Kristine Kunce

AUS Age 56 177 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1988–1998

Kristine Kunce represented Australia on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 45. In TennisDB's records, Kristine Kunce finished with a career record of 46–63 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

45 (Aug 15, 1994)

Elo peak

1742 (66th percentile)

Career record

46–63 (42.2%)

Career titles

Prize money

$700,961

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 →

Kristine Kunce's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Irina Spirlea #9	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 11, 1998*	R32	Birmingham	WTA 250	Grass
Maureen Drake #149	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 10, 1998*	R64	Birmingham	WTA 250	Grass
Mana Endo #156	7-6 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1998*	R32	Japan Women's Open	WTA 250	Hard
Maria Vento-Kabchi #34	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 1998	R64	Indian Wells Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Miriam Oremans #48	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1998*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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Kristine Kunce's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Mana Endo	0	4	4	Apr 16, 1998	H2H
Rachel Mcquillan	2	1	3	Apr 30, 1994	H2H
Larisa Savchenko	1	2	3	Mar 30, 1994	H2H
Martina Navratilova	1	2	3	Jun 11, 1993	H2H
Irina Spirlea	1	1	2	Jun 11, 1998	H2H

Career Results

Kristine Kunce career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1988	18	0	2	2	0.0%	339	242
1989	19	4	2	6	66.7%	237	168
1990	20	0	4	4	0.0%	168	279
1991	21	1	2	3	33.3%	284	172
1992	22	2	2	4	50.0%	170	177
1993	23	8	8	16	50.0%	178	96
1994	24	19	17	36	52.8%	96	56
1995	25	4	13	17	23.5%	55	221
1996	26	3	3	6	50.0%	207	170
1997	27	4	5	9	44.4%	173	121
1998	28	1	5	6	16.7%	121	260
Career		46	63	109	42.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kristine Kunce 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 %
1988	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1989	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%
1990	20	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1991	21	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1992	22	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1993	23	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	8	16	50.0%
1994	24	10	9	19	52.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	19	17	36	52.8%
1995	25	1	8	9	11.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	13	17	23.5%
1996	26	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1997	27	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%
1998	28	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
Career	—	17	39	56	30.4%	1	4	5	20.0%	26	15	41	63.4%	2	5	7	28.6%	46	63	109	42.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kristine Kunce 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 %
1988	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	19	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	0	0	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
1990	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1991	21	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1992	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	2	2	4	50.0%
1993	23	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	6	13	53.8%
1994	24	0	2	2	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	8	9	17	47.1%	8	2	10	80.0%	19	17	36	52.8%
1995	25	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	7	7	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	4	12	16	25.0%
1996	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1997	27	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
1998	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
Career		1	5	6	16.7%	8	8	16	50.0%	17	33	50	34.0%	17	11	28	60.7%	43	57	100	43.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 100/109 (91.7%) of Kristine Kunce's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kristine Kunce 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
1988	18	1468	95.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-0.80	0–1	0–1	—	+0.31
1989	19	1558	138.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	+88	60.0%	+1.27	2–1 (67%)	1–1	—	-0.22
1990	20	1505	94.7	—	—	—	—	-31	—	—	11.1%	-3.11	0–1	—	—	+0.17
1991	21	1505	96.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.75	—	—	—	+0.11
1992	22	1515	103.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60.0%	+0.50	0–2	1–0	—	+0.28
1993	23	1573	110.4	—	—	—	—	-63	—	+171	50.0%	-0.61	3–3 (50%)	2–0	—	+0.39
1994	24	1695	130.6	—	—	—	—	-104	—	+113	49.4%	+0.20	8–5 (62%)	2–5 (29%)	102.7	-0.53
1995	25	1547	97.1	—	—	—	—	-59	—	+206	27.5%	-1.70	3–3 (50%)	0–1	—	+0.77
1996	26	1576	107.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	+247	42.9%	+0.07	2–0	0–1	—	-0.15
1997	27	1591	111.1	—	—	—	—	-150	—	+292	45.0%	-0.20	1–1	0–1	—	+0.47
1998	28	1541	98.7	—	—	—	—	-139	—	—	21.4%	-1.86	1–1	1–0	—	+0.19
Career		1742	119.1	—	—	—	—	-88	—	+168	42.1%	-0.50	20–18 (53%)	7–10 (41%)	102.6	+1.66

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kristine Kunce Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1988	18	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	19	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1990	20	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	21	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	23	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1994	24	R32	R128	R16	R128	5–4 (56%)
1995	25	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
1996	26	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	27	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	28	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–7 (22%)	0–2 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	7–15 (32%)

