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Emanuela Zardo

SUI Age 56 Plays: Left-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1987–1995

Emanuela Zardo represented Switzerland on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 27. In TennisDB's records, Emanuela Zardo finished with a career record of 69–75 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

27 (May 6, 1991)

Elo peak

1756 (68th percentile)

Singles record

69–75 (47.9%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$398,454

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 →

Emanuela Zardo's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Silvia Farina Elia #51	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 18, 1995*	R128	Key Biscayne	WTA 1000	Hard
Silvia Farina Elia #52	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 2, 1995*	R32	ASB Classic	WTA 250	Hard
Barbara Paulus #110	6-7(3) 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1995*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Karin Kschwendt #104	3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 22, 1994*	R32	Moscow	WTA 250	Carpet
Barbara Rittner #35	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1994*	R64	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

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Emanuela Zardo's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Silvia Farina Elia	1	2	3	Mar 18, 1995	H2H
Barbara Paulus	0	3	3	Jan 18, 1995	H2H
Fang Li	1	2	3	Jun 22, 1994	H2H
Gigi Fernandez	1	2	3	Jan 23, 1994	H2H
Julie Halard-Decugis	1	2	3	Oct 22, 1993	H2H

Titles (1)

Emanuela Zardo titles by season and category
Season	Age	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
1991	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Taranto
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Emanuela Zardo Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Magdalena Maleeva #28 def. Emanuela Zardo #51 6-2 6-4	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Emanuela Zardo career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1987	17	0	1	1	0.0%	280	258
1988	18	0	1	1	0.0%	257	283
1989	19	0	3	3	0.0%	283	142
1990	20	13	12	25	52.0%	142	63
1991	21	17	11	28	60.7%	63	31
1992	22	18	15	33	54.6%	36	39
1993	23	12	16	28	42.9%	38	73
1994	24	9	13	22	40.9%	73	89
1995	25	0	3	3	0.0%	88	181
Career		69	75	144	47.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Emanuela Zardo 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	17	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1988	18	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	19	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1990	20	3	4	7	42.9%	9	7	16	56.3%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	13	12	25	52.0%
1991	21	1	4	5	20.0%	15	5	20	75.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	17	11	28	60.7%
1992	22	2	4	6	33.3%	15	9	24	62.5%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	18	15	33	54.5%
1993	23	3	5	8	37.5%	7	7	14	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	12	16	28	42.9%
1994	24	6	5	11	54.5%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
1995	25	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	—	15	25	40	37.5%	49	38	87	56.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	9	13	30.8%	69	75	144	47.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Emanuela Zardo 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	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1990	20	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	6	12	18	33.3%
1991	21	0	4	4	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	9	1	10	90.0%	14	10	24	58.3%
1992	22	0	3	3	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	7	1	8	87.5%	5	6	11	45.5%	14	15	29	48.3%
1993	23	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	4	7	42.9%	3	4	7	42.9%	8	13	21	38.1%
1994	24	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	4	3	7	57.1%	9	10	19	47.4%
1995	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		0	10	10	0.0%	6	17	23	26.1%	21	21	42	50.0%	24	19	43	55.8%	51	67	118	43.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 118/144 (81.9%) of Emanuela Zardo's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Emanuela Zardo 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	17	1488	96.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.01
1988	18	1477	101.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	—	—	+0.05
1989	19	1450	99.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3%	-2.86	0–1	—	—	+0.13
1990	20	1594	122.2	—	—	—	—	-34	-2	—	50.9%	+0.26	4–3 (57%)	4–4 (50%)	102.9	+0.71
1991	21	1714	136.8	—	—	—	—	-190	+100	—	58.1%	+0.87	4–2 (67%)	0–3 (0%)	101.3	+0.08
1992	22	1741	131.9	—	—	—	—	-208	+113	—	51.4%	-0.15	6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	106.9	-0.32
1993	23	1651	114.5	—	—	—	—	-126	+136	—	41.9%	-0.50	4–2 (67%)	5–3 (63%)	104.1	+0.44
1994	24	1575	109.2	—	—	—	—	-11	+87	—	41.7%	-0.46	2–2 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	97.3	+1.56
1995	25	1542	100.6	—	—	—	—	-20	—	—	0.0%	-2.83	—	0–1	—	-0.22
Career		1756	126.9	—	—	—	—	-99	+89	—	47.0%	-0.14	20–13 (61%)	14–17 (45%)	105.2	+1.68

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Emanuela Zardo Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1990	20	R128	R128	—	R64	1–3 (25%)
1991	21	R128	R64	R64	R64	3–4 (43%)
1992	22	R128	R64	—	R64	2–3 (40%)
1993	23	R128	R128	R128	R64	1–4 (20%)
1994	24	R16	R128	R128	R64	4–4 (50%)
1995	25	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–6 (33%)	2–5 (29%)	1–3 (25%)	5–5 (50%)	11–19 (37%)

