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Barbara Potter

USA Age 64 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Left-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1978–1989

Barbara Potter represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 8. In TennisDB's records, Barbara Potter finished with a career record of 299–190 and 5 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

Elo peak

2096 (96th percentile)

Singles record

299–190 (61.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,376,580

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 →

Barbara Potter's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Gretchen Magers #29	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 2, 1989*	R32	Worcester	WTA 250	Carpet
Catarina Lindqvist Ryan	3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 1989*	R16	Brighton	WTA 250	Carpet
Sarah Bentley	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 26, 1989*	R32	Brighton	WTA 250	Carpet
Amy Frazier #53	6-4 4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 26, 1989*	F	Wichita	WTA 250	Hard
Susan Sloane Lundy	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 1989*	SF	Wichita	WTA 250	Hard

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Barbara Potter's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Martina Navratilova	0	18	18	Feb 13, 1988	H2H
Rosalyn Fairbank	7	4	11	Jun 16, 1988	H2H
Tracy Austin	2	8	10	Feb 10, 1984	H2H
Pam Shriver	5	4	9	Jul 16, 1988	H2H
Mima Jausovec	5	4	9	Sep 18, 1982	H2H

Titles (5)

Barbara Potter 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
1982	20	2	—	—	—	2	—	Cincinnati Open, Philadelphia
1985	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Monticello
1987	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Wichita
1988	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Cincinnati Open
Total		5	—	—	—	5	—

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

Career Results

Barbara Potter career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1978	16	4	7	11	36.4%	—	—
1979	17	8	22	30	26.7%	—	—
1980	18	23	21	44	52.3%	—	—
1981	19	47	23	70	67.1%	—	10
1982	20	43	22	65	66.2%	—	8
1983	21	28	20	48	58.3%	—	—
1984	22	35	17	52	67.3%	23	12
1985	23	31	16	47	66.0%	15	15
1986	24	14	10	24	58.3%	17	26
1987	25	25	13	38	65.8%	26	12
1988	26	36	14	50	72.0%	12	10
1989	27	5	5	10	50.0%	10	106
Career		299	190	489	61.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Barbara Potter 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 %
1978	16	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	4	7	11	36.4%
1979	17	4	8	12	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	8	22	30	26.7%
1980	18	6	5	11	54.5%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	15	13	28	53.6%	23	21	44	52.3%
1981	19	8	3	11	72.7%	—	—	—	—	12	6	18	66.7%	27	14	41	65.9%	47	23	70	67.1%
1982	20	5	5	10	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	28	10	38	73.7%	43	22	65	66.2%
1983	21	4	3	7	57.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	12	7	19	63.2%	10	8	18	55.6%	28	20	48	58.3%
1984	22	7	4	11	63.6%	—	—	—	—	11	4	15	73.3%	17	9	26	65.4%	35	17	52	67.3%
1985	23	12	4	16	75.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	9	7	16	56.3%	31	16	47	66.0%
1986	24	7	3	10	70.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	14	10	24	58.3%
1987	25	7	5	12	58.3%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	17	7	24	70.8%	25	13	38	65.8%
1988	26	25	9	34	73.5%	—	—	—	—	9	3	12	75.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	36	14	50	72.0%
1989	27	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	5	5	10	50.0%
Career	—	89	54	143	62.2%	5	8	13	38.5%	68	39	107	63.6%	137	89	226	60.6%	299	190	489	61.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Barbara Potter 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 %
1984	22	3	9	12	25.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	7	2	9	77.8%	4	0	4	100.0%	22	14	36	61.1%
1985	23	0	6	6	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	10	1	11	90.9%	1	0	1	100.0%	12	8	20	60.0%
1986	24	1	5	6	16.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	0	0	—	—	8	10	18	44.4%
1987	25	3	3	6	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	5	4	9	55.6%	8	0	8	100.0%	18	11	29	62.1%
1988	26	1	8	9	11.1%	3	0	3	100.0%	12	4	16	75.0%	9	0	9	100.0%	25	12	37	67.6%
1989	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	0	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
Career		8	31	39	20.5%	16	11	27	59.3%	41	16	57	71.9%	22	0	22	100.0%	87	58	145	60.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 145/489 (29.7%) of Barbara Potter's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Barbara Potter 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
1978	16	1533	114.2	—	—	—	—	+62	—	+55	35.7%	-1.14	4–2 (67%)	1–1	—	+1.22
1979	17	1620	143.0	—	—	—	—	+30	-114	-40	30.3%	-0.89	4–6 (40%)	1–8 (11%)	95.5	-1.88
1980	18	1864	154.9	—	—	—	—	+9	—	-289	54.5%	+0.43	3–10 (23%)	5–4 (56%)	96.7	-0.89
1981	19	1941	150.3	—	—	—	—	-3	—	-143	63.1%	+0.79	12–7 (63%)	9–10 (47%)	101.8	-1.85
1982	20	1997	162.5	—	—	—	—	+57	—	-125	63.3%	+0.89	10–7 (59%)	12–14 (46%)	102.4	-2.63
1983	21	1851	139.2	—	—	—	—	+53	-245	+13	58.6%	+0.77	6–9 (40%)	8–8 (50%)	93.1	+1.42
1984	22	1952	157.5	—	—	—	—	-8	—	-14	67.0%	+1.24	3–7 (30%)	8–4 (67%)	94.3	-1.32
1985	23	1900	142.4	—	—	—	—	-8	-289	+64	61.9%	+0.74	8–7 (53%)	12–5 (71%)	102.4	+0.26
1986	24	1881	145.2	—	—	—	—	+12	—	—	56.1%	+0.37	4–5 (44%)	5–4 (56%)	100.5	-2.11
1987	25	1895	145.4	—	—	—	—	+28	—	—	64.3%	+0.85	6–4 (60%)	7–2 (78%)	102.9	+1.54
1988	26	1919	147.3	—	—	—	—	+6	—	+51	71.4%	+1.21	4–8 (33%)	12–3 (80%)	100.4	+1.81
1989	27	1845	116.8	—	—	—	—	-10	—	—	52.2%	-0.09	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	96.3	+0.54
Career		2096	155.7	—	—	—	—	+17	-225	-44	59.9%	+0.67	65–74 (47%)	81–65 (55%)	98.8	-0.80

