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Joannette Kruger

RSA Age 52 179 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1992–2003

Joannette Kruger represented South Africa on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 21. In TennisDB's records, Joannette Kruger finished with a career record of 147–163 and 2 singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

21 (May 4, 1998)

Elo peak

1861 (82nd percentile)

Career record

147–163 (47.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,083,908

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Joannette Kruger's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jennifer Capriati #7	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 28, 2003*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Elena Likhovtseva #29	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 22, 2003*	R32	Strasbourg Open	WTA 250	Clay
Carly Gullickson #344	6-2 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 20, 2003*	R128	Miami Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Silvija Talaja #94	2-6 6-3 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 2003	R128	Indian Wells Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Emilie Loit #54	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2003*	R32	Acapulco	WTA 250	Clay

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Joannette Kruger's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Cristina Torrens Valero	5	0	5	Jun 21, 2001	H2H
Karina Habsudova	3	2	5	Mar 21, 2000	H2H
Asa Carlsson	2	3	5	Nov 13, 1999	H2H
Anke Huber	1	4	5	Jun 17, 1999	H2H
Irina Spirlea	1	4	5	Aug 6, 1998	H2H

Titles (2)

Joannette Kruger titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1995	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	San Juan
1997	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Prague
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Joannette Kruger Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1996	Atlanta Olympics	First Round	0	1	Young-Ja Choi #198 def. Joannette Kruger #64 6-7(5) 6-2 6-1	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Joannette Kruger career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1992	18	2	3	5	40.0%	276	96
1993	19	9	13	22	40.9%	98	128
1994	20	13	17	30	43.3%	128	79
1995	21	19	15	34	55.9%	78	30
1996	22	7	13	20	35.0%	27	126
1997	23	25	18	43	58.1%	138	27
1998	24	25	22	47	53.2%	27	30
1999	25	9	13	22	40.9%	30	129
2000	26	16	17	33	48.5%	129	59
2001	27	21	23	44	47.7%	59	46
2002	28	1	4	5	20.0%	46	455
2003	29	0	5	5	0.0%	455	853
Career		147	163	310	47.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Joannette Kruger career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	18	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1993	19	2	5	7	28.6%	6	6	12	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	9	13	22	40.9%
1994	20	2	7	9	22.2%	6	4	10	60.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	3	4	25.0%	13	17	30	43.3%
1995	21	10	7	17	58.8%	7	5	12	58.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	19	15	34	55.9%
1996	22	4	6	10	40.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1997	23	4	3	7	57.1%	16	9	25	64.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	25	18	43	58.1%
1998	24	18	11	29	62.1%	6	7	13	46.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	25	22	47	53.2%
1999	25	6	4	10	60.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
2000	26	7	7	14	50.0%	9	9	18	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	16	17	33	48.5%
2001	27	16	12	28	57.1%	4	9	13	30.8%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	21	23	44	47.7%
2002	28	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
2003	29	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
Career	—	70	67	137	51.1%	62	64	126	49.2%	7	14	21	33.3%	8	18	26	30.8%	147	163	310	47.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Joannette Kruger career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1993	19	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	7	12	19	36.8%
1994	20	0	4	4	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	5	6	11	45.5%	5	0	5	100.0%	11	15	26	42.3%
1995	21	2	2	4	50.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	7	7	14	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	15	12	27	55.6%
1996	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	13	17	23.5%
1997	23	0	7	7	0.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	10	7	17	58.8%	4	2	6	66.7%	22	18	40	55.0%
1998	24	2	4	6	33.3%	3	7	10	30.0%	12	10	22	54.5%	6	0	6	100.0%	23	21	44	52.3%
1999	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
2000	26	1	1	2	50.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	9	11	20	45.0%	6	0	6	100.0%	16	17	33	48.5%
2001	27	0	4	4	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	12	11	23	52.2%	6	2	8	75.0%	20	21	41	48.8%
2002	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
2003	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
Career		5	28	33	15.2%	18	36	54	33.3%	67	75	142	47.2%	40	15	55	72.7%	130	154	284	45.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 284/310 (91.6%) of Joannette Kruger's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Joannette Kruger performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	29	1/5	0.0	5.0	68.1%	40.6%	13.3%	33.3%	75.0%	31.9%	45.8%
Career		1/310	0.0	5.0	68.1%	40.6%	13.3%	33.3%	75.0%	31.9%	45.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 1/310 (0.3%) of Joannette Kruger's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Joannette Kruger advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1992	18	1508	108.6	—	—	—	—	—	+78	—	41.7%	-1.00	1–1	1–1	—	0.00
1993	19	1576	111.5	—	—	—	—	-64	+57	+8	38.5%	-0.98	6–2 (75%)	2–4 (33%)	103.1	-0.32
1994	20	1640	139.3	—	—	—	—	-110	+86	-11	44.1%	-0.47	4–6 (40%)	2–2 (50%)	100.9	-0.48
1995	21	1726	133.4	—	—	—	—	-64	+26	—	54.5%	+0.18	5–4 (56%)	6–5 (55%)	101.5	+0.79
1996	22	1625	111.8	—	—	—	—	-5	+66	—	36.6%	-1.34	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	103.7	-0.38
1997	23	1786	143.0	—	—	—	—	-78	+29	—	53.0%	+0.10	11–3 (79%)	6–4 (60%)	109.9	-0.97
1998	24	1714	137.8	—	—	—	—	+52	+7	—	50.0%	-0.24	9–5 (64%)	4–6 (40%)	101.8	+0.70
1999	25	1647	113.5	—	—	—	—	+68	+11	—	39.6%	-0.53	6–3 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	102.5	-0.09
2000	26	1658	124.8	—	—	—	—	+24	-4	—	50.0%	-0.01	6–8 (43%)	6–5 (55%)	97.1	-0.73
2001	27	1644	115.3	—	—	—	—	+38	-79	-127	44.1%	-0.64	11–5 (69%)	6–7 (46%)	102.1	+0.58
2002	28	1591	105.0	—	—	—	—	+36	—	—	30.8%	-1.23	1–2 (33%)	0–2	—	-0.01
2003	29	1532	103.1	-1.38	+1.09	0.673	38.9%	—	-5	—	16.7%	-2.50	0–2	—	—	-0.40
Career		1861	132.9	-1.38	+1.09	0.673	38.9%	-3	+20	-33	46.1%	-0.41	64–42 (60%)	39–40 (49%)	103.4	-0.42

