Lindsay Davenport
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2005 at the Australian Open | |||||||||||||
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Birthday: | June 8, 1976 | ||||||||||||
Size: | 189 cm | ||||||||||||
1st professional season: | 1993 | ||||||||||||
Resignation: | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Playing hand: | Right, two-handed backhand | ||||||||||||
Prize money: | $ 22,166,338 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 753: 194 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 55 WTA , 0 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 1 (October 12, 1998) | ||||||||||||
Weeks as No. 1: | 98 | ||||||||||||
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Career record: | 387: 116 | ||||||||||||
Career title: | 38 WTA, 1 ITF | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking: | 1 (October 20, 1997) | ||||||||||||
Weeks as No. 1: | 32 | ||||||||||||
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Lindsay Ann Davenport [ ˈlɪndzɪ ˈdævənpɔːɹt ] (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes ) is a former American tennis player .
Career
She won three Grand Slam tournaments: the US Open 1998, Wimbledon 1999, when she defeated Steffi Graf in the final, and the Australian Open 2000; Added to this is the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games . Between 1998 and 2001 she was at the top of the tennis world rankings several times , in singles and doubles. After a long injury break, she was again number 1 at the end of 2004. She also won three Grand Slam tournaments in doubles, 1996 Roland Garros ( French Open ), 1997 the US Open and 1999 (parallel to her single title) Wimbledon. She was world number one at the end of the year in 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2005.
Her game was characterized by powerful and well-placed basic strokes as well as her excellent serve - with her size of 1.89 m she has perfect leverage. At the tournament in Tokyo in 1999, for example, Davenport managed the feat of not giving up a single point in her own service in her round of 16 match against Anna Smaschnowa. Due to her size, Davenport did not always move optimally and did not always stand very well with the ball, which she tried to improve through weight loss and hard training. Mentally she was also considered to be very resilient.
In 2003 she married the banker and former athlete Jon Leach, the brother and brief coach of tennis professional Rick Leach . The wedding gave a new boost to the career and so Davenport won seven tournaments in 2004 and put up an impressive streak of four titles in five weeks. As a result, she was considered a big favorite for the US Open title . As so often, however, she was stopped in the semifinals by an injury, she had to give way to the eventual tournament winner Svetlana Kuznetsova . Nevertheless, at the end of the year she replaced Amélie Mauresmo as number 1.
2005 season
At the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open, she reached the final again, but had to admit defeat to Serena Williams in three sets. She won two other titles in Dubai and Amelia Island and was also in the final in Tokyo and Indian Wells . In the latter tournament she achieved a spectacular semi-final victory against Marija Sharapova , which she dealt 6-0 and 6-0. She then lost the final in three sets against Kim Clijsters. At the French Open , she made it to the quarter-finals on the less popular clay court, in which she failed against the eventual finalist Mary Pierce .
At the tournament in Wimbledon Davenport defeated Kim Clijsters, Swetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo, among others. In the final, as so often, she had to admit defeat to Venus Williams (remake of the 2001 final). In a dramatic game she lost to her compatriot 6: 4, 6: 7 and 7: 9. With a duration of two hours and 44 minutes, it was the longest women's final in Wimbledon history. Because of a back injury, Davenport had to cancel his participation in the Fed Cup . After a short break, she wanted to defend her title at the Stanford tournament , but had to break off her second round game against Anna-Lena Grönefeld when the score was 0: 5 because of the back pain that had persisted since Wimbledon.
In an interview she said, “I knew it was going to be a tough day. I did everything I could. The pain comes and goes. I get permission to train, to play, and then it flares up again. ”Davenport said she wanted to get fit before the US Open - even though she had to cancel two tournaments in which she would have played as the defending champion. This meant that she had to surrender the lead in the world rankings to Maria Sharapova on August 22, 2005, which she recaptured a week later by winning a tournament in New Haven. Davenport had to bury his hopes for a win at the US Open in the quarterfinals. Many mistakes brought her opponent Jelena Dementjewa to the semi-finals. After the US Open, she lost the top position again to Sharapova. In Bali she defeated Francesca Schiavone in the final. She won her 50th individual title two weeks later in Filderstadt, where Amélie Mauresmo once again had nothing to counter the strong service from Davenport. After 2001 and 2004, this was her third success at the gates of Stuttgart.
On the way to the season finale, Davenport stopped at the Zurich Open . She had already started there five times and reached the finals five times. She won the tournament three times (1997, 1998 and 2001), only in 2000 (against Hingis) and 2002 (against Schnyder) did she lose out. By winning the last 16 over Daniela Hantuchová , she paved the way for her eighth title win. However, she had to fend off two match points in the 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2 success in the second set. In the quarter-finals against Schiavone, Davenport had to go the full distance again (6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4), but she dominated the semi-final against Anastassija Myskina at will (6: 0, 6: 4). In the final, the 2002 final was reissued; she showed strong nerves in some tight situations and defeated Patty Schnyder 7: 6, 6: 3.
2006 season
In 2006 Davenport could not achieve the very big successes. At the invitation tournament in Hong Kong she reached the final (defeat against Clijsters) after victories over Nicole Vaidišová and Venus Williams, at the Australian Open, however, she was already defeated in the quarter-finals by later finalist Justine Henin. In Dubai she failed in the semifinals as defending champion to Sharapova. There she celebrated her 700th victory with a 6: 0, 6: 0 over Jelena Lichowzewa . Davenport started the tournament in Indian Wells again with a 6-0, 6-0 against Ashley Harkleroad. In the quarter-finals, weakened by an injury, she failed against her long-term rival Martina Hingis.
