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Laxmi Poruri

USA Age 53 Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1988–1996

Laxmi Poruri represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 110. In TennisDB's records, Laxmi Poruri finished with a career record of 14–30 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

110 (Feb 5, 1996)

Elo peak

1556 (23rd percentile)

Career record

14–30 (31.8%)

Career titles

Prize money

$163,239

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 →

Laxmi Poruri's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Meghann Shaughnessy #214	6-3 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 14, 1996*	R32	Philadelphia	WTA 500	Carpet
Radomira Zrubakova #109	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 7, 1996*	R32	Oakland	WTA 500	Carpet
Stephanie De Ville #77	4-6 7-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 31, 1996*	R32	Chicago	WTA 500	Carpet
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #2	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1996*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Megan Miller #332	4-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 12, 1996*	R64	Birmingham	WTA 250	Grass

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Laxmi Poruri's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Linda Wild	3	3	Sep 28, 1995	H2H
Radomira Zrubakova	2	2	Nov 7, 1996	H2H
Sandra Wasserman	2	2	Aug 31, 1989	H2H
Meghann Shaughnessy	1	1	Nov 14, 1996	H2H
Stephanie De Ville	1	1	Oct 31, 1996	H2H

Career Results

Laxmi Poruri career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1988	15	2	2	4	50.0%	225	191
1989	16	3	6	9	33.3%	189	167
1990	17	0	2	2	0.0%	167	416
1993	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1994	21	0	1	1	0.0%	720	196
1995	22	7	9	16	43.8%	195	145
1996	23	2	9	11	18.2%	141	111
Career		14	30	44	31.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Laxmi Poruri 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	15	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1989	16	2	4	6	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
1990	17	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	22	4	6	10	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	9	16	43.8%
1996	23	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
Career	—	9	18	27	33.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%	14	30	44	31.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Laxmi Poruri 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	15	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1989	16	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	0	2	100.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1990	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1993	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1996	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	9	11	18.2%
Career		0	3	3	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	5	10	15	33.3%	5	10	15	33.3%	10	29	39	25.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 39/44 (88.6%) of Laxmi Poruri's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Laxmi Poruri 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	15	1532	119.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	44.4%	-0.89	1–0	1–0	—	-0.18
1989	16	1537	111.3	—	—	—	—	+5	—	—	35.0%	-0.45	1–1	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.15
1990	17	1506	95.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.33
1993	20	1489	99.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	+0.33	0–1	0–2	—	+0.13
1994	21	1483	101.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	0–1	—	-0.19
1995	22	1524	112.1	—	—	—	—	+10	—	—	41.0%	-0.85	5–2 (71%)	3–1 (75%)	106.2	-0.01
1996	23	1478	111.8	—	—	—	—	+21	—	—	28.6%	-1.54	2–4 (33%)	1–1	—	-0.10
Career		1556	115.5	—	—	—	—	+12	—	—	34.3%	-1.08	9–8 (53%)	5–8 (38%)	100.3	+0.30

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Laxmi Poruri Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	USO	W-L Win %
1988	15	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1989	16	R128	R64	1–2 (33%)
1990	17	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	22	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1996	23	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	2–4 (33%)	3–7 (30%)

WTA 1000

Laxmi Poruri WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	KEY	W-L Win %
1995	22	R64	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)

WTA 500

Laxmi Poruri WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	IW	SDG	CHI	OAK	PHI	W-L Win %
1989	16	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	17	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	20	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	23	—	—	R32	R32	R32	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–6 (0%)

WTA 250

Laxmi Poruri WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	HOU	JAP	BIR	BUD	CHI	JAK	NAG	OKL	QUE	SCH	STR	W-L Win %
1988	15	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1989	16	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	2–3 (40%)
1994	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	22	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	R64	QF	QF	—	—	R32	6–7 (46%)
1996	23	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	10–16 (38%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

110

Career-high date

Feb 5, 1996

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Laxmi Poruri ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1988	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	230	192	193	192	191
1989	16	188	193	169	220	169	170	168	171	165	166	163	167
1990	17	169	163	176	213	210	212	251	245	369	372	409	416
1991	18	452	460	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	695	695	—	—	—
1994	21	—	—	—	—	720	732	677	—	295	198	198	196
1995	22	195	139	138	133	145	142	132	125	126	147	143	145
1996	23	116	112	118	132	140	142	153	157	149	138	147	111
1997	24	148	186	189	187	181	178	179	183	211	458	483	486
1998	25	483	486	481	534	544	535	635	—	—	—	—	—

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.

Laxmi Poruri's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Tammy Whittington	USA	105	1,518	16	5	11	31.3%	1988–1993	Match log
Claudine Toleafoa	NZL	121	1,570	50	16	34	32.0%	1987–1996	Match log
Andrea Farley	USA	118	1,544	19	6	13	31.6%	1988–1991	Match log
Jennifer Santrock	USA	103	1,515	66	20	46	30.3%	1987–1993	Match log
Min Tang	HKG	112	1,565	17	6	11	35.3%	1995–1996	Match log
Monique Kiene	NED	123	1,552	12	4	8	33.3%	1992–1993	Match log
Caroline Vis	NED	111	1,519	32	6	26	18.8%	1990–1996	Match log
Tessa Price	RSA	101	1,500	32	8	24	25.0%	1992–1995	Match log
Tatiana Ignatieva	BLR	91	1,558	43	13	30	30.2%	1991–1995	Match log
Julie Richardson	NZL	102	1,574	93	28	65	30.1%	1985–1994	Match log
Jessica Emmons	USA	131	1,522	25	6	19	24.0%	1991–1993	Match log
Anne Mall	IRL	139	1,539	15	5	10	33.3%	1993–1994	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Laxmi Poruri?: Laxmi Poruri is 53 years old, born on November 9, 1972.
Which country does Laxmi Poruri represent?: Laxmi Poruri represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Laxmi Poruri left-handed or right-handed?: Laxmi Poruri plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Laxmi Poruri won?: Laxmi Poruri has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Laxmi Poruri won?: TennisDB does not group any of Laxmi Poruri's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Laxmi Poruri's highest WTA ranking?: Laxmi Poruri's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 110, first achieved on February 5, 1996.
What is Laxmi Poruri's career win-loss record?: Laxmi Poruri has a career WTA singles record of 14 wins and 30 losses (31.8%).
How much career prize money has Laxmi Poruri earned?: Laxmi Poruri has earned at least $163,239 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Laxmi Poruri's career appear in TennisDB?: Laxmi Poruri appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1988 through 1996.
On which surface does Laxmi Poruri have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Laxmi Poruri's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 33.3% (9–18).
Who has Laxmi Poruri faced most often?: Laxmi Poruri's most frequent opponent is Linda Wild, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.