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Ilana Kloss

RSA Age 70 164 cm / 5'5" Plays: Left-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1970–1982

Ilana Kloss represented South Africa on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Ilana Kloss finished with a career record of 135–144 and 8 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

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Elo peak

1890 (85th percentile)

Career record

135–144 (48.4%)

Career titles

Prize money

$38,384

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 →

Ilana Kloss's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jill Davis	1-6 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 3, 1982*	R64	Beckenham	WTA 250	Grass
Anne Hobbs	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1980*	R64	Canadian Open	WTA 500	Hard
Martina Navratilova	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1980*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Kim Sands	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 18, 1980*	R64	Eastbourne Open	WTA 250	Grass
Virginia Ruzici	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 29, 1980*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

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Ilana Kloss's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Linky Boshoff	4	5	9	Dec 5, 1977	H2H
Virginia Ruzici	2	4	6	May 29, 1980	H2H
Kerry Reid	0	6	6	Nov 9, 1979	H2H
Dianne Fromholtz	1	5	6	Sep 26, 1979	H2H
Cynthia Doerner	2	4	6	Aug 30, 1979	H2H

Titles (8)

Ilana Kloss 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
1971	15	1	—	—	—	1	—	East London
1972	16	2	—	—	—	2	—	Bulawayo, Johannesburg Transvaal Chps
1973	17	5	—	—	—	5	—	Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Johannesburg Transvaal Chps, Port Elizabeth 2, Tel Aviv Maccabiah Games
Total		8	—	—	—	8	—

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

Career Results

Ilana Kloss career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1970	14	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1971	15	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—
1972	16	13	12	25	52.0%	—	—
1973	17	38	18	56	67.9%	—	—
1974	18	19	16	35	54.3%	—	—
1975	19	9	20	29	31.0%	—	—
1976	20	18	15	33	54.6%	—	—
1977	21	4	13	17	23.5%	—	—
1978	22	14	11	25	56.0%	—	—
1979	23	15	26	41	36.6%	—	—
1980	24	0	7	7	0.0%	—	—
1982	26	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		135	144	279	48.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Ilana Kloss 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 %
1970	14	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1971	15	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	4	9	55.6%
1972	16	8	7	15	53.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	13	12	25	52.0%
1973	17	15	6	21	71.4%	14	7	21	66.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	—	—	—	—	38	18	56	67.9%
1974	18	8	5	13	61.5%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	19	16	35	54.3%
1975	19	1	9	10	10.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%	9	20	29	31.0%
1976	20	3	2	5	60.0%	9	8	17	52.9%	5	4	9	55.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	18	15	33	54.5%
1977	21	1	1	2	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	13	17	23.5%
1978	22	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	9	4	13	69.2%	1	3	4	25.0%	14	11	25	56.0%
1979	23	2	7	9	22.2%	1	4	5	20.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	8	10	18	44.4%	15	26	41	36.6%
1980	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	7	7	0.0%
1982	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	47	47	94	50.0%	29	34	63	46.0%	35	32	67	52.2%	14	28	42	33.3%	135	144	279	48.4%

Advanced Stats

Ilana Kloss 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
1970	14	1491	97.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	+0.01
1971	15	1562	111.3	—	—	—	—	+63	—	—	57.9%	+0.26	0–1	0–1	—	+1.35
1972	16	1593	123.4	—	—	—	—	+46	—	-33	54.5%	+0.64	1–4 (20%)	0–2	—	+3.97
1973	17	1872	144.6	—	—	—	—	-17	-132	-190	66.4%	+1.36	7–9 (44%)	2–1 (67%)	101.0	+4.89
1974	18	1802	136.3	—	—	—	—	+25	-83	-116	52.2%	+0.16	1–4 (20%)	2–1 (67%)	97.5	-2.52
1975	19	1688	127.3	—	—	—	—	-12	-4	-4	36.4%	-0.99	2–8 (20%)	3–5 (38%)	91.8	-1.41
1976	20	1784	138.9	—	—	—	—	-88	-29	-55	50.6%	+0.13	8–3 (73%)	3–2 (60%)	108.4	-3.02
1977	21	1668	111.1	—	—	—	—	-42	+4	+35	28.2%	-1.69	2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	99.1	-0.17
1978	22	1740	124.2	—	—	—	—	-82	—	+35	55.9%	+0.24	4–5 (44%)	5–6 (45%)	100.3	+1.24
1979	23	1698	126.9	—	—	—	—	-30	-52	+32	36.8%	-1.15	10–5 (67%)	7–2 (78%)	110.6	-0.20
1980	24	1619	104.5	—	—	—	—	-41	—	—	6.7%	-3.20	0–1	0–2	—	-0.75
1982	26	1599	97.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-2.67	0–1	—	—	+0.16
Career		1890	136.4	—	—	—	—	-12	-68	-48	48.8%	-0.09	35–44 (44%)	24–23 (51%)	101.1	+1.28