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Barbara Potter Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1978	16	—	—	R64	R64	0–2 (0%)
1979	17	—	—	R128	R32	2–2 (50%)
1980	18	—	—	R32	R32	2–2 (50%)
1981	19	R32	—	R16	SF	8–3 (73%)
1982	20	R16	—	QF	R64	5–3 (62%)
1983	21	R16	—	QF	R64	7–3 (70%)
1984	22	QF	—	R16	R16	9–3 (75%)
1985	23	R32	R128	QF	R64	6–4 (60%)
1987	25	—	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1988	26	R16	—	R16	R16	9–3 (75%)
1989	27	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		11–7 (61%)	0–1 (0%)	21–10 (68%)	17–10 (63%)	49–28 (64%)

WTA 500

Barbara Potter WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	WAS	CAN	HIL	KEY	LOS	SYD	WOR	W-L Win %
1979	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1980	18	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1981	19	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	QF	—	6–3 (67%)
1982	20	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	R16	—	4–4 (50%)
1983	21	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–2 (33%)
1984	22	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1985	23	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	6–2 (75%)
1987	25	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1988	26	—	—	QF	R16	—	QF	—	—	QF	10–4 (71%)
W-L		4–3 (57%)	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	8–5 (62%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	7–4 (64%)	3–3 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	36–20 (64%)

