# Patricia Tarabini

Patricia Tarabini (born 6 August 1968) 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.

## Grand Slam finals
### Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | Jun 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 |
| 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 |