Chanda Rubin
Chanda Rubin playing in the U.S. Open Champions Team Tennis September 9, 2010
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| Country (sports) |
 United States |
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| Residence | Lafayette, Louisiana, US |
| Born |
February 18, 1976 Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | August 1991 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 4,469,990 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 399–254 |
| Career titles | 7 WTA, 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (April 8, 1996) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1996) |
| French Open | QF (1995, 2000, 2003) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2002) |
| US Open | 4R (1992, 1995, 2002) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 226–160 |
| Career titles | 10 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 9 (April 15, 1996) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1996) |
| French Open | SF (2003) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2002) |
| US Open | F (1999) |
| Last updated on: December 11, 2009. | |
Chanda Rubin (born February 18, 1976) is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking at World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No. 9 in doubles, winning the Australian Open in 1996 partnering with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
Rubin is the daughter of Edward D. Rubin, a state judge in Louisiana, and his wife, Bernadette Fontenot Rubin; they have two other children.
Throughout her long career, she has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world even though she has been plagued by injuries. Rubin was the third African-American woman in the Open era to reach the top ten after Zina Garrison and Lori McNeil.
Rubin reached the quarterfinals at the French Open in 1995, 2000, and 2003; in 1995 on her way to the quarterfinals she defeated Jana Novotná 7–6, 4–6, 8–6 after falling behind 0–5, 0-40 in the third set and after saving nine match points. Also in 1995 in the second round of Wimbledon, Rubin defeated Patricia Hy-Boulais 7-6, 6-7, 17-15. The 58 games are the most for a women's match.
In 1996, she reached the Australian Open semifinals, defeating Gabriela Sabatini in the fourth round and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-4, 2-6, 16-14 in the quarterfinals. The 48 games in the quarterfinal are the most for a women's match at the Australian Open. Rubin lost in the semifinals to Monica Seles 6–7, 6–1, 7–5 despite holding a 5-2 lead in the third set. Rubin rose to her career-high ranking of No. 6 after reaching the final of the Lipton Championships in 1996 where she lost to Steffi Graf.
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