Lisa Raymond

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Lisa Raymond


nickname =
country = USA
residence = Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
datebirth = birth date and age|1973|8|10
placebirth = Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
height = height|ft=5|in=5
weight = convert|121|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = May 1993
retired =
plays = Right-handed
careerprizemoney = $7,719,296
singlesrecord = 390–299
singlestitles = 4
highestsinglesranking = No. 15 (October 20, 1997)
AustralianOpenresult = QF (2004)
FrenchOpenresult = 4r (1997)
Wimbledonresult = QF (2000)
USOpenresult = 4r (1996)
doublesrecord = 654–220
doublestitles = 67 (1 ITF)
highestdoublesranking = No. 1 (June 12, 2000)
grandslamsdoublesresults =yes
AustralianOpenDoublesresult =W (2000)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult =W (2006)
WimbledonDoublesresult =W (2001)
USOpenDoublesresult =W (2001, 2005)
updated = September 22, 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 (40) 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. Instead, coach Billie Jean King selected the top four American singles players: Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Monica Seles and Serena Williams [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E0D81731F937A1575BC0A9669C8B63] . In the 2000_Summer_Olympics,Venus Williams won gold medals in singles and doubles (teaming with her sister, Serena Williams). At the time that Raymond was the number one-ranked doubles player, her regular playing partner was Australian Rennae Stubbs.

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.

Personal life

Raymond is openly lesbian and was in a long-term relationship with her former doubles partner, Rennae Stubbs.citation |title=Never lost for words |date=January 7, 2006 |first=Linda |last=Pearce |periodical=The Age |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/01/06/1136387626879.html?from=rss |accessdate=2007-10-22]

Career titles (71)

Singles titles (4)

*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.

Raymond reached the finals of the 2008 Wimbledon Open with partner Samantha Stosur. They eventually lost to the dominant Williams Sisters, Serena and Venus, the latter who earlier played her sister and won the 2008 Wimbledon singles title for the second year in a row.

References

External links

*wta|id=180144|name=Lisa Raymond
* [http://www.infonegocio.com/lraymond/ Lisa Raymond Website]
* [http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/bios/ws/wtar144.html Australian Open Profile]