Rennae Stubbs

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Rennae Stubbs : biography

26 March 1971 –

Rennae Stubbs (born 26 March 1971 in Sydney) is a retired Australian tennis player. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at four successive Olympic Games; Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

Stubbs has recorded more doubles triumphs than any other Australian woman—60 from 1992 to the conclusion of the 2010 WTA Tour—enjoying success with eleven different partners. She also won two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles with male partners. In 2001, Stubbs won the season-ending WTA Championships with regular partner Lisa Raymond and the pair were named ITF World Champions.

Stubbs is the longest-serving member of the Australia Fed Cup team, having played for 17 years since 1992, with a 28–9 win/loss record in doubles; the second highest in Australian Fed Cup Team history behind Wendy Turnbull (29–8). She retired after the 2011 Fed Cup tie with Italy. However, Stubbs suddenly came back to the WTA Tour by playing at the Miami Masters with Jill Craybas.

Stubbs is openly lesbian.

Mixed 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.

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R QF 2R 1R A 1R 1R W SF 1R SF 1R QF QF 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 20–18
French Open 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R 3R 1R A 2R A F QF 1R 1R 2R 2R QF 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 15–20
Wimbledon A QF 3R 3R A 1R 2R A 1R A 2R 2R 3R 1R QF 2R 3R 2R 2R 3R SF 1R 19–18
US Open A A A 1R 1R 1R QF 1R SF SF SF W 1R 2R SF QF 1R 1R QF QF 1R A 26–17

