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)

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

Doubles (9–12)

Legend
Titles by surface
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1982 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Romania Virginia Ruzici Brazil Patricia Medrado
Brazil Cláudia Monteiro
7–6, 6–2
Win 2–0 Aug 1982 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Argentina Ivanna Madruga United States Joanne Russell
Romania Virginia Ruzici
7–5, 7–6
Loss 2–1 May 1983 Perugia, Italy Clay Argentina Ivanna Madruga Romania Virginia Ruzici
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss 2–2 Jul 1983 Hittfeld, West Germany Clay Argentina Ivanna Madruga West Germany Bettina Bunge
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 1983 Filderstadt, West Germany Carpet (i) Romania Virginia Ruzici United States Martina Navratilova
United States Candy Reynolds
2–6, 1–6
Loss 2–4 Dec 1984 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Australia Elizabeth Smylie West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–5 May 1985 German Open, West Germany Clay West Germany Steffi Graf West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
4–6, 1–6
Win 3–5 Nov 1985 Hilversum, Netherlands Carpet (i) Netherlands Marcella Mesker Italy Sandra Cecchini
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš
6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–6 Apr 1986 Hilton Head, U.S. Clay West Germany Steffi Graf United States Chris Evert-Lloyd
United States Anne White
3–6, 3–6
Loss 3–7 Apr 1986 Amelia Island, U.S. Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
2–6, 7–5, 6–7
Win 4–7 May 1986 Barcelona, Spain Clay Czechoslovakia Iva Budařová Austria Petra Huber
West Germany Petra Keppeler
6–2, 6–1
Loss 4–8 Oct 1986 Hilversum, Netherlands Carpet (i) Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen United States Kathy Jordan
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
5–7, 1–6
Loss 4–9 Oct 1986 Brighton, Great Britain Carpet (i) Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen West Germany Steffi Graf
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–10 May 1987 European Open, Switzerland Clay Peru Laura Gildemeister United States Betsy Nagelsen
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–11 Oct 1987 Brighton, Great Britain Carpet (i) Denmark Tine Scheuer-Larsen United States Kathy Jordan
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
5–7, 1–6
Win 5–11 Jul 1988 Nice, France Clay France Catherine Suire France Isabelle Demongeot
France Nathalie Tauziat
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win 6–11 Jul 1988 Aix-en-Provence, France Clay France Nathalie Herreman Italy Sandra Cecchini
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–4, 7–5
Win 7–11 Oct 1989 Bayonne, France Hard (i) Netherlands Manon Bollegraf South Africa Elna Reinach
Italy Raffaella Reggi
7–6, 7–5
Win 8–11 Sep 1990 Bayonne, France Hard (i) Australia Louise Field Australia Jo-Anne Faull
Australia Rachel McQuillan
7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 8–12 Sep 1991 Bayonne, France Carpet (i) Australia Rachel McQuillan Argentina Patricia Tarabini
France Nathalie Tauziat
3–6, ret.
Win 9–12 Feb 1992 Cesena, Italy Carpet (i) France Catherine Suire Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Italy 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 Argentina Liliana Giussani 1–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 26 November 1981 Ringwood North, Australia Hard Australia Debbie Chesterton 6–4, 6–2
Winner 3. 9 November 1981 South Yarra, Australia Hard France Sophie Amiach 6–3, 6–1
Winner 4. 27 March 1989 Bayonne, France Hard France 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 France Sophie Amiach United Kingdom Jo Durie
United Kingdom Debbie Jevans
0–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 5 July 1981 Arcachon, France Clay Peru Laura Araya Romania Florența Mihai
Spain Carmen Perea
6–3, 7–5
Winner 3. 2 November 1981 Frankston, Australia Hard France Sophie Amiach Australia Kym Ruddell
Australia Gwen Warnock
6–4, 6–2
Winner 4. 1 February 1982 Ogden, United States Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Iva Budařová Czechoslovakia Yvona Brzáková
Czechoslovakia Marcela Skuherská
6–3, 6–2
Winner 5. 8 February 1982 Bakersfield, United States Carpet (i) Brazil Cláudia Monteiro United States Diane Desfor
United States Barbara Hallquist
7–6, 2–6, 6–3
Winner 6. 11 July 1982 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Romania Virginia Ruzici West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
West Germany Heidi Eisterlehner
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner 7. 19 January 1987 Bayonne, France Hard Romania Virginia Ruzici Poland Iwona Kuczynska
France Corinne Vanier
6–3, 6–2
Winner 8. 21 March 1988 Bayonne, France Hard France Pascale Paradis Netherlands Carin Bakkum
Netherlands Simone Schilder
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner 9. 27 March 1989 Moulins, France Hard France Sandrine Testud Netherlands Mara Eijkenboom
France Noëlle van Lottum
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 10. 26 March 1990 Limoges, France Carpet France Sandrine Testud Belgium Ann Devries
Poland Iwona Kuczyńska
3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner 11. 19 September 1994 Marseille, France Clay Dominican Republic Madeleine Sánchez Spain Marta Cano
Spain Cristina De Subijana
6–3, 6–2
Winner 12. 12 December 1994 Mildura, France Grass Canada Vanessa Webb Australia Catherine Barclay
Australia Louise Pleming
7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3
Winner 13. 20 March 1995 Moulins, France Hard France Nathalie Dechy Mexico Jessica Fernandez
Australia Aarthi Venkatesan
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 14. 27 November 1995 Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Croatia Maja Murić Australia Annabel Ellwood
Australia Kirrily Sharpe
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 15. 18 March 1996 Reims, France Hard (i) Australia Siobhan Drake-Brockman Italy Giulia Casoni
Italy Flora Perfetti
3–6, 6–4, 0–6
Runner-up 16. 15 March 1999 Urtijëi, Italy Hard Italy Maria Elena Camerin United States Dawn Buth
United States Rebecca Jensen
2–6, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up 17. 12 April 1996 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard Australia Louise Pleming United Kingdom Karen Cross
Australia Amanda Grahame
4–6, 6–3, 6–7