Lisa Raymond

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Lisa Raymond
Raymond at the 2006 Australian Open
Raymond at the 2006 Australian Open
Country Flag of the United States United States
Residence Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of birth August 10, 1973 (1973-08-10) (age 34)
Place of birth Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight 121 lb (55 kg/8.6 st)
Turned pro May 1993
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money $7,417,634
Singles
Career record: 390–299
Career titles: 4
Highest ranking: No. 15 (October 20, 1997)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open QF (2004)
French Open 4r (1997)
Wimbledon QF (2000)
US Open 4r (1996)
Doubles
Career record: 627–208
Career titles: 66 (1 ITF)
Highest ranking: No. 1 (June 12, 2000)

Infobox last updated on: March 3, 2008.

Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the #1 spot in the world in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was #15 in October 1997.

Earning more than $7 million in prize money in her career, Raymond has reached the quarterfinals in singles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon. Raymond, who plays right-handed, has wins over Venus Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Monica Seles and Martina Hingis. She also is one of the few players to win a career Grand Slam in doubles.

Of her four singles titles, two have come at the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee.

Though she was the number one-ranked doubles player, she was not selected to the US team for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[1]

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[edit] Early career

Raymond achieved significant success in collegiate tennis. She won the NCAA Single's title in 1992 and 1993 playing for the University of Florida Gators, leading the team to the 1992 NCAA Team Championships. Playing for the Florida Gators, she was the first player to win all three collegiate Grand Slams titles in a single season (1992). She received the 1992 Volvo Rookie of the Year award, the 1992 Tennis Magazine Collegiate Player of the Year award, the 1992 and 1993 Broderick Award, and the 1993 Honda Award for collegiate tennis.

As a junior, she won five U.S. National (USTA) singles and doubles titles, and she was ranked #1 in the U.S. for players 18 and under in 1990.

[edit] Personal life

Raymond is openly lesbian and was in a long-term relationship with her former doubles partner, Rennae Stubbs.[1]

[edit] Career titles (71)

[edit] Singles titles (4)

Legend (Singles)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (0)
Tier III (4)
Tier IV & V (0)
Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Tour Championship (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. October 27, 1996 Flag of Canada Quebec City Hard Indoors Flag of BelgiumEls Callens 6–4 6–4
2. June 18, 2000 Flag of the United Kingdom Birmingham Grass Flag of ThailandTamarine Tanasugarn 6–2 6–7 6–4
3. February 23, 2002 Flag of the United States Memphis Hard Indoors Flag of the United StatesAlexandra Stevenson 4–6 6–3 7–6
4. February 22, 2003 Flag of the United States Memphis Hard Indoors Flag of South AfricaAmanda Coetzer 6–3 6–2

[edit] Doubles titles (63)

Grand Slam titles won with Rennae Stubbs (AUS)

Grand Slam titles and Year End Championships won with Samantha Stosur (AUS)

[edit] Mixed Doubles titles (4)

[edit] Other

[edit] Doubles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through Oct 22, 2007.

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Career SR Career W-L
Australian Open A A A A 3R SF QF F SF SF W 1R SF SF 2R 2R F SF 1 / 15 46–13
French Open A A A A F A 3R F 1R 1R 3R SF F 3R SF QF W SF 1 / 13 41–11
Wimbledon A A A A 3R 1R 3R QF SF 3R SF W QF SF SF 1R 3R SF 1 / 14 40–13
U.S. Open 2R A A 2R QF 3R 2R 3R SF 3R QF W 3R 2R QF W SF 3R 2 / 16 43–14
Grand Slam SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 5 / 53 N/A
WTA Tour Championships A A A A QF A QF A SF SF SF W SF A A W W A 3 / 9 11–6
Tokyo A A A A A A SF QF A QF SF W W F SF A W W 4 / 10 27–6
Indian Wells1 A A A A W W SF F A QF 1R SF W W 2R SF W W 6 / 13 41–8
Miami A A A A 3R 3R 3R 1R A A QF F W 2R SF F W W 3 / 12 32–7
Hilton Head / Charleston A A A A SF A QF SF F QF QF W W A F SF W 2R 3 / 12 27–13
Berlin A A A A A A A A SF 1R A A A A A A A W 1 / 3 6–2
Rome A A A A A A A A QF A W A A A 2R A 2R 2R 1 / 5 4–5
San Diego2 A A A A 2R A SF 1R 1R A W A QF F SF 2R SF A 1 / 10 14–9
Montreal/Toronto A A A 2R A A QF QF 2R A A QF 2R A A A A A 0 / 6 6–6
Moscow A A A A A A A A F W SF A A A A W 1R A 2 / 5 13–3
Zürich3 A A A A 1R 1R A 1R QF W A W A QF 1R SF SF F 2 / 11 17–8
Tournaments Won 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 5 4 9 9 6 2 7 6 10 5 N/A 65
  • A = did not participate in the tournament.
  • SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
  • 1 Indian Wells tournament achieved Tier I status from 1996.
  • 2 The San Diego tournament achieved Tier I status from 2004–2007.
  • 3 The Zürich tournament achieved Tier I status from 1993–2007.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pearce, Linda (January 7, 2006), “Never lost for words”, The Age, <http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/01/06/1136387626879.html?from=rss>. Retrieved on 2007-10-22 

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