Naomi Cavaday
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Cavaday at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
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| Country (sports) |
 Great Britain
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| Residence | Chislehurst, Kent |
| Born |
24 April 1989 Sidcup, Kent |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Turned pro | 2005 |
| Retired | 2011–2014; Active |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$191,742 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 163–102 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 174 (10 May 2010) |
| Current ranking | No. 372 (21 September 2015) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | – |
| French Open | Q1 (2008) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2006, 2007, 2008) |
| US Open | Q3 (2007) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 44–51 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 184 (5 April 2010) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | – |
| French Open | – |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) |
| US Open | – |
| Last updated on: 26 May 2014. | |
Naomi Kathleen Cavaday (born 24 April 1989) is a British professional tennis player from Sidcup, Kent. She retired in April 2011 to take up a coaching role with the Lawn Tennis Association. At the time of her retirement she was the British no. 6, with a world ranking of world no. 231. Her career high ranking was No. 174, achieved in May 2010. She won three ITF singles titles and two ITF doubles titles. Her coach at retirement was Rob Smith. She was formerly coached by David Felgate, the long-time coach of Tim Henman.
In 2014, Cavaday returned to professional tennis, has regained a world ranking, is currently active on the Futures circuit, and has won three additional ITF titles since her return.
Cavaday was born in Kent. Her mother is a sport psychologist and her brother has played tennis at county level and currently plays in America for North Carolina State University. Up to the age of 13 years Cavaday studied at Bromley High School before getting a tennis scholarship to Queenswood School in Hertfordshire. She has also studied at the highly prestigious Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida. Cavaday has taken a course in journalism and creative writing and has expressed an interest in becoming a sports journalist when her tennis career is over. She appeared as a guest on the Al Jazeera English programme The Stream in July 2015, as part of a discussion on issues of female body image and its impact on sportswomen regarding their physiques.
Cavaday competed on the junior ITF tour from May 2004 to July 2007. She was a quarterfinalist at a total of nine tournaments, one of which was the 2006 Wimbledon girls' championships where she lost to Urszula Radwańska, 3–6 2–6. She reached the semifinals of the ITF Junior Cup Copenhagen, Danish ITF Junior Tournament and the Optus Nottinghill International and was a finalist in the Malta ITF Junior Tournament, Safina Cup, French Riviera International Junior Open and the Tournoi International Juniors de Beaulieu sur Mer. She won one junior singles title at the Istres International Junior Tournament in April 2006 where she also won her only junior doubles title in the same year. Her best result at the Australian Open Girls' junior tournament was a first round defeat at the hands of Alizé Cornet, 1–6 6–7(5), in 2007. She participated in the French Open and U.S. Open junior Grand Slams only once, losing in the second round of qualifying for the French and the second round of the main draw of the U.S. Open where she lost Tamira Paszek, 6–4 4–6 0–6.
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