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Elna Reinach

RSA Age 57 WTA Tour years active: 1984–1995

Elna Reinach represented South Africa on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 26. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 145–171 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

26 (Feb 13, 1989)

Elo peak

1864 (82nd percentile)

Singles record

145–171 (45.9%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,114,668

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 →

Elna Reinach's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Sabine Hack #35	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1995*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Julie Halard-Decugis #31	6-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 1995*	R64	Canadian Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard
Zina Garrison #25	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1995*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Marketa Kochta #130	6-1 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1995*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Lisa Raymond #25	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 22, 1995*	R32	Eastbourne Open	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Elna Reinach's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Zina Garrison	1	6	7	Jun 30, 1995	H2H
Nathalie Tauziat	1	6	7	Nov 5, 1994	H2H
Lori Mcneil	0	6	6	Jun 17, 1995	H2H
Natalia Medvedeva	1	5	6	Jun 15, 1994	H2H
Martina Navratilova	0	6	6	Oct 18, 1991	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Elna Reinach 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
1993	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	ASB Classic
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Elna Reinach Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Jennifer Capriati #6 def. Elna Reinach #92 6-1 6-0	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Elna Reinach career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1984	15	0	1	1	0.0%	273	273
1985	16	0	1	1	0.0%	237	205
1986	17	14	12	26	53.9%	210	56
1987	18	10	21	31	32.3%	57	95
1988	19	26	15	41	63.4%	99	28
1989	20	16	17	33	48.5%	28	56
1990	21	12	18	30	40.0%	56	90
1991	22	15	22	37	40.5%	96	82
1992	23	10	17	27	37.0%	78	109
1993	24	19	17	36	52.8%	108	58
1994	25	13	15	28	46.4%	58	74
1995	26	10	15	25	40.0%	73	109
Career		145	171	316	45.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Elna Reinach 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 %
1984	15	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1986	17	9	5	14	64.3%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	14	12	26	53.8%
1987	18	3	6	9	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	1	5	6	16.7%	10	21	31	32.3%
1988	19	13	6	19	68.4%	5	4	9	55.6%	6	3	9	66.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	26	15	41	63.4%
1989	20	7	8	15	46.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	3	7	57.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	16	17	33	48.5%
1990	21	9	10	19	47.4%	0	5	5	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	12	18	30	40.0%
1991	22	8	14	22	36.4%	5	4	9	55.6%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	15	22	37	40.5%
1992	23	6	9	15	40.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	10	17	27	37.0%
1993	24	12	9	21	57.1%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	19	17	36	52.8%
1994	25	7	9	16	43.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	13	15	28	46.4%
1995	26	4	7	11	36.4%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	15	25	40.0%
Career	—	78	83	161	48.4%	19	37	56	33.9%	37	34	71	52.1%	11	17	28	39.3%	145	171	316	45.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Elna Reinach 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	15	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	16	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1986	17	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	10	14	28.6%
1987	18	0	7	7	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	17	22	22.7%
1988	19	0	4	4	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	9	1	10	90.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	17	12	29	58.6%
1989	20	0	4	4	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	14	23	39.1%
1990	21	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	0	3	3	0.0%	9	15	24	37.5%
1991	22	0	7	7	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	3	2	5	60.0%	13	21	34	38.2%
1992	23	0	4	4	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	6	15	21	28.6%
1993	24	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	8	5	13	61.5%	8	3	11	72.7%	18	14	32	56.2%
1994	25	0	2	2	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	5	2	7	71.4%	10	14	24	41.7%
1995	26	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%	7	0	7	100.0%	9	15	24	37.5%
Career		0	37	37	0.0%	11	46	57	19.3%	57	48	105	54.3%	32	18	50	64.0%	100	149	249	40.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 249/316 (78.8%) of Elna Reinach's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Elna Reinach 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
1984	15	1496	104.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.05
1985	16	1494	101.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.20
1986	17	1656	129.6	—	—	—	—	+25	-92	-83	53.6%	+0.25	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	99.2	+0.54
1987	18	1632	140.4	—	—	—	—	+3	-125	+10	39.7%	-0.55	2–9 (18%)	1–4 (20%)	93.7	-3.04
1988	19	1810	145.0	—	—	—	—	-44	-214	-80	60.0%	+0.77	8–5 (62%)	5–4 (56%)	105.9	-0.96
1989	20	1775	141.0	—	—	—	—	-7	-178	-39	48.7%	-0.08	5–5 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	100.3	-1.40
1990	21	1714	130.7	—	—	—	—	+25	-203	+61	44.4%	-0.33	4–8 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	95.9	-0.55
1991	22	1705	139.8	—	—	—	—	-52	-76	+48	44.4%	-0.41	6–10 (38%)	4–3 (57%)	99.3	-3.80
1992	23	1654	132.3	—	—	—	—	+5	-67	+81	36.2%	-0.76	3–5 (38%)	2–2 (50%)	97.7	-1.31
1993	24	1706	131.0	—	—	—	—	+28	-124	+17	52.4%	+0.13	6–6 (50%)	1–8 (11%)	94.7	+0.42
1994	25	1731	133.1	—	—	—	—	-3	—	+12	43.1%	-0.62	7–4 (64%)	2–1 (67%)	104.6	-1.92
1995	26	1665	126.3	—	—	—	—	+1	-138	+127	39.3%	-0.46	4–2 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	102.1	-1.57
Career		1864	143.2	—	—	—	—	-4	-139	+16	46.6%	-0.19	47–58 (45%)	23–30 (43%)	98.0	-4.39

