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Jana Kandarr

GER Age 49 181 cm / 5'11" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1994–2003

Jana Kandarr represented Germany on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 43. In TennisDB's records, Jana Kandarr finished with a career record of 68–120 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

43 (Jun 11, 2001)

Elo peak

1659 (51st percentile)

Career record

68–120 (36.2%)

Career titles

Prize money

$674,203

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 →

Jana Kandarr's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Katarina Srebotnik #30	2-6 7-6(3) 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 21, 2003*	R16	Bogotá Open	WTA 250	Clay
Romy Farah	3-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 20, 2003*	R32	Bogotá Open	WTA 250	Clay
Magui Serna #57	6-4 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 25, 2002*	R16	Sopot	WTA 250	Clay
Mariana Diaz-Oliva #89	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 2002*	R32	Sopot	WTA 250	Clay
Ekaterina Sysoeva #206	4-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 12, 2002*	R16	Palermo	WTA 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Jana Kandarr's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Tamarine Tanasugarn	0	4	4	Jun 28, 2002	H2H
Henrieta Nagyova	2	2	4	Jan 3, 2001	H2H
Barbara Schett	0	4	4	Jul 14, 2000	H2H
Lisa Raymond	0	4	4	Jun 29, 2000	H2H
Sandrine Testud	0	3	3	Jun 13, 2002	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Jana Kandarr Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	Round of 16	2	1	Venus Williams #3 def. Jana Kandarr #73 6-2 6-2	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Jana Kandarr career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1994	17	1	2	3	33.3%	778	313
1995	18	7	10	17	41.2%	312	81
1996	19	9	14	23	39.1%	77	90
1997	20	8	17	25	32.0%	85	85
1998	21	7	14	21	33.3%	92	90
1999	22	1	9	10	10.0%	90	157
2000	23	14	17	31	45.2%	157	61
2001	24	12	21	33	36.4%	61	70
2002	25	8	15	23	34.8%	70	131
2003	26	1	1	2	50.0%	131	451
Career		68	120	188	36.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jana Kandarr 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 %
1994	17	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1995	18	0	2	2	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	10	17	41.2%
1996	19	3	4	7	42.9%	6	7	13	46.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	9	14	23	39.1%
1997	20	3	6	9	33.3%	5	8	13	38.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	17	25	32.0%
1998	21	4	5	9	44.4%	3	7	10	30.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	14	21	33.3%
1999	22	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%
2000	23	9	9	18	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	14	17	31	45.2%
2001	24	5	11	16	31.3%	5	5	10	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	12	21	33	36.4%
2002	25	1	5	6	16.7%	5	8	13	38.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	8	15	23	34.8%
2003	26	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	25	45	70	35.7%	36	51	87	41.4%	6	14	20	30.0%	1	10	11	9.1%	68	120	188	36.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jana Kandarr 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 %
1994	17	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1995	18	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	6	10	16	37.5%
1996	19	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	9	14	23	39.1%
1997	20	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	4	3	7	57.1%	8	17	25	32.0%
1998	21	0	2	2	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	13	19	31.6%
1999	22	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	8	9	11.1%
2000	23	0	3	3	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%	8	4	12	66.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	13	17	30	43.3%
2001	24	1	1	2	50.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	8	7	15	53.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	12	21	33	36.4%
2002	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	8	15	23	34.8%
2003	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	14	15	6.7%	8	41	49	16.3%	38	40	78	48.7%	17	23	40	42.5%	64	118	182	35.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 182/188 (96.8%) of Jana Kandarr's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jana Kandarr 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
1994	17	1509	108.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.80	1–0	—	—	-0.18
1995	18	1560	124.3	—	—	—	—	-52	+76	—	42.1%	-0.71	2–2 (50%)	1–1	—	-0.48
1996	19	1576	115.6	—	—	—	—	-53	+57	—	34.6%	-1.48	6–2 (75%)	4–4 (50%)	107.9	-0.80
1997	20	1501	106.6	—	—	—	—	+1	+79	—	32.1%	-1.28	2–1 (67%)	3–7 (30%)	98.3	+1.84
1998	21	1499	119.7	—	—	—	—	+23	+48	—	37.3%	-1.14	4–5 (44%)	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.02
1999	22	1445	104.2	—	—	—	—	+37	+60	—	20.8%	-1.50	1–3 (25%)	0–2	—	-0.40
2000	23	1599	126.5	—	—	—	—	-16	-77	-78	50.8%	-0.12	4–5 (44%)	1–4 (20%)	98.1	-0.57
2001	24	1579	122.2	—	—	—	—	-24	-22	-88	38.7%	-0.79	4–5 (44%)	4–7 (36%)	98.7	-2.15
2002	25	1533	101.6	—	—	—	—	-25	-24	-24	38.0%	-0.80	1–3 (25%)	2–3 (40%)	96.5	+0.40
2003	26	1538	105.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	+0.67	1–1	1–1	—	0.00
Career		1659	121.0	—	—	—	—	-14	+29	-64	38.4%	-0.89	26–27 (49%)	18–30 (38%)	99.4	-1.26

