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Paola Suárez
Argentine tennis player

Paola Suárez

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Argentine tennis player
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Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Pergamino, Pergamino Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Age
48 years
Residence
Munro, Buenos Aires, Vicente López Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Height:
170 cm
Weight:
64 kg
Sports Teams
Argentina Billie Jean King Cup team (Argentina)
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Biography

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.

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)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2000French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Martina Hingis
Mary Pierce
2–6, 4–6
Win2001French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Jelena Dokić
Conchita Martínez
6–2, 6–1
Win2002French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–2
Loss2002WimbledonGrass Virginia Ruano Pascual Serena Williams
Venus Williams
2–6, 5–7
Win2002US OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Elena Dementieva
Janette Husárová
6–2, 6–1
Loss2003Australian OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Serena Williams
Venus Williams
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss2003French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
7–6, 2–6, 7–9
Loss2003WimbledonGrass Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
4–6, 4–6
Win2003US OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova
Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–3
Win2004Australian OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 6–3
Win2004French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–0, 6–3
Win2004US OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 7–5
Win2005French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Cara Black
Liezel Huber
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss2006WimbledonGrass Virginia Ruano Pascual Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
3–6, 6–3, 2–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2001French OpenClay Jaime Oncins Tomás Carbonell
Virginia Ruano Pascual
5–7, 3–6
Loss2002Australian OpenHard Gastón Etlis Daniela Hantuchová
Kevin Ullyett
3–6, 2–6

Olympic Games

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)

ResultYearLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Bronze2004AthensHard Patricia Tarabini Shinobu Asagoe
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)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.Feb 1998BogotáClay Sonya Jeyaseelan6–3, 6–4
Loss1.May 1999MadridClay Lindsay Davenport6–1, 6–3
Loss2.Feb 2000São PauloClay Rita Kuti-Kis4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss3.Jan 2001AucklandHard Meilen Tu7–6, 6–2
Win2.Feb 2001BogotáClay Rita Kuti-Kis6–2, 6–4
Loss4.Mar 2002AcapulcoClay Katarina Srebotnik6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win3.Jun 2003ViennaClay Karolina Šprem7–6, 2–6, 6–4
Win4.Jan 2004CanberraHard Silvia Farina Elia3–6, 6–4, 7–6

