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Jolene Watanabe

USA Died Jun 22, 2019 (age 50) 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1991–2000

Jolene Watanabe represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 72. In TennisDB's records, Jolene Watanabe finished with a career record of 45–80 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

72 (Feb 3, 1997)

Elo peak

1620 (41st percentile)

Career record

45–80 (36.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$517,164

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 →

Jolene Watanabe's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Karina Habsudova #53	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2000*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Mariaan De Swardt	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 1999*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Mariana Diaz-Oliva #99	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 26, 1999*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Lubomira Bacheva #115	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 20, 1999*	R32	Strasbourg Open	WTA 250	Clay
Janet Lee #120	6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1999*	R16	Japan Women's Open	WTA 250	Hard

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Jolene Watanabe's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Martina Hingis	0	3	3	Oct 31, 1996	H2H
Naoko Kijimuta	2	1	3	Sep 19, 1996	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	0	3	3	Aug 15, 1996	H2H
Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy	1	2	3	Jun 28, 1996	H2H
Nicole Bradtke	0	3	3	May 29, 1996	H2H

Career Results

Jolene Watanabe career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1991	22	2	3	5	40.0%	248	217
1992	23	1	2	3	33.3%	217	220
1993	24	6	9	15	40.0%	218	116
1994	25	13	16	29	44.8%	116	102
1995	26	9	16	25	36.0%	101	132
1996	27	8	14	22	36.4%	128	73
1997	28	5	12	17	29.4%	79	103
1998	29	0	3	3	0.0%	101	128
1999	30	1	4	5	20.0%	128	113
2000	31	0	1	1	0.0%	113	226
Career		45	80	125	36.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jolene Watanabe 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 %
1991	22	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1992	23	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1993	24	4	5	9	44.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	6	9	15	40.0%
1994	25	8	11	19	42.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	13	16	29	44.8%
1995	26	6	10	16	37.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	9	16	25	36.0%
1996	27	5	7	12	41.7%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	8	14	22	36.4%
1997	28	3	7	10	30.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	12	17	29.4%
1998	29	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1999	30	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
2000	31	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	30	49	79	38.0%	5	17	22	22.7%	3	7	10	30.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	45	80	125	36.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jolene Watanabe 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 %
1991	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1992	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1993	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	3	2	5	60.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
1994	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	6	1	7	85.7%	9	13	22	40.9%
1995	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	4	9	13	30.8%	2	5	7	28.6%	6	15	21	28.6%
1996	27	0	4	4	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	13	20	35.0%
1997	28	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	10	15	33.3%
1998	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1999	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
2000	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	6	6	0.0%	1	12	13	7.7%	18	36	54	33.3%	16	16	32	50.0%	35	70	105	33.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 105/125 (84.0%) of Jolene Watanabe's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jolene Watanabe 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
1991	22	1505	108.5	—	—	—	—	+29	—	—	45.5%	+0.09	0–1	0–1	—	+0.60
1992	23	1500	104.0	—	—	—	—	+26	—	—	42.9%	-0.14	0–1	0–1	—	+0.25
1993	24	1528	113.1	—	—	—	—	+3	+33	—	37.5%	-0.78	2–0	—	—	+0.45
1994	25	1584	123.8	—	—	—	—	+7	-6	+7	47.7%	-0.05	2–5 (29%)	4–2 (67%)	99.7	+1.42
1995	26	1518	107.5	—	—	—	—	+12	+74	—	36.8%	-0.68	4–3 (57%)	1–3 (25%)	100.2	+1.91
1996	27	1573	122.1	—	—	—	—	+24	-46	—	32.6%	-1.32	1–2 (33%)	1–6 (14%)	96.7	-0.21
1997	28	1535	109.8	—	—	—	—	+64	-51	—	29.3%	-1.37	5–2 (71%)	—	—	+0.19
1998	29	1499	96.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3%	-2.72	0–1	—	—	0.00
1999	30	1464	95.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.00	—	0–1	—	+0.53
2000	31	1459	96.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.50	—	—	—	-0.11
Career		1620	117.2	—	—	—	—	+21	+6	+7	36.7%	-0.84	14–15 (48%)	6–14 (30%)	98.5	+4.02

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jolene Watanabe Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1993	24	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1994	25	R128	—	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1995	26	R128	R32	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1996	27	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
1997	28	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1998	29	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	30	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
2000	31	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–6 (25%)	2–4 (33%)	2–5 (29%)	1–5 (17%)	7–20 (26%)

