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]
Personal life
Patricia Hy-Boulais had an athletic family. Her father was a tennis player for
Cambodia and served as the team captain. He also has competed in the
Davis Cup for Cambodia. Her mother was a national badminton champion for
Cambodia.[3]