H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Gabriela Sabatini vs Barbara Paulus H2H: 2-1

Gabriela Sabatini holds a 2–1 lead over Barbara Paulus in their WTA head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Gabriela Sabatini leads 2–0 on hard courts, while Barbara Paulus leads 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Gabriela Sabatini won the 1991 US Open round of 64 6-3 4-6 5-1 RET.

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Gabriela Sabatini
ARG Age 56 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"
H2H
2 – 1
3 main-draw meetings
Barbara Paulus
AUT Age 56 Right-Handed 177 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Gabriela Sabatini #3 6-3 4-6 5-1 (ret.) Barbara Paulus #17 Match data Aug 29, 1991* R64 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Barbara Paulus #16 6-3 6-4 Gabriela Sabatini #4 Match data Oct 20, 1990* SF Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Carpet
Gabriela Sabatini #3 7-5 6-0 Barbara Paulus #24 Match data Aug 25, 1989* R16 Canadian Open WTA 500 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Gabriela Sabatini #56 #3 228 2,399 613 184 76.9% 1 5 2 9 10 27
Barbara Paulus #347 #10 1,696 1,957 232 140 62.4% 0 0 0 0 6 6

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Gabriela Sabatini Barbara Paulus
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
14 1984 7–5 58.3% #74 1,586 0 0 — — — — — — —
15 1985 48–18 72.7% #12 1,947 0 1 1986 4–3 57.1% #165 1,528 0 0
16 1986 49–21 70.0% #10 2,023 0 2 1987 11–10 52.4% #70 1,594 0 0
17 1987 62–16 79.5% #6 2,266 0 5 1988 21–11 65.6% #27 1,755 0 1
18 1988 65–14 82.3% #4 2,282 0 9 1989 30–16 65.2% #24 1,835 0 1
19 1989 58–12 82.9% #3 2,259 0 13 1990 32–14 69.6% #15 1,895 0 2
20 1990 49–14 77.8% #5 2,233 1 15 1991 17–13 56.7% #25 1,846 0 2
21 1991 62–11 84.9% #3 2,270 1 20 1992 4–8 33.3% #209 1,719 0 2
22 1992 65–12 84.4% #3 2,294 1 25 — — — — — — —
23 1993 51–18 73.9% #5 2,110 1 25 1994 5–7 41.7% #108 1,659 0 2
24 1994 42–17 71.2% #7 2,057 1 26 1995 21–7 75.0% #23 1,798 0 4
25 1995 41–16 71.9% #7 2,063 1 27 1996 38–16 70.4% #10 1,868 0 5
26 1996 14–10 58.3% #56 1,958 1 27 1997 32–16 66.7% #24 1,878 0 6
27 — — — — — — — 1998 17–19 47.2% #45 1,751 0 6