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Ilana Kloss Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1973	17	—	R64	R16	2–2 (50%)
1974	18	—	R64	R32	2–2 (50%)
1975	19	—	R32	R64	1–2 (33%)
1976	20	R32	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
1977	21	R64	R64	R64	0–3 (0%)
1978	22	—	R32	R32	4–2 (67%)
1979	23	R32	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1980	24	R64	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	5–8 (38%)	6–7 (46%)	13–19 (41%)

WTA 500

Ilana Kloss WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	SPB	WAS	BER	CAN	SYD	SYD	W-L Win %
1974	18	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1976	20	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
1977	21	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	22	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	7–3 (70%)
1979	23	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1980	24	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	8–9 (47%)

WTA 250

Ilana Kloss WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	CIN	DAL	EAS	HAM	HOU	MEL	NAP	ITA	STO	VIE	WAS	AKR	AME	ATL	BEC	BLO	BLO	BOS	BOU	BRI	BUL	CAN	CAP	CAP	CAP	CHA	CHI	CHI	CHI	TEN	DEN	DET	DUR	DUT	EAS	EAS	FEL	POR	HIL	HOL	JAC	JOH	LEE	LON	MAH	MAN	MIN	MIS	MON	OAK	ORL	PEN	PHI	PHO	POR	POR	POR	PRE	RIC	SAN	SAR	SEA	SOU	SUR	TAL	TAM	TEL	WES	W-L Win %
1970	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1971	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–4 (56%)
1972	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	SF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	F	F	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	R32	13–12 (52%)
1973	17	—	BR	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	W	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	W	—	—	R16	—	—	F	R16	—	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	QF	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	W	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	W	—	36–16 (69%)
1974	18	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	F	—	—	R32	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	17–13 (57%)
1975	19	R64	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	F	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	F	R32	R64	—	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	8–18 (31%)
1976	20	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	QF	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	15–11 (58%)
1977	21	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	4–9 (31%)
1978	22	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–6 (33%)
1979	23	R32	—	R16	QF	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	13–21 (38%)
1980	24	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
1982	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	4–5 (44%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	3–2 (60%)	4–3 (57%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–0 (100%)	1–2 (33%)	5–1 (83%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	1–3 (25%)	3–5 (38%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–6 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	114–116 (50%)

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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

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ilana Kloss?: Ilana Kloss is 70 years old, born on March 12, 1956.
Which country does Ilana Kloss represent?: Ilana Kloss represents South Africa in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Ilana Kloss?: Ilana Kloss is 164 cm / 5'5".
Is Ilana Kloss left-handed or right-handed?: Ilana Kloss plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Ilana Kloss won?: Ilana Kloss has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Ilana Kloss won?: TennisDB does not group any of Ilana Kloss's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Ilana Kloss won?: Ilana Kloss has won 8 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Tel Aviv Maccabiah Games in 1973.
What is Ilana Kloss' career win-loss record?: Ilana Kloss has a career WTA singles record of 135 wins and 144 losses (48.4%).
How much career prize money has Ilana Kloss earned?: Ilana Kloss has earned at least $38,384 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Ilana Kloss's career appear in TennisDB?: Ilana Kloss appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1970 through 1982.
On which surface does Ilana Kloss have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Ilana Kloss's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 52.2% (35–32).
Who has Ilana Kloss faced most often?: Ilana Kloss' most frequent opponent is Linky Boshoff, with a head-to-head record of 4–5 across 9 meetings.