Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Media, Pennsylvania |
Born |
Norristown, Pennsylvania |
August 10, 1973
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) |
Medal record
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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.