	Hobart	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová	7–6^(8–6), 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^(7–1), 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^(7–5)
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), 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^(7–5), 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), 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^(7–5), 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^(7–4)
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^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7), 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^(7–4)
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^(5–7), 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^(8–6), 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^(7–3), 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^(8–6), 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^(1–7), 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
Grand Slam Tournaments
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
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

References

External links

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Paola Suárez in the Grand Slam Tournaments

Australian Open women's doubles champions

(1969) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton
(1970) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton
(1971) Evonne Goolagong / Margaret Court
(1972) Kerry Harris / Helen Gourlay Cawley
(1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
(1974) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel
(1975) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel
(1976) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley
(1977 (Jan)) Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat / Helen Gourlay Cawley
(1977 (Dec)) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley & Mona Schallau Guerrant / Kerry Melville Reid
(1978) Betsy Nagelsen / Renáta Tomanová
(1979) Judy Connor Chaloner / Diane Evers Brown
(1980) Martina Navratilova / Betsy Nagelsen
(1981) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith
(1982) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1983) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1984) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1985) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1987) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1988) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1989) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
(1991) Patty Fendick / Mary Joe Fernández
(1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková
(1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
(1996) Chanda Rubin / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
(1997) Martina Hingis / Natalia Zvereva
(1998) Martina Hingis / Mirjana Lučić
(1999) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
(2000) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
(2001) Serena Williams / Venus Williams
(2002) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
(2003) Serena Williams / Venus Williams
(2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2005) Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik
(2006) Yan Zi / Zheng Jie
(2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber
(2008) Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko
(2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams
(2010) Serena Williams / Venus Williams
(2011) Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta
(2012) Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva
(2013) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
(2014) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
(2015) Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
(2016) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza

French Open women's doubles champions

(1968) Françoise Dürr / Ann Haydon-Jones
(1969) Françoise Dürr / Ann Haydon-Jones
(1970) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr
(1971) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr
(1972) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve
(1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
(1974) Chris Evert / Olga Morozova
(1975) Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova
(1976) Fiorella Bonicelli / Gail Chanfreau
(1977) Regina Maršíková / Pam Teeguarden
(1978) Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici
(1979) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull
(1980) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith
(1981) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Tanya Harford
(1982) Martina Navratilova / Anne Smith
(1983) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Candy Reynolds
(1984) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1985) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1986) Martina Navratilova / Andrea Temesvári
(1987) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1988) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1989) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva
(1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková
(1991) Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná
(1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1995) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1996) Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández
(1997) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná
(1999) Serena Williams / Venus Williams
(2000) Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce
(2001) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2002) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2003) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama
(2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2005) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2006) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
(2007) Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo
(2008) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual
(2009) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual
(2010) Serena Williams / Venus Williams
(2011) Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká
(2012) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
(2013) Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
(2014) Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
(2015) Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová

US Open women's doubles champions

(1968) Maria Bueno / Margaret Court
(1969) Françoise Dürr / Darlene Hard
(1970) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton
(1971) Rosemary Casals / Judy Tegart Dalton
(1972) Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve
(1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
(1974) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
(1975) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
(1976) Delina Boshoff / Ilana Kloss
(1977) Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve
(1978) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
(1979) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull
(1980) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
(1981) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith
(1982) Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull
(1983) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1984) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1985) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková
(1986) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1987) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1988) Gigi Fernández / Robin White
(1989) Hana Mandlíková / Martina Navratilova
(1990) Gigi Fernández / Martina Navratilova
(1991) Pam Shriver / Natalia Zvereva
(1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1993) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková
(1994) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
(1995) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1996) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1997) Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná
(1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná
(1999) Serena Williams / Venus Williams
(2000) Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama
(2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
(2002) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2003) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2005) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
(2006) Nathalie Dechy / Vera Zvonareva
(2007) Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina
(2008) Cara Black / Liezel Huber
(2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams
(2010) Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
(2011) Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond
(2012) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci
(2013) Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká
(2014) Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina
(2015) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza

Paola Suárez Achievements

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World No. 1 doubles players

Martina Navratilova (1984/1990 – 237 w) Pam Shriver (1985/1986 – 48 w) Helena Suková (1990/1993 – 68 w) Jana Novotná (1990/1999 – 67 w) Gigi Fernández (1991/1995 – 80 w) Natasha Zvereva (1991/1999 – 124 w) Larisa Neiland (1992 – 4 w) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1992/1997 – 111 w) Lindsay Davenport (1997/2000 – 32 w) Martina Hingis (1998/2016 – 40 w) Anna Kournikova (1999/2000 – 10 w) Corina Morariu (2000 – 7 w) Lisa Raymond (2000/2012 – 137 w) Rennae Stubbs (2000 – 3 w) Julie Halard-Decugis (2000 – 14 w) Ai Sugiyama (2000/2003 – 45 w) Paola Suárez (2002/2004 – 87 w) Kim Clijsters (2003 – 4 w) Virginia Ruano Pascual (2003/2005 – 65 w) Cara Black (2005/2010 – 163 w) Samantha Stosur (2006/2007 – 61 w) Liezel Huber (2007/2012 – 199 w) Serena Williams (2010 – 8 w) Venus Williams (2010 – 8 w) Gisela Dulko (2010/2011 – 24 w) Flavia Pennetta (2011 – 18 w) Květa Peschke (2011 – 10 w) Katarina Srebotnik (2011 – 10 w) Sara Errani (2012/2015 – 87 w) Roberta Vinci (2012/2015 – 110 w) Peng Shuai (2014 – 20 w) Hsieh Su-wei (2014 – 5 w) Sania Mirza (2015/2016 – 45 w)

WTA rankings incepted on September 4, 1984 (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) current No. 1 in bold, as of week of February 15, 2016

WTA Year-end championships winners doubles

(1972) not held
(1973) Rosemary Casals / Margaret Court
(1974) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King
(1975) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade
(1976) not held
(1977) Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve
(1978) not held
(1979) Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve
(1980) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
(1981) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1982) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1983) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1984) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1985) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1986 (1)) Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull
(1986 (2)) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1987) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1988) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1989) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1990) Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie
(1991) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
(1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková
(1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
(1994) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
(1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
(1996) Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández
(1997) Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná
(1998) Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva
(1999) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
(2000) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
(2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs
(2002) Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová
(2003) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
(2004) Nadia Petrova / Meghann Shaughnessy
(2005) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
(2006) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
(2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber
(2008) Cara Black / Liezel Huber
(2009) Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez
(2010) Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta
(2011) Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond
(2012) Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova
(2013) Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
(2014) Cara Black / Sania Mirza
(2015) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza

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