Katrina Adams

USA Age 58 165 cm / 5'5" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1987–1998

Katrina Adams represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 67. In TennisDB's records, Katrina Adams finished with a career record of 55–114 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

67 (May 8, 1989)

Elo peak

1607 (37th percentile)

Career record

55–114 (32.5%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,294,235

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 →

Katrina Adams's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Serena Williams #42	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 26, 1998*	R32	Oklahoma	WTA 250	Hard
Sandra Cacic #169	6-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 20, 1997*	R32	Oklahoma	WTA 250	Hard
Yuka Yoshida #96	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1997*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Elena Likhovtseva #24	2-6 7-5 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 1996*	R16	Canadian Indoor	WTA 250	Carpet
Jeri Ingram #313	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 24, 1996*	R32	Canadian Indoor	WTA 250	Carpet

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Katrina Adams's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	2	2	4	Feb 16, 1995	H2H
Patty Fendick	3	1	4	Aug 31, 1994	H2H
Rosalyn Fairbank	1	3	4	Jun 10, 1993	H2H
Gretchen Magers	0	4	4	Jun 13, 1991	H2H
Nathalie Tauziat	1	2	3	Mar 24, 1996	H2H

Career Results

Katrina Adams career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1987	18	1	3	4	25.0%	279	167
1988	19	10	15	25	40.0%	166	96
1989	20	14	25	39	35.9%	96	84
1990	21	1	11	12	8.3%	84	256
1991	22	7	7	14	50.0%	257	91
1992	23	6	15	21	28.6%	90	143
1993	24	4	10	14	28.6%	146	184
1994	25	2	7	9	22.2%	184	144
1995	26	3	8	11	27.3%	143	116
1996	27	7	10	17	41.2%	125	115
1997	28	0	2	2	0.0%	117	278
1998	29	0	1	1	0.0%	278	625
Career		55	114	169	32.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Katrina Adams 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 %
1987	18	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1988	19	6	7	13	46.2%	0	5	5	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	10	15	25	40.0%
1989	20	8	12	20	40.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	5	7	28.6%	14	25	39	35.9%
1990	21	0	7	7	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	11	12	8.3%
1991	22	6	3	9	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	7	7	14	50.0%
1992	23	4	5	9	44.4%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	15	21	28.6%
1993	24	0	4	4	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	10	14	28.6%
1994	25	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1995	26	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%
1996	27	5	4	9	55.6%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	7	10	17	41.2%
1997	28	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1998	29	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	34	51	85	40.0%	3	21	24	12.5%	13	20	33	39.4%	5	22	27	18.5%	55	114	169	32.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Katrina Adams 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 %
1987	18	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1988	19	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	7	10	30.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	12	19	36.8%
1989	20	1	2	3	33.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	7	11	18	38.9%	1	5	6	16.7%	11	22	33	33.3%
1990	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	7	7	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	9	9	0.0%
1991	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	6	7	13	46.2%
1992	23	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	14	19	26.3%
1993	24	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	10	13	23.1%
1994	25	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
1995	26	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1996	27	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	7	9	16	43.8%
1997	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1998	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	10	11	9.1%	5	23	28	17.9%	26	45	71	36.6%	12	22	34	35.3%	44	100	144	30.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 144/169 (85.2%) of Katrina Adams's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Katrina Adams 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
1987	18	1485	104.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.25	—	—	—	+0.42
1988	19	1540	107.3	—	—	—	—	+17	-104	+79	41.1%	-0.98	3–3 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	104.1	+0.75
1989	20	1573	119.5	—	—	—	—	+5	-143	+43	38.0%	-0.89	9–7 (56%)	8–9 (47%)	105.7	+0.11
1990	21	1471	103.4	—	—	—	—	-8	—	+146	21.4%	-1.64	0–4 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	92.7	+0.18
1991	22	1572	124.7	—	—	—	—	-6	—	—	44.1%	-0.76	5–1 (83%)	5–1 (83%)	110.6	+0.43
1992	23	1538	111.1	—	—	—	—	+21	-145	+41	29.5%	-1.59	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	96.5	+0.39
1993	24	1531	120.1	—	—	—	—	-36	-85	+137	35.3%	-1.24	2–4 (33%)	3–0 (100%)	102.7	-0.13
1994	25	1512	124.6	—	—	—	—	+10	—	—	30.4%	-0.39	2–3 (40%)	1–3 (25%)	100.9	-0.56
1995	26	1508	111.9	—	—	—	—	+22	—	—	30.8%	-1.54	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.29
1996	27	1555	119.5	—	—	—	—	+44	-140	+1	43.9%	-0.63	3–4 (43%)	2–0	—	-0.18
1997	28	1525	99.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	+0.20
1998	29	1515	98.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.10
Career		1607	121.2	—	—	—	—	+9	-122	+69	35.5%	-1.08	27–31 (47%)	24–22 (52%)	107.7	+1.07

