Patricia Tarabini

Patricia Tarabini

Tarabini in 2025
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.
Born	(1968-08-06) 6 August 1968 La Plata, Argentina
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,541,551
Singles
Career record	147–143
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 29 (9 May 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1991, 1994, 1995)
French Open	3R (1990)
Wimbledon	2R (1994)
US Open	3R (1987, 1989)
Doubles
Career record	449–347
Career titles	15 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 12 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1998)
French Open	SF (1993)
Wimbledon	QF (1995)
US Open	QF (1993, 1995, 1997, 2000)
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Doubles Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Doubles

Patricia Tarabini (born 6 August 1968) is an Argentine tennis coach and former professional player. A doubles specialist, she won 15 titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 12 on 17 August 1998. She reached world No. 29 in singles in 1988. Tarabini won the mixed-doubles title at the 1996 French Open with fellow Argentine Javier Frana, and won an Olympic bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2004 Summer Olympics with Paola Suárez.

Career

Tarabini turned professional in 1986, after winning the Banana Bowl the previous year. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 29 on 9 May 1988, before becoming more successful as a doubles player.

Among Tarabini's notable doubles partnerships was one with Italian Sandra Cecchini, with whom she reached the semifinals of the 1993 French Open. Her later partnership with Spaniard Conchita Martínez produced quarterfinal appearances at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships and the 1995 US Open, as well as a semifinal at the 1998 Australian Open. The pair qualified for the year-end championships on four occasions.

In mixed doubles, Tarabini and Frana won the 1996 French Open, defeating Nicole Arendt and Luke Jensen 6–2, 6–2 in the final.

Tarabini represented Argentina in Fed Cup competition, playing both singles and doubles, and was a member of the Argentine team that reached the semifinals in 1993 alongside Florencia Labat and Inés Gorrochategui. She competed at the 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta and 2004 Athens Olympic Games. At Athens, Tarabini and Suárez won the bronze medal in women's doubles, defeating Japan's Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–3 in the bronze-medal match.

Coaching career

Tarabini began coaching Russian player Anna Kalinskaya shortly before the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2019 US Open, Kalinskaya credited Tarabini's experience as a former player and her emphasis on enjoying competition with helping her adapt to the professional tour. During their partnership, Kalinskaya reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2024 Australian Open and a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 later that year.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1996	French Open	Clay	Javier Frana	Luke Jensen Nicole Arendt	6–2, 6–2

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2004	Athens	Hard	Paola Suárez	Shinobu Asagoe Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (runner-ups)

Legend
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1989	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Jana Novotná	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 1989	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Federica Haumüller	6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 1990	Paris, France	Clay	Conchita Martínez	5–7, 3–6

