Paola Suárez

Paola Suárez ( bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli June bɛɣu pishi ni ata dali, yuuni 1976) o nyɛla paɣa ŋun nyɛ tennis bɔli ŋmɛri kurɔ ŋun yina tiŋyuli booni  Argentina. 

Significant finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss   2000  French Open  Clay   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Martina Hingis   Mary Pierce  2–6, 4–6Win  2001  French Open  Clay   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Jelena Dokić   Conchita Martínez  6–2, 6–1Win  2002  French Open   Clay   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs  6–4, 6–2Loss   2002  Wimbledon  Grass   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Serena Williams   Venus Williams  2–6, 5–7Win  2002  US Open  Hard   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Elena Dementieva   Janette Husárová  6–2, 6–1Loss   2003  Australian Open  Hard   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Serena Williams   Venus Williams  6–4, 4–6, 3–6Loss   2003  French Open  Clay   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Kim Clijsters   Ai Sugiyama  7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–9Loss   2003  Wimbledon  Grass   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Kim Clijsters   Ai Sugiyama  4–6, 4–6Win  2003  US Open  Hard   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Svetlana Kuznetsova   Martina Navratilova  6–2, 6–3Win  2004  Australian Open  Hard   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Svetlana Kuznetsova   Elena Likhovtseva  6–4, 6–3Win  2004  French Open  Clay   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Svetlana Kuznetsova   Elena Likhovtseva  6–0, 6–3Win  2004  US Open  Hard   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Svetlana Kuznetsova   Elena Likhovtseva  6–4, 7–5Win  2005  French Open  Clay   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Cara Black   Liezel Huber  4–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss   2006  Wimbledon  Grass   Virginia Ruano Pascual   Yan Zi   Zheng Jie  3–6, 6–3, 2–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss   2001  French Open  Clay   Jaime Oncins   Tomás Carbonell   Virginia Ruano Pascual  5–7, 3–6Loss   2002  Australian Open  Hard   Gastón Etlis   Daniela Hantuchová   Kevin Ullyett  3–6, 2–6

Olympic Games
Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)
ResultYearLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreBronze 2004 Athens  Hard   Patricia Tarabini   Shinobu Asagoe   Ai Sugiyama  6–3, 6–3

