Patricia Hy-Boulais


Patricia Hy-Boulais is a former tennis player. She turned professional on 12 October 1986. Early in her career she represented Hong Kong. She became a citizen of Canada in 1991. However, she represented Canada since the beginning of the 1988 season. Her best performance at a Grand Slam came when she got to the quarter-finals of the 1992 [US Open – Women's singles|1992 US Open], defeating Eva Švíglerová, Judith Wiesner, Jennifer Capriati and Helena Suková before losing to eventual champion Monica Seles.
After Hy-Boulais did it in 1992, Canada did not have another woman to survive into the second week at the French Open until Aleksandra Wozniak did it in 2009.
Hy-Boulais represented her new country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was eliminated in the second round by the number one seed Monica Seles. Hy-Boulais reached her highest ranking in the WTA Tour on 8 March 1993, when she became the number 28 of the world.
Hy-Boulais's daughter Isabelle is a top Canadian tennis prospect.

Personal life

Patricia Hy-Boulais had an athletic family. Her father was a tennis player for Cambodia and served as the team captain. He also has competed in the Davis Cup for Cambodia. Her mother was a national badminton champion for Cambodia.

WTA finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

No.ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
1.Win1986 [Taipei Women's Championships – Singles|Oct 1986]Taipei, TaiwanVSCarpet

Doubles (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

No.ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.Loss1993 [Matrix Essentials Evert Cup – Doubles|Feb 1993]Indian Wells, United StatesTier IIHard

ITF finals

Singles (4-2)

Doubles (5-1)