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Gabriela Sabatini Barbara Paulus
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
14 1984 5 4 9 55.6% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
15 1985 19 7 26 73.1% 23 7 30 76.7% 3 2 5 60.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1986 — — — — 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — —
16 1986 12 6 18 66.7% 19 6 25 76.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 10 7 17 58.8% 1987 — — — — 11 8 19 57.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
17 1987 15 6 21 71.4% 22 5 27 81.5% 7 2 9 77.8% 18 3 21 85.7% 1988 6 2 8 75.0% 14 7 21 66.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3%
18 1988 33 6 39 84.6% 18 3 21 85.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 1989 11 6 17 64.7% 19 9 28 67.9% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
19 1989 25 5 30 83.3% 21 3 24 87.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 11 3 14 78.6% 1990 16 7 23 69.6% 9 1 10 90.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
20 1990 21 5 26 80.8% 10 4 14 71.4% 5 1 6 83.3% 13 4 17 76.5% 1991 9 9 18 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 7 3 10 70.0%
21 1991 24 5 29 82.8% 21 2 23 91.3% 6 1 7 85.7% 11 3 14 78.6% 1992 1 5 6 16.7% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — —
22 1992 28 6 34 82.4% 23 2 25 92.0% 5 1 6 83.3% 9 3 12 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1993 22 8 30 73.3% 21 6 27 77.8% 6 2 8 75.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1994 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 1994 23 8 31 74.2% 8 6 14 57.1% 3 1 4 75.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 1995 9 2 11 81.8% 9 3 12 75.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
25 1995 23 7 30 76.7% 10 5 15 66.7% 4 1 5 80.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 1996 8 5 13 61.5% 22 6 28 78.6% — — — — 8 5 13 61.5%
26 1996 14 8 22 63.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1997 5 4 9 55.6% 18 7 25 72.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 8 4 12 66.7%
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998 5 8 13 38.5% 10 8 18 55.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
Career — 264 81 345 76.5% 198 51 249 79.5% 54 16 70 77.1% 97 36 133 72.9% — 75 55 130 57.7% 120 56 176 68.2% 2 6 8 25.0% 35 23 58 60.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Gabriela Sabatini Barbara Paulus
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
14 1984 1586 111.1 — — — — +20 +28 — 50.0% -0.07 4–0 (100%) 1–0 — +0.70 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
15 1985 1947 156.6 — — — — -80 +18 -325 69.6% +1.39 9–7 (56%) 8–1 (89%) 110.0 +0.93 1986 1529 102.3 — — — — — +50 — 52.9% -0.47 2–1 (67%) 2–0 — +0.85
16 1986 2024 163.4 — — — — -80 +46 -252 66.7% +1.36 10–6 (63%) 5–5 (50%) 102.6 -4.53 1987 1594 117.4 — — — — — +61 — 52.2% -0.02 2–4 (33%) 1–0 — +2.31
17 1987 2267 174.7 — — — — -22 -98 -411 74.7% +1.86 10–6 (63%) 7–4 (64%) 107.3 -8.41 1988 1756 133.5 — — — — -127 +35 — 61.1% +0.69 6–2 (75%) 5–2 (71%) 107.4 +1.41
18 1988 2283 175.5 — — — — +26 -24 -387 77.7% +2.15 12–7 (63%) 5–5 (50%) 101.3 -6.45 1989 1835 142.7 — — — — -98 +11 — 58.0% +0.71 15–5 (75%) 1–5 (17%) 103.7 -1.53
19 1989 2260 175.5 — — — — +23 +41 — 74.8% +2.16 16–3 (84%) 2–5 (29%) 102.9 -4.81 1990 1896 143.9 — — — — -23 +25 — 63.7% +0.76 13–8 (62%) 5–3 (63%) 103.5 +1.16
20 1990 2233 175.3 — — — — +45 +4 -235 74.1% +1.94 8–3 (73%) 9–5 (64%) 101.9 -3.17 1991 1846 140.0 — — — — 0 — — 53.8% +0.29 6–3 (67%) 5–4 (56%) 101.6 -1.04
21 1991 2270 177.6 — — — — +8 +107 -240 81.0% +2.46 9–2 (82%) 12–3 (80%) 110.2 -3.71 1992 1720 104.4 — — — — +20 +127 — 37.0% -1.19 1–2 (33%) 1–1 — +0.05
22 1992 2294 179.7 — — — — -28 +165 -170 80.4% +2.52 9–5 (64%) 5–4 (56%) 100.7 -3.70 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1993 2110 172.2 — — — — +10 +275 -2 71.3% +1.82 7–7 (50%) 6–8 (43%) 91.5 -1.15 1994 1660 112.9 — — — — +3 — — 31.8% -0.82 1–1 1–3 (25%) — -0.39
24 1994 2057 164.9 — — — — +46 +123 -4 67.2% +1.39 11–5 (69%) 2–4 (33%) 97.2 -0.85 1995 1799 130.3 — — — — -17 +64 — 67.2% +1.11 7–1 (88%) 4–0 (100%) 110.4 +2.57
25 1995 2063 172.1 — — — — +41 +69 +16 71.5% +1.92 3–6 (33%) 6–10 (38%) 88.1 +0.28 1996 1869 151.5 — — — — -65 +97 — 67.2% +1.23 9–12 (43%) 3–3 (50%) 94.9 +0.39
26 1996 1958 159.9 — — — — +34 — — 58.8% +1.02 1–2 (33%) 0–1 — -0.49 1997 1878 149.1 — — — — -57 +105 — 64.8% +1.27 9–6 (60%) 4–4 (50%) 100.4 +3.06
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998 1751 136.5 — — — — +25 +129 — 46.3% -0.34 7–5 (58%) 2–1 (67%) 100.4 -0.80
Career — 2400 176.6 — — — — +4 +66 -221 73.0% +1.86 109–59 (65%) 68–55 (55%) 104.0 -4.44 — 1958 145.3 — — — — -35 +69 — 58.7% +0.60 78–50 (61%) 34–26 (57%) 105.4 +2.18

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.