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Tracy Austin

USA Age 63 165 cm / 5'5" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1977–1994

Tracy Austin represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 1. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 339–88 and 28 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

1 (Apr 7, 1980)

Elo peak

2502 (100th percentile)

Singles record

339–88 (79.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$2,092,380

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 →

Tracy Austin's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Kristine Kunce #72	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 15, 1994*	R64	Eastbourne Open	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Grass
Marketa Kochta #55	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 25, 1994*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Lindsay Davenport #9	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 20, 1994*	R16	Lucerne	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Geraldine Dondit	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 19, 1994*	R32	Lucerne	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Amanda Coetzer #16	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 31, 1994*	R32	Hilton Head	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Tracy Austin's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Martina Navratilova	12	21	33	Apr 10, 1983	H2H
Chris Evert	9	7	16	Dec 19, 1982	H2H
Virginia Ruzici	13	0	13	Mar 23, 1983	H2H
Wendy Turnbull	7	5	12	Jun 18, 1983	H2H
Andrea Jaeger	8	3	11	Apr 9, 1983	H2H

Singles Titles (28)

Tracy Austin singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles 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
1977	14	1	—	—	—	1	—	Avon Futures of Portland
1978	15	1	—	—	—	1	—	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
1979	16	7	1	—	1	5	—	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Hilton Head, Italian Open, Tokyo Emeron Cup, Washington Open, San Diego, US Open
1980	17	10	—	—	1	8	1	Boston, Cincinnati Open, Eastbourne Open, Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Hilton Head, Minneapolis, Seattle, Tucson, San Diego, WTA Finals
1981	18	8	1	—	2	5	—	Atlanta, East Rutherford, Eastbourne Open, Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Landover, Canadian Open, San Diego, US Open
1982	19	1	—	—	1	—	—	San Diego
Total		28	2	—	5	20	1

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

Career Results

Tracy Austin career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1977	14	14	8	22	63.6%	—	—
1978	15	43	13	56	76.8%	—	6
1979	16	73	12	85	85.9%	—	3
1980	17	81	10	91	89.0%	—	2
1981	18	56	7	63	88.9%	—	2
1982	19	35	12	47	74.5%	—	4
1983	20	24	8	32	75.0%	—	9
1984	21	2	2	4	50.0%	4	27
1989	26	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1993	30	6	6	12	50.0%	159	117
1994	31	5	8	13	38.5%	117	81
Career		339	88	427	79.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Tracy Austin 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 %
1977	14	4	2	6	66.7%	8	3	11	72.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	14	8	22	63.6%
1978	15	16	5	21	76.2%	3	1	4	75.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	13	3	16	81.3%	43	13	56	76.8%
1979	16	22	4	26	84.6%	10	0	10	100.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	33	6	39	84.6%	73	12	85	85.9%
1980	17	18	4	22	81.8%	8	1	9	88.9%	11	1	12	91.7%	44	4	48	91.7%	81	10	91	89.0%
1981	18	22	0	22	100.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	12	2	14	85.7%	20	4	24	83.3%	56	7	63	88.9%
1982	19	11	2	13	84.6%	3	1	4	75.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	15	6	21	71.4%	35	12	47	74.5%
1983	20	—	—	—	—	8	2	10	80.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	12	5	17	70.6%	24	8	32	75.0%
1984	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1989	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	30	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	6	6	12	50.0%
1994	31	3	4	7	42.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	8	13	38.5%
Career	—	101	26	127	79.5%	44	13	57	77.2%	49	14	63	77.8%	141	34	175	80.6%	339	88	427	79.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Tracy Austin 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	21	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1989	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	30	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	6	6	12	50.0%
1994	31	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
Career		0	3	3	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	3	7	10	30.0%	6	0	6	100.0%	10	18	28	35.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 28/427 (6.6%) of Tracy Austin's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Tracy Austin 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
1977	14	1780	149.9	—	—	—	—	-85	-30	—	59.1%	+0.55	2–0	1–0	—	-1.15
1978	15	2057	163.2	—	—	—	—	+12	-252	-337	72.6%	+1.96	6–3 (67%)	7–2 (78%)	108.8	-0.48
1979	16	2431	178.8	—	—	—	—	+6	-369	-545	80.9%	+2.33	13–3 (81%)	6–3 (67%)	110.9	-9.11
1980	17	2451	179.3	—	—	—	—	+144	-317	-403	85.3%	+3.11	12–3 (80%)	4–2 (67%)	104.4	-3.63
1981	18	2442	175.7	—	—	—	—	+118	-334	-333	84.6%	+2.88	7–3 (70%)	7–4 (64%)	101.7	-3.49
1982	19	2263	167.1	—	—	—	—	+182	-144	-203	75.5%	+2.05	4–6 (40%)	4–1 (80%)	94.0	-1.08
1983	20	2186	159.6	—	—	—	—	+138	-57	-80	76.5%	+1.88	2–4 (33%)	4–1 (80%)	94.9	-1.73
1984	21	2137	114.9	—	—	—	—	+108	—	—	50.0%	+0.13	—	—	—	+0.03
1989	26	2079	101.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.00	0–1	—	—	-0.04
1993	30	1970	123.3	—	—	—	—	+25	—	—	46.4%	-0.97	3–1 (75%)	—	—	-0.65
1994	31	1851	118.5	—	—	—	—	+76	+127	—	36.7%	-0.97	3–1 (75%)	0–1	—	-1.54
Career		2502	175.2	—	—	—	—	+84	-168	-342	76.2%	+2.12	52–25 (68%)	33–14 (70%)	109.1	-5.41

