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Paola Suárez
Country (sports) Argentina
Residence Oviedo, Spain
Born (1976-06-23) 23 June 1976 (age 47)
Pergamino, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1 March 1991
Retired2007, 2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$5,217,775
Singles
Career record371–239 (60.8%)
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 9 (7 June 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R ( 2001)
French OpenSF ( 2004)
WimbledonQF ( 2004)
US OpenQF ( 2003)
Doubles
Career record513–192 (72.8%)
Career titles44
Highest ranking No. 1 (9 September 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW ( 2004)
French OpenW ( 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005)
WimbledonF ( 2002, 2003, 2006)
US OpenW ( 2002, 2003, 2004)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW ( 2003)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF ( 2002)
French OpenF ( 2001)
Wimbledon3R ( 2000, 2003)
US Open2R ( 2000, 2003, 2007)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Women's doubles

Paola Suárez (Latin American Spanish: [paˈola ˈswaɾes]; born 23 June 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. 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 top ten player and semifinalist at the 2004 French Open.

Career

Suárez began playing professional tennis at the age of 15. In 1994, she joined the professional tour as a singles player.

Suárez won four WTA titles (2004 Canberra, 2003 Vienna, 1998 & 2001 Bogotá) and 12 other minor tournaments. In 2004, she reached her only Grand Slam singles semi-final by defeating the 18th seed and future Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova, but lost to Elena Dementieva. That year, she reached her highest WTA ranking of No. 9, to become the highest-ranked Argentine women's player since Gabriela Sabatini achieved the No. 3 ranking in 1989. Also in 2004, she won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Athens for the women's doubles with Patricia Tarabini.

She had success in singles but her best results came in doubles, winning more than half a dozen titles partnering fellow Argentine Laura Montalvo. However Suárez's more long-standing doubles partnership was with the Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual, with whom she won 32 of her 39 titles. Besides numerous WTA Tour titles, they won the French Open on four occasions, the US Open three times, and the Australian Open in 2004. Suárez and Ruano Pascual were the No. 1 female pair for three consecutive years after 9 September 2002 and were the WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year in 2002, 2003 and 2004. They also reached nine straight Grand Slam finals, two short of Navratilova and Shriver's record of eleven.

In 2005, Suárez announced her forthcoming retirement for personal reasons. In June of that year, she underwent a labrum hip clinical intervention, with a recovery time of three to four months. She restarted playing in Sydney in January 2006 with Ruano Pascual, reaching the final, but suffered a calf injury short after. Later that year, she also reached the final of Wimbledon with Ruano Pascual, marking her third appearance in a final there.

Suárez returned to the circuit with a victory over Dinara Safina, ranked No. 15, in the San Diego Open singles tournament.

On 1 September 2007, Suárez retired after losing in the mixed doubles second round at the US Open. She partnered Kevin Ullyett and lost to Jamie Murray and Liezel Huber, 5–7, 4–6. She briefly returned to the WTA doubles tour in 2012, partnering her fellow Argentinian Gisela Dulko. The pair played at the London Summer Olympics but lost in the first round. [1] [2] [3]

In her career, Suárez earned more than $5.2 million, with four singles titles on the WTA Tour, and eight doubles Grand Slam titles.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2000 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Switzerland Martina Hingis
France Mary Pierce
2–6, 4–6
Win 2001 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić
Spain Conchita Martínez
6–2, 6–1
Win 2002 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–2
Loss 2002 Wimbledon Grass Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
2–6, 5–7
Win 2002 US Open Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Elena Dementieva
Slovakia Janette Husárová
6–2, 6–1
Loss 2003 Australian Open Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 2003 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Belgium Kim Clijsters
Japan Ai Sugiyama
7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–9
Loss 2003 Wimbledon Grass Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Belgium Kim Clijsters
Japan Ai Sugiyama
4–6, 4–6
Win 2003 US Open Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
United States Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–3
Win 2004 Australian Open Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 6–3
Win 2004 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–0, 6–3
Win 2004 US Open Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 7–5
Win 2005 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Zimbabwe Cara Black
South Africa Liezel Huber
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2006 Wimbledon Grass Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
3–6, 6–3, 2–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2001 French Open Clay Brazil Jaime Oncins Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
5–7, 3–6
Loss 2002 Australian Open Hard Argentina Gastón Etlis Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
3–6, 2–6