WTA 1000

Jolene Watanabe WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	ITA	CAN	BER	HIL	KEY	W-L Win %
1991	22	—	—	R16	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1993	24	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	25	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	2–2 (50%)
1995	26	—	R64	—	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1996	27	R32	R64	R32	R64	—	R64	3–5 (38%)
1997	28	—	—	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1998	29	—	—	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	9–13 (41%)

WTA 500

Jolene Watanabe WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	IW	SDG	TKY	AME	CHI	MAN	OAK	STR	TOY	W-L Win %
1991	22	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	23	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1993	24	—	R64	R32	—	R32	—	R64	R32	QF	—	5–6 (45%)
1994	25	R32	—	R32	R32	R64	—	R64	QF	R16	—	5–7 (42%)
1995	26	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
1997	28	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	2–3 (40%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	13–22 (37%)

WTA 250

Jolene Watanabe WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BEI	JAP	BIR	BOG	CAN	CAR	HOB	LUC	NAG	OKL	PAT	QUE	SAN	SAN	STR	SUR	TAI	W-L Win %
1991	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	25	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	5–4 (56%)
1995	26	—	R16	R16	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–7 (42%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1997	28	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	3–6 (33%)
1998	29	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	30	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	16–25 (39%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Feb 3, 1997

First Top 100

Jan 9, 1995

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Jolene Watanabe ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1990	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	505	326	322	270	243	250
1991	22	255	261	256	265	269	279	260	227	229	210	212	217
1992	23	213	219	192	197	193	201	200	241	232	238	219	220
1993	24	218	206	267	174	170	155	135	104	105	105	115	116
1994	25	124	120	112	121	116	123	116	121	128	120	102	102
1995	26	89	88	98	98	106	93	108	112	94	98	130	132
1996	27	114	104	89	82	90	106	89	84	103	95	89	73
1997	28	73	75	90	83	89	87	97	113	106	104	98	103
1998	29	121	128	121	121	116	116	109	111	107	128	130	128
1999	30	117	109	112	107	113	110	125	115	111	113	113	113
2000	31	124	123	125	162	164	152	173	187	185	225	235	226
2001	32	228	230	232	241	236	253	258	271	317	309	321	325
2002	33	347	389	404	418	473	618	724	772	952	1099	1101	—

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

Jolene Watanabe's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Rika Hiraki	JPN	72	1,589	141	48	93	34.0%	1988–2001	Match log
Lea Ghirardi	FRA	73	1,549	69	23	46	33.3%	1993–1999	Match log
Tatjana Jecmenica	SRB	72	1,633	35	14	21	40.0%	1993–1997	Match log
Lubomira Bacheva	BUL	68	1,523	83	27	56	32.5%	1991–2004	Match log
Erika De Lone	USA	65	1,603	142	42	100	29.6%	1989–2002	Match log
Natalia Baudone	ITA	71	1,682	96	38	58	39.6%	1990–1996	Match log
Christina Papadaki	GRE	72	1,549	51	16	35	31.4%	1989–1999	Match log
Petra Kamstra	NED	70	1,585	57	21	36	36.8%	1990–1996	Match log
Nancy Feber	BEL	79	1,566	72	25	47	34.7%	1992–1997	Match log
Rene Simpson	CAN	70	1,663	127	44	83	34.6%	1988–1998	Match log
Sandra Dopfer	AUT	70	1,577	103	31	72	30.1%	1989–1999	Match log
Katrina Adams	USA	67	1,607	169	55	114	32.5%	1987–1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Jolene Watanabe represent?: Jolene Watanabe represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Jolene Watanabe?: Jolene Watanabe is 188 cm / 6'2".
Is Jolene Watanabe left-handed or right-handed?: Jolene Watanabe plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Jolene Watanabe won?: Jolene Watanabe has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Jolene Watanabe won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jolene Watanabe's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Jolene Watanabe's highest WTA ranking?: Jolene Watanabe's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 72, first achieved on February 3, 1997.
What is Jolene Watanabe's career win-loss record?: Jolene Watanabe has a career WTA singles record of 45 wins and 80 losses (36.0%).
How much career prize money has Jolene Watanabe earned?: Jolene Watanabe has earned at least $517,164 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jolene Watanabe's career appear in TennisDB?: Jolene Watanabe appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1991 through 2000.
On which surface does Jolene Watanabe have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jolene Watanabe's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 38.0% (30–49).
Who has Jolene Watanabe faced most often?: Jolene Watanabe's most frequent opponent is Martina Hingis, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.