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Joannette Kruger Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1993	19	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
1994	20	R128	R32	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
1995	21	R64	R64	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1996	22	R64	—	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1997	23	R64	R128	R64	R16	5–4 (56%)
1998	24	R32	R64	R128	R64	4–4 (50%)
1999	25	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
2000	26	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
2001	27	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
2002	28	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	29	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–8 (38%)	5–9 (36%)	1–9 (10%)	5–7 (42%)	16–33 (33%)

WTA 1000

Joannette Kruger WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	BER	CAN	CHA	BER	HIL	KEY	KRE	PHI	PAN	ZUR	W-L Win %
1993	19	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1994	20	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	5–5 (50%)
1995	21	—	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	R32	R128	—	—	—	QF	6–5 (55%)
1996	22	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	1–5 (17%)
1997	23	—	—	QF	R64	R64	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1998	24	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	R32	—	R16	R16	7–7 (50%)
1999	25	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2000	26	—	R128	R64	SF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
2001	27	—	R128	QF	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
2003	29	R128	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	14–8 (64%)	4–3 (57%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–7 (30%)	2–3 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	32–40 (44%)

WTA 500

Joannette Kruger WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	DUB	EAS	HOU	IW	MAD	SDG	AME	BAH	BRI	CHI	ESS	LEI	LIN	MAN	NEW	OAK	PHI	STA	TOY	W-L Win %
1993	19	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1994	20	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	3–6 (33%)
1995	21	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	R64	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	5–6 (45%)
1996	22	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1998	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	3–4 (43%)
1999	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2000	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
2001	27	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	3–4 (43%)
2002	28	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–7 (30%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	20–33 (38%)