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)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.5 May 1996BolClay Laura Montalvo Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
Alexandra Fusai
6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win2.18 January 1998HobartHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Julie Halard-Decugis
Janette Husárová
7–6, 6–3
Win3.22 February 1998BogotáClay Janette Husárová Melissa Mazzotta
Ekaterina Sysoeva
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win4.26 April 1998BudapestClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Cătălina Cristea
Laura Montalvo
4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win5.3 May 1998BolClay Laura Montalvo Joannette Kruger
Mirjana Lučić
w/o
Win6.10 May 1998RomeClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Amanda Coetzer
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
7–6, 6–4
Win7.12 July 1998Maria LankowitzClay Laura Montalvo Tina Križan
Katarina Srebotnik
6–1, 6–2
Loss1.21 February 1999BogotáClay Laura Montalvo Christína Papadáki
Seda Noorlander
6–4, 7–6
Win8.23 May 1999MadridClay Virginia Ruano Pascual María Fernanda Landa
Marlene Weingärtner
6–2, 0–6, 6–0
Win9.18 July 1999SopotClay Laura Montalvo Gala León García
María Sánchez Lorenzo
6–4, 6–3
Win10.10 October 1999São PauloClay Laura Montalvo Janette Husárová
Florencia Labat
6–7, 7–5, 7–5
Win11.20 February 2000BogotáClay Laura Montalvo Rita Kuti-Kis
Petra Mandula
6–4, 6–2
Win12.27 February 2000São PauloClay Laura Montalvo Janette Husárová
Florencia Labat
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win13.23 April 2000Hilton HeadClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini
7–5, 6–3
Loss2.11 June 2000French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Martina Hingis
Mary Pierce
6–2, 6–4
Win14.16 July 2000KlagenfurtClay Laura Montalvo Barbara Schett
Patty Schnyder
7–6, 6–1
Win15.23 July 2000SopotClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Åsa Carlsson
Rita Grande
7–5, 6–1
Loss3.21 August 2000New HavenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Julie Halard-Decugis
Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Loss4.8 October 2000TokyoHard Nana Miyagi Julie Halard-Decugis
Ai Sugiyama
6–0, 6–2
Loss5.19 February 2001BogotáClay Laura Montalvo Tathiana Garbin
Janette Husárová
6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss6.4 March 2001AcapulcoClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Anabel Medina Garrigues
María José Martínez Sánchez
6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Loss7.11 March 2001Indian WellsHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Nicole Arendt
Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 6–4
Loss8.22 April 2001CharlestonClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Loss9.20 May 2001RomeClay Patricia Tarabini Cara Black
Elena Likhovtseva
6–1, 6–1
Win16.26 May 2001MadridClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Win17.10 June 2001French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Jelena Dokić
Conchita Martínez
6–2, 6–1
Win18.15 July 2001ViennaClay Patricia Tarabini Vanessa Henke
Lenka Němečková
6–4, 6–2
Win19.24 February 2002BogotáClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Tina Križan
Katarina Srebotnik
6–2, 6–1
Win20.3 March 2002AcapulcoClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Tina Križan
Katarina Srebotnik
7–5, 6–1
Loss10.1 April 2002MiamiHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Win21.19 May 2002RomeClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini
6–3, 6–4
Win22.9 June 2002French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Lisa Raymond
Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–2
Loss11.24 June 2002WimbledonGrass Virginia Ruano Pascual Serena Williams
Venus Williams
6–2, 7–5
Win23.18 August 2002MontrealHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Rika Fujiwara
Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 7–6
Win24.8 September 2002US OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Elena Dementieva
Janette Husárová
6–2, 6–1
Win25.14 September 2002BahiaHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Émilie Loit
Rossana de los Ríos
6–4, 6–1
Loss12.24 September 2002LeipzigCarpet Janette Husárová Alexandra Stevenson
Serena Williams
6–3, 7–5
Loss13.13 October 2002FilderstadtHard (i) Meghann Shaughnessy Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond
6–2, 6–4
Loss14.13 January 2003Australian OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Serena Williams
Venus Williams
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win26.13 April 2003CharlestonClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Janette Husárová
Conchita Martínez
6–0, 6–3
Loss15.20 April 2003Amelia IslandClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond
7–5, 6–2
Win27.11 May 2003BerlinClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss16.8 June 2003French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
6–7, 6–2, 9–7
Loss17.6 July 2003WimbledonGrass Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 6–4
Win28.23 August 2003New HavenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Alicia Molik
Magüi Serna
7–6, 6–3
Win29.7 September 2003US OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova
Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–3
Loss18.19 October 2003ZürichHard (i) Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
7–6, 6–2
Win30.10 November 2003Los AngelesHard (i) Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters
Ai Sugiyama
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss19.5 January 2004AucklandHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Jelena Kostanić Tošić
7–6, 3–6, 6–1
Win31.1 February 2004Australian OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–4, 6–3
Win32.21 March 2004Indian WellsHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–1, 6–2
Win33.18 April 2004CharlestonClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Martina Navratilova
Lisa Raymond
6–4, 6–1
Loss20.10 May 2004RomeClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy
2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win34.3 June 2004French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Likhovtseva
6–0, 6–3
Loss21.26 July 2004San DiegoHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win35.11 September 2004US OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova
Martina Navratilova
6–4, 7–5
Loss22.17 October 2004MoscowCarpet Virginia Ruano Pascual Anastasia Myskina
Vera Zvonareva
6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Loss23.24 October 2004ZürichHard (i) Virginia Ruano Pascual Cara Black
Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–4
Win36.31 October 2004Luxembourg CityHard (i) Virginia Ruano Pascual Jill Craybas
Marlene Weingärtner
6–1, 6–7, 6–3
Win37.5 March 2005DubaiHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova
Alicia Molik
6–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win38.19 March 2005Indian WellsHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Nadia Petrova
Meghann Shaughnessy
7–6, 6–1
Win39.4 June 2005French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Cara Black
Liezel Huber
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss24.17 January 2006SydneyHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Corina Morariu
Rennae Stubbs
6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss25.8 July 2006WimbledonGrass Virginia Ruano Pascual Zheng Jie
Yan Zi
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win40.13 August 2006Los AngelesHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Daniela Hantuchová
Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 6–4
Win41.24 September 2006BeijingHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Anna Chakvetadze
Elena Vesnina
6–2, 6–4
Win42.1 October 2006SeoulHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Chuang Chia-jung
Mariana Díaz Oliva
6–2, 6–3
Win43.6 January 2007AucklandHard Janette Husárová Hsieh Su-wei
Shikha Uberoi
6–0, 6–2
Win44.25 February 2007BogotáClay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta
Roberta Vinci
1–6, 6–3, [11–9]

