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Lisa Raymond

USA
Residence: Wayne, PA, USA
DOB: August 10, 1973
Birthplace: Norristown, PA, USA
Height: 5' 5'' (1.65 m)
Weight: 121 lbs. (55 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (May 1993)
Won 68th Tour doubles title at Osaka (w/Chuang).
1989 - Played first Tour main draw at US Open, falling 1r (as qualifier); played Tour qualifying two other times.

1990 - Fell 1r at US Open (as WC); played rest of season on ITF Circuit.

1991 - QF at Westchester; fell in US Open qualifying; played rest of season on ITF Circuit.

1992 - First Top 100 season; QF twice, at San Juan and Philadelphia; made Top 100 debut on November 16 (after Philadelphia; rose from No.132 to No.76); reached 2r three times (incl. US Open); fell 1r once.

1993 - SF at Sapporo (l. to Wild); reached 4r once (Wimbledon), 3r once and 2r six times (incl. US Open); fell 1r three times; made Top 50 debut on July 5 (after Wimbledon; rose from No.65 to No.49); won one Tour doubles title.

1994 - First Top 50 season; runner-up at Lucerne (l. to Davenport in final ); QF at Eastbourne; reached 3r twice (incl. US Open) and 2r eight times (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r four times (incl. other two majors); won one Tour doubles title.

1995 - First Top 20 season; runner-up twice, at Chicago (d. No.8 Zvereva en route for first Top 10 win; l. to Maleeva in final) and San Diego (l. to Martínez in final); QF at Oklahoma City; reached 4r twice (incl. Wimbledon), 3r twice (incl. Australian Open) and 2r eight times (incl. US Open); fell 1r once; made Top 20 debut on August 7 (after San Diego; rose from No.22 to No.17); won one Tour doubles title.

1996 - Won first Tour singles title at Québec City (d. Callens in final); QF three times, at Oklahoma City, Eastbourne and Philadelphia (d. No.3 Martínez en route); reached 4r once (US Open), 3r twice and 2r seven times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r six times (incl. other two majors); won two Tour doubles titles.

1997 - Second Top 20 season; runner-up twice, at Oklahoma City (l. to Davenport in final) and Filderstadt (l. to Hingis in final); SF twice, at Zurich (l. to Tauziat) and Quebec City (l. to Van Roost); notched two Top 10 wins in a week for the first time at Filderstadt (d. No.2 Novotna and No.9 Spirlea) then did it again the next week at Zürich (d. No.5 Coetzer and No.1 Hingis en route); reached career-high No.15 afterwards on October 20; QF twice, at Birmingham and Chicago; reached 4r once (Roland Garros), 3r once and 2r 11 times (incl. other three majors); fell 1r three times; won two Tour doubles titles.

1998 - SF twice, at Hilton Head (l. to Coetzer) and Boston (l. to de Swardt); QF six times, at Auckland, Hannover, Linz, Amelia Island (d. No.5 Seles en route), Rome and Filderstadt (d. No.7 Martínez en route); won two Tour doubles titles.

1999 - SF at Moscow (l. to Tauziat); QF three times, at Auckland, Québec City and Philadelphia (d. No.10 Coetzer en route); reached 4r once (Wimbledon; d. No.9 Sánchez-Vicario en route), 3r once and 2r nine times (incl. US Open); fell 1r eight times (incl. other two majors); fell in Tour qualifying once; won five Tour doubles titles.

2000 - Won second Tour singles title at Birmingham (d. No.7 Tauziat en route; d. Tanasugarn in final); QF three times, at Oklahoma City, Wimbledon (first Grand Slam QF; l. to S.Williams) and Los Angeles; reached 3r three times (incl. US Open) and 2r nine times (incl. other two majors); fell 1r five times; won four Tour doubles titles (incl. first Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open w/Stubbs); on June 12, rose to No.1 in doubles for first time.

2001 - Runner-up at Luxembourg (l. to Clijsters in final); SF twice, at Birmingham (l. to Tauziat) and Hawaii (l. to Henin); QF five times, at Sydney, Oklahoma City, Scottsdale, Madrid and Eastbourne; reached 4r once, 3r four times (incl. Wimbledon, US Open) and 2r three times; fell 1r four times (incl. other two majors); won nine Tour doubles titles (incl. Wimbledon, US Open and Tour Championships w/Stubbs).

