Patricia Hy-Boulais (born August 22, 1965 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 28 on March 8, 1993 and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 36 on March 30, 1987.
In 1983, Hy-Boulais won the junior Wimbledon doubles title. 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, but represented Canada starting at the beginning of the 1988 season. Her best performance at a Grand Slam came when she got to the quarterfinals 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. She was named Tennis Canada female player of the year six times (1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997) and received the Fed Cup Commitment Award in 2016. She retired in 1998.
She married tennis coach Yves Boulais, with whom she has two children Isabelle (born in 2000) and Justin (born in 2001) who are both playing tennis. Her husband is now Tennis Director at the Ontario Racquet Club in Mississauga, Ontario, where the couple currently reside. Hy-Boulais was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004.
WTA career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I (0–0)
WTA Tier II (0–0)
Virginia Slims / WTA Tier III, IV & V (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Oct 1986
Taipei Women's Championships, Taiwan
Virginia Slims
Carpet (i)
Adriana Villagrán (ARG)
6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–3
Loss
1–1
May 1995
British Hard Court Championships, United Kingdom
Tier IV
Clay
Ludmila Richterová (CZE)
7–6(12–10), 4–6, 3–6
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I (0–0)
WTA Tier II (0–1)
Virginia Slims / WTA Tier III, IV & V (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Feb 1993
Indian Wells Masters, United States
Tier II
Hard
Ann Grossman (USA)
Rennae Stubbs (AUS) Helena Suková (CZE)
3–6, 4–6
Win
1–1
Jan 1994
WTA Auckland Open, New Zealand
Tier IV
Hard
Mercedes Paz (ARG)
Jenny Byrne (AUS) Julie Richardson (NZL)
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss
1–2
May 1995
British Hard Court Championships, United Kingdom
Tier IV
Clay
Kerry-Anne Guse (AUS)
Mariaan de Swardt (RSA) Ruxandra Dragomir (ROU)
3–6, 5–7
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
Legend
ITF $100,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $75,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $50,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $25,000 tournaments (2–1)
ITF $10,000 tournaments (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jan 1983
San Antonio, United States
$10,000
Hard
Amanda Brown (GBR)
4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win
1–1
Jan 1983
Miami, United States
$10,000
Hard
Kate Brasher (GBR)
6–3, 6–3
Win
2–1
Nov 1984
Telford, United Kingdom
$10,000
Hard (i)
Holly Danforth (USA)
6–2, 6–4
Win
3–1
Sep 1988
Detroit, United States
$25,000
Hard (i)
Nana Miyagi (JPN)
6–2, 6–2
Win
4–1
Sep 1989
Chicago, United States
$25,000
Hard (i)
Linda Wild (USA)
6–4, 6–3
Loss
4–2
Feb 1990
Key Biscayne, United States
$25,000
Hard
Luanne Spadea (USA)
1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend
ITF $100,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $75,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $50,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $25,000 tournaments (1–0)
ITF $10,000 tournaments (4–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Nov 1984
Peterborough, United Kingdom
$10,000
Hard (i)
Marianne van der Torre (NED)
Glynis Coles-Bond (GBR) Denise Parnell (GBR)
6–2, 0–6, 6–1
Win
2–0
Nov 1984
Darlington, United Kingdom
$10,000
Hard (i)
Marianne van der Torre (NED)
Cathy Drury (GBR) Ellinore Lightbody (HKG)
6–1, 6–4
Win
3–0
Mar 1985
Curitiba, Brazil
$10,000
Clay
Karin Moos (NED)
Lea Plchová (CZE) Monica Weber (SUI)
6–3, 6–4
Loss
3–1
Sep 1986
Lisbon, Portugal
$10,000
Clay
Claudia Hernández (MEX)
María José Llorca (ESP) Ninoska Souto (ESP)
1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win
4–1
Sep 1986
Murcia, Spain
$10,000
Clay
Anne Aallonen (FIN)
Lucila Becerra (MEX) Maria-Elena Llamas (MEX)
7–6, 6–3
Win
5–1
Sep 1988
Chicago, United States
$25,000
Hard (i)
Mary Lou Daniels (USA)
Kathy Foxworth (USA) Jane Thomas (USA)
6–4, 6–2
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result
Year
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
1983
Wimbledon
Grass
Pascale Paradis (FRA)
2–6, 1–6
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result
Year
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1983
Wimbledon
Grass
Patty Fendick (USA)
Carin Anderholm (SWE) Helena Olsson (SWE)
6–1, 7–5
Singles performance timeline
Tournament
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
SR
W–L
Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open
A
A
A
A
NH
2R
1R
Q3
A
2R
2R
2R
1R
1R
1R
2R
1R
0 / 10
5–10
33%
French Open
Q1
A
1R
Q2
A
1R
A
Q1
1R
2R
4R
3R
1R
2R
1R
2R
1R
0 / 11
8–11
42%
Wimbledon
A
2R
Q1
Q1
A
1R
Q1
Q3
A
3R
3R
3R
1R
2R
4R
4R
2R
0 / 10
15–10
0%
US Open
Q1
3R
Q1
A
A
2R
Q1
Q1
2R
3R
QF
2R
3R
3R
1R
2R
Q1
0 / 10
16–10
62%
Win–Loss
0–0
3–2
0–1
0–0
0–0
2–4
0–1
0–0
1–2
6–4
10–4
6–4
2–4
4–4
3–4
6–4
1–3
0 / 41
44–41
52%
Doubles performance timeline
Tournament
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
SR
W–L
Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open
A
A
A
NH
SF
3R
1R
A
1R
1R
2R
1R
2R
2R
2R
1R
0 / 11
9–10
47%
French Open
A
1R
2R
A
1R
A
1R
A
A
A
2R
A
1R
1R
2R
2R
0 / 9
4–9
31%
Wimbledon
A
A
A
A
1R
1R
1R
A
A
A
1R
1R
1R
2R
1R
A
0 / 8
1–8
11%
US Open
1R
A
A
A
1R
1R
1R
1R
A
A
1R
1R
2R
QF
1R
A
0 / 10
4–10
29%
Win–Loss
0–1
0–1
1–1
0–0
3–4
2–3
0–4
0–1
0–1
0–1
2–3
0–3
2–4
5–4
2–4
1–2
0 / 38
18–37
33%
Mixed doubles performance timeline
Tournament
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
SR
W–L
Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open
A
NH
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 1
0–1
0%
French Open
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
2R
A
0 / 1
1–1
50%
Wimbledon
1R
A
1R
1R
1R
A
A
A
A
A
1R
1R
1R
0 / 7
0–7
0%
US Open
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
Win–Loss
0–1
0–0
0–1
0–2
0–1
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–1
1–2
0–1
0 / 9
1–9
10%
Wins over top-10 opponents
Hy-Boulais has a 3–44 (6%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