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles (12–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.14 October 1991Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay María Luciana Reynares2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Winner2.4 November 1991Florianópolis, BrazilClay Cintia Tortorella6–3, 6–3
Runner-up1.24 November 1991Novo Hamburgo, BrazilClay Svetlana Komleva2–6, 5–7
Winner3.27 April 1992Lerida, SpainClay Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner4.4 May 1992Balaguer, SpainClay Svetlana Krivencheva3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner5.17 May 1992Barcelona, SpainClay Catherine Barclay6–4, 6–1
Winner6.18 May 1992Tortosa, SpainClay Irina Sukhova3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner7.21 November 1992La Plata, ArgentinaClay Vanessa Matthys7–6, 6–3
Runner-up2.23 October 1995Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Mariana Díaz Oliva6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Winner8.19 November 1995Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Miriam D'Agostini6–2, 6–1
Runner-up3.17 December 1995Tacuman, ArgentinaClay Florencia Labat2–6, 1–6
Winner9.11 October 1998Santiago, ChileClay Conchita Martínez Granados3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner10.25 October 1998Montevideo, UruguayClay Antonella Serra Zanetti7–5, 6–4
Runner-up4.8 November 1998Mogi das Cruzes, BrazilClay Janette Husárová2–6, 6–2, 1–6
Winner11.22 November 1998Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner12.19 September 1999Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Florencia Labat6–0, 7–5

Doubles (7–6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.27 October 1991Asunción, ParaguayClay Pamela Zingman Karolina Bulat
Katarzyna Malec
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up2.24 November 1991Novo Hamburgo, BrazilClay Pamela Zingman Maria Marfina
Svetlana Komleva
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up3.4 May 1992Balaguer, SpainClay Pamela Zingman Svetlana Krivencheva
Irina Sukhova
6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner1.11 May 1992Barcelona, SpainHard Pamela Zingman Rosa Bielsa
Gala León García
6–4, 6–2
Winner2.11 October 1993Santiago, ChileClay Pamela Zingman Bárbara Castro
María Dolores Campana
6–1, 3–6, 6–0
Winner3.23 October 1995Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Cintia Tortorella Mariana Lopez Palacios
Mariana Díaz Oliva
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up4.13 November 1995Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Florencia Cianfagna Katalin Marosi
Miriam D'Agostini
7–6, 0–6, 3–6
Winner4.17 December 1995Tucumán, ArgentinaClay Laura Montalvo Larissa Schaerer
Veronica Stele
6–2, 7–6
Winner5.11 February 1996Mar del Plata, ArgentinaHard Laura Montalvo Marion Maruska
Noëlle van Lottum
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up5.12 October 1997Sedona, United StatesHard Liezel Huber Cătălina Cristea
Corina Morariu
5–7, 2–6
Winner6.5 October 1998Santiago, ChileClay Laura Montalvo Miriam D'Agostini
Katalin Marosi
6–1, 6–2
Winner7.19 October 1998Montevideo, UruguayClay Laura Montalvo Eva Bes
María Fernanda Landa
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up6.13 September 1999Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Laura Montalvo Paula Racedo
Aliénor Tricerri
w/o

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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

Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAA2R2R1R1R4R1R3R3RAALQ
French Open1R2R2R1R2R2R1R2RQF3RSF1RALQ
Wimbledon1RA1R1R1R1R3R1R1R4RQFAALQ
US Open2R1R2R3R1R2R1R1R2RQF3RAALQ

Doubles

Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007...2012SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQF2R2R2RQF3RFWQF1R1 / 1023–9
French Open1R1R2R2RFWWFWW2R1R2R4 / 1338–9
Wimbledon1R1R2R3RQFSFFFSFF1R1R0 / 1229–12
US Open1R2RSF2R1R3RWWWQF1R3 / 1128–8
Win–loss0–00–00–34–47–45–49–415–319–220–321–16–011–40–41–28 / 46118–38
Olympic Games
Summer OlympicsNot HeldNot Held2RNot HeldSF-BNot Held1R0 / 46–4
Year-end championships
Tour ChampionshipsQFSFQFWSF1 / 53–4

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

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