Paola Suárez

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Paola Suarez

Country	Argentina
Residence	Munro, Argentina
Date of birth	June 23, 1976 (1976-06-23) (age 31)
Place of birth	Pergamino, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Turned pro	March 1, 1991
Plays	Right
Career prize money	$4,976,426
Singles
Career record:	360-228
Career titles:	4
Highest ranking:	No. 9 (June 7, 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4r (2001)
French Open	SF (2004)
Wimbledon	QF (2004)
US Open	QF (2003)
Doubles
Career record:	466-168
Career titles:	39
Highest ranking:	1 (September 9, 2002 to September 2005)
Infobox last updated on: 1 August 2006.

Olympic medal record
Women's tennis
Competitor for  Argentina
Bronze	2004 Athens	Women's doubles

Paola Suarez (born June 23, 1976 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. 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.

"La Negra" Suarez began playing professional tennis at the age of fifteen, in 1991. In 1994, she joined the professional tour as a singles player. It wasn't until the 2000s, however, that she became an international figure in her sport, by reaching the semis of the aforementioned French Open, a prestigious grand slam tournament.

Suarez won four WTA titles (2004 Canberra, 2003 Vienna, 1998 & 2001 Bogota) and 12 other minor tournaments. In 2004, Paola hoped to obtain the French Open title that would become her first grand slam championship, but lost in the semi-finals against Elena Dementieva. 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. That same year, she won the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2004 Athens Olympics 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 September 9, 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. On this she commented: "[...]if you want to be a tennis player you have to do it full time. I did it for 11 years, I lived only for tennis and I don't regret it. But that's it. Play to suffer is not worthy". 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.

Paola returned to the circuit with a victory over Dinara Safina, ranked 15, in the San Diego's singles tournament.

On September 1st 2007, Paola 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, 5–7 4–6.

In her career, Suarez has earned $4,837,968 dollars, with four single WTA titles, and 8 doubles grand slams.

Contents 1 WTA tour titles 1.1 Singles (16) 2 Grand Slam women's doubles finals (14) 2.1 Wins (8) 2.2 Runner-ups (6) 3 Doubles titles 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles finals 4.1 Wins (0) 4.2 Runner-ups (2) 5 Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline 6 External links

[edit] WTA tour titles

[edit] Singles (16)

Legend (Singles)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (0)

Tier III (2)

Tier IV and V (2)

Grand Slam Title (0)

WTA Tour Championship (0)

ITF Circuit (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	October 20, 1991	Buenos Aires	Clay	Maria Luciana Reynares	2–6, 7–6, 6–1
2.	November 10, 1991	Florianopolis, Brazil	Clay	Cintia Tortorella	6–3, 6–4
3.	May 3, 1992	Lerida, Spain	Clay	Sarah Pitkowski	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
4.	May 10, 1992	Balaguer, Spain	Clay	Svetlana Krivencheva	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
5.	May 17, 1992	Barcelona	Clay	Catherine Barclay	6–4, 6–1
6.	May 24, 1992	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Irina Sukhova	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
7.	November 21, 1993	La Plata, Argentina	Clay	Vanessa Mathys	7–6, 6–3
8.	November 19, 1995	Buenos Aires	Clay	Miriam D’Agostini	6–2, 6–1
9.	February 22, 1998	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Sonya Jeyaseelan	6–3, 6–4
10.	October 11, 1998	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Conchita Martinez Granados	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
11.	October 25, 1998	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Antonella Serra Zanetti	7–5, 6–4
12.	November 22, 1998	Buenos Aires	Clay	Andreea Vanc	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
13.	September 19, 1999	Buenos Aires	Clay	Florencia Labat	6–0, 7–5
14.	February 25, 2001	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Rita Kuti Kis	6–2, 6–4
15.	June 14, 2003	Vienna	Clay	Karolina Sprem	7–6, 2–6, 6–4
16.	January 17, 2004	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Silvia Farina Elia	3–6, 6–4, 7–6

[edit] Grand Slam women's doubles finals (14)

[edit] Wins (8)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
2001	French Open	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Jelena Dokic Conchita Martinez	6–2, 6–1
2002	French Open (2)	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
2002	U.S. Open	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Elena Dementieva Janette Husarova	6–2, 6–1
2003	U.S. Open (2)	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–2
2004	Australian Open	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
2004	French Open (3)	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0, 6–3
2004	U.S. Open (3)	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 7–5
2005	French Open (4)	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (6)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
2000	French Open	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–4
2002	Wimbledon	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–2, 7–5
2003	Australian Open	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Serena Williams Venus Williams	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2003	French Open (2)	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–7, 6–2, 9–7
2003	Wimbledon (2)	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 6–4
2006	Wimbledon (3)	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Zi Yan Jie Zheng	6–3, 3–6, 6–2

[edit] Doubles titles

Legend

Grand Slam (8)

WTA Championships (1)

Tier I (9)

Tier II (5)

Tier III (10)

Tier IV & V (11)