Olympic Games

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

Result Year Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Bronze 2004 Athens Hard Argentina Patricia Tarabini Japan Shinobu Asagoe
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 6–3

WTA career finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (2/2)
Tier IV & V (2/2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Feb 1998 Bogotá Clay Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1. May 1999 Madrid Clay United States Lindsay Davenport 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2. Feb 2000 São Paulo Clay Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 3. Jan 2001 Auckland Hard United States Meilen Tu 7–6(12–10), 6–2
Win 2. Feb 2001 Bogotá Clay Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4. Mar 2002 Acapulco Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–2
Win 3. Jun 2003 Vienna Clay Croatia Karolina Šprem 7–6(7–0), 2–6, 6–4
Win 4. Jan 2004 Canberra Hard Italy Silvia Farina Elia 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 69 (44 titles, 25 runner-ups)

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)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 5 May 1996 Bol Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo France Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
France Alexandra Fusai
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4
Win 2. 18 January 1998 Hobart Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual France Julie Halard-Decugis
Slovakia Janette Husárová
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win 3. 22 February 1998 Bogotá Clay Slovakia Janette Husárová United States Melissa Mazzotta
Russia Ekaterina Sysoeva
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 4. 26 April 1998 Budapest Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Romania Cătălina Cristea
Argentina Laura Montalvo
4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win 5. 3 May 1998 Bol Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo South Africa Joannette Kruger
Croatia Mirjana Lučić
w/o
Win 6. 10 May 1998 Rome Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual South Africa Amanda Coetzer
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win 7. 12 July 1998 Maria Lankowitz Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–1, 6–2
Loss 1. 21 February 1999 Bogotá Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Greece Christína Papadáki
Netherlands Seda Noorlander
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 8. 23 May 1999 Madrid Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Argentina María Fernanda Landa
Germany Marlene Weingärtner
6–2, 0–6, 6–0
Win 9. 18 July 1999 Sopot Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Spain Gala León García
Spain María Sánchez Lorenzo
6–4, 6–3
Win 10. 10 October 1999 São Paulo Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Slovakia Janette Husárová
Argentina Florencia Labat
6–7(1–7), 7–5, 7–5
Win 11. 20 February 2000 Bogotá Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Hungary Rita Kuti-Kis
Hungary Petra Mandula
6–4, 6–2
Win 12. 27 February 2000 São Paulo Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Slovakia Janette Husárová
Argentina Florencia Labat
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win 13. 23 April 2000 Hilton Head Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
7–5, 6–3
Loss 2. 11 June 2000 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Switzerland Martina Hingis
France Mary Pierce
6–2, 6–4
Win 14. 16 July 2000 Klagenfurt Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Austria Barbara Schett
Switzerland Patty Schnyder
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win 15. 23 July 2000 Sopot Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Sweden Åsa Carlsson
Italy Rita Grande
7–5, 6–1
Loss 3. 21 August 2000 New Haven Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual France Julie Halard-Decugis
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 4. 8 October 2000 Tokyo Hard Japan Nana Miyagi France Julie Halard-Decugis
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–0, 6–2
Loss 5. 19 February 2001 Bogotá Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Italy Tathiana Garbin
Slovakia Janette Husárová
6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 6. 4 March 2001 Acapulco Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Loss 7. 11 March 2001 Indian Wells Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Nicole Arendt
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 6–4
Loss 8. 22 April 2001 Charleston Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 9. 20 May 2001 Rome Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini Zimbabwe Cara Black
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–1, 6–1
Win 16. 26 May 2001 Madrid Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 17. 10 June 2001 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić
Spain Conchita Martínez
6–2, 6–1
Win 18. 15 July 2001 Vienna Clay Argentina Patricia Tarabini Germany Vanessa Henke
Czech Republic Lenka Němečková
6–4, 6–2
Win 19. 24 February 2002 Bogotá Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–2, 6–1
Win 20. 3 March 2002 Acapulco Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 6–1