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Tracy Austin Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1977	14	—	—	R32	QF	5–2 (71%)
1978	15	—	—	R16	QF	7–2 (78%)
1979	16	—	—	SF	W	11–1 (92%)
1980	17	—	—	SF	SF	10–2 (83%)
1981	18	QF	—	QF	W	13–2 (87%)
1982	19	—	QF	QF	QF	10–3 (77%)
1983	20	—	QF	—	—	4–1 (80%)
1994	31	R64	R128	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	7–3 (70%)	20–6 (77%)	31–4 (89%)	61–15 (80%)

WTA 1000

Tracy Austin WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	HIL	KEY	PHI	W-L Win %
1993	30	R32	—	R128	R32	1–3 (25%)
1994	31	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)

WTA 500

Tracy Austin WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	EAS	IW	SDG	BER	CAN	LOS	MAN	OAK	W-L Win %
1977	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1978	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1979	16	—	—	—	W	—	—	BR	—	—	9–1 (90%)
1980	17	—	—	—	W	—	—	F	—	—	9–1 (90%)
1981	18	—	—	—	W	QF	W	—	—	—	12–1 (92%)
1982	19	QF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	7–1 (88%)
1989	26	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	30	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	5–3 (62%)
1994	31	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	20–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	11–4 (73%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	46–12 (79%)

WTA 250

Tracy Austin WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	CIN	DAL	EAS	HOU	ITA	TKY	WAS	AVO	BIR	BOS	BRI	CHA	CHI	CHI	EAS	EAS	POR	HIL	HOB	HOL	LAN	LOS	LUC	MAH	MIN	OAK	OKL	ORL	PHI	PHO	RIC	SEA	TAM	TUC	W-L Win %
1977	14	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	8–5 (62%)
1978	15	—	—	F	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	W	SF	—	QF	—	F	—	BR	QF	—	—	—	QF	F	—	—	—	—	34–10 (77%)
1979	16	SF	—	BR	SF	—	W	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	W	W	—	R16	—	—	—	F	BR	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	50–9 (85%)
1980	17	—	W	—	W	QF	—	F	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	F	—	—	QF	W	—	—	F	—	QF	—	W	F	W	58–7 (89%)
1981	18	W	—	—	W	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31–4 (89%)
1982	19	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	SF	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	F	—	—	—	18–8 (69%)
1983	20	—	—	—	SF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19–6 (76%)
1984	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1989	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
W-L		8–1 (89%)	6–1 (86%)	9–2 (82%)	22–3 (88%)	5–3 (62%)	5–0 (100%)	4–2 (67%)	6–1 (86%)	1–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	8–1 (89%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	8–3 (73%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	6–2 (75%)	24–1 (96%)	19–3 (86%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	7–1 (88%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	10–3 (77%)	16–4 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	5–3 (62%)	8–3 (73%)	3–1 (75%)	5–0 (100%)	7–3 (70%)	5–0 (100%)	222–55 (80%)

