LISA RAYMOND
'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. As of 13th August 2007, Lisa Raymond is the World No.3 in Doubles.
Raymond has earned over 7 million dollars in prize money in her career, and 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 is also one of only a handful of 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.
| Contents |
| Early career |
| Career titles (71) |
| Singles titles (4) |
| Doubles titles (63) |
| Mixed Doubles titles (4) |
| Other |
| Grand Slam Doubles performance timeline |
| External links |
Early career
Lisa Raymond obtained significant success before joining the WTA Tour. She won the NCAA Single's title in 1992 and 1993 playing for the University of Florida Gators, and helped 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) age group singles and doubles titles, and was ranked No.1 in the U.S. national under 18s in 1990.
Career titles (71)
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 | Quebec City | Hard Indoors | Els Callens | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2. | June 18, 2000 | Birmingham | Grass | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 6-2 6-7 6-4 |
| 3. | February 23, 2002 | Memphis | Hard Indoors | Alexandra Stevenson | 4-6 6-3 7-6 |
| 4. | February 22, 2003 | Memphis | Hard Indoors | Amanda Coetzer | 6-3 6-2 |
Doubles titles (63)
Grand Slam titles won '''with Rennae Stubbs (AUS)'''
★ 2000 Australian Open
★ 2001 Wimbledon Championships
★ 2001 US Open
Grand Slam titles and Year End Championships won '''with Samantha Stosur (AUS)'''
★ 2005 US Open
★ 2005 WTA Tour Championships
★ 2006 French Open
★ 2006 WTA Tour Championships
Mixed Doubles titles (4)
★ 1996 US Open with Galbraith.
★ 1999 Wimbledon Championships with Leander Paes.
★ 2002 US Open with Mike Bryan.
★ 2003 French Open with Mike Bryan.
Other
★ 2006 Hopman Cup with Taylor Dent
★ 2001 Federation Cup (ITF) with Jennifer Capriati, Monica Seles and Lindsay Davenport.
Grand Slam Doubles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | SF | QF | F | SF | SF | 'W' | 1R | SF | SF | 2R | 2R | F | SF | '1 / 15 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | F | A | 3R | F | 1R | 1R | 3R | SF | F | 3R | SF | QF | 'W' | SF | '1 / 13 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | QF | SF | 3R | SF | 'W' | QF | SF | SF | 1R | 3R | SF | '1 / 14 |
| U.S. Open | 2R | A | A | 2R | QF | 3R | 2R | 3R | SF | 3R | QF | 'W' | 3R | 2R | QF | 'W' | SF | '2 / 15 |
★ A = did not participate in the tournament.
External links
★
★ Lisa Raymond Website
★ Australian Open Profile
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