Country (sports) | Hong Kong (1986-88) Canada (1988-98) |
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Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Born | Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia | 22 August 1965
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 12 October 1986 |
Retired | 1998 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $1,011,116 |
Official website | patriciahy.com |
Singles | |
Career record | 151–183 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 28 (8 March 1993) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1987, 1991–1993, 1997) |
French Open | 4R (1992) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1996, 1997) |
US Open | QF (1992) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (1992, 1996) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 13–20 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 36 (30 March 1987) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1987) |
French Open | 2R (1985, 1993, 1997, 1998) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1996) |
US Open | QF (1996) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | QF (1996) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1988) |
French Open | 2R (1996) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997) |
Patricia Hy-Boulais (born 22 August 1965) is a former tennis player. She turned professional on 12 October 1986. Early in her career she represented Hong Kong (since the beginning until the end of the 1987 season). She became a citizen of Canada in 1991. However, she represented Canada since the beginning of the 1988 season. Her best performance at a Grand Slam came when she got to the quarter-finals of the 1992 US Open, defeating Eva Švíglerová, Judith Wiesner, Jennifer Capriati and Helena Suková before losing to eventual champion Monica Seles.
After Hy-Boulais did it in 1992, Canada did not have another woman to survive into the second week at the French Open until Aleksandra Wozniak did it in 2009.[1]
Hy-Boulais represented her new country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was eliminated in the second round by the number one seed Monica Seles. Hy-Boulais reached her highest ranking in the WTA Tour on 8 March 1993, when she became the number 28 of the world.
Hy-Boulais's daughter Isabelle is a top Canadian tennis prospect.[2]