She represented her country and won the bronze medal at the
2004 Athens Olympic games, with
Paola Suárez, where they lost 7–9 in the third set to eventual gold medalists from China,
Sun Tiantian and
Li Ting. On 9 May 1988, Tarabini reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 29. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 12, which she achieved on 17 August 1998. Patricia turned pro in 1986, and won a total of 15 top-level doubles titles in her career. She is the
1996 French Open mixed-doubles champion, partnering with
Javier Frana. == Coaching career ==