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Catherine Suire

FRA Age 66 167 cm / 5'6" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1980–1993

Catherine Suire represented France on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 52. In TennisDB's records, Catherine Suire finished with a career record of 79–129 and no singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

52 (May 14, 1984)

Elo peak

1672 (53rd percentile)

Career record

79–129 (38.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$488,888

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 →

Catherine Suire's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Nathalie Tauziat #17	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 18, 1993*	R64	Canadian Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Manon Bollegraf #160	7-6 6-7 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 16, 1993*	R64	Eastbourne Open	WTA 500	Grass
Lori Mcneil #22	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1992*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Linda Wild #64	3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 17, 1992*	R64	Eastbourne Open	WTA 500	Grass
Yayuk Basuki #40	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 11, 1992*	R32	Birmingham	WTA 250	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Catherine Suire's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Sandra Cecchini	1	4	5	May 30, 1991	H2H
Liz Smylie	1	3	4	Jun 28, 1991	H2H
Barbara Potter	0	4	4	Mar 17, 1988	H2H
Nathalie Tauziat	0	3	3	Aug 18, 1993	H2H
Manon Bollegraf	0	3	3	Jun 16, 1993	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Catherine Suire Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	Round of 16	2	1	Steffi Graf #1 def. Catherine Suire #129 6-3 6-0	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Catherine Suire career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	20	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1981	21	5	6	11	45.5%	—	—
1982	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1983	23	11	12	23	47.8%	—	—
1984	24	7	14	21	33.3%	80	115
1985	25	6	11	17	35.3%	113	104
1986	26	11	16	27	40.7%	106	84
1987	27	8	11	19	42.1%	82	135
1988	28	10	16	26	38.5%	129	124
1989	29	6	11	17	35.3%	128	139
1990	30	3	7	10	30.0%	139	189
1991	31	8	10	18	44.4%	183	115
1992	32	3	10	13	23.1%	115	213
1993	33	0	2	2	0.0%	210	244
Career		79	129	208	38.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Catherine Suire 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 %
1980	20	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1981	21	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	6	11	45.5%
1982	22	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1983	23	4	3	7	57.1%	0	3	3	0.0%	7	4	11	63.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	11	12	23	47.8%
1984	24	0	4	4	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	14	21	33.3%
1985	25	2	3	5	40.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	6	11	17	35.3%
1986	26	6	6	12	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	11	16	27	40.7%
1987	27	3	4	7	42.9%	5	4	9	55.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	8	11	19	42.1%
1988	28	7	6	13	53.8%	1	5	6	16.7%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	16	26	38.5%
1989	29	5	5	10	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	11	17	35.3%
1990	30	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	7	10	30.0%
1991	31	2	6	8	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	10	18	44.4%
1992	32	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	10	13	23.1%
1993	33	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	31	45	76	40.8%	18	35	53	34.0%	20	29	49	40.8%	7	14	21	33.3%	79	129	208	38.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Catherine Suire 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	24	0	0	—	—	0	7	7	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	9	12	25.0%
1985	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
1986	26	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	4	5	9	44.4%	0	0	—	—	6	10	16	37.5%
1987	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	10	14	28.6%
1988	28	0	2	2	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	4	0	4	100.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1989	29	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	9	15	40.0%
1990	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1991	31	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	7	11	36.4%
1992	32	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1993	33	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		0	9	9	0.0%	2	30	32	6.2%	19	23	42	45.2%	15	13	28	53.6%	36	75	111	32.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 111/208 (53.4%) of Catherine Suire's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Catherine Suire 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
1980	20	1488	98.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.6%	-1.00	1–0	—	—	+0.31
1981	21	1519	113.9	—	—	—	—	—	+61	—	48.0%	-0.12	1–2 (33%)	0–1	—	-0.38
1982	22	1501	95.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.21
1983	23	1628	116.8	—	—	—	—	-25	-84	+53	44.4%	-0.13	6–2 (75%)	2–4 (33%)	104.7	+0.90
1984	24	1605	119.5	—	—	—	—	-55	-6	+55	35.4%	-0.98	3–3 (50%)	0–2	—	-0.68
1985	25	1604	117.1	—	—	—	—	-49	-21	+14	34.2%	-1.29	3–1 (75%)	2–3 (40%)	103.0	-0.66
1986	26	1581	108.8	—	—	—	—	-11	-33	+17	39.1%	-0.69	7–5 (58%)	2–6 (25%)	98.7	+1.07
1987	27	1584	113.3	—	—	—	—	-31	-2	—	43.2%	-0.93	3–3 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	100.5	+0.58
1988	28	1588	119.2	—	—	—	—	+7	-54	-33	38.1%	-0.76	7–4 (64%)	2–3 (40%)	103.7	-0.32
1989	29	1577	115.4	—	—	—	—	+58	-84	-19	39.0%	-1.41	3–4 (43%)	1–1	—	-0.19
1990	30	1547	110.0	—	—	—	—	+44	—	—	30.0%	-1.10	0–2	1–3 (25%)	—	+0.65
1991	31	1592	120.8	—	—	—	—	-27	—	+66	46.3%	-0.32	2–3 (40%)	4–1 (80%)	102.6	-0.09
1992	32	1534	103.0	—	—	—	—	-3	—	+72	25.8%	-1.68	3–2 (60%)	3–3 (50%)	100.9	-0.01
1993	33	1516	103.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-3.20	0–1	1–1	—	+0.05
Career		1672	120.0	—	—	—	—	-6	-24	+32	38.5%	-0.86	39–32 (55%)	20–30 (40%)	101.6	+0.70