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Elna Reinach Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1985	16	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	17	—	R128	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1987	18	R32	R128	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
1988	19	—	R32	R32	R16	7–3 (70%)
1989	20	—	R64	R128	R64	2–3 (40%)
1990	21	—	R128	R32	R32	4–3 (57%)
1991	22	R128	R16	R128	R128	3–4 (43%)
1992	23	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1993	24	R64	R64	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1994	25	R128	R128	R64	R64	2–4 (33%)
1995	26	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
W-L		3–5 (38%)	7–10 (41%)	6–11 (35%)	11–10 (52%)	27–36 (43%)

WTA 1000

Elna Reinach WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	BOC	CAN	BER	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	21	R64	R64	—	—	—	R128	0–3 (0%)
1991	22	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1992	23	—	—	R64	R16	—	R64	3–3 (50%)
1993	24	—	R64	—	R64	—	R128	0–3 (0%)
1994	25	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	3–2 (60%)
1995	26	R64	—	—	R64	R64	R64	1–4 (20%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	8–16 (33%)

WTA 500

Elna Reinach WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	EAS	HAM	IW	ITA	SDG	WAS	BER	BOC	BRI	CAN	CHA	CHI	ESS	POR	HIL	KEY	LOS	MAN	ORL	STR	SYD	W-L Win %
1984	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1987	18	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	3–4 (43%)
1988	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	8–4 (67%)
1989	20	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	2–4 (33%)
1990	21	—	—	R32	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1991	22	—	—	R32	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	4–7 (36%)
1992	23	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–5 (44%)
1993	24	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–6 (50%)
1994	25	—	R64	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1995	26	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	6–6 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	3–6 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	3–2 (60%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	34–48 (41%)

WTA 250

Elna Reinach WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BRI	DAL	EAS	GEN	NAP	NWP	WAS	ALB	AME	AUR	BAY	BER	BIR	BOC	BRE	BRI	DOR	POR	HIL	KEY	LUC	MAH	OAK	OKL	PRI	QUE	SAN	SAN	SAN	SCH	SCO	STR	SYD	TAM	ZUR	W-L Win %
1986	17	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10–5 (67%)
1987	18	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	R64	R128	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	5–13 (28%)
1988	19	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	11–8 (58%)
1989	20	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	F	—	—	R32	—	SF	R32	—	QF	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12–10 (55%)
1990	21	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	7–7 (50%)
1991	22	—	R64	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	7–10 (41%)
1992	23	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1993	24	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	10–4 (71%)
1994	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	5–4 (56%)
1995	26	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
W-L		6–2 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	7–2 (78%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	20–10 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	5–2 (71%)	1–2 (33%)	6–5 (55%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	76–70 (52%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 13, 1989

First Top 100

Jun 23, 1986

First Top 50

Feb 2, 1987

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Elna Reinach ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	273
1985	16	—	237	242	247	213	193	169	172	178	186	200	205
1986	17	202	188	161	152	112	100	106	90	60	57	56	56
1987	18	53	53	50	53	54	56	54	90	94	94	93	95
1988	19	102	93	56	41	47	37	34	32	29	28	28	28
1989	20	28	34	46	48	52	49	60	49	56	73	57	56
1990	21	54	49	52	60	67	87	79	121	112	123	86	90
1991	22	104	101	91	87	74	49	61	55	65	64	80	82
1992	23	70	73	69	71	71	88	92	112	113	113	110	109
1993	24	111	64	67	68	62	61	66	69	64	61	57	58
1994	25	62	76	77	73	69	72	67	62	63	78	74	74
1995	26	64	70	71	70	82	74	76	86	91	96	108	109
1996	27	110	132	128	137	143	342	342	—	—	—	—	—

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.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Elna Reinach's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Emanuela Zardo	SUI	#27	1,756	144	69	75	47.9%	$398,454	1	1987–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Andrea Leand	USA	#27	1,881	187	83	104	44.4%	$346,947	1	1981–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Regina Rajchrtova	TCH	#26	1,797	129	63	66	48.8%	$353,866	0	1987–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Elise Burgin	USA	#27	1,845	297	132	165	44.4%	$825,452	1	1980–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Manon Bollegraf	NED	#29	1,782	216	96	120	44.4%	$2,112,117	1	1986–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Sabrina Goles	YUG	#27	1,843	233	114	119	48.9%	$353,941	1	1983–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Federica Bonsignori	ITA	#28	1,709	187	75	112	40.1%	$329,849	1	1984–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Camille Benjamin	USA	#27	1,820	400	177	223	44.3%	$688,139	0	1982–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Patricia Tarabini	ARG	#29	1,746	228	105	123	46.1%	$1,541,551	0	1986–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Mercedes Paz	ARG	#28	1,822	329	145	184	44.1%	$1,163,693	3	1985–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Halle Cioffi	USA	#31	1,765	186	88	98	47.3%	—	1	1985–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Wendy White	USA	#28	1,856	350	161	189	46.0%	$573,859	1	1978–1992	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Elna Reinach?: Elna Reinach is 57 years old, born on December 2, 1968.
Which country does Elna Reinach represent?: Elna Reinach represents South Africa in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Elna Reinach won?: Elna Reinach has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Elna Reinach won?: TennisDB does not group any of Elna Reinach's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Elna Reinach won?: Elna Reinach has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Auckland in 1993.
What is Elna Reinach's highest WTA ranking?: Elna Reinach's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 26, first achieved on February 13, 1989.
What is Elna Reinach's career win-loss record?: Elna Reinach has a career WTA singles record of 145 wins and 171 losses (45.9%).
How much career prize money has Elna Reinach earned?: Elna Reinach has earned at least $1,114,668 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Elna Reinach's career appear in TennisDB?: Elna Reinach appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1984 through 1995.
On which surface does Elna Reinach have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Elna Reinach's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 52.1% (37–34).
Who has Elna Reinach faced most often?: Elna Reinach's most frequent opponent is Zina Garrison, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.