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Petra Thoren

FIN Age 57 WTA Tour years active: 1989–1995

Petra Thoren represented Finland on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 73. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 31–63 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

73 (Mar 23, 1992)

Elo peak

1628 (44th percentile)

Singles record

31–63 (33.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$247,349

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 →

Petra Thoren's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1995*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Silke Meier #76	6-4 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 11, 1995*	R32	Prague Open	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Pam Shriver #54	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 1994*	R32	China Open	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Barbara Rittner #29	0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 30, 1993*	R16	San Marino	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Flora Perfetti #294	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 29, 1993*	R32	San Marino	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Petra Thoren's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Silke Meier	1	2	3	May 11, 1995	H2H
Judith Wiesner	0	3	3	May 12, 1993	H2H
Naoko Sawamatsu	0	3	3	Jan 22, 1993	H2H
Larisa Savchenko	3	0	3	Mar 4, 1992	H2H
Barbara Rittner	0	2	2	Jul 30, 1993	H2H

Career Results

Petra Thoren career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1989	19	2	3	5	40.0%	334	166
1990	20	3	11	14	21.4%	166	183
1991	21	11	15	26	42.3%	182	96
1992	22	12	20	32	37.5%	87	103
1993	23	3	11	14	21.4%	109	177
1994	24	0	1	1	0.0%	177	248
1995	25	0	2	2	0.0%	247	211
Career		31	63	94	33.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Petra Thoren 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 %
1989	19	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1990	20	1	5	6	16.7%	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	11	14	21.4%
1991	21	4	8	12	33.3%	6	5	11	54.5%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	11	15	26	42.3%
1992	22	8	10	18	44.4%	3	7	10	30.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	12	20	32	37.5%
1993	23	2	7	9	22.2%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	11	14	21.4%
1994	24	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	25	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	17	33	50	34.0%	12	22	34	35.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	31	63	94	33.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Petra Thoren 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 %
1989	19	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%
1990	20	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
1991	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	11	15	26	42.3%
1992	22	0	0	—	—	0	7	7	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	9	18	27	33.3%
1993	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	3	10	13	23.1%
1994	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	4	4	0.0%	1	18	19	5.3%	13	16	29	44.8%	12	18	30	40.0%	26	56	82	31.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 82/94 (87.2%) of Petra Thoren's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Petra Thoren 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
1989	19	1498	101.6	—	—	—	—	+57	—	—	38.5%	-0.39	2–1 (67%)	0–1	—	+0.61
1990	20	1443	104.7	—	—	—	—	+47	+62	—	25.8%	-1.90	1–2 (33%)	2–0	—	+0.61
1991	21	1546	125.6	—	—	—	—	-37	+48	—	46.8%	-0.16	3–7 (30%)	0–6 (0%)	93.6	+0.55
1992	22	1525	114.2	—	—	—	—	+2	+14	—	42.1%	-0.64	4–8 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	97.0	+0.62
1993	23	1488	111.5	—	—	—	—	-3	+36	—	26.7%	-1.57	0–2	2–2 (50%)	—	-0.51
1994	24	1483	102.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.18
1995	25	1462	96.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.80	0–1	—	—	+0.09
Career		1628	116.9	—	—	—	—	+1	+38	—	37.9%	-0.87	10–21 (32%)	8–12 (40%)	93.4	+1.90

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Petra Thoren Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1990	20	R64	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1991	21	R128	R32	—	R128	2–3 (40%)
1992	22	R128	R64	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
1993	23	R64	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1995	25	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	6–10 (38%)

WTA 1000

Petra Thoren WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	BER	BOC	CAN	KEY	W-L Win %
1991	21	—	—	R32	R128	1–2 (33%)
1992	22	R64	R32	—	R64	2–3 (40%)
1993	23	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	3–6 (33%)

WTA 500

Petra Thoren WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	PAR	BRI	SYD	W-L Win %
1990	20	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	22	R32	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1993	23	—	R32	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–5 (0%)

WTA 250

Petra Thoren WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	BAR	BEI	BRI	KIT	NAP	SOF	SPB	TKY	ATH	BOL	BRE	GUA	JAK	LEI	LIN	MOS	PAL	PRA	SAN	SAN	SAN	SÃO	SIN	SYD	TAR	WAR	WEL	W-L Win %
1989	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1990	20	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R32	—	R32	2–9 (18%)
1991	21	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	8–10 (44%)
1992	22	SF	—	R16	—	R16	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	8–11 (42%)
1993	23	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–7 (22%)
1994	24	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	2–2 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	22–42 (34%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 23, 1992

First Top 100

Nov 18, 1991

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Petra Thoren ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1988	18	—	—	—	351	278	295	297	309	305	—	318	334
1989	19	294	280	295	267	254	188	177	181	181	187	176	166
1990	20	168	165	156	164	177	186	184	186	150	172	171	183
1991	21	198	178	178	159	147	118	112	103	126	123	99	96
1992	22	93	79	76	75	86	91	91	88	87	87	106	103
1993	23	102	125	135	153	147	152	185	189	191	186	194	177
1994	24	196	—	—	—	—	—	210	216	203	204	208	248
1995	25	250	220	204	200	212	179	181	174	199	205	211	211
1996	26	201	224	245	253	280	417	383	574	608	605	615	612
1997	27	608	713	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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.

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Christina Papadaki	GRE	#72	1,549	51	16	35	31.4%	$300,093	1989–1999	Rivalries	Match log
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Sandra Dopfer	AUT	#70	1,577	103	31	72	30.1%	$382,801	1989–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Eugenia Maniokova	RUS	#66	1,589	73	24	49	32.9%	$429,742	1990–1995	Rivalries	Match log
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Rennae Stubbs	AUS	#64	1,598	105	34	71	32.4%	$5,198,172	1989–1998	Rivalries	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Petra Thoren?: Petra Thoren is 57 years old, born on August 8, 1969.
Which country does Petra Thoren represent?: Petra Thoren represents Finland in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Petra Thoren won?: Petra Thoren has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Petra Thoren won?: TennisDB does not group any of Petra Thoren's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Petra Thoren's highest WTA ranking?: Petra Thoren's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 73, first achieved on March 23, 1992.
What is Petra Thoren's career win-loss record?: Petra Thoren has a career WTA singles record of 31 wins and 63 losses (33.0%).
How much career prize money has Petra Thoren earned?: Petra Thoren has earned at least $247,349 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Petra Thoren's career appear in TennisDB?: Petra Thoren appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1989 through 1995.
On which surface does Petra Thoren have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Petra Thoren's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 35.3% (12–22).
Who has Petra Thoren faced most often?: Petra Thoren's most frequent opponent is Silke Meier, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.