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Kathy Horvath

USA Age 61 170 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1979–1989

Kathy Horvath represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 10. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 187–155 and 7 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

10 (Jun 11, 1984)

Elo peak

1976 (92nd percentile)

Singles record

187–155 (54.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$570,414

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 →

Kathy Horvath's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Petra Langrova #99	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 20, 1989*	R32	Tampa	WTA 250	Clay
Ann Grossman #46	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 12, 1989*	R64	Amelia Island	WTA 250	Clay
Eva Pfaff #67	6-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 21, 1989*	R128	Key Biscayne	WTA 250	Hard
Mareen Louie Harper	7-6 6-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 1989*	R64	Boca Raton	WTA 250	Hard
Belinda Cordwell	0-3 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 3, 1989*	R16	ASB Classic	WTA 250	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Kathy Horvath's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Martina Navratilova	1	10	11	Apr 16, 1988	H2H
Bettina Bunge	3	6	9	Aug 21, 1987	H2H
Virginia Ruzici	4	5	9	May 29, 1985	H2H
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	5	4	9	Jan 24, 1985	H2H
Chris Evert	0	7	7	Jun 29, 1986	H2H

Singles Titles (7)

Kathy Horvath 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
1981	15	2	—	—	—	2	—	Orange, South African Open
1983	17	2	—	—	—	2	—	Honolulu, Nashville
1985	19	2	—	—	—	2	—	Indianapolis 1, Palm Beach
1987	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Knokke
Total		7	—	—	—	7	—

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

Career Results

Kathy Horvath career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1979	13	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1980	14	6	7	13	46.2%	—	—
1981	15	34	23	57	59.7%	—	—
1982	16	15	17	32	46.9%	—	—
1983	17	39	18	57	68.4%	—	—
1984	18	25	19	44	56.8%	15	29
1985	19	23	16	39	59.0%	34	34
1986	20	16	15	31	51.6%	50	47
1987	21	18	15	33	54.6%	47	37
1988	22	9	15	24	37.5%	35	85
1989	23	2	8	10	20.0%	82	224
Career		187	155	342	54.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kathy Horvath 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 %
1979	13	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1980	14	5	4	9	55.6%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	7	13	46.2%
1981	15	7	4	11	63.6%	15	8	23	65.2%	—	—	—	—	12	11	23	52.2%	34	23	57	59.6%
1982	16	0	2	2	0.0%	13	6	19	68.4%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	15	17	32	46.9%
1983	17	9	4	13	69.2%	21	11	32	65.6%	—	—	—	—	9	3	12	75.0%	39	18	57	68.4%
1984	18	0	5	5	0.0%	21	9	30	70.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	25	19	44	56.8%
1985	19	6	5	11	54.5%	17	7	24	70.8%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	23	16	39	59.0%
1986	20	8	7	15	53.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	16	15	31	51.6%
1987	21	6	6	12	50.0%	12	8	20	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	18	15	33	54.5%
1988	22	2	5	7	28.6%	7	9	16	43.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	9	15	24	37.5%
1989	23	2	6	8	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	8	10	20.0%
Career	—	45	50	95	47.4%	111	67	178	62.4%	3	6	9	33.3%	28	32	60	46.7%	187	155	342	54.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kathy Horvath 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	18	1	4	5	20.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	10	5	15	66.7%	0	0	—	—	15	13	28	53.6%
1985	19	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	0	—	—	1	8	9	11.1%
1986	20	0	4	4	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	1	0	1	100.0%	8	12	20	40.0%
1987	21	0	0	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%	7	7	14	50.0%	7	2	9	77.8%	16	14	30	53.3%
1988	22	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1989	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
Career		1	14	15	6.7%	8	14	22	36.4%	29	27	56	51.8%	8	5	13	61.5%	46	60	106	43.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 106/342 (31.0%) of Kathy Horvath's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kathy Horvath 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
1979	13	1497	113.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.20	0–1	0–1	—	-0.25
1980	14	1565	110.9	—	—	—	—	+47	-65	—	43.3%	-0.37	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	101.9	-0.14
1981	15	1860	146.7	—	—	—	—	-40	-79	—	56.3%	+0.44	11–7 (61%)	7–5 (58%)	108.3	+0.19
1982	16	1776	143.4	—	—	—	—	-41	+61	—	52.9%	+0.46	1–7 (13%)	2–3 (40%)	92.6	-4.38
1983	17	1931	149.2	—	—	—	—	-63	+56	—	63.7%	+0.74	9–3 (75%)	11–6 (65%)	109.3	+1.05
1984	18	1800	146.8	—	—	—	—	-83	+207	—	56.1%	+0.43	5–5 (50%)	3–7 (30%)	94.7	+0.13
1985	19	1776	138.1	—	—	—	—	-111	+221	—	55.8%	+0.24	6–2 (75%)	5–2 (71%)	104.1	-0.66
1986	20	1740	130.5	—	—	—	—	-74	+185	-139	48.6%	-0.18	7–3 (70%)	3–3 (50%)	104.3	-1.61
1987	21	1714	126.0	—	—	—	—	-42	+149	—	54.1%	+0.18	6–4 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	101.2	+3.16
1988	22	1603	116.3	—	—	—	—	+8	+113	—	41.5%	-0.64	1–4 (20%)	2–2 (50%)	94.3	+0.35
1989	23	1530	101.0	—	—	—	—	+18	—	—	33.3%	-1.38	0–3 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	95.4	+0.28
Career		1976	144.1	—	—	—	—	-48	+106	-139	53.7%	+0.21	49–40 (55%)	39–36 (52%)	103.2	-0.55