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Catherine Suire Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1983	23	R32	R128	R64	R32	4–4 (50%)
1984	24	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1985	25	R64	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1986	26	—	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1987	27	—	R64	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1988	28	R64	R128	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
1989	29	—	R128	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1990	30	R128	R128	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1991	31	—	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1992	32	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	4–10 (29%)	4–9 (31%)	3–6 (33%)	13–29 (31%)

WTA 1000

Catherine Suire WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	BOC	CAN	KEY	W-L Win %
1991	31	R32	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1992	32	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1993	33	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–4 (20%)

WTA 500

Catherine Suire WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	EAS	PAR	SDG	AME	BER	BRI	CAN	CHA	ESS	HIL	KEY	MAN	MOS	STR	SYD	ZUR	W-L Win %
1983	23	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	5–2 (71%)
1984	24	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	3–4 (43%)
1985	25	R16	R32	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	5–5 (50%)
1986	26	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1987	27	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1988	28	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	5–6 (45%)
1989	29	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1990	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–2 (33%)
1991	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1993	33	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		6–4 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	25–32 (44%)

WTA 250

Catherine Suire WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	EAS	HOU	NAP	ITA	TKY	ALB	AUR	BAY	BIR	BOC	BOU	BRI	CES	CHI	CHI	DEN	POR	HER	HIL	HIL	KEY	KUA	LEE	LIM	LUG	MAH	NAN	NAS	NIC	OKL	PAT	PER	PHO	PIT	RID	SEZ	SIN	TOU	WES	WIC	WOR	W-L Win %
1980	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1981	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	5–6 (45%)
1982	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–6 (25%)
1984	24	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–7 (36%)
1985	25	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1986	26	—	R64	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	8–10 (44%)
1987	27	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	4–6 (40%)
1988	28	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1989	29	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	3–6 (33%)
1990	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1991	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–4 (56%)
1992	32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	38–63 (38%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 14, 1984

First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Catherine Suire ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	24	73	63	55	57	60	69	64	72	87	93	109	115
1985	25	110	103	100	101	111	100	106	110	118	121	108	104
1986	26	111	112	81	84	82	85	82	82	86	84	84	84
1987	27	83	89	122	114	125	121	124	121	121	131	135	135
1988	28	126	107	107	114	115	122	128	140	129	122	126	124
1989	29	134	143	145	137	149	157	140	122	133	138	137	139
1990	30	147	153	173	186	181	172	186	223	220	185	190	189
1991	31	175	169	163	147	151	121	108	104	96	109	114	115
1992	32	111	115	119	136	129	175	204	199	217	211	211	213
1993	33	210	229	212	259	240	249	242	238	244	—	—	—
1994	34	—	—	—	334	361	511	513	—	—	—	—	—

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.

Catherine Suire's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Sophie Amiach	FRA	57	1,647	0	150	57	93	38.0%	1980–1995	Match log
Akiko Kijimuta	JPN	49	1,694	0	154	60	94	39.0%	1983–1993	Match log
Beverly Bowes	USA	49	1,676	0	189	69	120	36.5%	1983–1994	Match log
Janine Tremelling	AUS	53	1,721	1	98	39	59	39.8%	1982–1990	Match log
Donna Faber	USA	55	1,718	0	165	68	97	41.2%	1987–1993	Match log
Caroline Kuhlman	USA	52	1,660	0	114	49	65	43.0%	1983–1995	Match log
Petra Schwarz	AUT	52	1,667	0	126	48	78	38.1%	1987–1997	Match log
Vicki Nelson	USA	60	1,677	1	223	87	136	39.0%	1980–1989	Match log
Beverly Mould	RSA	46	1,666	0	78	32	46	41.0%	1980–1985	Match log
Sandra Wasserman	BEL	48	1,701	0	170	77	93	45.3%	1987–1994	Match log
Jana Pospisilova	CZE	49	1,709	0	73	31	42	42.5%	1988–1994	Match log
Sara Gomer	GBR	46	1,778	1	237	105	132	44.3%	1980–1992	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Catherine Suire?: Catherine Suire is 66 years old, born on September 15, 1959.
Which country does Catherine Suire represent?: Catherine Suire represents France in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Catherine Suire?: Catherine Suire is 167 cm / 5'6".
Is Catherine Suire left-handed or right-handed?: Catherine Suire plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Catherine Suire won?: Catherine Suire has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Catherine Suire won?: TennisDB does not group any of Catherine Suire's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Catherine Suire's highest WTA ranking?: Catherine Suire's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 52, first achieved on May 14, 1984.
What is Catherine Suire's career win-loss record?: Catherine Suire has a career WTA singles record of 79 wins and 129 losses (38.0%).
How much career prize money has Catherine Suire earned?: Catherine Suire has earned at least $488,888 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Catherine Suire's career appear in TennisDB?: Catherine Suire appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1980 through 1993.
On which surface does Catherine Suire have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Catherine Suire's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 40.8% (20–29).
Who has Catherine Suire faced most often?: Catherine Suire's most frequent opponent is Sandra Cecchini, with a head-to-head record of 1–4 across 5 meetings.