Helen Kelesi

CAN Age 56 165 cm / 5'5" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1985–1994

Helen Kelesi represented Canada on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 13. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 213–165 and 2 singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

13 (Nov 20, 1989)

Elo peak

1955 (90th percentile)

Singles record

213–165 (56.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$905,972

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 →

Helen Kelesi's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Eugenia Maniokova #107	6-4 2-6 0-2 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1994*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Petra Langrova #105	6-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 1994*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Fang Li #91	7-6(6) 1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 25, 1994*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Maja Palaversic #199	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 21, 1994*	R32	Barcelona	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Clay
Kristie Boogert #61	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 30, 1994*	R64	Hilton Head	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Helen Kelesi's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	3	5	8	Mar 13, 1994	H2H
Gabriela Sabatini	0	8	8	Aug 9, 1991	H2H
Steffi Graf	0	6	6	Jun 27, 1993	H2H
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	2	4	6	May 26, 1991	H2H
Radomira Zrubakova	2	3	5	May 20, 1993	H2H

Singles Titles (2)

Helen Kelesi 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
1986	16	1	—	—	—	1	—	Tokyo Japan Open
1988	18	1	—	—	—	1	—	Taranto
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

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

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Helen Kelesi Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	First Round	0	1	Gisele Miro def. Helen Kelesi #22 7-5 7-5	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Helen Kelesi career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1985	15	15	15	30	50.0%	95	48
1986	16	28	21	49	57.1%	46	39
1987	17	22	19	41	53.7%	39	32
1988	18	33	19	52	63.5%	37	19
1989	19	36	18	54	66.7%	19	13
1990	20	23	17	40	57.5%	13	25
1991	21	26	20	46	56.5%	25	29
1992	22	7	13	20	35.0%	29	128
1993	23	18	13	31	58.1%	127	48
1994	24	5	10	15	33.3%	48	125
Career		213	165	378	56.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Helen Kelesi 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 %
1985	15	11	8	19	57.9%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	15	15	30	50.0%
1986	16	11	7	18	61.1%	9	6	15	60.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	28	21	49	57.1%
1987	17	8	5	13	61.5%	10	7	17	58.8%	3	4	7	42.9%	1	3	4	25.0%	22	19	41	53.7%
1988	18	11	10	21	52.4%	20	5	25	80.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	33	19	52	63.5%
1989	19	20	9	29	69.0%	13	5	18	72.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	36	18	54	66.7%
1990	20	7	8	15	46.7%	16	7	23	69.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	23	17	40	57.5%
1991	21	8	8	16	50.0%	13	7	20	65.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	26	20	46	56.5%
1992	22	7	10	17	41.2%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1993	23	11	8	19	57.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	18	13	31	58.1%
1994	24	4	4	8	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	10	15	33.3%
Career	—	98	77	175	56.0%	88	50	138	63.8%	9	15	24	37.5%	18	23	41	43.9%	213	165	378	56.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Helen Kelesi 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 %
1985	15	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	0	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
1986	16	1	4	5	20.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	8	5	13	61.5%	5	0	5	100.0%	15	14	29	51.7%
1987	17	2	9	11	18.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	14	5	19	73.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	17	18	35	48.6%
1988	18	4	6	10	40.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	9	4	13	69.2%	9	0	9	100.0%	24	15	39	61.5%
1989	19	0	7	7	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	15	7	22	68.2%	10	0	10	100.0%	28	17	45	62.2%
1990	20	1	5	6	16.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	10	5	15	66.7%	6	3	9	66.7%	18	15	33	54.5%
1991	21	2	7	9	22.2%	3	0	3	100.0%	9	10	19	47.4%	6	2	8	75.0%	20	19	39	51.3%
1992	22	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	7	11	18	38.9%
1993	23	0	2	2	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	6	3	9	66.7%	7	1	8	87.5%	14	12	26	53.8%
1994	24	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	10	14	28.6%
Career		11	45	56	19.6%	12	27	39	30.8%	80	50	130	61.5%	48	13	61	78.7%	151	135	286	52.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 286/378 (75.7%) of Helen Kelesi's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Helen Kelesi 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
1985	15	1642	120.5	—	—	—	—	+6	-36	—	48.0%	-0.51	9–6 (60%)	5–1 (83%)	106.9	+0.84
1986	16	1745	135.4	—	—	—	—	-29	-31	-160	54.6%	+0.16	12–9 (57%)	10–8 (56%)	106.9	+0.08
1987	17	1785	144.2	—	—	—	—	-39	+12	-185	53.5%	+0.11	8–9 (47%)	5–4 (56%)	100.3	-2.78
1988	18	1815	148.0	—	—	—	—	-89	+155	—	62.1%	+0.90	6–8 (43%)	4–6 (40%)	96.5	-0.81
1989	19	1872	151.1	—	—	—	—	-33	+146	—	64.5%	+0.83	11–6 (65%)	6–4 (60%)	105.2	-2.05
1990	20	1785	139.7	—	—	—	—	-66	+217	—	60.0%	+0.68	4–8 (33%)	5–4 (56%)	93.8	+0.69
1991	21	1715	141.4	—	—	—	—	-34	+257	-139	54.7%	+0.47	8–6 (57%)	2–3 (40%)	98.7	+0.82
1992	22	1633	124.6	—	—	—	—	-3	—	—	46.3%	-0.12	2–5 (29%)	2–4 (33%)	94.8	-0.03
1993	23	1756	136.5	—	—	—	—	-3	+91	-126	57.6%	+0.51	6–2 (75%)	6–4 (60%)	107.2	-1.21
1994	24	1647	125.5	—	—	—	—	+73	+113	—	38.7%	-0.61	1–2 (33%)	1–1	—	-0.09
Career		1955	146.3	—	—	—	—	-28	+126	-159	56.1%	+0.37	67–61 (52%)	46–39 (54%)	104.4	-1.21

