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Sara Gomer

GBR Age 62 190 cm / 6'3" Plays: Left-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1980–1992

Sara Gomer represented the United Kingdom on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 46. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 105–132 and one singles title. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

46 (Sep 26, 1988)

Elo peak

1779 (72nd percentile)

Singles record

105–132 (44.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$332,445

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 →

Sara Gomer's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Louise Allen	4-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1992*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Samantha Smith #161	6-2 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 31, 1992*	R64	Barcelona Olympics	Olympics	Clay
Louise Allen	6-3 1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1992*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Robin White #51	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 17, 1992*	R64	Eastbourne Open	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Grass
Patricia Hy Boulais	6-7(5) 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 28, 1992*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Sara Gomer's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Steffi Graf	0	5	5	Mar 16, 1988	H2H
Zina Garrison	0	4	4	Jun 26, 1991	H2H
Nathalie Herreman	1	3	4	Apr 24, 1991	H2H
Jo Durie	1	3	4	Jun 21, 1990	H2H
Pam Shriver	0	4	4	Jun 30, 1989	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Sara Gomer 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
1988	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Aptos
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Sara Gomer Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Larisa Savchenko #17 def. Sara Gomer #48 6-7(3) 7-6(3) 9-7	H2H	Match data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Samantha Smith #161 def. Sara Gomer #95 2-6 6-3 6-1	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Sara Gomer career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	16	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—
1981	17	7	8	15	46.7%	—	—
1982	18	6	4	10	60.0%	—	—
1983	19	3	7	10	30.0%	—	—
1984	20	1	5	6	16.7%	163	128
1985	21	10	15	25	40.0%	101	101
1986	22	13	14	27	48.2%	77	59
1987	23	18	19	37	48.7%	58	72
1988	24	20	16	36	55.6%	77	51
1989	25	7	12	19	36.8%	52	124
1990	26	6	8	14	42.9%	124	92
1991	27	8	13	21	38.1%	93	120
1992	28	4	10	14	28.6%	121	173
Career		105	132	237	44.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Sara Gomer 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	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1981	17	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	8	15	46.7%
1982	18	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	4	10	60.0%
1983	19	2	1	3	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%
1984	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
1985	21	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	10	15	25	40.0%
1986	22	8	6	14	57.1%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	13	14	27	48.1%
1987	23	10	10	20	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	18	19	37	48.6%
1988	24	14	11	25	56.0%	—	—	—	—	5	4	9	55.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	20	16	36	55.6%
1989	25	1	6	7	14.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	7	12	19	36.8%
1990	26	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	6	8	14	42.9%
1991	27	5	7	12	41.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	13	21	38.1%
1992	28	3	6	9	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	10	14	28.6%
Career	—	47	57	104	45.2%	8	17	25	32.0%	32	39	71	45.1%	7	10	17	41.2%	105	132	237	44.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Sara Gomer 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	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1985	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	0	0	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1986	22	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	4	2	6	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	8	10	18	44.4%
1987	23	0	8	8	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	13	15	28	46.4%
1988	24	0	4	4	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	6	4	10	60.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	12	15	27	44.4%
1989	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
1990	26	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	7	13	46.2%
1991	27	0	6	6	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	11	14	21.4%
1992	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	7	9	22.2%
Career		1	24	25	4.0%	6	20	26	23.1%	28	23	51	54.9%	17	14	31	54.8%	52	81	133	39.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 133/237 (56.1%) of Sara Gomer's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Sara Gomer 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	16	1519	104.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	66.7%	+0.83	—	—	—	+0.03
1981	17	1518	109.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45.5%	-0.09	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	102.6	+0.09
1982	18	1545	105.7	—	—	—	—	—	-19	—	60.0%	+0.55	—	2–0	—	+1.20
1983	19	1532	102.6	—	—	—	—	+81	—	+23	40.0%	-0.92	1–4 (20%)	2–2 (50%)	97.8	+0.60
1984	20	1511	108.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	+35	26.7%	-1.60	1–2 (33%)	0–2	—	+0.16
1985	21	1569	117.7	—	—	—	—	-19	—	+23	42.9%	-0.46	2–4 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	98.6	+1.60
1986	22	1661	119.7	—	—	—	—	-6	-214	-40	46.9%	-0.28	6–4 (60%)	4–4 (50%)	103.7	+0.61
1987	23	1680	132.1	—	—	—	—	-12	—	-6	46.3%	-0.39	6–2 (75%)	5–5 (50%)	105.2	-0.35
1988	24	1747	138.4	—	—	—	—	-19	—	-34	53.7%	+0.15	6–4 (60%)	9–4 (69%)	108.3	-0.38
1989	25	1639	114.1	—	—	—	—	-24	-116	+78	43.5%	-0.78	2–6 (25%)	1–0	—	-0.50
1990	26	1636	113.2	—	—	—	—	-36	—	+108	42.4%	-0.48	3–2 (60%)	1–3 (25%)	99.2	+0.82
1991	27	1661	134.6	—	—	—	—	-33	—	+113	40.4%	-0.55	2–3 (40%)	0–3 (0%)	97.6	-1.11
1992	28	1557	104.1	—	—	—	—	+24	-82	—	34.4%	-1.06	1–3 (25%)	1–3 (25%)	94.9	+1.43
Career		1779	127.7	—	—	—	—	-13	-99	+25	45.3%	-0.39	32–35 (48%)	31–30 (51%)	102.3	+1.77