Loss 10. 1 April 2002 Miami Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Win 21. 19 May 2002 Rome Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
6–3, 6–4
Win 22. 9 June 2002 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–2
Loss 11. 24 June 2002 Wimbledon Grass Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
6–2, 7–5
Win 23. 18 August 2002 Montreal Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 24. 8 September 2002 US Open Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Elena Dementieva
Slovakia Janette Husárová
6–2, 6–1
Win 25. 14 September 2002 Bahia Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual France Émilie Loit
Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos
6–4, 6–1
Loss 12. 24 September 2002 Leipzig Carpet Slovakia Janette Husárová United States Alexandra Stevenson
United States Serena Williams
6–3, 7–5
Loss 13. 13 October 2002 Filderstadt Hard (i) United States Meghann Shaughnessy United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Lisa Raymond
6–2, 6–4
Loss 14. 13 January 2003 Australian Open Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 26. 13 April 2003 Charleston Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Slovakia Janette Husárová
Spain Conchita Martínez
6–0, 6–3
Loss 15. 20 April 2003 Amelia Island Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Lisa Raymond
7–5, 6–2
Win 27. 11 May 2003 Berlin Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Belgium Kim Clijsters
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 16. 8 June 2003 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Belgium Kim Clijsters
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–7(5–7), 6–2, 9–7
Loss 17. 6 July 2003 Wimbledon Grass Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Belgium Kim Clijsters
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 6–4
Win 28. 23 August 2003 New Haven Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Australia Alicia Molik
Spain Magüi Serna
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win 29. 7 September 2003 US Open Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
United States Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–3
Loss 18. 19 October 2003 Zürich Hard (i) Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Belgium Kim Clijsters
Japan Ai Sugiyama
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win 30. 10 November 2003 Los Angeles Hard (i) Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Belgium Kim Clijsters
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 19. 5 January 2004 Auckland Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić
7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–1
Win 31. 1 February 2004 Australian Open Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 6–3
Win 32. 21 March 2004 Indian Wells Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–1, 6–2
Win 33. 18 April 2004 Charleston Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Martina Navratilova
United States Lisa Raymond
6–4, 6–1
Loss 20. 10 May 2004 Rome Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 34. 3 June 2004 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
6–0, 6–3
Loss 21. 26 July 2004 San Diego Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 35. 11 September 2004 US Open Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
United States Martina Navratilova
6–4, 7–5
Loss 22. 17 October 2004 Moscow Carpet Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Anastasia Myskina
Russia Vera Zvonareva
6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 23. 24 October 2004 Zürich Hard (i) Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–4
Win 36. 31 October 2004 Luxembourg City Hard (i) Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Jill Craybas
Germany Marlene Weingärtner
6–1, 6–7(1–7), 6–3
Win 37. 5 March 2005 Dubai Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Australia Alicia Molik
6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1
Win 38. 19 March 2005 Indian Wells Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Meghann Shaughnessy
7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win 39. 4 June 2005 French Open Clay Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Zimbabwe Cara Black
South Africa Liezel Huber
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 24. 17 January 2006 Sydney Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual United States Corina Morariu
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 25. 8 July 2006 Wimbledon Grass Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual China Zheng Jie
China Yan Zi
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win 40. 13 August 2006 Los Angeles Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 6–4
Win 41. 24 September 2006 Beijing Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Russia Anna Chakvetadze
Russia Elena Vesnina
6–2, 6–4
Win 42. 1 October 2006 Seoul Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva
6–2, 6–3
Win 43. 6 January 2007 Auckland Hard Slovakia Janette Husárová Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
India Shikha Uberoi
6–0, 6–2
Win 44. 25 February 2007 Bogotá Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Italy Flavia Pennetta
Italy Roberta Vinci
1–6, 6–3, [11–9]

