Catherine Tanvier

Catherine ("Cathy") Tanvier (born 28 May 1965) is a former tennis player from France.

Catherine Tanvier

Country (sports)	France
Born	(1965-05-28) 28 May 1965 Toulouse, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$706,054
Singles
Career record	205-198
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 20 (27 September 1984)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1989, 1990, 1991)
French Open	4R (1983, 1988)
Wimbledon	4R (1985)
US Open	2R (1981, 1983, 1984, 1986)
Doubles
Career record	285-180
Career titles	9 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 16 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1980, 1989)
French Open	SF (1983)
Wimbledon	QF (1986)
US Open	3R (1984)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1988)
Wimbledon	3R (1983, 1985)
US Open	2R (1984)

She peaked at number 20 in 1984, and won one singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

Career

In 1982, Tanvier became Wimbledon girls' singles champion after defeating first-seeded Helena Suková in the final in straight sets.[1]

Tanvier won one singles title on the WTA Tour at the 1983 Freiburg Open clay court tournament, defeating Laura Arraya in the final in straight sets.

At the Wimbledon Championships she reached the fourth round in the singles event in 1985, which she lost to eight-seeded Zina Garrison.[2] Reaching the fourth round was also her best singles result at the Australian Open (1989, 1990, 1991) and French Open (1983, 1988).[3] Her best career result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the semifinal of the 1983 French Open women's doubles event with Ivanna Madruga.

Tanvier published two biographies; in 2007 she wrote Déclassée – de Roland-Garros au RMI,[lower-alpha 1][4] and in 2013 published Détraquements, de la colère à la torpeur.[5][6]

In 2010, she made her debut as an actress in Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme.

She now lives in Nice, France.

WTA Tour career finals

Singles (1–4)

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Mar 1982	Hershey, United States	Hard (i)	Andrea Temesvári	4–6, 2–6
Win	2.	Jul 1983	Freiburg, West Germany	Clay	Laura Arraya	6–4, 7–5
Loss	3.	Oct 1983	Filderstadt, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	Oct 1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Helena Suková	2–6, 5–7
Loss	5.	Feb 1992	Cesena, Italy	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	1–6, 1–6

Doubles (9–12)

Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 1 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 2

Titles by surface Hard 1 Clay 4 Grass 0 Carpet 2

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Patricia Medrado Cláudia Monteiro	7–6, 6–2
Win	2–0	Aug 1982	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Joanne Russell Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 7–6
Loss	2–1	May 1983	Perugia, Italy	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Virginia Ruzici Virginia Wade	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	2–2	Jul 1983	Hittfeld, West Germany	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Oct 1983	Filderstadt, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Virginia Ruzici	Martina Navratilova Candy Reynolds	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2–4	Dec 1984	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Elizabeth Smylie	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	May 1985	German Open, West Germany	Clay	Steffi Graf	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–5	Nov 1985	Hilversum, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Marcella Mesker	Sandra Cecchini Sabrina Goleš	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–6	Apr 1986	Hilton Head, U.S.	Clay	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert-Lloyd Anne White	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–7	Apr 1986	Amelia Island, U.S.	Clay	Gabriela Sabatini	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	2–6, 7–5, 6–7
Win	4–7	May 1986	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Iva Budařová	Petra Huber Petra Keppeler	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4–8	Oct 1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Kathy Jordan Helena Suková	5–7, 1–6
Loss	4–9	Oct 1986	Brighton, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Steffi Graf Helena Suková	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–10	May 1987	European Open, Switzerland	Clay	Laura Gildemeister	Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	4–11	Oct 1987	Brighton, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Kathy Jordan Helena Suková	5–7, 1–6
Win	5–11	Jul 1988	Nice, France	Clay	Catherine Suire	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win	6–11	Jul 1988	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Nathalie Herreman	Sandra Cecchini Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–11	Oct 1989	Bayonne, France	Hard (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Elna Reinach Raffaella Reggi	7–6, 7–5
Win	8–11	Sep 1990	Bayonne, France	Hard (i)	Louise Field	Jo-Anne Faull Rachel McQuillan	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	8–12	Sep 1991	Bayonne, France	Carpet (i)	Rachel McQuillan	Patricia Tarabini Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, ret.
Win	9–12	Feb 1992	Cesena, Italy	Carpet (i)	Catherine Suire	Sabine Appelmans Raffaella Reggi	w/o

