Rae at the 2016 French Open
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Country (sports) |
Great Britain Scotland |
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Residence | Arnold, Nottinghamshire | |||||||||
Born |
Nottingham |
20 February 1991 |||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||
Turned pro | 2009 | |||||||||
Plays | right handed, double handed backhand | |||||||||
Prize money | US$ 173,428 | |||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||
Career record | 70–53 | |||||||||
Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF | |||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 450 (12 July 2010) | |||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 (2010) | |||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||
Career record | 140–94 | |||||||||
Career titles | 0 WTA, 21 ITF | |||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 67 (22 February 2016) | |||||||||
Current ranking | No. 101 (20 March 2017) | |||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||
Australian Open | 3R (2016) | |||||||||
French Open | 2R (2016) | |||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2009, 2010, 2015) | |||||||||
US Open | 1R (2015) | |||||||||
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2015, 2016) | |||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 19 September 2016. |
Jocelyn Rae (born 20 February 1991) is a British tennis player.
Rae has a career high WTA singles ranking of 450, achieved on 12 July 2010. Rae also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 67 achieved on 22 February 2016. Rae has won 1 ITF singles titles and 19 ITF doubles titles.
Together with Colin Fleming, she won the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi for Scotland. She is coached by former professional tennis player and fellow Scot, Karen Paterson.
Jocelyn Rae played her first match on the junior ITF circuit in April 2006 and continued to compete as a junior until July 2009. During this time, her greatest successes came in doubles although she did win one title at the 2006 Egypt International Championships. She also reached one semifinal and three quarterfinals in singles. In doubles Rae won three titles (two with Hannah James and one with Amanda Elliott) as well as reaching one more final and three semifinals, one of which was in the 2008 Wimbledon girls' doubles partnering Jade Curtis. They lost, 6–4 3–6 4–6, to Polona Hercog and Jessica Moore, the sixth seeded team who went on to win the title. Rae ended her junior career with win-loss records of 21–18 in singles and 26–14 in doubles. Her career-high combined junior ranking was world no. 167, which she achieved on 23 April 2007.
In February 2014, Rae received her first call up to the British Fed Cup Team, following Laura Robson's withdrawal due to injury.
In July, Rae reached her first WTA doubles final at the Swedish Open, partnering Anna Smith.