Catherine Tanvier

Catherine Tanvier

Country (sports)	France
Born	(1965-05-28) 28 May 1965 Toulouse, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	205–198
Career titles	1
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
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)

Catherine ("Cathy") Tanvier (born 28 May 1965) is a former tennis player from France who was active in the 1980s and the first half of the 90s. 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 girl's singles champion after defeating first-seeded Helena Suková in the final in straight sets.

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. Reaching the fourth round was also her best singles result at the Australian Open (1989, 1990, 1991) and French Open (1983, 1988). 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, and in 2013 published Détraquements, de la colère à la torpeur.

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

She now lives in Nice, France.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	17 July 1983	Freiburg, Germany	Clay	Laura Arraya	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	30 October 1983	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	5 October 1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Carpet	Helena Suková	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	23 February 1992	Cesena, Italy	Carpet	Mary Pierce	1–6, 1–6

Doubles 20 (7 titles, 12 runner-ups)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	18 July 1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Virginia Ruzici	Patricia Medrado Cláudia Monteiro	7–6, 6–2
Winner	2.	8 August 1982	Indianapolis, USA	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Joanne Russell Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	9 May 1983	Perugia, Italy	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Virginia Ruzici Virginia Wade	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	10 July 1983	Hittfeld, Germany	Clay	Ivanna Madruga	Bettina Bunge Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	30 October 1983	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Virginia Ruzici	Martina Navratilova Candy Reynolds	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	16 December 1984	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Elizabeth Smylie	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	19 May 1985	German Open, Germany	Clay	Steffi Graf	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	11 November 1985	Hilversum, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Marcella Mesker	Sandra Cecchini Sabrina Goleš	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	13 April 1986	Hilton Head, USA	Clay	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert-Lloyd Anne White	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	20 April 1986	Amelia Island, USA	Clay	Gabriela Sabatini	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	2–6, 7–5, 6–7
Runner-up	11.	19 October 1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Kathy Jordan Helena Suková	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	12.	26 October 1986	Brighton, UK	Carpet (i)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Steffi Graf Helena Suková	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	24 May 1987	European Open, Switzerland	Clay	Laura Gildemeister	Betsy Nagelsen Liz Smylie	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	14.	25 October 1987	Brighton, UK	Carpet (i)	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Kathy Jordan Helena Suková	5–7, 1–6
Winner	15.	17 July 1988	Nice, France	Clay	Catherine Suire	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	16.	24 July 1988	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Nathalie Herreman	Sandra Cecchini Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 7–5
Winner	17.	22 October 1989	Bayonne, France	Hard (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Elna Reinach Raffaella Reggi	7–6, 7–5
Winner	18.	30 September 1990	Bayonne, France	Hard (i)	Louise Field	Jo-Anne Faull Rachel McQuillan	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up	19.	29 September 1991	Bayonne, France	Carpet	Rachel McQuillan	Patricia Tarabini Nathalie Tauziat	3–6, RET
Winner	20.	23 February 1992	Cesena, Italy	Carpet	Catherine Suire	Sabine Appelmans Raffaella Reggi	w/o

External links

• Catherine Tanvier at the Women's Tennis Association
• Catherine Tanvier at the Billie Jean King Cup