Patricia Tarabini


Patricia Tarabini is an Argentine tennis coach, retired top 30 singles player and former Grand Slam mixed-doubles champion.

Career

She represented her country and won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic 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 9 May 1988, Tarabini reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 29. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 12, which she achieved on 17 August 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, partnering with Javier Frana.

Coaching career

In June 2019, she began coaching Russian player Anna Kalinskaya, then ranked just within the WTA's top 150.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (runner-ups)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 1989Strasbourg, FranceClay

Doubles: 31 (15 titles, 16 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Jul 1987Båstad, SwedenClay

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (2–1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.22 April 1985ITF Monviso, ItalyClay

Career statistics

Singles performance timeline

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