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Helen Kelesi Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1985	15	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1986	16	—	R128	R64	R32	3–3 (50%)
1987	17	R64	R16	R128	R32	6–4 (60%)
1988	18	—	QF	R128	R64	5–3 (62%)
1989	19	—	QF	R128	R128	4–3 (57%)
1990	20	R32	R64	R128	R64	4–4 (50%)
1991	21	—	R32	R128	R64	3–3 (50%)
1992	22	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1993	23	—	R128	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
1994	24	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
W-L		4–4 (50%)	14–9 (61%)	3–9 (25%)	7–10 (41%)	28–32 (47%)

WTA 1000

Helen Kelesi WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	BOC	CAN	HIL	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	20	SF	R32	—	R16	QF	R32	10–5 (67%)
1991	21	R16	—	R16	R16	R16	R64	8–5 (62%)
1992	22	—	—	R32	R32	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
1993	23	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	3–2 (60%)
1994	24	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	1–2 (33%)
W-L		6–2 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	6–4 (60%)	4–4 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	24–18 (57%)

WTA 500

Helen Kelesi WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	BRI	DLB	EAS	HAM	HOU	IW	NAP	ITA	WAS	AME	BER	BOC	CAN	CHA	CHI	POR	HIL	KEY	LOS	MAN	OAK	STR	SYD	WOR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1985	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1986	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1987	17	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	6–6 (50%)
1988	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	QF	R128	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	10–7 (59%)
1989	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–4 (64%)
1990	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1991	21	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	8–7 (53%)
1992	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1993	23	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1994	24	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	6–4 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	9–5 (64%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	47–40 (54%)

