Catherine Tanvier

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

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.

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 career finals

Singles (1–4)

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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)

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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

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$25,000 tournaments
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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	Madeleine 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