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Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Davenport Leach
Davenport 2013 (cropped).jpg
Davenport in 2013
Full name Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach
Country (sports)  United States
Residence Laguna Beach, California
Born (1976-06-08) June 8, 1976 (age 40)
Palos Verdes, California
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)
Turned pro February 22, 1993
Retired 2010 (last match)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) Robert Lansdorp
Craig Kardon (1994–1995)
Robert Van't Hof (1995–2003)
Rick Leach (2004–4)
Adam Peterson (2004-2010)
Adam Petersen (2006–2010)
Prize money

US$ 22,166,338

Int. Tennis HoF 2014 (member page)
Singles
Career record 753–194 (79.5%)
Career titles 55 WTA
Highest ranking No. 1 (October 12, 1998)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open W (2000)
French Open SF (1998)
Wimbledon W (1999)
US Open W (1998)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals W (1999)
Doubles
Career record 387–116
Career titles 38 (1 ITF)
Highest ranking No. 1 (October 20, 1997)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open F (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005)
French Open W (1996)
Wimbledon W (1999)
US Open W (1997)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals W (1996, 1997, 1998)
Mixed doubles
Career record 18-6
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open SF (1995)
Wimbledon SF (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup W (1996, 1999, 2000)
Hopman Cup W (2004)
Coaching career (2015–)

US$ 22,166,338

Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked World No. 1 on eight different occasions, for a total of 98 weeks. Davenport is one of five women who have been the year-end World No. 1 at least four times (1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005) since 1975; the others are Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. She has achieved the No. 1 ranking in doubles as well.

Noted for her powerful and solid groundstrokes, Davenport won a total of 55 WTA Tour singles titles, including three Grand Slam titles (one each at the Australian Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open), the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games and the WTA Championships. She also won 38 WTA Tour doubles titles, including three Grand Slam titles (the French Open partnering Mary Joe Fernández, Wimbledon partnering Corina Morariu, and the US Open partnering Jana Novotná), and three WTA Championships (partnering Fernández, Novotná, and Natasha Zvereva).

She amassed career-earnings of $22,166,338 dollars; currently eighth in the all-time rankings among female tennis players and formerly first, prior to being surpassed by Serena Williams in January 2009.

Davenport was coached for most of her career by Robert Van't Hof. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-greatest player (male or female) of the preceding 40 years. Davenport was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014.


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