WTA 1000

Emanuela Zardo WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	HIL	KEY	ZUR	W-L Win %
1993	23	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1994	24	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1995	25	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)

WTA 500

Emanuela Zardo WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BAR	PAR	AME	ZUR	W-L Win %
1990	20	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1991	21	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1992	22	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1993	23	R16	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1994	24	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	3–6 (33%)

WTA 250

Emanuela Zardo WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAR	BRI	EST	GEN	KIT	MEL	MTP	PAR	ATH	BUD	HOB	LIE	LIN	LUC	MOS	PAL	PRA	SAN	SCH	SYD	TAR	WAR	WEL	ZUR	W-L Win %
1987	17	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	19	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–3 (0%)
1990	20	R32	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	11–8 (58%)
1991	21	R32	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	W	—	R32	—	14–6 (70%)
1992	22	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	F	QF	—	—	16–10 (62%)
1993	23	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	10–9 (53%)
1994	24	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–7 (22%)
1995	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–4 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	8–5 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	9–3 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	53–46 (54%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 6, 1991

First Top 100

May 28, 1990

First Top 50

May 6, 1991

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Emanuela Zardo ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	322	325	325
1987	17	—	—	—	—	293	296	294	290	245	251	254	258
1988	18	260	269	261	268	296	305	265	257	282	293	296	283
1989	19	264	268	263	235	190	187	167	160	159	136	140	142
1990	20	140	127	123	134	96	90	75	65	68	61	63	63
1991	21	61	70	71	51	34	32	32	35	30	30	31	31
1992	22	35	36	36	43	38	39	51	48	38	39	39	39
1993	23	35	39	39	37	74	82	57	62	67	68	73	73
1994	24	63	61	59	57	52	51	71	72	89	85	89	89
1995	25	141	145	154	288	271	272	207	204	247	177	177	181
1996	26	159	164	172	144	145	139	146	151	233	256	209	238
1997	27	231	228	217	224	278	250	239	250	247	229	264	270
1998	28	266	279	288	287	293	343	377	370	409	510	675	723
1999	29	721	711	795	837	894	976	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

Emanuela Zardo's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Elna Reinach	RSA	26	1,863	1	316	145	171	45.9%	1984–1995	Match log
Regina Rajchrtova	TCH	26	1,797	0	129	63	66	48.8%	1987–1992	Match log
Andrea Leand	USA	27	1,881	1	187	83	104	44.4%	1981–1994	Match log
Manon Bollegraf	NED	29	1,782	1	216	96	120	44.4%	1986–1995	Match log
Federica Bonsignori	ITA	28	1,709	1	187	75	112	40.1%	1984–1995	Match log
Florencia Labat	ARG	26	1,867	0	375	191	184	50.9%	1986–2000	Match log
Patricia Tarabini	ARG	29	1,746	0	228	105	123	46.1%	1986–1995	Match log
Elise Burgin	USA	27	1,845	1	297	132	165	44.4%	1980–1993	Match log
Mercedes Paz	ARG	28	1,822	3	329	145	184	44.1%	1985–1996	Match log
Camille Benjamin	USA	27	1,820	0	400	177	223	44.3%	1982–1994	Match log
Claudia Porwik	GER	29	1,786	0	260	114	146	43.8%	1986–1996	Match log
Ginger Helgeson	USA	29	1,865	1	189	94	95	49.7%	1989–1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Emanuela Zardo?: Emanuela Zardo is 56 years old, born on April 24, 1970.
Which country does Emanuela Zardo represent?: Emanuela Zardo represents Switzerland in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Emanuela Zardo left-handed or right-handed?: Emanuela Zardo plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Emanuela Zardo won?: Emanuela Zardo has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Emanuela Zardo won?: TennisDB does not group any of Emanuela Zardo's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Emanuela Zardo won?: Emanuela Zardo has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Taranto in 1991.
What is Emanuela Zardo's highest WTA ranking?: Emanuela Zardo's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 27, first achieved on May 6, 1991.
What is Emanuela Zardo's career win-loss record?: Emanuela Zardo has a career WTA singles record of 69 wins and 75 losses (47.9%).
How much career prize money has Emanuela Zardo earned?: Emanuela Zardo has earned at least $398,454 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Emanuela Zardo's career appear in TennisDB?: Emanuela Zardo appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1987 through 1995.
On which surface does Emanuela Zardo have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Emanuela Zardo's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 56.3% (49–38).
Who has Emanuela Zardo faced most often?: Emanuela Zardo's most frequent opponent is Silvia Farina Elia, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.