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Kristin Kinney

USA WTA Tour years active: 1983–1987

Kristin Kinney represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 117. In TennisDB's records, Kristin Kinney finished with a career record of 16–43 and no singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

117 (Jan 19, 1987)

Elo peak

1532 (16th percentile)

Career record

16–43 (27.1%)

Career titles

Prize money

$71,994

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 →

Kristin Kinney's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Adriana Villagran Reami	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 1, 1987*	R64	Charleston Open	WTA 500	Clay
Candy Reynolds #170	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 1987*	R64	Phoenix	WTA 250	Hard
Zina Garrison #7	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 24, 1987*	R128	Key Biscayne	WTA 250	Hard
Marianne Werdel Witmeyer	3-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 14, 1986*	R32	San Juan	WTA 250	Hard
Tina Mochizuki	6-0 2-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 1986*	R32	Tulsa	WTA 250	Hard

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Kristin Kinney's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Terry Phelps	0	3	3	Aug 7, 1986	H2H
Emiko Okagawa	2	1	3	Jul 25, 1985	H2H
Adriana Villagran Reami	1	1	2	Apr 1, 1987	H2H
Tina Mochizuki	1	1	2	Sep 25, 1986	H2H
Grace Kim	2	0	2	Jul 17, 1986	H2H

Career Results

Kristin Kinney career results by season
Season	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1983	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1984	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—
1985	8	14	22	36.4%	—	—
1986	8	20	28	28.6%	120	120
1987	0	3	3	0.0%	119	314
Career	16	43	59	27.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kristin Kinney career results by season and surface
Season	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1983	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1984	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1985	5	6	11	45.5%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	8	14	22	36.4%
1986	3	9	12	25.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	8	20	28	28.6%
1987	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	8	19	27	29.6%	0	10	10	0.0%	5	9	14	35.7%	3	5	8	37.5%	16	43	59	27.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kristin Kinney career results by season and opponent rank
Season	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1985	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1986	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%
1987	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	2	14	16	12.5%

Opponent ranking data available for 16/59 (27.1%) of Kristin Kinney's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kristin Kinney advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1983	1472	96.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.20	0–1	—	—	+0.22
1984	1429	101.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.1%	-1.67	0–1	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.39
1985	1510	115.0	—	—	—	—	+80	-45	+41	39.6%	-1.02	1–3 (25%)	0–2	—	+1.17
1986	1461	101.0	—	—	—	—	+34	-27	+108	31.3%	-1.33	6–5 (55%)	2–2 (50%)	103.6	+3.16
1987	1434	102.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.33	—	—	—	+0.01
Career	1532	106.6	—	—	—	—	+55	-36	+84	31.1%	-1.36	7–10 (41%)	2–7 (22%)	95.5	+8.39

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kristin Kinney Grand Slams results by season
Season	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1984	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	R128	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)

WTA 500

Kristin Kinney WTA 500 results by season
Season	BRI	NAP	SDG	AME	BER	CAN	CHA	MAN	SYD	W-L Win %
1983	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
1984	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	—	R64	R16	R64	R64	R16	—	R32	—	4–6 (40%)
1986	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1987	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–13 (28%)

WTA 250

Kristin Kinney WTA 250 results by season
Season	DAL	EAS	NAP	NWP	TKY	BER	BIR	BOC	CHI	FOR	HER	HIL	KEY	NEW	OKL	PHO	RIC	SAN	SÃO	TAM	TUL	WIC	W-L Win %
1984	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1985	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	4–7 (36%)
1986	R64	R64	R64	R16	—	QF	R64	R128	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R16	5–14 (26%)
1987	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	9–25 (26%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

117

Career-high date

Jan 19, 1987

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

Kristin Kinney ranking history by month and season
Season	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	120
1987	117	127	138	144	148	144	174	226	257	315	311	314
1988	308	310	347	387	387	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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.

Kristin Kinney's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Andrea Betzner	GER	115	1,543	64	17	47	26.6%	1981–1989	Match log
Olga Tsarbopoulou	GRE	117	1,533	29	8	21	27.6%	1985–1990	Match log
Kim Steinmetz	USA	99	1,649	126	48	78	38.1%	1978–1991	Match log
Amy Holton	USA	162	1,578	89	27	62	30.3%	1980–1987	Match log
Eva Krapl	SUI	94	1,559	102	35	67	34.3%	1981–1990	Match log
Louise Field	AUS	96	1,550	179	58	121	32.4%	1982–1994	Match log
Andrea Holikova	TCH	112	1,652	94	33	61	35.1%	1985–1989	Match log
Pascale Etchemendy	FRA	132	1,558	50	15	35	30.0%	1985–1992	Match log
Rene Blount	USA	153	1,622	115	31	84	27.0%	1975–1986	Match log
Jamie Golder	USA	165	1,633	66	24	42	36.4%	1982–1988	Match log
Julie Richardson	NZL	102	1,574	93	28	65	30.1%	1985–1994	Match log
Ronni Reis	USA	78	1,607	80	28	52	35.0%	1983–1990	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

Which country does Kristin Kinney represent?: Kristin Kinney represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Kristin Kinney won?: Kristin Kinney has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Kristin Kinney won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kristin Kinney's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Kristin Kinney's highest WTA ranking?: Kristin Kinney's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 117, first achieved on January 19, 1987.
What is Kristin Kinney's career win-loss record?: Kristin Kinney has a career WTA singles record of 16 wins and 43 losses (27.1%).
How much career prize money has Kristin Kinney earned?: Kristin Kinney has earned at least $71,994 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kristin Kinney's career appear in TennisDB?: Kristin Kinney appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1983 through 1987.
On which surface does Kristin Kinney have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kristin Kinney's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 29.6% (8–19).
Who has Kristin Kinney faced most often?: Kristin Kinney's most frequent opponent is Terry Phelps, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.