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Sara Gomer Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1983	19	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1984	20	R64	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1985	21	R32	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
1986	22	—	R128	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1987	23	R64	R64	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1988	24	R128	—	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1989	25	—	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1990	26	R128	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1991	27	R128	R128	R128	R32	2–4 (33%)
1992	28	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
W-L		2–7 (22%)	3–7 (30%)	5–10 (33%)	4–7 (36%)	14–31 (31%)

WTA 1000

Sara Gomer WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	BOC	CAN	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	26	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1991	27	R64	R16	R64	3–3 (50%)
1992	28	R32	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	5–6 (45%)

WTA 500

Sara Gomer WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	EAS	SDG	BER	BRI	CAN	KEY	LOS	MAN	SYD	W-L Win %
1983	19	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	21	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	5–4 (56%)
1986	22	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1987	23	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R32	6–5 (55%)
1988	24	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R64	R16	—	R32	4–5 (44%)
1989	25	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1990	26	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R64	—	3–3 (50%)
1991	27	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
1992	28	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–3 (62%)	2–1 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	21–28 (43%)

WTA 250

Sara Gomer WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAR	DAL	EAS	MEL	TKY	ALB	AME	APT	AUS	BEC	BIR	BOC	BOU	BOU	BRI	CHI	DEN	HAM	HAM	HER	HIL	KEY	LEE	LIT	MAH	MON	NOR	OKL	SAL	SAN	SIN	SOL	SOU	TAI	WEL	WES	WIN	W-L Win %
1980	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1981	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	7–8 (47%)
1982	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	6–4 (60%)
1983	19	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1984	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1985	21	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–7 (30%)
1986	22	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–8 (53%)
1987	23	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	9–10 (47%)
1988	24	F	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	14–7 (67%)
1989	25	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–6 (45%)
1990	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1991	27	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1992	28	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–2 (50%)
W-L		5–3 (62%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–7 (42%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	9–8 (53%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	0–3 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	64–65 (50%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Sep 26, 1988

First Top 100

Jan 6, 1986

First Top 50

May 25, 1987

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Sara Gomer ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	20	193	203	168	164	171	146	146	149	158	135	130	128
1985	21	—	101	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	22	77	79	82	83	96	83	81	70	54	54	54	59
1987	23	59	63	52	54	50	49	55	72	73	71	71	72
1988	24	79	79	78	75	69	66	61	49	46	52	50	51
1989	25	54	54	63	60	60	60	98	116	118	123	124	124
1990	26	133	140	131	174	175	180	146	126	123	83	88	92
1991	27	94	90	81	94	93	99	118	105	87	113	123	120
1992	28	120	105	101	92	91	92	95	131	169	164	169	173
1993	29	175	251	307	308	317	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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.

Sara Gomer's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Beverly Mould	RSA	#46	1,667	78	32	46	41.0%	$96,335	0	1980–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Nathalie Herreman	FRA	#42	1,727	257	103	154	40.1%	$535,530	1	1982–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Karine Quentrec	FRA	#45	1,739	129	55	74	42.6%	—	1	1988–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Janine Tremelling	AUS	#53	1,722	98	39	59	39.8%	$265,345	1	1982–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Akiko Kijimuta	JPN	#49	1,694	154	60	94	39.0%	$323,209	0	1983–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Catherine Suire	FRA	#52	1,672	208	79	129	38.0%	$488,888	0	1980–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Sandra Wasserman	BEL	#48	1,702	170	77	93	45.3%	$287,310	0	1987–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Petra Huber	AUT	#37	1,737	137	58	79	42.3%	$161,735	2	1982–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Shaun Stafford	USA	#48	1,773	222	90	132	40.5%	$788,298	1	1987–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Nicole Jagerman	NED	#43	1,736	181	81	100	44.8%	$495,975	0	1986–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Vicki Nelson	USA	#60	1,678	223	87	136	39.0%	—	1	1980–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Beverly Bowes	USA	#49	1,677	189	69	120	36.5%	$346,556	0	1983–1994	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Sara Gomer?: Sara Gomer is 62 years old, born on May 13, 1964.
Which country does Sara Gomer represent?: Sara Gomer represents United Kingdom in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Sara Gomer?: Sara Gomer is 190 cm / 6'3".
Is Sara Gomer left-handed or right-handed?: Sara Gomer plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Sara Gomer won?: Sara Gomer has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Sara Gomer won?: TennisDB does not group any of Sara Gomer's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Sara Gomer won?: Sara Gomer has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Aptos in 1988.
What is Sara Gomer's highest WTA ranking?: Sara Gomer's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 46, first achieved on September 26, 1988.
What is Sara Gomer's career win-loss record?: Sara Gomer has a career WTA singles record of 105 wins and 132 losses (44.3%).
How much career prize money has Sara Gomer earned?: Sara Gomer has earned at least $332,445 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Sara Gomer's career appear in TennisDB?: Sara Gomer appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1980 through 1992.
On which surface does Sara Gomer have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Sara Gomer's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 45.2% (47–57).
Who has Sara Gomer faced most often?: Sara Gomer's most frequent opponent is Steffi Graf, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.