2002 - Won third Tour singles title at Memphis (d. Stevenson 46 63 76(9) in final, saving 5mp); runner-up at Hawaii (l. to Black in final); SF twice, at Birmingham (l. to Dokic) and Stanford (d. No.4 Seles en route; l. to V.Williams); QF twice, at Indian Wells and Strasbourg; reached 4r once (Wimbledon), 3r three times (incl. Australian Open, US Open) and 2r twice; fell 1r 10 times (incl. Roland Garros); won nine Tour doubles titles.

2003 - Won fourth Tour singles title at Memphis (d. Coetzer in final); SF at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (d. No.8 Dokic en route; l. to Davenport); QF four times, at Amelia Island, Stanford, San Diego and Philadelphia; reached 3r four times (incl. Wimbledon) and 2r four times (incl. other three majors); fell 1r five times; won six Tour doubles titles.

2004 - Runner-up at Memphis (l. to Zvonareva 46 64 75 in final; led 5-2 third set w/3mp); SF at New Haven (l. to Dechy); QF twice, at Australian Open (second Grand Slam QF; l. to Schnyder) and Filderstadt (d. No.6 Dementieva en route for 13th and most recent Top 10 win); reached 3r four times (incl. Olympics, US Open) and 2r twice (Roland Garros, Wimbledon); fell 1r nine times; won two Tour doubles titles.

2005 - QF at Philadelphia; reached 3r three times (incl. Australian Open) and 2r seven times (incl. US Open); fell 1r eight times (incl. other two majors) and in Tour qualifying once; won six Tour doubles titles (incl. US Open and Tour Championships w/Stosur).

2006 - Won 10 Tour doubles titles in exclusive partnership w/Stosur (incl. Roland Garros, Tour Championships); by winning Roland Garros completed career doubles Grand Slam, 13th to do so in Open Era (also Court, Navratilova, K.Jordan, A.Smith, Shriver, Novotna, Sukova, G.Fernandez, Zvereva, Hingis, Williams sisters); first non-Top 100 singles finish in 15 years, reaching 3r twice and 2r six times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r eight times (incl. other three majors) and in Tour qualifying twice.

2007 - Final singles season; after falling in Tokyo [Pan Pacific] qualifying, announced end of singles career to focus on doubles; strong doubles results w/Stosur in first half of season, winning five Tour doubles titles; Stosur missed most of second half of season w/illness (although pair had qualified for Tour Championships); having accumulated 67 weeks in first two stints at No.1 between 2000 and 2002, third and fourth stints (50 non-consecutive weeks between July 10, 2006 and July 8, 2007) brought her career total to 117 weeks (passing Sánchez-Vicario to become No.3 all-time).

2008 - Eleventh straight (and 12th overall) Top 10 season in doubles; won 66th and 67th Tour doubles titles of career at Memphis (w/Davenport) and New Haven (w/Peschke); by winning Memphis, tied Neiland for 10th on all-time list of Tour doubles titlists; by winning New Haven, became standalone No.10 on all-time list (now-retired Neiland had 66); runner-up three times (all w/Stosur), at Wimbledon (d. Black/Huber en route to final; l. to Williams/Williams), US Open (l. to Black/Huber in final) and Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (l. to King/Petrova in final).
SINGLES
Winner (4): 2003 - Memphis; 2002 - Memphis; 2000 - Birmingham; 1996 - Québec City.
Finalist (8): 2004 - Memphis; 2002 - Hawaii; 2001 - Luxembourg; 1997 - Oklahoma City, Filderstadt; 1995 - Chicago, San Diego; 1994 - Lucerne.
Semifinalist (12): 2004 - New Haven; 2003 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific]; 2002 - Birmingham, Stanford; 2001 - Birmingham, Hawaii; 1999 - Moscow; 1998 - Hilton Head, Boston; 1997 - Zürich, Québec City; 1993 - Sapporo.