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 July 1981	Limoges, France	Clay	Liliana Giussani	1–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	26 November 1981	Ringwood North, Australia	Hard	Debbie Chesterton	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	9 November 1981	South Yarra, Australia	Hard	Sophie Amiach	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	27 March 1989	Bayonne, France	Hard	Pascale Etchemendy	6–2, 6–4

Doubles (11–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 April 1981	Bournemouth, Great Britain	Clay	Sophie Amiach	Jo Durie Debbie Jevans	0–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	5 July 1981	Arcachon, France	Clay	Laura Araya	Florența Mihai Carmen Perea	6–3, 7–5
Winner	3.	2 November 1981	Frankston, Australia	Hard	Sophie Amiach	Kym Ruddell Gwen Warnock	6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	1 February 1982	Ogden, United States	Carpet (i)	Iva Budařová	Yvona Brzáková Marcela Skuherská	6–3, 6–2
Winner	5.	8 February 1982	Bakersfield, United States	Carpet (i)	Cláudia Monteiro	Diane Desfor Barbara Hallquist	7–6, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	6.	11 July 1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Heidi Eisterlehner	3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Winner	7.	19 January 1987	Bayonne, France	Hard	Virginia Ruzici	Iwona Kuczynska Corinne Vanier	6–3, 6–2
Winner	8.	21 March 1988	Bayonne, France	Hard	Pascale Paradis	Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	9.	27 March 1989	Moulins, France	Hard	Sandrine Testud	Mara Eijkenboom Noëlle van Lottum	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	26 March 1990	Limoges, France	Carpet	Sandrine Testud	Ann Devries Iwona Kuczyńska	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	11.	19 September 1994	Marseille, France	Clay	Madeline Sánchez	Marta Cano Cristina De Subijana	6–3, 6–2
Winner	12.	12 December 1994	Mildura, France	Grass	Vanessa Webb	Catherine Barclay Louise Pleming	7–6^(4), 4–6, 6–3
Winner	13.	20 March 1995	Moulins, France	Hard	Nathalie Dechy	Jessica Fernandez Aarthi Venkatesan	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	27 November 1995	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Maja Murić	Annabel Ellwood Kirrily Sharpe	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	15.	18 March 1996	Reims, France	Hard (i)	Siobhan Drake-Brockman	Giulia Casoni Flora Perfetti	3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up	16.	15 March 1999	Urtijëi, Italy	Hard	Maria Elena Camerin	Dawn Buth Rebecca Jensen	2–6, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up	17.	12 April 1996	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Hard	Louise Pleming	Karen Cross Amanda Grahame	4–6, 6–3, 6–7

Notes

1. RMI stands for Revenu minimum d'insertion, a form of social welfare in France.

References

1. "Catherine Tanvier (FRA) – Ladies' Singles" (PDF). www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
2. "Wimbledon players archive – Catherine Tanvier". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
3. "Australian Open players – Catherine Tanvier". www.ausopen.com. Tennis Australia.
4. Alison Healy (28 March 2009). "Serving up the dark side of tennis". The Irish Times.
5. Sabrina Champenois (5 April 2013). "Catherine Tanvier, du court à l'écrit" (in French). La Libération.
6. Laurent Chignaguet (8 April 2013). "Catherine Tanvier: "J'ai de la colère à évacuer"" (in French). Le Figaro.

External links

• Catherine Tanvier at the Women's Tennis Association
• Catherine Tanvier at the International Tennis Federation
• Catherine Tanvier at the Fed Cup