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Seda Noorlander

NED Age 52 166 cm / 5'5" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1993–2005

Seda Noorlander represented the Netherlands on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 80. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 24–56 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

80 (Dec 13, 1999)

Elo peak

1529 (15th percentile)

Singles record

24–56 (30.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$623,689

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 →

Seda Noorlander's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Sesil Karatantcheva #97	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 2005*	R32	Memphis	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Francesca Schiavone #37	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 2003*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Bianka Lamade #164	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 2002*	R32	Palermo	Tier V → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Daja Bedanova #21	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 2002*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Dinara Safina #203	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 13, 2002*	R32	Tashkent	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Seda Noorlander's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jennifer Capriati	1	3	4	Nov 5, 1999	H2H
Jana Nejedly	2	1	3	May 9, 2002	H2H
Cristina Torrens Valero	1	2	3	Jun 16, 2001	H2H
Bianka Lamade	0	2	2	Jul 11, 2002	H2H
Tatiana Panova	0	2	2	May 29, 2002	H2H

Career Results

Seda Noorlander career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1993	19	1	1	2	50.0%	380	306
1994	20	0	1	1	0.0%	267	297
1996	22	1	1	2	50.0%	170	200
1997	23	1	3	4	25.0%	198	122
1998	24	3	8	11	27.3%	122	114
1999	25	9	15	24	37.5%	114	80
2000	26	3	12	15	20.0%	80	175
2001	27	5	2	7	71.4%	175	100
2002	28	1	11	12	8.3%	100	166
2003	29	0	1	1	0.0%	166	151
2005	31	0	1	1	0.0%	281	342
Career		24	56	80	30.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Seda Noorlander 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 %
1993	19	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1994	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1997	23	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1998	24	1	2	3	33.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	8	11	27.3%
1999	25	3	5	8	37.5%	4	8	12	33.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	9	15	24	37.5%
2000	26	0	2	2	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	12	15	20.0%
2001	27	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	2	7	71.4%
2002	28	0	4	4	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	11	12	8.3%
2003	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2005	31	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	11	20	31	35.5%	9	27	36	25.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	0	2	2	0.0%	24	56	80	30.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Seda Noorlander 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 %
1993	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1994	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1997	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1998	24	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1999	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	3	7	10	30.0%	8	15	23	34.8%
2000	26	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	12	15	20.0%
2001	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	2	6	66.7%
2002	28	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	11	12	8.3%
2003	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2005	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	0	11	11	0.0%	9	24	33	27.3%	11	18	29	37.9%	20	55	75	26.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 75/80 (93.8%) of Seda Noorlander's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Seda Noorlander performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	29	1/1	3.0	72.9%	40.0%	38.5%	0.0%	50.0%	39.6%	34.6%
2005	31	1/1	4.0	54.5%	41.7%	56.7%	50.0%	37.5%	48.5%	39.3%
Career		2/80	3.5	63.7%	40.8%	47.6%	25.0%	43.8%	44.0%	37.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2/80 (2.5%) of Seda Noorlander's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Seda Noorlander 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
1993	19	1504	97.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-1.00	—	—	—	+0.27
1994	20	1494	98.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	+0.11
1996	22	1500	110.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60.0%	+0.60	0–1	—	—	+0.11
1997	23	1492	110.2	—	—	—	—	+22	—	—	42.9%	-0.14	0–1	1–0	—	+0.06
1998	24	1482	105.5	—	—	—	—	+14	+33	—	29.2%	-1.21	1–1	—	—	+0.17
1999	25	1513	116.2	—	—	—	—	-10	-25	+158	38.2%	-0.69	4–5 (44%)	0–5 (0%)	97.0	+0.48
2000	26	1448	97.7	—	—	—	—	—	+4	—	30.6%	-1.22	1–5 (17%)	0–2	—	+0.34
2001	27	1519	108.2	—	—	—	—	+9	—	—	60.0%	+0.40	2–1 (67%)	2–0	—	+0.46
2002	28	1425	90.9	—	—	—	—	+54	-56	—	18.5%	-2.26	0–3 (0%)	0–2	—	-0.13
2003	29	1420	95.6	-1.02	-0.23	0.573	37.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.06
2005	31	1412	100.1	-1.53	-4.12	0.764	44.1%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.04
Career		1529	107.2	-1.28	-2.18	0.661	40.5%	+12	-13	+158	34.1%	-1.04	8–17 (32%)	3–9 (25%)	92.0	+2.24

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Seda Noorlander Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1998	24	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1999	25	R64	R128	R32	R64	4–4 (50%)
2000	26	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
2002	28	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
2003	29	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–3 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	1–1 (50%)	5–12 (29%)