WTA Tour finals
Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend  Tier I Tier II Tier III (2/2) Tier IV & V (2/2)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. Feb 1998 Bogotá Clay  Sonya Jeyaseelan 6–3, 6–4Loss 1. May 1999 Madrid Clay  Lindsay Davenport 6–1, 6–3Loss 2. Feb 2000 São Paulo Clay  Rita Kuti-Kis 4–6, 6–4, 7–5Loss 3. Jan 2001 Auckland Hard  Meilen Tu 7–6(12–10), 6–2Win 2. Feb 2001 Bogotá Clay  Rita Kuti-Kis 6–2, 6–4Loss 4. Mar 2002 Acapulco Clay  Katarina Srebotnik 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–2Win 3. Jun 2003 Vienna Clay  Karolina Šprem 7–6(7–0), 2–6, 6–4Win 4. Jan 2004 Canberra Hard  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)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1.5 May 1996BolClay Laura Montalvo Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexandra Fusai6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4Win2.18 January 1998HobartHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová7–6(8–6), 6–3Win3.22 February 1998BogotáClay Janette Husárová Melissa Mazzotta Ekaterina Sysoeva3–6, 6–2, 6–3Win4.26 April 1998BudapestClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo4–6, 6–1, 6–1Win5.3 May 1998BolClay Laura Montalvo Joannette Kruger Mirjana Lučićw/oWin6.10 May 1998RomeClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario7–6(7–1), 6–4Win7.12 July 1998Maria LankowitzClay Laura Montalvo Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik6–1, 6–2Loss1.21 February 1999BogotáClay Laura Montalvo Christína Papadáki Seda Noorlander6–4, 7–6(7–5)Win8.23 May 1999MadridClay Virginia Ruano Pascual María Fernanda Landa Marlene Weingärtner6–2, 0–6, 6–0Win9.18 July 1999SopotClay Laura Montalvo Gala León García María Sánchez Lorenzo6–4, 6–3Win10.10 October 1999São PauloClay Laura Montalvo Janette Husárová Florencia Labat6–7(1–7), 7–5, 7–5Win11.20 February 2000BogotáClay Laura Montalvo Rita Kuti-Kis Petra Mandula6–4, 6–2Win12.27 February 2000São PauloClay Laura Montalvo Janette Husárová Florencia Labat5–7, 6–4, 6–3Win13.23 April 2000Hilton HeadClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini7–5, 6–3Loss2.11 June 2000French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Martina Hingis Mary Pierce6–2, 6–4Win14.16 July 2000KlagenfurtClay Laura Montalvo Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder7–6(7–5), 6–1Win15.23 July 2000SopotClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande7–5, 6–1Loss3.21 August 2000New HavenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama6–4, 5–7, 6–2Loss4.8 October 2000TokyoHard Nana Miyagi Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama6–0, 6–2Loss5.19 February 2001BogotáClay Laura Montalvo Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová6–4, 2–6, 6–4Loss6.4 March 2001AcapulcoClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Anabel Medina Garrigues María José Martínez Sánchez6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5Loss7.11 March 2001Indian WellsHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama6–4, 6–4Loss8.22 April 2001CharlestonClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss9.20 May 2001RomeClay Patricia Tarabini Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva6–1, 6–1Win16.26 May 2001MadridClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)Win17.10 June 2001French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Jelena Dokic Conchita Martínez6–2, 6–1Win18.15 July 2001ViennaClay Patricia Tarabini Vanessa Henke Lenka Němečková6–4, 6–2Win19.24 February 2002BogotáClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik6–2, 6–1Win20.3 March 2002AcapulcoClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik7–5, 6–1Loss10.1 April 2002MiamiHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–3Win21.19 May 2002RomeClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini6–3, 6–4Win22.9 June 2002French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs6–4, 6–2Loss11.24 June 2002WimbledonGrass Virginia Ruano Pascual Serena Williams Venus Williams6–2, 7–5Win23.18 August 2002MontrealHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Rika Fujiwara Ai Sugiyama6–4, 7–6(7–4)Win24.8 September 2002US Open Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová6–2, 6–1Win25.14 September 2002BahiaHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Émilie Loit Rossana de los Ríos6–4, 6–1Loss12.24 September 2002LeipzigCarpet  Janette Husárová Alexandra Stevenson Serena Williams6–3, 7–5Loss13.13 October 2002FilderstadtHard (i) Meghann Shaughnessy Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond6–2, 6–4Loss14.13 January 2003Australian OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Serena Williams Venus Williams4–6, 6–4, 6–3Win26.13 April 2003CharlestonClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez6–0, 6–3Loss15.20 April 2003Amelia IslandClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond7–5, 6–2Win27.11 May 2003BerlinClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama6–3, 4–6, 6–4Loss16.8 June 2003French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama6–7(5–7), 6–2, 9–7Loss17.6 July 2003WimbledonGrass Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama6–4, 6–4Win28.23 August 2003New HavenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Alicia Molik Magüi Serna7–6(8–6), 6–3Win29.7 September 2003US Open Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova6–2, 6–3Loss18.19 October 2003ZürichHard (i) Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama7–6(7–3), 6–2Win30.10 November 2003Los AngelesHard (i) Virginia Ruano Pascual Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama6–4, 3–6, 6–3Loss19.5 January 2004AucklandHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić Tošić7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–1Win31.1 February 2004Australian OpenHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva6–4, 6–3Win32.21 March 2004Indian WellsHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva6–1, 6–2Win33.18 April 2004CharlestonClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond6–4, 6–1Loss20.10 May 2004RomeClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy2–6, 6–3, 6–3Win34.3 June 2004French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva6–0, 6–3Loss21.26 July 2004San DiegoHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Cara Black Rennae Stubbs4–6, 6–1, 6–4Win35.11 September 2004US Open Hard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova Martina Navratilova6–4, 7–5Loss22.17 October 2004MoscowCarpet  Virginia Ruano Pascual Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva6–3, 4–6, 6–2Loss23.24 October 2004ZürichHard (i) Virginia Ruano Pascual Cara Black Rennae Stubbs6–4, 6–4Win36.31 October 2004Luxembourg CityHard (i) Virginia Ruano Pascual Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner6–1, 6–7(1–7), 6–3Win37.5 March 2005DubaiHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1Win38.19 March 2005Indian WellsHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy7–6(7–3), 6–1Win39.4 June 2005French OpenClay Virginia Ruano Pascual Cara Black Liezel Huber4–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss24.17 January 2006SydneyHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Corina Morariu Rennae Stubbs6–3, 5–7, 6–2Loss25.8 July 2006WimbledonGrass Virginia Ruano Pascual Zheng Jie Yan Zi6–3, 3–6, 6–2Win40.13 August 2006Los AngelesHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama6–3, 6–4Win41.24 September 2006BeijingHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Anna Chakvetadze Elena Vesnina6–2, 6–4Win42.1 October 2006SeoulHard Virginia Ruano Pascual Chuang Chia-jung Mariana Díaz Oliva6–2, 6–3Win43.6 January 2007AucklandHard Janette Husárová Hsieh Su-wei Shikha Uberoi6–0, 6–2Win44.25 February 2007BogotáClay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci1–6, 6–3, [11–9] 

