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Jill Craybas

USA
Residence: Huntington Beach, CA, USA
DOB: July 4, 1974
Birthplace: Providence, RI, USA
Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)
Weight: 123 lbs. (56 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (June 1996)
JANUARY - Reached 2r at Auckland (l. to No.2 seed Wozniacki); fell 1r at Sydney (as LL, l. to Sugiyama); fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Johansson 62 16 75; held mp at 5-4 third set).

FEBRUARY - Went 1-1 in USA's 3-2 Fed Cup World Group 1r win over Argentina; fell 1r at Memphis (l. to WC Oudin in 3s); fell 1r at Acapulco (l. to No.7 seed Garbin in 3s).

MARCH - Fell 1r at Monterrey (l. to No.3 seed Pennetta); reached 4r at Indian Wells (d. No.16 seed Medina Garrigues en route; l. to top seed Safina); fell 1r at Miami (as qualifier, l. to Groenefeld).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to No.5 seed Wozniak); fell 1r at Charleston (l. to Czink).

MAY - Fell 1r at Rome (as qualifier, l. to Vesnina in 3s); fell in Madrid qualifying; reached 2r at Warsaw (l. to Keothavong in 3s); reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. to No.10 seed Wozniacki).

JUNE - Withdrew from Birmingham w/right shoulder injury; fell in Eastbourne qualifying; reached 2r at Wimbledon (l. to No.26 seed Razzano).

JULY - Fell 1r at Bastad (l. to No.6 seed Pavlyuchenkova in 3s); fell 1r at Palermo (l. to No.6 seed Makarova); fell in Stanford qualifying.

AUGUST - Reached 2r at Los Angeles (as qualifier, d. No.16 seed Schiavone in 1r; l. to Wickmayer); fell in Cincinnati and New Haven qualifying; reached 2r at US Open (l. to No.31 seed Vesnina).

SEPTEMBER - Reached 2r at Quebec City (as No.6 seed, l. to Kudryavtseva); withdrew from Seoul w/left wrist injury; fell 1r at Tokyo (as qualifier, l. to Hantuchova); fell in Beijing qualifying.

OCTOBER - Reached QF at Osaka (l. to No.3 seed Stosur).
1992 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

1993 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

1994 - Played first Tour qualifying at Stratton Mountain; did not play next two years while at college.

1995 - Did not play.

1996 - Turned pro in June; as NCAA champion earned WC into US Open (l. 1r).

1997 - Did not play.

1998 - Fell 1r at US Open (as qualifier); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

1999 - Fell 1r at Australian Open (as qualifier) and US Open (as WC).

2000 - Won first Tour main draw match at Auckland (l. 2r); fell 1r at US Open (as qualifier).

2001 - First Tour singles QF at Hawaii; played all four Grand Slams in a season for first time (incl. main draw debuts at Roland Garros, Wimbledon); won one singles title on ITF Circuit; made Top 100 debut on April 16 (rose from No.112 to No.96).

2002 - Won first Tour singles title at Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. Talaja 26 64 64 in final; trailed 4-0 third set); QF at Memphis and Hawaii.

2003 - QF four times, at Auckland, Hobart, Tokyo [Japan Open] and Tashkent; won one Tour doubles title.

2004 - QF at Miami; won one Tour doubles title; won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - QF three times, at Estoril, Prague and Tokyo [Japan Open]; reached first Grand Slam 4r at Wimbledon (d. No.4 S.Williams en route for first Top 10 win; l. to V.Williams); made Top 50 debut on October 10 (rose from No.55 to No.49).

2006 - SF at Memphis (l. to Domachowska); QF three times, at Hobart, Amelia Island and Stanford; reached career-high of No.39 on April 17 (after Amelia Island); had second Top 10 win at Miami (No.2 Clijsters).

2007 - SF at Auckland (l. to Zvonareva); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Eighth straight Top 100 season, highlighted by second Tour singles final at Pattaya City (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed A.Radwanska 62 16 76(4); held mp at 6-5 third set); SF twice, at Acapulco (d. No.3 seed Zakopalova en route; l. to No.2 seed Cornet) and Seoul (d. No.2 seed Peer en route; l. to Stosur); QF twice, at Istanbul (as No.7 seed, l. to top seed Dementieva) and Guangzhou (d. No.6 seed Govortsova en route; l. to No.4 seed Peng); 2r eight times, incl. Australian Open (l. to Vesnina); fell 1r 13 times, incl. Roland Garros (l. to No.18 seed Schiavone), Wimbledon (l. to Domachowska in 3s), Olympics (l. to No.13 seed Schnyder) and US Open (l. to No.18 seed Cibulkova); fell in Tour qualifying four times; won third and fourth Tour doubles titles at Istanbul (w/Govortsova) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Erakovic).
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2007 - ITF/Midland, MI-USA; 2004 - ITF/Midland, MI-USA; 2002 - Tokyo [Japan Open]; 2001 - ITF/Rockford, IL-USA; 1998 - ITF/Nuevo Lareda-MEX.
Finalist (1): 2008 - Pattaya City.
Semifinalist (4): 2008 - Acapulco, Seoul; 2007 - Auckland; 2006 - Memphis.
Quarterfinalist (17): 2009 - Osaka; 2008 - Istanbul, Guangzhou; 2006 - Hobart, Amelia Island, Stanford; 2005 - Estoril, Prague, Tokyo [Japan Open]; 2004 - Miami; 2003 - Auckland, Hobart, Tokyo [Japan Open], Tashkent; 2002 - Memphis, Hawaii; 2001 - Hawaii.

DOUBLES
Winner (4): 2008 - Istanbul (w/Govortsova), Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Erakovic); 2004 - Cincinnati (w/Weingärtner); 2003 - Madrid (w/Huber).
Finalist (8): 2008 - Prague (w/Krajicek), Québec City (w/Tanasugarn); 2007 - Bali (w/Grandin); 2006 - Hobart (w/Kostanic Tosic), Birmingham (w/Huber), Québec City (w/Jidkova); 2005 - Seoul (w/Grandin); 2004 - Luxembourg (w/Weingärtner).

ADDITIONAL
American Fed Cup Team, 2004-06, 2009; American Olympic Team, 2008.
Coached by Raj Chaudhuri; father is Norbert, mother is Camille; brother, Matt, played college soccer; sister, Jody, played college tennis ... Graduated from University of Florida in 1996 (degree in telecommunications).
- Elected to Tour Players' Council for 2004.
- 1996 NCAA champion as a senior at University of Florida, earning WC into 1996 US Open; as University of Florida's No.1 player, won national team title in undefeated season of 1996; played freshman and sophomore years at University of Texas, helping them win national title in 1993; only woman to be member of national championship team with two different schools; named All-American at Florida and Florida's Female Athlete of the Year in 1994-95; Named Tennis Magazine/Rolex College Player of the Year in 1996.
- In juniors, ranked No.8 in the US 18s in 1992; finalist at USTA Girls 18 National Clay Courts in 1991; earned all-state honors in high school tennis; National Sportsmanship Award from the USTA.