Pascale Paradis


Pascale Paradis-Mangon is a former professional tennis player from France.
Paradis was the World Junior Champion in women's singles in 1983. Although she failed to reach the heights predicted for her at that time, she did reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1988, defeating Manuela Maleeva, Nathalie Herreman, Robin White and Anne Minter before falling to Steffi Graf. She finished 1988 ranked number 20 on the WTA rankings. She won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. She retired in 1993 with a 137–158 win-loss record in singles.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.30 January 1984Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USACarpet Andrea Leand6–0, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.5 February 1984Indianapolis, Indiana, USAHard JoAnne Russell6–7, 2–6
Runner-up3.16 February 1992Linz, AustriaCarpet Natalia Medvedeva4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.17 March 1985Dallas, United StatesCarpet Marcella Mesker Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh
7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up2.12 August 1985Canadian Open, CanadaHard Marcella Mesker Gigi Fernández
Martina Navratilova
4–6, 0–6
Winner3.2 March 1986Oklahoma City, United StatesCarpet Marcella Mesker Lori McNeil
Catherine Suire
2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Winner4.1 November 1987Zurich, SwitzerlandCarpet Nathalie Herreman Jana Novotná
Catherine Suire
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up5.28 April 1990SingaporeHard Catherine Suire Jo Durie
Jill Hetherington
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up6.19 April 1992Pattaya, IndonesiaHard Sandrine Testud Isabelle Demongeot
Natalia Medvedeva
1–6, 1–6

ITF finals

Singles (2–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.24 October 1982Newcastle, AustraliaGrass Annette Gulley3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner2.18 July 1983Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Petra Huber3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner3.26 March 1990Limoges, FranceCarpet Karina Habšudová6–4, 6–4

Doubles (2–3)