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kathy Horvath Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1979	13	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1980	14	—	R32	—	R64	2–2 (50%)
1981	15	—	R32	—	R32	4–2 (67%)
1982	16	—	R32	R128	—	2–2 (50%)
1983	17	—	QF	—	R64	5–2 (71%)
1984	18	—	QF	R64	R128	5–3 (62%)
1985	19	—	R32	—	R128	2–2 (50%)
1986	20	—	R128	R32	R32	4–3 (57%)
1987	21	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1988	22	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1989	23	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	15–9 (62%)	3–5 (38%)	6–8 (43%)	24–23 (51%)

WTA 500

Kathy Horvath WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	NAP	SDG	WAS	AME	BER	BOC	CAN	HIL	KEY	LOS	ORL	STR	SYD	W-L Win %
1980	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1981	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1982	16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1983	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–2 (80%)
1984	18	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	F	—	R32	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	12–6 (67%)
1985	19	—	R128	R16	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	8–6 (57%)
1986	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1987	21	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	9–5 (64%)
1988	22	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R32	—	R64	R64	R64	—	QF	—	8–7 (53%)
1989	23	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	8–3 (73%)	17–8 (68%)	1–1 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	52–35 (60%)

WTA 250

Kathy Horvath WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	CIN	DAL	EAS	HAM	NAP	QUE	ITA	TKY	AME	ATH	BOC	BOI	BOS	BRI	BRU	CHI	DEE	DET	POR	HIL	HIT	HON	JOH	KEY	KNO	LUG	MAH	MAN	MAR	NAS	NEW	OAK	OKL	ORA	ORL	PAL	PER	RIC	SEA	SOU	TAM	WOR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1979	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1981	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	BR	R32	—	—	BR	R16	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	R16	R32	—	—	F	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	W	QF	—	R16	—	—	W	R32	—	—	29–19 (60%)
1982	16	—	—	R32	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	11–13 (46%)
1983	17	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	W	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	W	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	26–13 (67%)
1984	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	F	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	7–9 (44%)
1985	19	—	—	—	R32	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	13–8 (62%)
1986	20	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	10–10 (50%)
1987	21	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	R64	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R128	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–7 (56%)
1988	22	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–6 (14%)
1989	23	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–5 (17%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	8–4 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	6–5 (55%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	4–6 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	4–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	4–4 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	10–6 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	4–0 (100%)	3–2 (60%)	6–2 (75%)	7–5 (58%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	4–9 (31%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	110–95 (54%)

WTA Finals

Kathy Horvath WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1984	18	QF	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 11, 1984

First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 20

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 10

Jun 11, 1984

Ranking History Matrix

Kathy Horvath ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	18	16	16	15	11	12	10	11	11	15	22	27	29
1985	19	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	20	51	37	46	51	52	61	57	62	53	53	52	47
1987	21	46	61	76	82	78	75	48	35	28	29	30	37
1988	22	38	41	40	36	39	38	54	63	89	89	85	85
1989	23	90	77	86	162	209	201	205	213	211	216	218	224
1990	24	283	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Similar Players

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

Kathy Horvath's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Bonnie Gadusek	USA	#10	2,076	283	189	94	66.8%	$504,238	8	1980–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Stephanie Rehe	USA	#10	2,005	232	134	98	57.8%	$579,168	5	1981–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	USA	#9	2,083	490	277	213	56.5%	$1,417,423	4	1980–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Lori Mcneil	USA	#9	2,024	650	377	273	58.0%	$3,441,604	11	1980–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Barbara Potter	USA	#8	2,098	494	303	191	61.3%	$1,376,580	5	1978–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Bettina Bunge	GER	#7	2,121	476	294	182	61.8%	$1,126,424	5	1978–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Pam Casale	USA	#14	1,944	315	168	147	53.3%	—	0	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Barbara Paulus	AUT	#10	1,957	372	232	140	62.4%	$1,294,445	6	1986–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Laura Arraya	PER	#14	1,922	474	270	204	57.0%	$1,005,589	10	1981–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Rosalyn Fairbank	USA	#15	1,932	646	336	310	52.0%	$1,701,944	1	1978–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Andrea Temesvari	HUN	#7	2,022	364	185	179	50.8%	$1,162,635	5	1981–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Greer Stevens	RSA	#10	2,118	230	139	91	60.4%	—	5	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kathy Horvath?: Kathy Horvath is 61 years old, born on August 25, 1965.
Which country does Kathy Horvath represent?: Kathy Horvath represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Kathy Horvath?: Kathy Horvath is 170 cm / 5'7".
Does Kathy Horvath use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Kathy Horvath uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Kathy Horvath left-handed or right-handed?: Kathy Horvath plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Kathy Horvath won?: Kathy Horvath has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Kathy Horvath won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kathy Horvath's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Kathy Horvath won?: Kathy Horvath has won 7 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Knokke in 1987.
What is Kathy Horvath's highest WTA ranking?: Kathy Horvath's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 10, first achieved on June 11, 1984.
What is Kathy Horvath's career win-loss record?: Kathy Horvath has a career WTA singles record of 187 wins and 155 losses (54.7%).
How much career prize money has Kathy Horvath earned?: Kathy Horvath has earned at least $570,414 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kathy Horvath's career appear in TennisDB?: Kathy Horvath appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1979 through 1989.
On which surface does Kathy Horvath have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kathy Horvath's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 62.4% (111–67).
Who has Kathy Horvath faced most often?: Kathy Horvath's most frequent opponent is Martina Navratilova, with a head-to-head record of 1–10 across 11 meetings.