DOUBLES
Winner (68): 2009 - Osaka (w/Chuang); 2008 - Memphis (w/Davenport), New Haven (w/Peschke); 2007 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Indian Wells, Miami, Berlin, Eastbourne (all w/Stosur); 2006 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Memphis, Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Roland Garros, Stuttgart, Linz, Hasselt, Tour Championships (all w/Stosur); 2005 - Eastbourne (w/Stubbs), New Haven, US Open, Luxembourg, Moscow, Tour Championships (all w/Stosur); 2004 - Vienna (w/Navratilova), Philadelphia (w/Molik); 2003 - Indian Wells, Amelia Island, Eastbourne (all w/Davenport), Stanford (w/Black), Filderstadt (w/Stubbs), Philadelphia (w/Navratilova); 2002 - Sydney, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Scottsdale, Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Eastbourne, Stanford (all w/Stubbs), Filderstadt (w/Davenport); 2001 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Scottsdale, Charleston, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, US Open, Tour Championships (all w/Stubbs), Filderstadt, Zürich (both w/Davenport); 2000 - Australian Open, Rome, Madrid, San Diego (all w/Stubbs); 1999 - Oklahoma City, New Haven, Zürich, Moscow, Philadelphia (all w/Stubbs); 1998 - Hannover, Boston (both w/Stubbs); 1997 - Québec City, Philadelphia (both w/Stubbs); 1996 - Chicago, Philadelphia (both w/Stubbs); 1995 - Indian Wells (w/Davenport); 1994 - Indian Wells (w/Davenport); 1993 - Tokyo [Nichirei] (w/Rubin).
Finalist (34): 2009 - Paris [Indoors], Miami, Ponte Vedra Beach, Madrid (all w/Peschke); 2008 - Wimbledon, US Open, Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (all w/Stosur); 2007 - Zürich (w/Schiavone); 2006 - Australian Open, New Haven (both w/Stosur); 2005 - Miami (w/Stubbs), Philadelphia (w/Stosur); 2004 - Charleston, New Haven (both w/Navratilova); 2003 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Scottsdale, San Diego (all w/Davenport); 2002 - Roland Garros (w/Stubbs); 2001 - Sydney, Miami, Madrid (all w/Stubbs); 2000 - Eastbourne, Philadelphia (both w/Stubbs); 1999 - Amelia Island, Los Angeles (both w/Stubbs); 1998 - Hilton Head, Birmingham, Moscow (all w/Stubbs); 1997 - Australian Open (w/Davenport), Indian Wells (w/Tauziat), Roland Garros (w/Fernandez); 1995 - Quebec City (w/Stubbs); 1994 - Roland Garros (w/Davenport), Los Angeles (w/Novotna).

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (4): 2003 - Roland Garros (w/M.Bryan); 2002 - US Open (w/M.Bryan); 1999 - Wimbledon (w/Paes); 1996 - US Open (w/Galbraith).

ADDITIONAL
American Fed Cup Team, 1997-98, 2000, 2002-04, 2007; American Olympic Team, 2004.
Currently without a coach ... Father, Ted, is retired; mother, Nancy, is a homemaker; younger sister, Stefanie, is a clinical social worker who works with adolescents ... Graduated from The Academy of Notre Dame high school in 1991; an avid University of Florida Gator fan ... Travels with her dachshund Casy when possible and hopes to one day open her own doggie daycare ... Favorite movie is Silence of the Lambs and favorite food is mom's cooking ... Enjoys listening to all types of music (incl. Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies), catching up with friends via internet and watching TV (CSI, Seinfeld reruns, Gator football).
- Awards include Tour Doubles Team of the Year w/Stosur in 2006 and 2007 (for 2005 and 2006 achievements); and ITF World Doubles Champions for 2001 (w/Stubbs) and 2005 (w/Stosur).
- Became first player to win three collegiate Grand Slam titles in a single season (1991/92); 1992 and 1993 NCAA Singles Champion; 1993 national college ranking: No.1 in singles; received 1993 Honda Award for collegiate tennis; among 1993 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year finalists; 1992 Volvo Rookie of the Year, 1992 TENNIS Magazine Collegiate Player of the Year; received 1992 and 1993 Broderick Award; No.5 on University of Florida's list of 50 All-Time Greatest Athletes; 1990 TENNIS Magazine Junior of the Year; also inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame on April 11, 2003.
- Won five US National age group singles and doubles titles as a junior; ranked No.1 in the US national 18s in 1990.
- Elected to the 2001-02 Tour Players' Council.