WTA Finals

Tracy Austin WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1979	16	F	3–1 (75%)
1980	17	W	4–0 (100%)
1983	20	QF	1–1 (50%)
W-L		8–2 (80%)	8–2 (80%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 7, 1980

First Top 100

Apr 7, 1980

First Top 50

Apr 7, 1980

First Top 20

Apr 7, 1980

First Top 10

Apr 7, 1980

Ranking History Matrix

Tracy Austin ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1980	17	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
1984	21	11	14	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	136	140	139	117	117
1994	31	96	101	101	86	78	83	81	—	—	—	—	—

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.

Tracy Austin's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	W1000	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Martina Navratilova	USA	#1	2,680	1,647	1,419	228	86.2%	$21,626,089	167	18	3	1972–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Steffi Graf	GER	#1	2,603	986	876	110	88.8%	$21,895,277	107	22	15	1981–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	ESP	#1	2,384	991	720	271	72.7%	$16,942,639	29	4	6	1986–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Evert	USA	#1	2,610	1,386	1,228	158	88.6%	$8,896,195	154	18	0	1969–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Monica Seles	USA	#1	2,540	709	586	123	82.7%	$14,891,762	53	9	9	1988–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Evonne Goolagong	AUS	#1	2,481	895	736	159	82.2%	$1,399,431	85	7	0	1968–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Lindsay Davenport	USA	#1	2,374	902	711	191	78.8%	$22,166,338	55	3	11	1991–2008	Rivalries	Match log
Jennifer Capriati	USA	#1	2,253	581	411	170	70.7%	$10,206,639	14	3	2	1990–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Iga Swiatek (active player)	POL	#1	2,287	429	341	88	79.5%	$47,749,084	26	6	12	2019–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Martina Hingis	SUI	#1	2,373	643	516	127	80.2%	$24,749,074	43	5	17	1994–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Kim Clijsters	BEL	#1	2,299	594	466	128	78.5%	$24,545,194	41	4	7	1999–2021	Rivalries	Match log
Justine Henin	BEL	#1	2,393	550	448	102	81.5%	$20,863,335	43	7	10	1999–2011	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Tracy Austin?: Tracy Austin is 63 years old, born on December 12, 1962.
Which country does Tracy Austin represent?: Tracy Austin represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Tracy Austin?: Tracy Austin is 165 cm / 5'5".
Does Tracy Austin use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Tracy Austin uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Tracy Austin left-handed or right-handed?: Tracy Austin plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Tracy Austin won?: Tracy Austin has won 2 Grand Slam singles titles. The most recent was US Open in 1981.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Tracy Austin won?: TennisDB does not group any of Tracy Austin's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Tracy Austin won?: Tracy Austin has won 28 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was San Diego in 1982.
What is Tracy Austin's highest WTA ranking?: Tracy Austin's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 1, first achieved on April 7, 1980.
What is Tracy Austin's career win-loss record?: Tracy Austin has a career WTA singles record of 339 wins and 88 losses (79.4%).
How much career prize money has Tracy Austin earned?: Tracy Austin has earned at least $2,092,380 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Tracy Austin's career appear in TennisDB?: Tracy Austin appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1977 through 1994.
On which surface does Tracy Austin have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Tracy Austin's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on carpet: 80.6% (141–34).
Who has Tracy Austin faced most often?: Tracy Austin's most frequent opponent is Martina Navratilova, with a head-to-head record of 12–21 across 33 meetings.