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Lisa Raymond

Lisa Raymond
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Country (sports)  United States
Residence Media, Pennsylvania
Born (1973-08-10) August 10, 1973 (age 43)
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Turned pro 1989
Retired 2015
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College University of Florida
Prize money US$ 10,026,193
Singles
Career record 390–299
Career titles 4 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking No. 15 (October 20, 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open QF (2004)
French Open 4R (1997)
Wimbledon QF (2000)
US Open 4R (1996)
Doubles
Career record 860–346 (71.31%)
Career titles 79 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 1 (June 12, 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (2000)
French Open W (2006)
Wimbledon W (2001)
US Open W (2001, 2005, 2011)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals W (2001, 2005, 2006, 2011)
Olympic Games SF – 4th (2012)
Mixed doubles
Career titles 5
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open SF (1996, 2010)
French Open W (2003)
Wimbledon W (1999, 2012)
US Open W (1996, 2002)

Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973) is an American retired professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has 11 Grand Slam titles to her name: 6 in women's doubles and 5 in mixed doubles. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was fifteenth in October 1997.

Earning more than US$9 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, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis. She is one of the few players to win a career Grand Slam in doubles. Among her doubles partners are Lindsay Davenport, Martina Navratilova, Rennae Stubbs, Samantha Stosur, Květa Peschke, Cara Black and Liezel Huber, among others. Raymond is also an Olympic medalist, winning the bronze medal in the mixed doubles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics for the United States, partnering with Mike Bryan.

Raymond was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team. As a Gator, she won the NCAA singles title in 1992 and 1993 and led the Gators to their first-ever NCAA national team championship in 1992. She was the first player to win all three collegiate Grand Slam 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, and twice received the Honda Sports Award for Tennis, recognizing her as the outstanding collegiate female tennis player of the year in 1991–92 and aqain in 1992–93.


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