Mercedes Paz

Mercedes Paz
Nation:	Argentina
Birthday:	June 27, 1966
1st professional season:	1984
Resignation:	1998
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,154,319
singles
Career record:	280: 279
Career title:	3 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	28 (April 29 1991)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	385: 245
Career title:	22 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking:	12 (September 24 1990)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mercedes Paz (born June 27, 1966 in Tucumán ) is a former Argentine tennis player .

Career

Mercedes Paz won her first doubles title in Tokyo in her debut year as a professional player in October 1984. She had previously participated with the Argentine team at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where she lost her first match in singles.

In her tennis career she won a total of three singles and 20 doubles titles on the WTA Tour . At the end of her career, she also played on the ITF Women's Circuit , where she was able to celebrate another five double titles.

In 1997 she was in the final of the mixed competition at the US Open , which she lost at the side of Pablo Albano against Manon Bollegraf and Rick Leach 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 7 ³ .

From 1985 to 1998 she was part of the Argentine Fed Cup team , for which she played 33 games, of which she won 21.

In 1998 she also ended her professional career. In September 2002 she entered again at an ITF tournament; after her failure in the women's doubles in round one of the qualification, she left it at that.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 24, 1985	São Paulo	WTA World Tour	sand	Laura Arraya	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 4
2.	November 13, 1988	Guaruja	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Rene Simpson	7: 5, 6: 2
3.	May 27, 1990	Strasbourg	WTA Tier IV	sand	Ann Grossman	6: 2, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	October 7, 1984	Tokyo	WTA World Tour	Hard court	Ronni Reis	Emilse Longo Adriana Villagrán	6: 4, 7: 5
2.	March 24, 1985	São Paulo	WTA World Tour	sand	Gabriela Sabatini	Running out of slides Csilla Bartos	7: 5, 6: 4
3.	August 26, 1985	Monticello	WTA World Tour	Hard court	Gabriela Sabatini	Andrea Holíková Kateřina Skronská	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
4th	November 16, 1986	San Juan	WTA World Tour	Hard court	Lori McNeil	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4
5.	7th December 1986	Buenos Aires	WTA World Tour	sand	Lori McNeil	Manon Bollegraf Nicole Jagerman	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 1
6th	April 12, 1987	Hilton Head	WTA World Tour	sand	Eva Pfaff	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	7: 6, 7: 5
7th	December 6, 1987	Buenos Aires	WTA World Tour	sand	Gabriela Sabatini	Jill Hetherington Christiane Jolissaint	6: 2, 6: 2
8th.	July 10, 1988	Båstad	WTA Tier V	sand	Sandra Cecchini	Linda Ferrando Silvia La Fratta	6-0, 6-2
9.	17th July 1988	Brussels	WTA Tier V	sand	Tine Scheuer	Katerina Maleewa Raffaella Reggi	7: 6, 6: 1
10.	November 13, 1988	Guaruja	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Bettina Fulco	Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder	6: 3, 6: 4
11.	May 7, 1989	Tarent	WTA Tier V	sand	Sabrina Goleš	Sophie Amiach Emmanuelle Derly	6: 2, 6: 2
12.	May 28, 1989	Strasbourg	WTA Tier V	sand	Judith Wiesner	Lise Gregory Gretchen Magers	6: 3, 6: 3
13.	July 23, 1989	Brussels	WTA Tier V	sand	Manon Bollegraf	Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder	6: 1, 6: 2
14th	July 30, 1989	Båstad	WTA Tier V	sand	Tine Scheuer	Sabrina Goleš Katerina Maleewa	6: 2, 7: 5
15th	December 17, 1989	Guaruja	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Patricia Tarabini	Claudia Chabalgoity Luciana Corsato	6: 2, 6: 2
16.	April 15, 1990	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	sand	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Regina Rajchrtová Andrea Temesvari	7: 6, 6: 4
17th	April 22, 1990	Tampa	WTA Tier III	sand	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Sandra Cecchini Laura Arraya	6: 2, 6: 0
18th	April 29, 1990	Barcelona	WTA Tier IV	sand	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Sabrina Goleš Patricia Tarabini	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 1
19th	July 15, 1990	Båstad	WTA Tier V	sand	Tine Scheuer	Carin Bakkum Nicole Jagerman	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 2
20th	December 8, 1991	São Paulo	WTA Tier IV	sand	Inés Gorrochategui	Renata Baranski Laura Glitz	6: 2, 6: 2
21st	February 6, 1994	Auckland	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Patricia Hy	Jenny Byrne Julie Richardson	6: 4, 7: 6
22nd	April 30, 1995	Zagreb	WTA Tier III	sand	Rene Simpson	Laura Golarsa Irina Spîrlea	7: 5, 6: 2

Web links

• WTA-profile Mercedes Paz (English)
• ITF profile of Mercedes Paz (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Mercedes Paz (English)