WTA 1000

Seda Noorlander WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	HIL	PAN	W-L Win %
1997	23	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
2000	26	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

WTA 500

Seda Noorlander WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	PAR	BAH	PHI	STR	W-L Win %
1993	19	—	—	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1994	20	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	24	R16	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1999	25	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	26	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2001	27	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–6 (33%)

WTA 250

Seda Noorlander WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	EST	JAP	BEL	BIR	BOG	BOL	BUD	CAI	IST	KNO	MEM	PAL	PAT	PRA	QUE	SÃO	SOP	SUR	TAS	WAR	W-L Win %
1996	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1997	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1998	24	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	1–6 (14%)
1999	25	—	R32	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	5–10 (33%)
2000	26	R32	R16	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	3–7 (30%)
2001	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	4–1 (80%)
2002	28	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	1–8 (11%)
2005	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	16–36 (31%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Dec 13, 1999

First Top 100

Feb 1, 1999

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Seda Noorlander ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991	17	566	562	441	458	457	463	447	371	349	342	361	359
1992	18	355	358	338	350	338	343	402	384	436	445	374	381
1993	19	379	364	337	327	353	346	338	278	269	—	306	—
1994	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	278	279	287	289	284	297
1995	21	293	352	251	253	244	249	243	233	236	216	176	177
1996	22	175	183	211	208	196	178	182	198	188	202	239	200
1997	23	204	185	164	170	152	142	152	127	130	119	123	122
1998	24	114	131	135	141	112	112	105	118	111	112	119	114
1999	25	114	89	91	86	117	126	96	93	94	95	85	80
2000	26	95	99	95	96	100	99	136	139	149	151	167	175
2001	27	158	167	175	172	170	118	110	114	111	106	94	100
2002	28	103	102	100	106	100	142	151	150	192	195	160	166
2003	29	133	134	132	130	130	126	119	116	118	124	151	151
2004	30	155	206	223	263	297	327	401	358	344	303	297	281
2005	31	281	260	243	247	250	253	263	287	281	316	326	342
2006	32	354	381	413	411	439	437	550	577	706	851	892	—

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.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Seda Noorlander's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Janet Lee	TPE	#79	1,570	98	31	67	31.6%	$943,370	1993–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Sandra Nacuk	SCG	#81	1,547	40	11	29	27.5%	$305,150	1998–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Giulia Casoni	ITA	#83	1,572	33	10	23	30.3%	$326,934	1995–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Wynne Prakusya	INA	#74	1,542	62	19	43	30.6%	$549,498	1996–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Holly Parkinson	USA	#85	1,522	28	8	20	28.6%	$186,323	2000–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Lea Ghirardi	FRA	#73	1,549	69	23	46	33.3%	$355,867	1993–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Pavlina Nola	NZL	#68	1,611	80	25	55	31.3%	$416,682	1997–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Eva Dyrberg	DEN	#77	1,596	23	8	15	34.8%	$225,828	2000–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Romana Tedjakusuma	INA	#82	1,584	27	10	17	37.0%	$156,848	1993–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Raluca Sandu	ROM	#91	1,528	27	8	19	29.6%	$157,333	1998–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Melanie Schnell	AUT	#90	1,582	32	10	22	31.3%	$157,096	1994–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Miroslava Vavrinec	SUI	#76	1,603	61	24	37	39.3%	$260,832	1999–2001	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Seda Noorlander?: Seda Noorlander is 52 years old, born on May 22, 1974.
Which country does Seda Noorlander represent?: Seda Noorlander represents Netherlands in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Seda Noorlander?: Seda Noorlander is 166 cm / 5'5".
Does Seda Noorlander use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Seda Noorlander uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Seda Noorlander left-handed or right-handed?: Seda Noorlander plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Seda Noorlander won?: Seda Noorlander has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Seda Noorlander won?: TennisDB does not group any of Seda Noorlander's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Seda Noorlander's highest WTA ranking?: Seda Noorlander's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 80, first achieved on December 13, 1999.
What is Seda Noorlander's career win-loss record?: Seda Noorlander has a career WTA singles record of 24 wins and 56 losses (30.0%).
How much career prize money has Seda Noorlander earned?: Seda Noorlander has earned at least $623,689 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Seda Noorlander's career appear in TennisDB?: Seda Noorlander appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1993 through 2005.
On which surface does Seda Noorlander have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Seda Noorlander's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 35.5% (11–20).
Who has Seda Noorlander faced most often?: Seda Noorlander's most frequent opponent is Jennifer Capriati, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.