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Katrina Adams Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1988	19	R128	R128	R16	R128	3–4 (43%)
1989	20	R64	R128	R32	R128	3–4 (43%)
1990	21	R128	—	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1992	23	R32	R128	R64	—	3–3 (50%)
1993	24	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1994	25	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1995	26	—	—	R128	R32	2–2 (50%)
1996	27	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1997	28	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–5 (38%)	0–4 (0%)	7–7 (50%)	2–7 (22%)	12–23 (34%)

WTA 1000

Katrina Adams WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	CAN	HIL	KEY	ZUR	W-L Win %
1990	21	—	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	22	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	23	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1993	24	R32	R32	R64	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1994	25	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
1995	26	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	5–11 (31%)

WTA 500

Katrina Adams WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	EAS	HOU	IW	TKY	WAS	AME	BRI	CAN	CHI	POR	HIL	KEY	LOS	MAN	MOS	OAK	SYD	ZUR	W-L Win %
1988	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	R64	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1989	20	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R64	—	2–4 (33%)
1990	21	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1991	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1992	23	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–5 (17%)
1993	24	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
1994	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–27 (16%)

WTA 250

Katrina Adams WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BUE	EAS	GEN	HOU	NAP	NWP	TKY	WAS	ALB	AME	BIR	BOC	BRE	BRI	BUD	CAN	CAR	CHI	GUA	KEY	LEI	OAK	OKL	QUE	SAN	SCO	SYD	TAM	WEL	WES	ZUR	W-L Win %
1987	18	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1988	19	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	F	—	—	6–6 (50%)
1989	20	—	—	R64	R32	R16	R16	R32	R32	R32	R32	R64	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R128	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	9–17 (35%)
1990	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1991	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	7–4 (64%)
1992	23	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1993	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1994	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1995	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1997	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	6–9 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–6 (45%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–1 (83%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	33–53 (38%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 8, 1989

First Top 100

Jul 4, 1988

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Katrina Adams ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	358	365	367	380	389	389
1987	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	278	224	158	167
1988	19	162	122	123	125	122	123	98	93	96	92	105	96
1989	20	93	125	68	69	71	73	94	90	91	97	86	84
1990	21	82	91	134	145	153	144	155	156	158	209	254	256
1991	22	247	236	230	236	220	207	224	165	160	153	93	91
1992	23	81	90	82	89	88	98	84	99	97	88	143	143
1993	24	150	158	180	167	139	106	127	142	150	166	179	184
1994	25	172	144	148	149	175	196	171	157	164	148	144	144
1995	26	145	141	143	148	144	145	144	156	116	115	113	116
1996	27	125	114	116	97	99	92	90	98	119	130	120	115
1997	28	121	155	181	183	176	191	232	296	248	312	279	278
1998	29	277	284	295	307	312	325	366	371	542	622	625	—

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.

Katrina Adams's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Eugenia Maniokova	RUS	66	1,589	73	24	49	32.9%	1990–1995	Match log
Rennae Stubbs	AUS	64	1,598	105	34	71	32.4%	1989–1998	Match log
Silke Frankl	GER	67	1,649	119	42	77	35.3%	1988–1995	Match log
Rene Simpson	CAN	70	1,663	127	44	83	34.6%	1988–1998	Match log
Erika De Lone	USA	65	1,603	142	42	100	29.6%	1989–2002	Match log
Maya Kidowaki	JPN	68	1,658	90	34	56	37.8%	1988–1994	Match log
Audra Keller	USA	77	1,645	130	42	88	32.3%	1989–1995	Match log
Petra Thoren	FIN	73	1,628	94	31	63	33.0%	1989–1995	Match log
Rika Hiraki	JPN	72	1,589	141	48	93	34.0%	1988–2001	Match log
Petra Kamstra	NED	70	1,585	57	21	36	36.8%	1990–1996	Match log
Sandra Dopfer	AUT	70	1,577	103	31	72	30.1%	1989–1999	Match log
Natalia Baudone	ITA	71	1,682	96	38	58	39.6%	1990–1996	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Katrina Adams?: Katrina Adams is 58 years old, born on August 5, 1968.
Which country does Katrina Adams represent?: Katrina Adams represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Katrina Adams?: Katrina Adams is 165 cm / 5'5".
Does Katrina Adams use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Katrina Adams uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Katrina Adams left-handed or right-handed?: Katrina Adams plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Katrina Adams won?: Katrina Adams has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Katrina Adams won?: TennisDB does not group any of Katrina Adams's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Katrina Adams' highest WTA ranking?: Katrina Adams' career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 67, first achieved on May 8, 1989.
What is Katrina Adams' career win-loss record?: Katrina Adams has a career WTA singles record of 55 wins and 114 losses (32.5%).
How much career prize money has Katrina Adams earned?: Katrina Adams has earned at least $1,294,235 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Katrina Adams's career appear in TennisDB?: Katrina Adams appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1987 through 1998.
On which surface does Katrina Adams have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Katrina Adams's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 40.0% (34–51).
Who has Katrina Adams faced most often?: Katrina Adams' most frequent opponent is Amanda Coetzer, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.