WTA Tour Finals

Doubles 103 (60–43)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (4/3)
Olympic Gold (0/0)
WTA Championships (1/4)
Tier I (19/9) Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (26/14) Premier 5 (0/2)
Tier III (8/5) Premier (1/2)
Tier IV & V (1/1) International (0/0)
Other (0/1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 9 February 1992 JPN}} Osaka Carpet CZE}} Helena Suková USA}} Sandy Collins Rachel McQuillan 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner 2. 3 May 1992 GER}} Hamburg Clay GER}} Steffi Graf NED}} Manon Bollegraf Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 14 June 1992 GBR}} Birmingham Grass USA}} Lori McNeil USA}} Sandy Collins Elna Reinach 5–7, 6–3, 8–6
Winner 4. 23 August 1992 CAN}} Montreal Hard USA}} Lori McNeil USA}} Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva 3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 17 January 1993 AUS}} Sydney Hard USA}} Lori McNeil USA}} Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie 7–6(4), 6–2
Runner-up 2. 1 February 1993 JPN}} Tokyo Carpet USA}} Lori McNeil USA}} Martina Navratilova Helena Suková 6–4, 6–3
Winner 5. 15 March 1993 USA}} Indian Wells Hard CZE}} Helena Suková USA}} Ann Wunderlich Patricia Hy 6–3, 6–4
Winner 6. 2 May 1993 GER}} Hamburg Clay GER}} Steffi Graf LAT}} Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná 6–4, 7–6(5)
Runner-up 3. 1 August 1993 Puerto Rico}} San Juan Hard USA}} Gigi Fernández USA}} Ann Wunderlich Debbie Graham 5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Winner 7. 10 February 1994 JPN}} Osaka Carpet Latvia}} Larisa Neiland USA}} Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie 6–4, 6–7(2), 7–5
Winner 8. 22 May 1994 FRA}} Strasbourg Clay USA}} Lori McNeil ARG}} Patricia Tarabini Caroline Vis 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 5 February 1995 JPN}} Tokyo Carpet USA}} Lindsay Davenport USA}} Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 19 February 1995 FRA}} Paris Carpet NED}} Manon Bollegraf USA}} Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 6. 22 May 1995 GBR}} Edinburgh Clay NED}} Manon Bollegraf USA}} Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland 6–2, 7–6(2)
Winner 9. 12 June 1995 GBR}} Birmingham Grass NED}} Manon Bollegraf AUS}} Nicole Bradtke Kristine Kunce 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 10 September 1995 USA}} US Open Hard NED}} Brenda Schultz-McCarthy USA}} Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 8. 5 November 1995 CAN}} Quebec City Hard (i) USA}} Lisa Raymond USA}} Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf 7–6(6), 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up 9. 3 March 1996 AUT}} Linz Carpet CZE}} Helena Suková USA}} Meredith McGrath Manon Bollegraf 6–4, 6–4
Winner 10. 3 November 1996 USA}} Chicago Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond USA}} Angela Lettiere Nana Miyagi 6–1, 6–1
Winner 11. 17 November 1996 USA}} Philadelphia Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond USA}} Nicole Arendt Lori McNeil 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 12. 26 October 1997 CAN}} Quebec City Hard (i) USA}} Lisa Raymond FRA}} Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Winner 13. 16 November 1997 USA}} Philadelphia Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond USA}} Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná 6–3, 7–5
Winner 14. 22 February 1998 GER}} Hanover Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva Caroline Vis 6–1, 6–7(4), 6–3
Runner-up 10. 5 April 1998 USA}} Hilton Head Clay USA}} Lisa Raymond ESP}} Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 11. 14 June 1998 GBR}} Birmingham Grass USA}} Lisa Raymond BEL}} Els Callens Julie Halard-Decugis 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 15. 16 August 1998 USA}} Boston Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond RSA}} Mariaan de Swardt Mary Joe Fernandez 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 12. 25 October 1998 RUS}} Moscow Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond FRA}} Mary Pierce Natasha Zvereva 6–3, 6–4
Winner 16. 28 February 1999 USA}} Oklahoma City Hard (i) USA}} Lisa Raymond RSA}} Amanda Coetzer Jessica Steck 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 13. 11 April 1999 USA}} Amelia Island Clay USA}} Lisa Raymond ESP}} Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
Runner-up 14. 15 August 1999 USA}} Los Angeles Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Neiland 6–2, 6–7(5), 6–0
Winner 17. 29 August 1999 USA}} New Haven Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva Jana Novotná 7–6(1), 6–2
Winner 18. 17 October 1999 SUI}} Zürich Hard (i) USA}} Lisa Raymond FRA}} Nathalie Tauziat Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–2
Winner 19. 24 October 1999 RUS}} Moscow Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond FRA}} Julie Halard-Decugis Anke Huber 6–1, 6–0