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jana Kandarr Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1995	18	—	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1996	19	R32	R128	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
1997	20	R64	R64	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
1998	21	R64	R128	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1999	22	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
2000	23	R16	R128	R64	R64	5–4 (56%)
2001	24	R128	R64	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
2002	25	R128	R64	R64	—	2–3 (40%)
W-L		7–7 (50%)	3–6 (33%)	4–7 (36%)	1–6 (14%)	15–26 (37%)

WTA 1000

Jana Kandarr WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	BER	CAN	BER	KEY	ZUR	W-L Win %
1995	18	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1996	19	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R128	—	3–3 (50%)
1997	20	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
1998	21	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	3–3 (50%)
1999	22	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
2000	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
2001	24	R64	R128	R64	R32	R64	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
2002	25	R64	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	12–20 (38%)

WTA 500

Jana Kandarr WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	HAM	SDG	AME	BRI	POR	LEI	LOS	NEW	STA	SYD	W-L Win %
1994	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	18	—	QF	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1996	19	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1997	20	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	4–4 (50%)
1998	21	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2000	23	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	2–4 (33%)
2001	24	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	QF	—	3–4 (43%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	12–20 (38%)

WTA 250

Jana Kandarr WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	ASB	DOH	EST	LIB	MAD	BIR	BOG	BOL	BUD	CAN	GOL	HOP	IST	KLA	KUA	LIN	LUX	MAR	OKL	PAL	PAT	PRA	PRO	QUE	ROS	SOP	STR	STY	WAR	ZAG	W-L Win %
1994	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R32	3–4 (43%)
1996	19	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	4–5 (44%)
1997	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	1–6 (14%)
1998	21	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–6 (25%)
1999	22	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
2000	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	4–7 (36%)
2001	24	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	5–8 (38%)
2002	25	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	5–10 (33%)
2003	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–5 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	27–53 (34%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 11, 2001

First Top 100

May 22, 1995

First Top 50

Jun 11, 2001

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Jana Kandarr ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1994	17	—	—	—	—	778	781	777	—	368	365	309	313
1995	18	312	303	314	310	98	101	88	90	84	88	80	81
1996	19	73	68	67	73	93	97	84	85	100	93	93	90
1997	20	87	84	77	58	77	69	84	87	89	83	82	85
1998	21	99	97	82	104	86	101	108	98	92	85	90	90
1999	22	98	111	141	145	192	171	159	173	159	178	173	157
2000	23	100	101	102	107	104	96	84	76	73	62	61	61
2001	24	88	77	76	60	56	48	44	49	55	73	70	70
2002	25	76	82	77	97	99	120	144	149	129	130	130	131
2003	26	134	135	153	167	158	193	291	288	413	440	448	451
2004	27	457	639	687	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	28	—	—	—	—	789	799	418	411	404	409	412	415
2006	29	415	416	420	410	459	459	459	—	—	—	—	—

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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Els Callens	BEL	43	1,715	0	211	83	128	39.3%	1991–2005	Match log
Dally Randriantefy	MAD	44	1,684	0	112	43	69	38.4%	1992–2006	Match log
Anca Barna	GER	46	1,687	0	174	68	106	39.1%	1994–2005	Match log
Sandra Kleinova	CZE	41	1,632	0	178	59	119	33.1%	1995–2005	Match log
Emmanuelle Gagliardi	SUI	42	1,695	0	301	118	183	39.2%	1995–2008	Match log
Adriana Serra Zanetti	ITA	38	1,632	0	174	57	117	32.8%	1991–2005	Match log
Lilia Osterloh	USA	41	1,696	0	221	83	138	37.6%	1996–2010	Match log
Rossana De Los Ríos	PAR	51	1,622	0	184	64	120	34.8%	1991–2010	Match log
Elena Tatarkova	UKR	45	1,600	0	70	21	49	30.0%	1994–2004	Match log
Adriana Rikl Gersi	CZE	48	1,644	1	145	54	91	37.2%	1996–2002	Match log
Sandra Cacic	USA	39	1,730	1	154	58	96	37.7%	1991–2003	Match log
Maureen Drake	CAN	47	1,586	0	133	40	93	30.1%	1988–2005	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jana Kandarr?: Jana Kandarr is 49 years old, born on September 21, 1976.
Which country does Jana Kandarr represent?: Jana Kandarr represents Germany in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Jana Kandarr?: Jana Kandarr is 181 cm / 5'11".
Does Jana Kandarr use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Jana Kandarr uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Jana Kandarr left-handed or right-handed?: Jana Kandarr plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Jana Kandarr won?: Jana Kandarr has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Jana Kandarr won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jana Kandarr's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Jana Kandarr's highest WTA ranking?: Jana Kandarr's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 43, first achieved on June 11, 2001.
What is Jana Kandarr's career win-loss record?: Jana Kandarr has a career WTA singles record of 68 wins and 120 losses (36.2%).
How much career prize money has Jana Kandarr earned?: Jana Kandarr has earned at least $674,203 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jana Kandarr's career appear in TennisDB?: Jana Kandarr appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1994 through 2003.
On which surface does Jana Kandarr have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jana Kandarr's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 41.4% (36–51).
Who has Jana Kandarr faced most often?: Jana Kandarr's most frequent opponent is Tamarine Tanasugarn, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.