Lisa Raymond

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Lisa Raymond bigraphy, stories - American college tennis player, professional tennis player, NCAA singles champion, Australian Open doubles champion, French Open doubles champion, U.S. Open doubles champion, Wimbledon doubles champion

Lisa Raymond : biography

August 10, 1973 –

Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973) is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has 11 Grand Slam titles to her name: 6 in women’s doubles and 5 in mixed doubles. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was fifteenth in October 1997.

Earning more than US$9 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, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis. She also is one of the few players to win a career Grand Slam in doubles. Among her doubles partners are legends Lindsay Davenport, Martina Navrátilová, Rennae Stubbs, Samantha Stosur, Květa Peschke, and Liezel Huber, among others. She is also a mixed partner of Mike Bryan, with whom she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, her lone medal to date.

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

Team Events

Fed Cup

Country: USA Years Participated: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 Best Result: Winning Team 2000

Overall Record: 14–9 Singles Record: 3–6 Doubles Record: 11–3

Hopman Cup

Country: USA Years Participated: 2006 Best Result: Winning Team 2006 (w/Taylor Dent)

Overall Record: 3–4 Singles Record: 0–4 Mixed Doubles Record: 3–0

Olympics

Country: USA Years Participated: 2004 Best Result: Doubles Quarter-Finalist (w/Navratilova), Singles 3rd Round

Overall Record: 3–2 Singles Record: 2–1 Doubles Record: 1–1

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 13 (6–7)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1994 French Open Clay USA}} Lindsay Davenport USA}} Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 1997 Australian Open Hard USA}} Lindsay Davenport SUI}} Martina Hingis Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 1997 French Open Clay USA}} Mary Joe Fernández USA}} Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–3
Winner 2000 Australian Open Hard AUS}} Rennae Stubbs SUI}} Martina Hingis Mary Pierce 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Winner 2001 Wimbledon Grass AUS}} Rennae Stubbs BEL}} Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 6–3
Winner 2001 US Open Hard AUS}} Rennae Stubbs USA}} Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
Runner-up 2002 French Open Clay AUS}} Rennae Stubbs ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–2
Winner 2005 US Open Hard AUS}} Samantha Stosur RUS}} Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up 2006 Australian Open Hard AUS}} Samantha Stosur CHN}} Zi Yan Jie Zheng 2–6, 7–6(7), 6–3
Winner 2006 French Open Clay AUS}} Samantha Stosur SVK}} Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2008 Wimbledon Grass AUS}} Samantha Stosur USA}} Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 2008 US Open Hard AUS}} Samantha Stosur ZIM}} Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–3, 7–6(6)
Winner 2011 US Open Hard USA}} Liezel Huber USA}} Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova 4–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(3)