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Barbara Gerken

USA Age 62 WTA Tour years active: 1981–1989

Barbara Gerken represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Barbara Gerken finished with a career record of 64–97 and no singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

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Elo peak

1650 (49th percentile)

Career record

64–97 (39.8%)

Career titles

Prize money

$179,599

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 Gerken's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Renata Baranski	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 26, 1989*	R64	Schenectady	WTA 250	Hard
Masako Yanagi #99	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 1988*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Anne Minter #29	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 15, 1988*	R64	Eastbourne Open	WTA 250	Grass
Michelle Jaggard Lai	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 8, 1988*	R64	Birmingham	WTA 250	Grass
Helena Sukova #7	6-3 6-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 29, 1988*	R16	Tokyo Pan Pacific	WTA 250	Carpet

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Barbara Gerken's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Anne Minter	1	3	4	Jun 15, 1988	H2H
Larisa Savchenko	0	4	4	Feb 22, 1988	H2H
Susan Mascarin	1	3	4	Aug 13, 1986	H2H
Masako Yanagi	1	2	3	Jun 22, 1988	H2H
Wendy Turnbull	1	2	3	Feb 18, 1988	H2H

Career Results

Barbara Gerken career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1981	16	8	2	10	80.0%	—	—
1982	17	1	5	6	16.7%	—	—
1983	18	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—
1984	19	9	16	25	36.0%	—	—
1985	20	11	22	33	33.3%	—	—
1986	21	12	18	30	40.0%	—	—
1987	22	16	19	35	45.7%	—	—
1988	23	2	10	12	16.7%	—	—
1989	24	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		64	97	161	39.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Barbara Gerken 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 %
1981	16	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	2	10	80.0%
1982	17	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
1983	18	3	2	5	60.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	5	4	9	55.6%
1984	19	3	6	9	33.3%	4	6	10	40.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	9	16	25	36.0%
1985	20	3	10	13	23.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	5	5	10	50.0%	11	22	33	33.3%
1986	21	5	8	13	38.5%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	12	18	30	40.0%
1987	22	13	11	24	54.2%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	16	19	35	45.7%
1988	23	1	6	7	14.3%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	10	12	16.7%
1989	24	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	33	48	81	40.7%	5	13	18	27.8%	7	20	27	25.9%	15	15	30	50.0%	64	97	161	39.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Barbara Gerken 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	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	8	11	27.3%
1985	20	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1986	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	13	15	13.3%
1987	22	0	3	3	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	9	17	26	34.6%
1988	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	8	9	11.1%
Career		0	10	10	0.0%	1	12	13	7.7%	8	21	29	27.6%	8	10	18	44.4%	17	53	70	24.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 70/161 (43.5%) of Barbara Gerken's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Barbara Gerken 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
1981	16	1632	123.6	—	—	—	—	+57	—	—	73.7%	+1.32	1–0	2–0	—	+0.08
1982	17	1578	105.6	—	—	—	—	+37	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–3 (0%)	—	—	+0.21
1983	18	1618	117.4	—	—	—	—	+40	—	—	52.2%	+0.91	3–2 (60%)	0–2	—	+1.04
1984	19	1581	114.0	—	—	—	—	+14	+6	-7	41.2%	-0.51	0–3 (0%)	1–6 (14%)	91.5	+0.85
1985	20	1577	122.8	—	—	—	—	+20	—	-44	38.9%	-0.56	2–6 (25%)	4–6 (40%)	96.8	+0.89
1986	21	1564	106.0	—	—	—	—	+19	-88	-13	42.9%	-0.56	4–6 (40%)	3–4 (43%)	98.1	+4.32
1987	22	1635	119.2	—	—	—	—	+37	—	-173	48.8%	-0.23	5–7 (42%)	2–3 (40%)	98.1	+2.60
1988	23	1528	96.1	—	—	—	—	+42	—	-126	25.9%	-1.96	0–3 (0%)	0–2	—	+0.93
1989	24	1508	96.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.30
Career		1650	118.4	—	—	—	—	+29	-21	-60	43.5%	-0.45	15–30 (33%)	12–23 (34%)	88.2	+6.97

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Barbara Gerken Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1981	16	—	—	—	QF	4–1 (80%)
1982	17	—	—	R64	R128	0–2 (0%)
1983	18	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1984	19	R64	R128	R64	R32	3–4 (43%)
1985	20	R64	—	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1986	21	—	R128	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
1987	22	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1988	23	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–6 (40%)	6–7 (46%)	10–18 (36%)

WTA 500

Barbara Gerken WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	NAP	SDG	WAS	BER	CAN	KEY	LOS	MAN	SYD	W-L Win %
1982	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1984	19	R64	—	R32	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	2–5 (29%)
1985	20	R64	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	2–5 (29%)
1986	21	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1987	22	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1988	23	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R128	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	5–17 (23%)

WTA 250

Barbara Gerken WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	DAL	EAS	MEL	MIA	NAP	TKY	AME	APT	AUS	BER	BIR	BOC	BRI	DEN	POR	FOR	HAR	HER	HIL	KAN	KEY	LIT	LOS	LUG	MAH	NAS	NEW	OAK	OKL	PAL	PER	PHO	RIC	SCH	SIN	TAI	WIC	W-L Win %
1981	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–1 (80%)
1982	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1983	18	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
1984	19	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	4–7 (36%)
1985	20	—	—	R64	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	R16	QF	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–14 (36%)
1986	21	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R32	R64	—	—	F	R64	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	R32	10–13 (43%)
1987	22	R32	R16	R64	—	—	—	F	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	F	R32	—	14–13 (52%)
1988	23	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–6 (25%)
1989	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–3 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–3 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	48–60 (44%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

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Career-high date

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First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

No ranking history available.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Barbara Gerken?: Barbara Gerken is 62 years old, born on July 3, 1964.
Which country does Barbara Gerken represent?: Barbara Gerken represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Barbara Gerken won?: Barbara Gerken has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Barbara Gerken won?: TennisDB does not group any of Barbara Gerken's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Barbara Gerken's career win-loss record?: Barbara Gerken has a career WTA singles record of 64 wins and 97 losses (39.8%).
How much career prize money has Barbara Gerken earned?: Barbara Gerken has earned at least $179,599 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Barbara Gerken's career appear in TennisDB?: Barbara Gerken appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1981 through 1989.
On which surface does Barbara Gerken have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Barbara Gerken's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on carpet: 50.0% (15–15).
Who has Barbara Gerken faced most often?: Barbara Gerken's most frequent opponent is Anne Minter, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.