WTA 250

Helen Kelesi WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	CIN	DAL	EAS	GEN	KIT	NAP	ITA	TKY	WAS	AME	BIR	BOC	BOL	BRE	CHI	DOR	FOR	HIL	KEY	KUA	LUC	LUG	MAH	MIL	MON	NAS	OKL	PAT	PHO	PRA	PRI	QUE	SAN	SAN	SAN	SCH	SCO	SIN	SYD	TAI	TAM	TAR	WIC	WOR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1985	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	9–7 (56%)
1986	16	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R16	—	W	—	R64	—	R128	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	20–14 (59%)
1987	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	R32	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	10–9 (53%)
1988	18	—	F	—	—	—	—	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	18–7 (72%)
1989	19	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	QF	25–10 (71%)
1990	20	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
1991	21	—	—	—	—	F	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–5 (58%)
1992	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1993	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10–6 (62%)
1994	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		4–1 (80%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	7–2 (78%)	1–1 (50%)	6–5 (55%)	5–2 (71%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	3–1 (75%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	6–2 (75%)	5–3 (62%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	5–4 (56%)	2–1 (67%)	111–70 (61%)

WTA Finals

Helen Kelesi WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1988	18	R16	0–1 (0%)
1989	19	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 20, 1989

First Top 100

Apr 29, 1985

First Top 50

Sep 2, 1985

First Top 20

Aug 15, 1988

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Helen Kelesi ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1985	15	—	—	—	95	87	84	87	72	40	41	44	48
1986	16	25	26	37	38	31	31	29	31	47	33	39	39
1987	17	47	49	39	30	37	32	36	28	31	34	33	32
1988	18	33	31	35	40	25	23	22	20	20	20	19	19
1989	19	19	17	14	16	15	18	17	18	18	18	13	13
1990	20	15	14	20	24	19	22	20	20	21	21	25	25
1991	21	23	20	19	21	23	23	23	24	27	28	29	29
1992	22	29	40	55	57	102	139	154	140	150	128	128	128
1993	23	118	93	91	77	84	87	71	70	72	72	49	48
1994	24	52	52	54	58	53	52	62	73	74	71	125	125
1995	25	152	226	623	707	696	696	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	27	—	—	—	716	718	723	735	760	758	771	763	771
1998	28	766	758	755	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Sabine Hack	GER	#13	1,997	315	180	135	57.1%	$941,568	5	1985–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Judith Wiesner	AUT	#12	1,976	482	303	179	62.9%	$1,738,253	5	1985–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Laura Arraya	PER	#14	1,922	474	270	204	57.0%	$1,005,589	10	1981–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Sandra Cecchini	ITA	#15	1,936	517	300	217	58.0%	$1,319,152	11	1981–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Robin White	USA	#15	1,878	300	142	158	47.3%	$1,174,349	2	1981–1994	Rivalries	Match log
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Amy Frazier	USA	#13	1,956	723	416	307	57.5%	$3,460,799	8	1987–2006	Rivalries	Match log
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Leila Meskhi	GEO	#12	1,987	314	193	121	61.5%	$1,179,720	5	1987–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Naoko Sawamatsu	JPN	#14	1,970	312	183	129	58.7%	$1,107,264	4	1989–1998	Rivalries	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Helen Kelesi?: Helen Kelesi is 56 years old, born on November 15, 1969.
Which country does Helen Kelesi represent?: Helen Kelesi represents Canada in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Helen Kelesi?: Helen Kelesi is 165 cm / 5'5".
Does Helen Kelesi use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Helen Kelesi uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Helen Kelesi left-handed or right-handed?: Helen Kelesi plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Helen Kelesi won?: Helen Kelesi has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Helen Kelesi won?: TennisDB does not group any of Helen Kelesi's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Helen Kelesi won?: Helen Kelesi has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Taranto in 1988.
What is Helen Kelesi's highest WTA ranking?: Helen Kelesi's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 13, first achieved on November 20, 1989.
What is Helen Kelesi's career win-loss record?: Helen Kelesi has a career WTA singles record of 213 wins and 165 losses (56.3%).
How much career prize money has Helen Kelesi earned?: Helen Kelesi has earned at least $905,972 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Helen Kelesi's career appear in TennisDB?: Helen Kelesi appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1985 through 1994.
On which surface does Helen Kelesi have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Helen Kelesi's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 63.8% (88–50).
Who has Helen Kelesi faced most often?: Helen Kelesi's most frequent opponent is Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, with a head-to-head record of 3–5 across 8 meetings.