Winner 20. 14 November 1999 USA}} Philadelphia Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond USA}} Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud 6–1, 7–6(2)
Winner 21. 30 January 2000 AUS}} Australian Open Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond SUI}} Martina Hingis Mary Pierce 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Winner 22. 21 May 2000 ITA}} Rome Clay USA}} Lisa Raymond ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Magüi Serna 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Winner 23. 28 May 2000 ESP}} Madrid Clay USA}} Lisa Raymond ESP}} Gala León García María Sánchez Lorenzo 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 15. 25 June 2000 GBR}} Eastbourne Grass USA}} Lisa Raymond JPN}} Ai Sugiyama Nathalie Tauziat 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(3)
Winner 24. 6 August 2000 USA}} San Diego Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond USA}} Lindsay Davenport Anna Kournikova 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(6)
Runner-up 16. 12 November 2000 USA}} Philadelphia Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond SUI}} Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 17. 14 January 2001 AUS}} Sydney Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond RUS}} Anna Kournikova Barbara Schett 6–2, 7–5
Winner 25. 4 February 2001 JPN}} Tokyo Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond RUS}} Anna Kournikova Iroda Tulyaganova 7–6(5), 2–6, 7–6(6)
Winner 26. 4 March 2001 USA}} Scottsdale Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond BEL}} Kim Clijsters Meghann Shaughnessy walkover
Runner-up 18. 1 April 2001 USA}} Miami Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Nathalie Tauziat 6–0, 6–4
Winner 27. 22 April 2001 USA}} Charleston Clay USA}} Lisa Raymond ESP}} Virginia Ruano-Pascual Paola Suárez 5–7, 7–6(5), 6–3
Runner-up 19. 26 May 2001 ESP}} Madrid Clay USA}} Lisa Raymond ESP}} Virginia Ruano-Pascual Paola Suárez 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(4)
Winner 28. 23 June 2001 GBR}} Eastbourne Grass USA}} Lisa Raymond ZIM}} Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva 6–2, 6–2
Winner 29. 8 July 2001 GBR}} Wimbledon Grass USA}} Lisa Raymond BEL}} Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama 6–4, 6–3
Winner 30. 9 September 2001 USA}} US Open Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond USA}} Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
Winner 31. 4 November 2001 GER}} Munich Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond ZIM}} Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 32. 13 January 2002 AUS}} Sydney Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond SUI}} Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova walkover
Winner 33. 3 February 2002 JPN}} Tokyo Carpet USA}} Lisa Raymond BEL}} Els Callens Roberta Vinci 6–1, 6–1
Winner 34. 3 March 2002 USA}} Scottsdale Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond ZIM}} Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(4)
Winner 35. 16 March 2002 USA}} Indian Wells Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond RUS}} Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová 7–5, 6–0
Winner 36. 1 April 2002 USA}} Miami Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond ESP}} Virginia Ruano-Pascual Paola Suárez 7–6(4), 6–7(4), 6–3
Winner 37. 21 April 2002 USA}} Charleston Clay USA}} Lisa Raymond FRA}} Alexandra Fusai Caroline Vis 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 20. 9 June 2002 FRA}} French Open Clay USA}} Lisa Raymond ESP}} Virginia Ruano-Pascual Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–2
Winner 38. 22 June 2002 GBR}} Eastbourne Grass USA}} Lisa Raymond ZIM}} Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva 6–7(5), 7–6(6), 6–2
Winner 39. 28 July 2002 USA}} Stanford Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond SVK}} Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 21. 12 January 2003 AUS}} Sydney Hard ESP}} Conchita Martínez BEL}} Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–3
Winner 40. 2 February 2003 JPN}} Tokyo Carpet RUS}} Elena Bovina USA}} Lisa Raymond Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–4
Winner 41. 10 August 2003 USA}} Los Angeles Hard FRA}} Mary Pierce RUS}} Elena Bovina Els Callens 6–3, 6–3
Winner 42. 12 October 2003 GER}} Filderstadt Hard (i) USA}} Lisa Raymond ZIM}} Cara Black Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 22. 2 November 2003 USA}} Philadelphia Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black USA}} Lisa Raymond Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–4
Winner 43. 12 January 2004 AUS}} Sydney Hard ZIM}} Cara Black RUS}} Dinara Safina Meghann Shaughnessy 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Winner 44. 3 February 2004 JPN}} Tokyo Carpet ZIM}} Cara Black RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva Magdalena Maleeva 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 23. 22 May 2004 AUT}} Vienna Clay ZIM}} Cara Black USA}} Lisa Raymond Martina Navratilova 6–2, 7–5
