Patricia Hy-Boulais
Patricia Hy-Boulais | |||||||||||||
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Hong Kong 1981–1991 Canada 1991–1998 |
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Birthday: | August 22, 1965 | ||||||||||||
Size: | 163 cm | ||||||||||||
1st professional season: | 1986 | ||||||||||||
Resignation: | 1998 | ||||||||||||
Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||
Prize money: | $ 1,008,949 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 242: 235 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 1 WTA , 4 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 28 (March 8 1993) | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 121: 150 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 1 WTA , 5 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 36 (March 30 1987) | ||||||||||||
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Patricia Hy-Boulais (* 22. August 1965 when Patricia Hy in Phnom Penh , Cambodia ) is a former Canadian tennis player .
Career
Patricia Hy was born in Cambodia and moved to Hong Kong with her family at the age of six .
In 1983 she won the Wimbledon junior doubles title with Patty Fendick . She played for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team from 1981 to 1987 and, after taking Canadian citizenship in 1991, for the Canadian team until 1998 . In 1992 and 1996 she also represented Canada at the Olympic Games . In singles she reached the second round in 1992 and 1996 , while in doubles in 1992 she was eliminated in the second round and in 1996 she even made it to the quarter-finals.
She achieved her greatest successes in Grand Slam tournaments with her entry into the quarter-finals of the US Open in 1992 and with her participation in the semi-finals in 1987 in the double competition of the Australian Open .
In 2004 she was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame .
Personal
In 1994 she married Yves Boulais, who later became Alison Riske's coach . Since then she has competed under the name Patricia Hy-Boulais.
Her daughter Isabelle Boulais is also a professional tennis player.
Tournament victories
singles
No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | October 12, 1986 | Taipei | WTA | Carpet (hall) | Adriana Villagrán | 6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3 |
Double
No. | date | competition | category | Topping | Partner | Final opponents | Result |
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1. | February 6, 1994 | Auckland | WTA Tier IV | Hard court | Mercedes Paz |
Jenny Byrne Julie Richardson |
6: 4, 7: 6 3 |
Web links
- WTA profile Patricia Hy-Boulais (English)
- ITF profile of Patricia Hy-Boulais (English)
- Fed Cup Statistics for Patricia Hy-Boulais (English)
- Patricia Hy-Boulais in the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame
Individual evidence
- ↑ Girls' Doubles Finals on wimbledon.com
- ↑ Getting to know Canadian rising star Isabelle Boulais. (No longer available online.) April 14, 2016, archived from the original on August 7, 2017 ; accessed on October 4, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Hy-Boulais, Patricia |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hy, Patricia |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Phnom Penh , Cambodia |