ITF Circuit finals
Legend$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

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

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

Performance timelines

Singles
Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007 Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA2R2R1R1R4R1R3R3RAALQFrench Open1R2R2R1R2R2R1R2RQF3RSF1RALQWimbledon1RA1R1R1R1R3R1R1R4RQFAALQUS Open2R1R2R3R1R2R1R1R2RQF3RAALQ

Doubles
Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007...2012SRW–L Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQF2R2R2RQF3RFWAQF1RA1 / 1023–9French OpenAA1R1R2R2RFWWFWW2R1R2R4 / 1338–9WimbledonAA1R1R2R3RQFSFFFSFAF1R1R0 / 1229–12US OpenAA1R2RSF2R1R3RWWWAQF1RA3 / 1128–8Win–loss0–00–00–34–47–45–49–415–319–220–321–16–011–40–41–28 / 46118–38Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNot HeldANot Held2RNot HeldSF-BNot Held1R0 / 46–4Year-end championshipsTour ChampionshipsAAAAAAQFSFQFWSFAAAA1 / 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

  Patty Schnyder 5–4
  Mary Pierce 4–2
  Barbara Schett 3–2
  Jelena Dokic 2–0
  Anna Kournikova 2–0
  Svetlana Kuznetsova 2–0
  Alicia Molik 2–0
  Dinara Safina 2–0
  Daniela Hantuchová 2–1
  Francesca Schiavone 2–1
  Nadia Petrova 2–2
  Sandrine Testud 2–2
  Magdalena Maleeva 2–3
  Amélie Mauresmo 2–3
  Ai Sugiyama 2–3
  Vera Zvonareva 2–3
  Anke Huber 1–0
  Maria Kirilenko 1–0
  Barbara Paulus 1–0
  Lucie Šafářová 1–0
  Maria Sharapova 1–0
  Nathalie Tauziat 1–0
  Andrea Temesvári 1–0
  Serena Williams 1–0
  Jelena Janković 1–1
  Iva Majoli 1–1
  Anastasia Myskina 1–1
  Mary Joe Fernández 1–2
  Chanda Rubin 1–2
  Elena Dementieva 1–3
  Amanda Coetzer 1–5
  Victoria Azarenka 0–1
  Anna Chakvetadze 0–1
  Zina Garrison 0–1
  Julie Halard-Decugis 0–1
  Justine Henin 0–1
  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 0–1
  Irina Spîrlea 0–1
  Helena Suková 0–1
  Marion Bartoli 0–2
  Conchita Martínez 0–2
  Monica Seles 0–2
  Venus Williams 0–2
  Natasha Zvereva 0–2
  Jennifer Capriati 0–3
  Kim Clijsters 0–3
  Steffi Graf 0–3
  Dominique Monami 0–4
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0–4
  Lindsay Davenport 0–7

References

External links




 Ole 2005, on her retirement
 Paola and Virginia
 Paola Suarez at the TheTennisTimes

Category:1976 births
Category:Living people
Category:Argentine female tennis players
Category:Australian Open (tennis) champions
Category:French Open champions
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
Category:Olympic medalists for Argentina in tennis
Category:Olympic tennis players for Argentina
Category:Sportspeople from Pergamino
Category:Tennis players from Buenos Aires Province
Category:Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:US Open (tennis) champions
Category:Hopman Cup competitors
Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players
Category:ITF World Champions