Michelle Jaggard-Lai

**Michelle Jaggard-Lai**
Michelle Jaggard-Lai at Brisbane Hardcourt Championships January 1994.‎
Country	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Date of birth	May 6, 1969 (1969-05-06) (age 39)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	57 kg (130 lb/9.0 st)
Turned pro	1984
Plays	Right; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$406,279
Singles
Career record:	179-178
Career titles:	2 (ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 83 (May 10, 1993)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (1989)
French Open	2r (1989) & (1990)
Wimbledon	1r (1987), (1988), (1989) & (1993)
US Open	1r (1993)
Doubles
Career record:	147-138
Career titles:	3 (WTA) & 7 (ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 42 (February 4, 1991)
Infobox last updated on: April 19, 2008.

Michelle Jaggard-Lai (born May 6, 1969) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia.

Jaggard-Lai turned pro in 1984.

She won 3 doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour.

She reached the quarterfinals in doubles of the 1992 Australian Open, partnering Kimiko Date.

In singles, she reached the 3rd round of the 1989 Australian Open (She won her 1r match 7–5 in the 3rd set & then her 2r match 10-8 in the 3rd set!).

She was a member of the Australia Fed Cup team that lost in the final of the 1993 Federation Cup.

She played in the Main Draw in Singles at the Australian Open 8 times;

the French Open 6 times,

Wimbledon 4 times & the US Open once.

She played in the Main Draw in Doubles at the Australian Open 7 times;

the French Open 9 times;

Wimbledon 9 times &

the US Open 6 times.

She reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 42 in February 1991 and a high singles ranking of No. 83 in May 1993.

She married ex-professional soccer player from Holland, Gershwin Lai in 1992.

She retired from the tour at the end of 1994 (aged just 25 & ranked # 2 in Australia in singles at the time).

[edit] WTA Tour titles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	February 5, 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Julie Richardson	Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
2.	April 9, 1990	Tokyo (Japan Open), Japan	Hard	Hu Na	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	6–0, 3–6, 6–1