Question: Who was a higher ranked tennis player: Paola Suárez or Michael Venus?

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Paola Suárez (born 23 June 1976) is a retired professional 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 semifinalist at the 2004 French Open. The 1999 Copa Colsanitas – Singles was the singles event of the second edition of the Copa Colsanitas; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Colombia and Hispanic America.  Paola Suárez was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Christína Papadáki. The 1999 Egger Tennis Festival – Singles was the singles event of the twenty-ninth edition of the Egger Tennis Festival; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the second most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Austria.  Laura Montalvo and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but they didn't compete together this year.  Montalvo played with Olga Lugina as the third seed, while Suárez teamed up with Virginia Ruano Pascual as the second seed. Clarisa Fernández (born 28 August 1981) is a retired Argentine tennis player who is best known for her semi-final appearance at the 2002 French Open, the first Argentine since Sabatini in 1992 to reach that stage.  Fernández was ranked 87th in the world at the time of her shocking result.  She defeated, in order: (Q) Lubomira Bacheva, Jelena Kostanić, Kim Clijsters, (13) Elena Dementieva, Paola Suárez, before losing to second-seeded Venus Williams in straight sets. Michael Venus (born 16 October 1987) is a New Zealand professional tennis player.  He reached a career high singles ranking of 274 in July 2011, but is much better known as a leading doubles player with a huge serve.  His highest ranking in this discipline is 12, gained in July 2017.  He won the final of the 2017 French Open partnering with American Ryan Harrison, and followed that with a runner-up finish in the 2017 US Open mixed doubles with Chan Hao-ching of Chinese Taipei as his partner. The 1999 Italian Open – Doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome, Italy, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe.  It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season.  Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the quarterfinals. The 1999 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles was the doubles event of the second edition of the Copa Colsanitas; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Colombia and Hispanic America.  Janette Husárová and Paola Suárez were the defending champions but only Suárez competed that year with Laura Montalvo. The 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open – Doubles was the doubles event of the sixth edition of the Croatian Bol Ladies Open, a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Croatia.  Laura Montalvo and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, Montalvo having won the last three doubles competitions in Bol, but neither competed this year. The 1999 Brasil Open – Doubles was the tennis doubles event of the first edition of the most prestigious tournament in Brazil.  Argentinian team Laura Montalvo and Paola Suárez won the title, in what was the team's second title of the year, defeating Janette Husárová and Florencia Labat in the final. Patricia Tarabini (born 6 August 1968) is an Argentine former tennis player.  Tarabini represented her country and won the bronze Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens 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 May 9, 1988, Patricia reached her highest singles ranking; world number 29.  Tarabini's highest doubles ranking was world number 12, which she achieved on August 17, 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, which she won with Javier Frana.

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Paola Suárez (born 23 June 1976) is a retired professional 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.  He reached a career high singles ranking of 274 in July 2011, but is much better known as a leading doubles player with a huge serve.