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (12–4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 14 October 1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina María Luciana Reynares 2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Winner 2. 4 November 1991 Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Argentina Cintia Tortorella 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 24 November 1991 Novo Hamburgo, Brazil Clay Moldova Svetlana Komleva 2–6, 5–7
Winner 3. 27 April 1992 Lerida, Spain Clay France Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner 4. 4 May 1992 Balaguer, Spain Clay Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner 5. 17 May 1992 Barcelona, Spain Clay Australia Catherine Barclay 6–4, 6–1
Winner 6. 18 May 1992 Tortosa, Spain Clay Ukraine Irina Sukhova 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner 7. 21 November 1992 La Plata, Argentina Clay Belgium Vanessa Matthys 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 23 October 1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Winner 8. 19 November 1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Brazil Miriam D'Agostini 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 17 December 1995 Tacuman, Argentina Clay Argentina Florencia Labat 2–6, 1–6
Winner 9. 11 October 1998 Santiago, Chile Clay Spain Conchita Martínez Granados 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner 10. 25 October 1998 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 8 November 1998 Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Clay Slovakia Janette Husárová 2–6, 6–2, 1–6
Winner 11. 22 November 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner 12. 19 September 1999 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Florencia Labat 6–0, 7–5

Doubles (7–6)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 27 October 1991 Asunción, Paraguay Clay Argentina Pamela Zingman Poland Karolina Bulat
Poland Katarzyna Malec
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 24 November 1991 Novo Hamburgo, Brazil Clay Argentina Pamela Zingman Russia Maria Marfina
Moldova Svetlana Komleva
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 4 May 1992 Balaguer, Spain Clay Argentina Pamela Zingman Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva
Ukraine Irina Sukhova
6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 11 May 1992 Barcelona, Spain Hard Argentina Pamela Zingman Spain Rosa Bielsa
Spain Gala León García
6–4, 6–2
Winner 2. 11 October 1993 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Pamela Zingman Chile Bárbara Castro
Ecuador María Dolores Campana
6–1, 3–6, 6–0
Winner 3. 23 October 1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Cintia Tortorella Argentina Mariana Lopez Palacios
Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 13 November 1995 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Florencia Cianfagna Hungary Katalin Marosi
Brazil Miriam D'Agostini
7–6(4), 0–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 17 December 1995 Tucumán, Argentina Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Paraguay Larissa Schaerer
Argentina Veronica Stele
6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner 5. 11 February 1996 Mar del Plata, Argentina Hard Argentina Laura Montalvo Austria Marion Maruska
France Noëlle van Lottum
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 12 October 1997 Sedona, United States Hard United States Liezel Huber Romania Cătălina Cristea
United States Corina Morariu
5–7, 2–6
Winner 6. 5 October 1998 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Brazil Miriam D'Agostini
Hungary Katalin Marosi
6–1, 6–2
Winner 7. 19 October 1998 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Spain Eva Bes
Argentina María Fernanda Landa
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 13 September 1999 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Laura Montalvo Argentina Paula Racedo
Switzerland Aliénor Tricerri
w/o

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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

Doubles

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ... 2012 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A QF 2R 2R 2R QF 3R F W A QF 1R A 1 / 10 23–9
French Open A A 1R 1R 2R 2R F W W F W W 2R 1R 2R 4 / 13 38–9
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R 2R 3R QF SF F F SF A F 1R 1R 0 / 12 29–12
US Open A A 1R 2R SF 2R 1R 3R W W W A QF 1R 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 1–2 8 / 46 118–38
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 2R Not Held SF-B 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 1 / 5 3–4

Record against top-10 players

Suárez's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been ranked No. 1 in boldface

References

  1. ^ Suárez Back On Court, Plays First Match Back Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Women's Doubles - Olympic Tennis | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Paola Suarez - Tennis - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

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