WTA 250

Joannette Kruger WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	ASB	BRI	DOH	LIB	PAR	SHA	JAP	BAL	BAS	BAY	BIR	BOL	BRA	BUD	CAN	GOL	HOB	HOP	KLA	KNO	KUA	LUX	MAR	OKL	PAL	PAT	POR	PRA	SAN	SAN	SÃO	SOP	STR	TAR	WAR	W-L Win %
1992	18	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1993	19	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	4–5 (44%)
1994	20	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1995	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–0 (100%)
1996	22	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
1997	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	14–5 (74%)
1998	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	11–7 (61%)
1999	25	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	R32	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	8–8 (50%)
2000	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	R32	—	—	12–8 (60%)
2001	27	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R32	SF	F	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	14–11 (56%)
2002	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2003	29	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	6–2 (75%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	7–4 (64%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	5–2 (71%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	5–1 (83%)	5–0 (100%)	4–2 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	79–56 (59%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 4, 1998

First Top 100

Nov 30, 1992

First Top 50

Mar 6, 1995

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Joannette Kruger ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1989	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	453
1990	16	457	450	470	464	351	328	327	339	342	346	368	375
1991	17	389	403	382	319	342	353	356	321	329	324	274	274
1992	18	257	241	211	217	190	148	136	115	108	112	99	96
1993	19	107	123	129	110	112	123	149	119	130	125	128	128
1994	20	120	121	122	101	76	62	60	79	80	77	79	79
1995	21	76	69	48	48	43	41	41	37	37	30	30	30
1996	22	27	29	40	43	59	62	64	55	68	109	112	126
1997	23	137	173	170	127	79	75	45	45	37	32	27	27
1998	24	25	27	24	23	21	21	25	25	28	30	30	30
1999	25	31	37	69	65	82	94	106	140	172	232	130	129
2000	26	131	104	107	99	66	65	60	63	62	55	59	59
2001	27	51	45	47	52	63	54	60	62	56	47	46	46
2002	28	60	71	70	72	88	104	108	108	235	446	456	455
2003	29	1019	—	1086	1093	1081	894	859	836	835	845	851	853
2004	30	850	854	972	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Tamarine Tanasugarn	THA	19	1,825	4	544	268	276	49.3%	1993–2015	Match log
Miriam Oremans	NED	25	1,808	0	344	162	182	47.1%	1990–2002	Match log
Shinobu Asagoe	JPN	21	1,761	0	216	95	121	44.0%	1997–2006	Match log
Henrieta Nagyova	SVK	21	1,943	9	372	200	172	53.8%	1995–2006	Match log
Asa Carlsson	SWE	28	1,817	2	299	128	171	42.8%	1992–2004	Match log
Cristina Torrens Valero	ESP	27	1,786	2	270	117	153	43.3%	1993–2004	Match log
Tatiana Panova	RUS	20	1,782	0	326	130	196	39.9%	1994–2006	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Joannette Kruger?: Joannette Kruger is 52 years old, born on September 3, 1973.
Which country does Joannette Kruger represent?: Joannette Kruger represents South Africa in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Joannette Kruger?: Joannette Kruger is 179 cm / 5'10".
Does Joannette Kruger use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Joannette Kruger uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Joannette Kruger left-handed or right-handed?: Joannette Kruger plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Joannette Kruger won?: Joannette Kruger has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Joannette Kruger won?: TennisDB does not group any of Joannette Kruger's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Joannette Kruger won?: Joannette Kruger has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Prague in 1997.
What is Joannette Kruger's highest WTA ranking?: Joannette Kruger's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 21, first achieved on May 4, 1998.
What is Joannette Kruger's career win-loss record?: Joannette Kruger has a career WTA singles record of 147 wins and 163 losses (47.4%).
How much career prize money has Joannette Kruger earned?: Joannette Kruger has earned at least $1,083,908 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Joannette Kruger's career appear in TennisDB?: Joannette Kruger appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1992 through 2003.
On which surface does Joannette Kruger have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Joannette Kruger's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 51.1% (70–67).
Who has Joannette Kruger faced most often?: Joannette Kruger's most frequent opponent is Cristina Torrens Valero, with a head-to-head record of 5–0 across 5 meetings.