Elly Hakami

USA Age 57 Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1986–1995

Elly Hakami represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 32. In TennisDB's records, Elly Hakami finished with a career record of 43–55 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

32 (May 9, 1988)

Elo peak

1809 (76th percentile)

Singles record

43–55 (43.9%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$232,335

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 →

Elly Hakami's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Yone Kamio #55	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 18, 1995*	R128	Key Biscayne	WTA 1000	Hard
Karin Miller #230	6-3 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 16, 1995*	R32	Oklahoma	WTA 250	Hard
Wiltrud Probst #82	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 1995*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Mary Joe Fernandez #5	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1994*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Renata Baranski	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 3, 1991*	R64	Hilton Head	WTA 1000	Clay

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Elly Hakami's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Camille Benjamin	2	4	6	Jul 23, 1988	H2H
Martina Navratilova	0	4	4	Sep 1, 1988	H2H
Mary Joe Fernandez	1	2	3	Jan 19, 1994	H2H
Lori Mcneil	0	3	3	Apr 27, 1989	H2H
Melissa Gurney	3	0	3	Apr 22, 1988	H2H

Titles (1)

Elly Hakami 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
1987	17	1	—	—	—	1	—	Aptos
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Elly Hakami career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1986	16	5	3	8	62.5%	136	117
1987	17	23	16	39	59.0%	118	43
1988	18	14	19	33	42.4%	43	69
1989	19	1	11	12	8.3%	68	270
1990	20	0	1	1	0.0%	270	244
1991	21	0	1	1	0.0%	243	291
1994	24	0	1	1	0.0%	375	151
1995	25	0	3	3	0.0%	150	260
Career		43	55	98	43.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Elly Hakami 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 %
1986	16	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	3	8	62.5%
1987	17	21	10	31	67.7%	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	23	16	39	59.0%
1988	18	9	11	20	45.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	14	19	33	42.4%
1989	19	0	4	4	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	11	12	8.3%
1990	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1991	21	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	24	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1995	25	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	—	35	33	68	51.5%	7	15	22	31.8%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	43	55	98	43.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Elly Hakami 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 %
1986	16	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1987	17	0	3	3	0.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	12	4	16	75.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	20	9	29	69.0%
1988	18	0	5	5	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	9	15	24	37.5%
1989	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%
1990	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
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%	5	8	13	38.5%	21	17	38	55.3%	6	6	12	50.0%	32	41	73	43.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 73/98 (74.5%) of Elly Hakami's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Elly Hakami 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
1986	16	1557	105.9	—	—	—	—	+56	—	—	60.0%	+0.20	2–2 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	103.3	+1.20
1987	17	1744	134.4	—	—	—	—	+30	-211	—	55.7%	+0.25	7–3 (70%)	1–3 (25%)	104.6	+0.24
1988	18	1648	124.4	—	—	—	—	+26	-98	-98	42.9%	-0.64	4–4 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	100.8	-0.39
1989	19	1566	119.2	—	—	—	—	+61	-35	—	25.8%	-1.61	1–6 (14%)	—	—	-1.87
1990	20	1562	105.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.28
1991	21	1543	95.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.22
1994	24	1541	111.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.26
1995	25	1503	97.3	—	—	—	—	+53	—	—	14.3%	-2.86	0–1	—	—	+0.11
Career		1809	128.6	—	—	—	—	+35	-112	-98	45.0%	-0.48	14–16 (47%)	6–4 (60%)	102.1	-1.06

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Elly Hakami Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1986	16	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1987	17	—	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1988	18	—	R128	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1989	19	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1994	24	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	25	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	5–9 (36%)

WTA 1000

Elly Hakami WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	HIL	KEY	W-L Win %
1991	21	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	25	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

WTA 500

Elly Hakami WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	SDG	AME	BOC	CAN	CHA	HIL	KEY	LOS	STR	W-L Win %
1987	17	QF	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	QF	—	7–4 (64%)
1988	18	R16	R64	R64	—	—	R32	R32	R64	R32	4–7 (36%)
1989	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	11–12 (48%)