WTA 1000

Kristine Kunce WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	TKY	CAN	HIL	KEY	ZUR	W-L Win %
1994	24	—	R16	R64	R64	R128	R32	1–5 (17%)
1995	25	—	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	28	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–7 (12%)

WTA 500

Kristine Kunce WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	EAS	IW	SDG	BRI	MAN	SYD	W-L Win %
1988	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1993	23	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1994	24	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1995	25	R32	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	1–4 (20%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–9 (31%)

WTA 250

Kristine Kunce WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BRI	HKG	JAP	BIR	CAR	HOP	JAK	NAG	OKL	JAP	PAT	SIN	SUR	SYD	TAI	WEL	W-L Win %
1989	19	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1990	20	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1991	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1992	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	2–2 (50%)
1993	23	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	7–5 (58%)
1994	24	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	10–6 (62%)
1995	25	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1996	26	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1997	27	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1998	28	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–3 (0%)	19–8 (70%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	34–32 (52%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 15, 1994

First Top 100

Jun 21, 1993

First Top 50

Jul 4, 1994

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Kristine Kunce ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	16	415	415	414	414	415	427	427	462	462	439	437	437
1987	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	336	325	310
1988	18	328	327	288	293	298	290	306	268	247	239	234	242
1989	19	230	234	229	225	232	176	155	140	160	164	164	168
1990	20	166	166	163	162	167	239	337	338	331	277	276	279
1991	21	214	224	226	200	188	184	173	182	185	181	168	172
1992	22	214	188	184	224	220	205	205	183	182	203	154	177
1993	23	178	163	166	162	176	99	106	124	101	107	104	96
1994	24	74	70	69	65	56	63	51	46	53	59	56	56
1995	25	69	75	77	80	95	122	193	207	208	202	214	221
1996	26	203	200	204	183	172	185	178	181	164	156	153	170
1997	27	169	152	171	176	189	126	128	128	129	128	124	121
1998	28	111	126	124	129	137	243	234	246	228	229	254	260
1999	29	265	268	296	295	296	328	380	378	563	572	—	—

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.

Kristine Kunce's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Elena Brioukhovets	UKR	46	1,687	0	108	44	64	40.7%	1989–1997	Match log
Naoko Kijimuta	JPN	44	1,696	0	94	37	57	39.4%	1989–1998	Match log
Karine Quentrec	FRA	45	1,739	1	129	55	74	42.6%	1988–1994	Match log
Marketa Kochta	GER	45	1,635	0	99	32	67	32.3%	1990–1997	Match log
Jana Pospisilova	CZE	49	1,709	0	73	31	42	42.5%	1988–1994	Match log
Nicole Arendt	USA	49	1,775	0	142	67	75	47.2%	1986–2000	Match log
Katarzyna Nowak	POL	47	1,659	0	77	26	51	33.8%	1989–1996	Match log
Sandra Wasserman	BEL	48	1,701	0	170	77	93	45.3%	1987–1994	Match log
Veronika Martinek	GER	49	1,664	1	177	73	104	41.2%	1988–1998	Match log
Nicole Jagerman	NED	43	1,735	0	181	81	100	44.8%	1986–1995	Match log
Carrie Cunningham	USA	38	1,738	0	128	54	74	42.2%	1988–1994	Match log
Christina Singer	GER	41	1,738	0	142	56	86	39.4%	1986–1997	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kristine Kunce?: Kristine Kunce is 56 years old, born on March 3, 1970.
Which country does Kristine Kunce represent?: Kristine Kunce represents Australia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Kristine Kunce?: Kristine Kunce is 177 cm / 5'10".
Is Kristine Kunce left-handed or right-handed?: Kristine Kunce plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Kristine Kunce won?: Kristine Kunce has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Kristine Kunce won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kristine Kunce's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Kristine Kunce's highest WTA ranking?: Kristine Kunce's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 45, first achieved on August 15, 1994.
What is Kristine Kunce's career win-loss record?: Kristine Kunce has a career WTA singles record of 46 wins and 63 losses (42.2%).
How much career prize money has Kristine Kunce earned?: Kristine Kunce has earned at least $700,961 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kristine Kunce's career appear in TennisDB?: Kristine Kunce appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1988 through 1998.
On which surface does Kristine Kunce have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kristine Kunce's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 63.4% (26–15).
Who has Kristine Kunce faced most often?: Kristine Kunce's most frequent opponent is Mana Endo, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.