Winner 45. 21 June 2004 GBR}} Wimbledon Grass ZIM}} Cara Black RSA}} Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 7–6(5)
Winner 46. 26 July 2004 USA}} San Diego Hard ZIM}} Cara Black ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner 47. 4 October 2004 GER}} Filderstadt Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black GER}} Anna-Lena Grönefeld Julia Schruff 6–3, 6–2
Winner 48. 18 October 2004 SUI}} Zürich Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 24. 8 November 2004 USA}} Los Angeles Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black RUS}} Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 25. 2 April 2005 USA}} Miami Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2
Winner 49. 18 June 2005 GBR}} Eastbourne Grass USA}} Lisa Raymond RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 7–5
Winner 50. 25 July 2005 USA}} Stanford Hard ZIM}} Cara Black RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 26. 2 October 2005 LUX}} Luxembourg City Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black AUS}} Samantha Stosur Lisa Raymond 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 27. 16 October 2005 RUS}} Moscow Carpet ZIM}} Cara Black AUS}} Samantha Stosur Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–4
Winner 51. 25 October 2005 SUI}} Zürich Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black SVK}} Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama 6–7(6), 7–6(4), 6–3
Winner 52. 31 October 2005 USA}} Philadelphia Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black USA}} Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–4, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 28. 13 November 2005 USA}} Los Angeles Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black AUS}} Samantha Stosur Lisa Raymond 6–7(5), 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 29. 7 January 2006 AUS}} Gold Coast Hard ZIM}} Cara Black RUS}} Dinara Safina Meghann Shaughnessy 6–2, 6–3
Winner 53. 17 January 2006 AUS}} Sydney Hard USA}} Corina Morariu ARG}} Paola Suárez Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up 30. 5 February 2006 JPN}} Tokyo Carpet ZIM}} Cara Black AUS}} Samantha Stosur Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 31. 12 February 2006 FRA}} Paris Carpet ZIM}} Cara Black FRA}} Émilie Loit Květa Peschke 7–6(5), 6–4
Winner 54. 31 July 2006 USA}} San Diego Hard ZIM}} Cara Black GER}} Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 32. 8 October 2006 GER}} Stuttgart Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black USA}} Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–4
Winner 55. 22 October 2006 SUI}} Zürich Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black RSA}} Liezel Huber Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 33. 12 November 2006 ESP}} Madrid Hard (i) ZIM}} Cara Black USA}} Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 34. 4 February 2007 JPN}} Tokyo Carpet USA}} Vania King USA}} Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 7–6(6), 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up 35. 23 June 2007 GBR}} Eastbourne Grass CZE}} Květa Peschke USA}} Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–7(5), 6–4, 6–3
Winner 56. 19 August 2007 USA}} Los Angeles Hard CZE}} Květa Peschke AUS}} Alicia Molik Mara Santangelo 6–0, 6–1
Winner 57. 14 October 2007 GER}} Stuttgart Hard (i) CZE}} Květa Peschke TPE}} Chan Yung-jan Dinara Safina 6–7(5), 7–6(4), [10–2]
Winner 58. 21 October 2007 SUI}} Zürich Carpet CZE}} Květa Peschke USA}} Lisa Raymond Francesca Schiavone 7–5, 7–6(1)
Winner 59. 24 February 2008 QAT}} Doha Hard CZE}} Květa Peschke ZIM}} Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Runner-up 36. 21 June 2008 GBR}} Eastbourne Grass CZE}} Květa Peschke ZIM}} Cara Black Liezel Huber 2–6, 6–0, [10–8]
Runner-up 37. 5 October 2008 GER}} Stuttgart Hard (i) CZE}} Květa Peschke SUI}} Patty Schnyder Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 38. 11 November 2008 Qatar}} Doha Hard CZE}} Květa Peschke ZIM}} Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 39. 20 June 2009 GBR}} Eastbourne Grass AUS}} Samantha Stosur JPN}} Ai Sugiyama Akgul Amanmuradova 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 40. 4 July 2009 GBR}} Wimbledon Grass AUS}} Samantha Stosur USA}} Serena Williams Venus Williams 7–6(4), 6–4
Runner-up 41. 23 August 2009 CAN}} Toronto Hard AUS}} Samantha Stosur ESP}} Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez 2–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Winner 60. 19 June 2010 GBR}} Eastbourne Grass USA}} Lisa Raymond CZE}} Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–2, 2–6, [13–11]
Runner-up 42. 8 August 2010 USA}} San Diego Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond RUS}} Maria Kirilenko Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 43. 15 August 2010 USA}} Cincinnati Hard USA}} Lisa Raymond BLR}} Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko 7–6(4), 7–6(8)