WTA 250

Elly Hakami WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	HOU	NAP	WAS	AME	APT	BER	BIR	BOC	CHI	HIL	KEY	LIT	NAS	OAK	OKL	PHO	SAN	SAN	SAN	SCH	TAM	W-L Win %
1986	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	4–2 (67%)
1987	17	—	—	QF	R32	R32	W	—	—	—	R32	R32	R64	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	QF	—	R32	14–11 (56%)
1988	18	R64	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	QF	—	—	R16	QF	—	8–9 (47%)
1989	19	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	R128	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–8 (11%)
1990	20	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	5–1 (83%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	27–32 (46%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 9, 1988

First Top 100

Apr 13, 1987

First Top 50

Aug 17, 1987

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Elly Hakami ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	118	118	118	117
1987	17	118	116	101	81	86	83	87	44	44	43	42	43
1988	18	43	43	38	33	34	43	43	69	66	69	69	69
1989	19	68	72	76	115	122	125	143	148	227	267	265	270
1990	20	268	269	255	408	442	486	512	519	549	—	238	244
1991	21	227	238	235	209	210	194	186	185	181	246	284	291
1992	22	306	303	330	385	389	487	541	548	633	637	691	—
1993	23	—	403	386	388	399	399	384	—	411	353	364	375
1994	24	417	—	—	—	—	200	188	183	183	147	151	151
1995	25	154	176	185	183	183	181	202	198	205	263	261	260
1996	26	265	318	318	352	350	359	348	363	372	388	396	409
1997	27	650	678	701	704	705	746	830	862	—	—	—	—

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.

Elly Hakami's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Eva Sviglerova	CZE	33	1,712	1	104	42	62	40.4%	1989–1994	Match log
Halle Cioffi	USA	31	1,765	1	186	88	98	47.3%	1985–1993	Match log
Laura Garrone	ITA	32	1,726	0	239	109	130	45.6%	1984–1997	Match log
Manon Bollegraf	NED	29	1,782	1	216	96	120	44.4%	1986–1995	Match log
Isabelle Demongeot	FRA	35	1,841	1	276	119	157	43.1%	1984–1996	Match log
Wiltrud Probst	GER	31	1,756	2	280	119	161	42.5%	1986–1998	Match log
Andrea Strnadova	CZE	33	1,787	0	138	65	73	47.1%	1989–1994	Match log
Katia Piccolini	ITA	37	1,693	1	69	29	40	42.0%	1989–1993	Match log
Andrea Leand	USA	27	1,881	1	187	83	104	44.4%	1981–1994	Match log
Cathy Caverzasio	SUI	34	1,768	0	89	45	44	50.6%	1988–1991	Match log
Patricia Tarabini	ARG	29	1,746	0	228	105	123	46.1%	1986–1995	Match log
Claudia Porwik	GER	29	1,786	0	260	114	146	43.8%	1986–1996	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Elly Hakami?: Elly Hakami is 57 years old, born on August 25, 1969.
Which country does Elly Hakami represent?: Elly Hakami represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Elly Hakami left-handed or right-handed?: Elly Hakami plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Elly Hakami won?: Elly Hakami has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Elly Hakami won?: TennisDB does not group any of Elly Hakami's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Elly Hakami won?: Elly Hakami has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Aptos in 1987.
What is Elly Hakami's highest WTA ranking?: Elly Hakami's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 32, first achieved on May 9, 1988.
What is Elly Hakami's career win-loss record?: Elly Hakami has a career WTA singles record of 43 wins and 55 losses (43.9%).
How much career prize money has Elly Hakami earned?: Elly Hakami has earned at least $232,335 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Elly Hakami's career appear in TennisDB?: Elly Hakami appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1986 through 1995.
On which surface does Elly Hakami have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Elly Hakami's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 51.5% (35–33).
Who has Elly Hakami faced most often?: Elly Hakami's most frequent opponent is Camille Benjamin, with a head-to-head record of 2–4 across 6 meetings.