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

Legend Tier I 2 Tier II 2 Tier III 1 Tier IV & V 8

Titles by surface Hard 1 Clay 13 Grass 0 Carpet 1

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 1987	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Penny Barg Tine Scheuer-Larsen	1–6, 2–6
Win	2.	Jul 1989	Arcachon, France	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Mercedes Paz Brenda Schultz	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	3.	Sep 1989	Athens, Greece	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Elena Pampoulova Silke Meier	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	4.	Sep 1989	Paris, France	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Nathalie Herreman Catherine Suire	6–1, 6–1
Win	5.	Dec 1989	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Mercedes Paz	Cláudia Chabalgoity Luciana Corsato	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6.	Apr 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sabrina Goleš	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win	7.	Jul 1990	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Carin Bakkum Nicole Jagerman	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	8.	Sep 1990	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Petra Langrová Radomira Zrubáková	0–6, 4–6
Loss	9.	Jul 1991	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Bettina Fulco Nicole Jagerman	5–7, 4–6
Win	10.	Sep 1991	Bayonne, France	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Rachel McQuillan Catherine Tanvier	6–3, ret.
Win	11.	Sep 1992	Paris, France	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Rachel McQuillan Noëlle van Lottum	7–5, 6–1
Win	12.	Jul 1993	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Inés Gorrochategui	Laura Golarsa Caroline Vis	6–2, 6–1
Win	13.	Aug 1993	San Marino	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Florencia Labat Barbara Rittner	6–3, 6–2
Loss	14.	Oct 1993	Budapest, Hungary	Carpet (i)	Sandra Cecchini	Inés Gorrochategui Caroline Vis	1–6, 3–6
Loss	15.	May 1994	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Caroline Vis	Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	16.	Jul 1994	Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Sandra Cecchini	Alexandra Fusai Karina Habšudová	7–5, 7–5
Loss	17.	May 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	2–6, 3–6
Loss	18.	May 1995	Rome, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss	19.	May 1997	Rome, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	2–6, 4–6
Loss	20.	Jul 1997	Stanford, USA	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Lindsay Davenport Martina Hingis	1–6, 3–6
Win	21.	Apr 1998	Hilton Head, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	22.	Apr 1999	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Loss	23.	May 1999	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Jana Novotná	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, 5–7
Win	24.	Sep 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Conchita Martínez	Amanda Coetzer Jelena Dokić	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2
Loss	25.	Apr 2000	Hilton Head, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	5–7, 3–6
Win	26.	Apr 2001	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–2
Loss	27.	May 2001	Rome, Italy	Clay	Paola Suárez	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	1–6, 1–6
Win	28.	Jul 2001	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Paola Suárez	Vanessa Henke Lenka Němečková	6–4, 6–2
Loss	29.	Sep 2001	Bahia, Brazil	Hard	Nicole Arendt	Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil	7–6(10–8), 2–6, 4–6
Loss	30.	May 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	3–6, 4–6
Loss	31.	May 2004	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone	6–3, 2–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (2–1)

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	22 April 1985	ITF Monviso, Italy	Clay	Laura Golarsa	4–6, 3–6
Win	1.	6 April 1986	ITF Bari, Italy	Clay	Olga Votavová	6–0, 6–4
Win	2.	21 April 1986	ITF Taranto, Italy	Clay	Wiltrud Probst	6–2, 6–1

Doubles (6–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	17 March 1985	ITF Porto Alegre, Brazil	Clay	Mariana Pérez Roldán	Rina Einy Lorrayne Gracie	7–6(0), 3–6, 6–4
Win	2.	1 April 1985	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Mariana Pérez Roldán	Gabriela Mosca Andrea Tiezzi	7–6, 6–4
Loss	1.	22 April 1985	ITF Monviso, Italy	Clay	Mariana Pérez Roldán	Patrizia Murgo Barbara Romanò	6–7, 5–7
Win	3.	16 June 1985	ITF Amiens, France	Clay	Mariana Pérez Roldán	Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2.	15 July 1985	ITF Subiaco, Italy	Clay	Mariana Pérez Roldán	Patrizia Murgo Barbara Romanò	2–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	22 July 1985	ITF Sezze, Italy	Clay	Mariana Pérez Roldán	Patrizia Murgo Barbara Romanò	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	5 March 1989	ITF Miami, United States	Hard	Gabriela Mosca	Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington	6–7, 6–7
Loss	5.	11 July 1994	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Bettina Fulco	Park Sung-hee Choi Ju-yeon	4–6, 3–6
Win	4.	27 September 1998	ITF Tucuman, Argentina	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Luciana Masante Laura Montalvo	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Win	5.	8 July 2001	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	Lubomira Bacheva Laurence Courtois	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–1
Win	6.	1 February 2004	ITF Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Gisela Dulko	Amanda Augustus Natalie Grandin	1–6, 6–3, 6–3

Career statistics

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	2R
French Open	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A
US Open	3R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A

External links

• Patricia Tarabini at the Women's Tennis Association
• Patricia Tarabini at World Tennis
• Patricia Tarabini at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)