WTA 250

Barbara Potter WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	CIN	DAL	EAS	HOU	MEL	NAP	NWP	ITA	STO	TKY	VIE	WAS	AMS	AUS	BEC	BIR	BOC	BOS	BRI	CHI	CHI	COL	DEE	DET	EAS	EAS	POR	FOR	HAR	HIL	KAN	KEY	LAS	MAH	MIN	MON	MON	NAS	NEW	OAK	ORL	PER	PHI	PRI	RIC	SAL	SEA	SOU	SUR	TAM	TUC	WIC	WOR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1978	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–5 (44%)
1979	17	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	4–19 (17%)
1980	18	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	SF	R32	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	19–17 (53%)
1981	19	—	QF	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	SF	—	—	—	BR	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	F	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	33–15 (69%)
1982	20	—	W	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	W	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	34–13 (72%)
1983	21	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	F	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19–14 (58%)
1984	22	—	—	R16	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	F	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	22–12 (65%)
1985	23	—	—	R32	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	19–10 (66%)
1986	24	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	14–9 (61%)
1987	25	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	F	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	QF	—	21–10 (68%)
1988	26	—	W	QF	R16	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	17–6 (74%)
1989	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	R32	—	5–4 (56%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	12–1 (92%)	6–6 (50%)	17–9 (65%)	3–3 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	5–2 (71%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	7–6 (54%)	0–1 (0%)	11–5 (69%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	6–6 (50%)	13–8 (62%)	14–6 (70%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	6–3 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	7–5 (58%)	5–4 (56%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	5–4 (56%)	3–5 (38%)	2–1 (67%)	6–2 (75%)	2–3 (40%)	5–3 (62%)	2–1 (67%)	7–4 (64%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	10–2 (83%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	211–134 (61%)

WTA Finals

Barbara Potter WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1981	19	RR	0–2 (0%)
1982	20	RR	0–2 (0%)
1983	21	QF	1–1 (50%)
1984	22	SF	2–1 (67%)
1986	24	R16	0–1 (0%)
1988	26	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–8 (27%)	3–8 (27%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

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First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 20

Feb 6, 1984

First Top 10

Oct 10, 1988

Ranking History Matrix

Barbara Potter ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	22	24	17	12	13	13	13	13	15	16	17	15	12
1985	23	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	24	16	17	17	18	17	17	18	18	25	29	26	26
1987	25	25	18	16	16	16	16	15	14	16	17	12	12
1988	26	12	12	15	14	18	18	14	13	11	10	10	10
1989	27	11	13	11	10	11	12	20	40	46	59	105	106
1990	28	106	112	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Similar Players

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

Barbara Potter's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Bettina Bunge	GER	7	2,119	0	5	476	294	182	61.8%	1978–1989	Match log
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	USA	9	2,082	0	4	490	277	213	56.5%	1980–1996	Match log
Kathy Horvath	USA	10	1,975	0	7	342	187	155	54.7%	1979–1989	Match log
Bonnie Gadusek	USA	10	2,075	0	8	283	189	94	66.8%	1980–1987	Match log
Lori Mcneil	USA	9	2,024	0	11	650	377	273	58.0%	1980–1999	Match log
Stephanie Rehe	USA	10	2,005	0	5	232	134	98	57.8%	1981–1993	Match log
Rosie Casals	USA	6	2,212	0	12	916	594	322	64.8%	1968–1991	Match log
Kathy Jordan	USA	5	2,093	0	2	404	249	155	61.6%	1978–1990	Match log
Andrea Temesvari	HUN	7	2,021	0	5	364	185	179	50.8%	1981–1997	Match log
Sylvia Hanika	GER	5	2,135	0	9	654	415	239	63.5%	1976–1990	Match log
Kerry Reid	AUS	8	2,269	1	21	831	586	245	70.5%	1968–1985	Match log
Dianne Fromholtz	AUS	5	2,181	0	22	748	466	282	62.3%	1971–1990	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Barbara Potter?: Barbara Potter is 64 years old, born on October 22, 1961.
Which country does Barbara Potter represent?: Barbara Potter represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Barbara Potter?: Barbara Potter is 175 cm / 5'9".
Is Barbara Potter left-handed or right-handed?: Barbara Potter plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Barbara Potter won?: Barbara Potter has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Barbara Potter won?: TennisDB does not group any of Barbara Potter's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Barbara Potter won?: Barbara Potter has won 5 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Cincinnati in 1988.
What is Barbara Potter's highest WTA ranking?: Barbara Potter's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 8.
What is Barbara Potter's career win-loss record?: Barbara Potter has a career WTA singles record of 299 wins and 190 losses (61.1%).
How much career prize money has Barbara Potter earned?: Barbara Potter has earned at least $1,376,580 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Barbara Potter's career appear in TennisDB?: Barbara Potter appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1978 through 1989.
On which surface does Barbara Potter have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Barbara Potter's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 63.6% (68–39).
Who has Barbara Potter faced most often?: Barbara Potter's most frequent opponent is Martina Navratilova, with a head-to-head record of 0–18 across 18 meetings.