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Sarah Taylor

USA Age 44 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1997–2003

Sarah Taylor represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 68. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 15–28 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

68 (Mar 31, 2003)

Elo peak

1612 (38th percentile)

Singles record

15–28 (34.9%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$294,946

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 →

Sarah Taylor's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Gisela Dulko #130	2-6 7-6(2) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 30, 2003*	R32	Quebec City	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Carpet
María Sánchez Lorenzo #49	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 2003*	R32	Bali	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Conchita Martínez #13	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 2003*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Vera Zvonareva #14	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 21, 2003*	R32	New Haven	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard
Alina Jidkova #109	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 2003*	R32	Stanford	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard

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Sarah Taylor's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Conchita Martínez	3	3	Aug 27, 2003	H2H
Vera Zvonareva	3	3	Aug 21, 2003	H2H
Gisela Dulko	2	2	Oct 30, 2003	H2H
Jennifer Capriati	2	2	Mar 23, 2003	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	2	2	Feb 21, 2003	H2H

Career Results

Sarah Taylor career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1997	15	0	1	1	0.0%	842	493
1998	16	0	1	1	0.0%	492	330
2001	19	1	1	2	50.0%	208	145
2002	20	9	11	20	45.0%	145	86
2003	21	5	14	19	26.3%	86	160
Career		15	28	43	34.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Sarah Taylor 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 %
1997	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	19	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2002	20	8	9	17	47.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	9	11	20	45.0%
2003	21	5	9	14	35.7%	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	5	14	19	26.3%
Career	—	14	20	34	41.2%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	15	28	43	34.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Sarah Taylor 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 %
1997	15	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	19	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2002	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	5	4	9	55.6%	8	11	19	42.1%
2003	21	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	1	5	6	16.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	14	19	26.3%
Career		0	2	2	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	5	10	15	33.3%	7	7	14	50.0%	14	27	41	34.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 41/43 (95.3%) of Sarah Taylor's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Sarah Taylor 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	21	2/19	1.5	4.0	51.3%	61.2%	36.5%	46.4%	45.0%	48.7%	36.6%
Career		2/43	1.5	4.0	51.3%	61.2%	36.5%	46.4%	45.0%	48.7%	36.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2/43 (4.7%) of Sarah Taylor's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Sarah Taylor 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
1997	15	1496	103.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.08
1998	16	1486	94.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	+0.12
2001	19	1505	111.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	+0.80	1–0	0–2	—	-0.12
2002	20	1553	114.8	—	—	—	—	+29	—	—	50.0%	-0.20	0–2	3–1 (75%)	—	+1.36
2003	21	1494	104.7	+0.17	-0.68	0.714	42.7%	+51	-29	—	30.0%	-1.78	2–2 (50%)	1–0	—	-0.50
Career		1612	111.1	+0.17	-0.68	0.714	42.7%	+39	-29	—	37.6%	-1.09	3–4 (43%)	4–3 (57%)	101.1	+1.81

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Sarah Taylor Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	USO	W-L Win %
2001	19	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
2002	20	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2003	21	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–5 (17%)

WTA 1000

Sarah Taylor WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	CAN	CHA	W-L Win %
1998	16	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2002	20	—	R128	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
2003	21	R128	R16	—	R64	3–3 (50%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–6 (40%)

WTA 500

Sarah Taylor WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	SDG	AME	NEW	PHI	STA	W-L Win %
1997	15	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2002	20	R64	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
2003	21	—	R64	R32	—	R32	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–6 (0%)

WTA 250

Sarah Taylor WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	MAD	JAP	BAL	BIR	HOB	MEM	QUE	STR	WAI	W-L Win %
2002	20	—	SF	SF	R64	—	R32	—	R16	R16	8–6 (57%)
2003	21	R32	—	R32	—	R16	R16	R32	—	—	2–5 (29%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	10–11 (48%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 31, 2003

First Top 100

Sep 30, 2002

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Sarah Taylor ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1997	15	—	842	823	832	836	830	840	535	507	505	493	493
1998	16	491	505	489	434	319	323	280	309	313	314	323	330
1999	17	328	322	317	315	459	461	569	559	532	542	476	473
2000	18	474	463	461	473	310	313	260	267	253	219	220	208
2001	19	205	209	207	225	225	214	200	187	163	151	142	145
2002	20	126	117	118	113	111	115	113	101	87	83	85	86
2003	21	88	85	68	74	78	75	81	95	125	159	157	160
2004	22	171	203	211	470	461	435	436	459	477	539	557	563
2005	23	562	622	622	681	832	1024	—	739	694	526	459	443
2006	24	455	451	456	454	462	465	527	557	574	764	—	—

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.

Sarah Taylor's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Pavlina Nola	NZL	#68	1,611	80	25	55	31.3%	$416,682	1997–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Lubomira Bacheva	BUL	#68	1,523	83	27	56	32.5%	$534,838	1991–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Lenka Nemeckova	CZE	#72	1,570	73	27	46	37.0%	$533,966	1995–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Amanda Hopmans	NED	#72	1,603	59	23	36	39.0%	$331,012	1999–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Evie Dominikovic	AUS	#64	1,563	85	27	58	31.8%	$638,461	1997–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Wynne Prakusya	INA	#74	1,542	62	19	43	30.6%	$549,498	1996–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Samantha Reeves	USA	#62	1,629	89	30	59	33.7%	$713,714	1998–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Eva Dyrberg	DEN	#77	1,596	23	8	15	34.8%	$225,828	2000–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Conchita Martínez Granados	ESP	#66	1,579	77	29	48	37.7%	$618,599	1998–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Miroslava Vavrinec	SUI	#76	1,603	61	24	37	39.3%	$260,832	1999–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Antonella Serra Zanetti	ITA	#60	1,576	141	49	92	34.8%	$722,516	1996–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Erika De Lone	USA	#65	1,603	142	42	100	29.6%	$766,020	1989–2002	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Sarah Taylor?: Sarah Taylor is 44 years old, born on November 6, 1981.
Which country does Sarah Taylor represent?: Sarah Taylor represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Sarah Taylor?: Sarah Taylor is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Sarah Taylor left-handed or right-handed?: Sarah Taylor plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Sarah Taylor won?: Sarah Taylor has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Sarah Taylor won?: TennisDB does not group any of Sarah Taylor's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Sarah Taylor's highest WTA ranking?: Sarah Taylor's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 68, first achieved on March 31, 2003.
What is Sarah Taylor's career win-loss record?: Sarah Taylor has a career WTA singles record of 15 wins and 28 losses (34.9%).
How much career prize money has Sarah Taylor earned?: Sarah Taylor has earned at least $294,946 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Sarah Taylor's career appear in TennisDB?: Sarah Taylor appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1997 through 2003.
On which surface does Sarah Taylor have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Sarah Taylor's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 41.2% (14–20).
Who has Sarah Taylor faced most often?: Sarah Taylor's most frequent opponent is Conchita Martínez, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.