ITF Titles (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	May 17, 1992	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Pamela Zingman	Rosa Bielsa Gala Leon Garcia	6–4, 6–2
2.	October 17, 1993	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Pamela Zingman	Barbara Castro Maria-Dolores Campana	6–1, 3–6, 6–0
3.	October 29, 1995	Buenos Aires	Clay	Cintia Tortorella	Mariana Diaz-Oliva Mariana Lopez Palacios	6–2, 6–2
4.	December 17, 1995	Tucuman, Argentina	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Larissa Schaerer Veronica Stele	6–2, 7–6(4)
5.	February 11, 1996	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Marion Maruska Noelle Van Lottum	6–3, 6–1
6.	May 5, 1996	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexandra Fusai	6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4
7.	January 18, 1998	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husarova	7–6(6), 6–3
8.	February 22, 1998	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Janette Husarova	Melissa Mazzotta Ekaterina Sysoeva	3–6 6–2 6–3
9.	April 26, 1998	Budapest	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Catalina Cristea Laura Montalvo	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
10.	May 3, 1998	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Joannette Kruger Mirjana Lučic	retired
11.	May 10, 1998	Rome	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	7–6(1), 6–4
12.	July 12, 1998	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Tina Krizan Katarina Srebotnik	6–1, 6–2
13.	October 11, 1998	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Miriam D’Agostini Katalin Marosi	6–1, 6–2
14.	October 25, 1998	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Eva Bes Maria Fernanda Landa	6–2, 6–2
15.	May 23, 1999	Madrid	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Maria Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner	6–2, 0–6, 6–0
16.	July 18, 1999	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Gala Leon Garcia Maria Sanchez Lorenzo	6–4, 6–3
17.	October 10, 1999	São Paulo	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Janette Husarova Florencia Labat	6–7(1), 7–5, 7–5
18.	February 13, 2000	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Rita Kuti Kis Petra Mandula	6–4, 6–2
19.	February 20, 2000	São Paulo	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Janette Husarova Florencia Labat	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
20.	April 23, 2000	Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Conchita Martinez Patricia Tarabini	7–5, 6–3
21.	July 16, 2000	Klagenfurt, Austria	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder	7–6(5), 6–1
22.	July 23, 2000	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande	7–5, 6–1
23.	May 26, 2001	Madrid	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 2–6, 7–6(4)
24.	June 10, 2001	French Open, Paris	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Jelena Dokic Conchita Martinez	6–2, 6–1
25.	July 15, 2001	Vienna	Clay	Patricia Tarabini	Vanessa Henke Lenka Nemeckova	6–4, 6–2
26.	February 24, 2002	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Tina Krizan Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–1
27.	March 3, 2002	Acapulco	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Tina Krizan Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–1
28.	May 19, 2002	Rome	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Conchita Martinez Patricia Tarabini	6–3, 6–4
29.	June 9, 2002	French Open, Paris	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–2
30.	August 18, 2002	Montreal	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 7–6(4)
31.	September 8, 2002	US Open, New York City	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Elena Dementieva Janette Husarova	6–2, 6–1
32.	September 14, 2002	Bahia, Brazil	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Emilie Loit Rossana de los Rios	6–4, 6–1
33.	April 13, 2003	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Janette Husarova Conchita Martinez	6–0, 6–3
34.	May 11, 2003	Berlin	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
35.	August 23, 2003	New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Alicia Molik Magui Serna	7–6(6), 6–3
36.	September 7, 2003	US Open, New York City	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–3
37.	November 10, 2003	Los Angeles	Hard (I)	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
38.	February 1, 2004	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4, 6–3
39.	March 21, 2004	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–1, 6–2
40.	April 18, 2004	Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	6–4, 6–1
41.	June 3, 2004	French Open, Paris	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–0 6–3
42.	September 11, 2004	US Open, New York City	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–4 7–5
43.	October 31, 2004	Luxembourg	Hard (I)	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner	6–1, 6–7(1), 6–3
44.	March 5, 2005	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	6–7(7), 6–2, 6–1
45.	March 19, 2005	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	7–6(3,) 6–1
46.	June 4, 2005	French Open, Paris	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Cara Black Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
47.	August 13, 2006	Los Angeles	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Daniela Hantuchova Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–4
48.	September 24, 2006	Beijing	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–4
49.	October 1, 2006	Seoul	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Chia-Jung Chuang Mariana Diaz-Oliva	6–2, 6–3
50.	January 6, 2007	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Janette Husarova	Su-Wei Hsieh Shikha Uberoi	6–0, 6–2
51.	February 25, 2007	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Lourdes Dominguez Lino	Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci	1–6, 6–3, 11-9 (tiebreak)

[edit] Grand Slam mixed doubles finals

[edit] Wins (0)

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score/Final
2000	French Open	Jaime Oncins	Tomas Carbonell Virginia Ruano Pascual	7–5, 6–3
2002	Australian Open	Gaston Etlis	Daniela Hantuchova Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–2

[edit] Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline

Note: if not otherwise noted, tournament played with Ruano Pascual

Tournament	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	Career
Australian Open	1R	QF	-	W	F	3R	QF	2R	2R	2R	QF	-	1
French Open	1R3	2R	W	W	F	W	W	F	2R	2R	1R1	1R1	4
Wimbledon	1R4	F	-	SF	F	F	SF	QF	3R	2R	1R	1R1	0
U.S. Open	1R5	QF	-	W	W	W	3R	1R	2R	SF	2R	1R2	3
WTA Tour Championships	-	-	-	SF	W	QF	SF	QF	-	-	-	-	1

1. with Laura Montalvo
2. with Maja Muric
3. with Anna-Lena Groenefeld
4. with Tathiana Garbin
5. with Roberta Vinci

[edit] External links

• Paola Suarez profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Ole 2005, on her retirement
• Paola and Virginia