Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years. She is one of only four women (the others being Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Chris Evert) since 1975 who has been the year-end World No. 1 at least four times. Davenport finished 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005 as the top ranked player.

Davenport announced her intention to play in the 2009 Australian Open in January, ending speculation that she would be retiring from the sport; however, she withdrew from the event when she learned that she was expecting her second child. It was announced on 30 June 2009 that Davenport had given birth to a baby girl.

In her first tournament since the 2008 US Open, Davenport played mixed doubles at Wimbledon with Bob Bryan, where they received a wild card. They made it to the second round before falling to Daniel Nestor and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Davenport also announced her intention to play doubles at two tournaments in the American hard court season. The first tournament was the women's doubles event at the 2010 Bank of the West Classic, where she won the title partnering Liezel Huber. She followed this with the 2010 Mercury Insurance Open, again with Huber. They lost in the quarterfinals to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Yan Zi.


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Country : United States
Residence : Laguna Beach, California
Date of birth : June 8, 1976 (1976-06-08)
Place of birth : Palos Verdes, California
Height : 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight : 176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)
Turned pro : 1993
Plays : Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money : US$22,144,735
(3rd in all-time rankings)
Singles
Career record : 753–194 (79.5%)
Career titles : 55
Highest ranking : No. 1 (October 12, 1998)

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