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Catherine Tanvier
French tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Catherine ("Cathy") Tanvier (born 28 May 1965) is a former professional tennis player from France.
She peaked at No. 20 in 1984 and won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour.
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Career
In 1982, Tanvier became Wimbledon girls' singles champion after defeating first-seeded Helena Suková in the final in straight sets.[1]
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.[2] Reaching the fourth round was also her best singles result at the Australian Open (1989, 1990, 1991) and French Open (1983, 1988).[3] 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,[a][4] and in 2013 published Détraquements, de la colère à la torpeur.[5][6]
In 2010, she made her debut as an actress in Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme.
Catherine Tanvier lives in Nice, France.
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WTA Tour finals
Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
Doubles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runner-ups)
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ITF finals
Singles (3–1)
Doubles (11–6)
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Notes
- RMI stands for Revenu minimum d'insertion, a form of social welfare in France.
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