Davenport planned no more than 15 tournaments for 2006, which inevitably brought about a slide in the world rankings. As long as she sees herself as a contender for big titles, she will play. The European clay court season 2006, including the French Open, was then completely canceled. Due to a back injury, she was unable to play a tournament from March. She also canceled Wimbledon on June 19, 2006, for which she wanted to prepare optimally. In August, she returned to the tour at the Los Angeles tournament, but was narrowly defeated by the then doubles specialist Samantha Stosur in her opening match . Two weeks later Davenport defeated world number one Mauresmo in the quarterfinals at the tournament in New Haven in two sets and reached the final against Justine Henin, which she had to give up at 0: 6, 0: 1 due to shoulder problems. Despite her injury, she got off to a good start in the US Open and fought her way to the quarterfinals, defending two match points against Katarina Srebotnik in round three and then defeating Patty Schnyder in two close sets. In the round of the top eight she met Henin again, against whom she again lost out.
Davenport was described as being very polite off the tennis court too; she was popular in gaming circles and had a "good relationship" with the press.
On December 13, 2006, Davenport announced that she and her husband were expecting their first child. On June 10, 2007, she gave birth to Jagger Jonathan. With the words “I can't imagine playing tennis again” she announced her retirement from the tennis circus after 13 years.
2007 season
In July, she revised her decision to end her career. The first stop on her comeback was the New Haven tournament at the end of August, where she played doubles alongside Lisa Raymond . However, the two failed in the first round against the world ranked double Cara Black and Liezel Huber .
She made her comeback in the individual competition in mid-September at the WTA tournament in Bali, which she won straight away. Among other things, she defeated Jelena Janković , number 3 in the world, 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 2. In the final she defeated Daniela Hantuchová 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2. A week later, Davenport reached the semifinals in Beijing, where they narrowly lost to Janković. At the end of the year, she played her third tournament since her comeback. Davenport served like in their best times, even played a service game with four aces in a row against Julija Wakulenko and secured her 53rd WTA title. She had played back to the top of the world.
2008 season
She started the new season with a tournament victory in Auckland. With her first round victory at the Australian Open on January 14, 2008, she crowned herself the best-earning female athlete in the world with $ 21,897,501 in prize money and surpassed Steffi Graf's 1999 record . In her sixth tournament since her comeback in Memphis, she won her fourth title and also won doubles with Lisa Raymond. In Indian Wells she swept top ten player Marion Bartoli from the field, but had to give up in the quarterfinals against Janković due to an injury. With a fantastic performance, she defeated world number two Ana Ivanović surprisingly smoothly in Miami , but just as unexpectedly failed one lap later to Dinara Safina. At her first clay court tournament since 2005 in Amelia Island , she reached the semi-finals, which she had to cancel due to illness.
After this cancellation in April, she only played two singles tournaments in 2008. At Wimbledon she gave up in round two, at the US Open she lost to Marion Bartoli in the third round. Thanks to her good results at the beginning of the year, Davenport was ranked 35th in the world at the end of the year.
2009 season
Speculations about a career end gave Davenport in December 2008 initially a rejection and announced their acceptance for the Australian Open . But just a week after the statement, the cancellation followed. Davenport was expecting their second child, daughter Lauren Andrus was born on June 27, 2009.
2010 season
Davenport eliminated with Bob Bryan in Wimbledon in the second round, but won shortly afterwards on the side of the world number three in doubles, Liezel Huber, the Stanford WTA tournament with 7: 5, 6: 7 8 , [10: 8] against the pairing of Chan Yung-jan / Zheng Jie . It was Davenport's last title win.
Tournament victories
Grand Slam (3) |
WTA Championships (1) |
Olympic gold medal (1) |
Tier I Event (11) |
WTA Tour (39) |
singles
No. | date | competition | Topping | Final opponent | Result |
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1. | May 23, 1993 | Lucerne | sand |
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6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 2 |
2. | January 9, 1994 | Brisbane | Hard court |
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6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 3 |
3. | May 21, 1994 | Lucerne | sand |
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7: 6, 6: 4 |
4th | May 28, 1995 | Strasbourg | sand |
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3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2 |
5. | May 25, 1996 | Strasbourg | sand |
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6: 3, 7: 6 |
6th | August 3, 1996 | Olympic games | Hard court |
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7: 6 8 , 6: 2 |
7th | August 18, 1996 | Manhattan Beach | Hard court |
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6: 2, 6: 3 |
8th. | February 23, 1997 | Oklahoma | Hard court (hall) |
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6: 4, 6: 2 |
9. | March 15, 1997 | Indian Wells | Hard court |
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6: 2, 6: 1 |
10. | April 13, 1997 | Amelia Island | sand |
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6: 2, 6: 3 |
11. | August 24, 1997 | Atlanta | Hard court |
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6: 4, 6: 1 |
12. | October 19, 1997 | Zurich | Hard court (hall) |
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7: 6, 7: 5 |
13. | November 9, 1997 | Chicago | Carpet (hall) |
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6-0, 7-5 |
14th | February 8, 1998 | Tokyo | Carpet (hall) |
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6: 3, 6: 3 |
15th | August 2, 1998 | Stanford | Hard court |
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6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4 |
16. | August 9, 1998 | San Diego | Hard court |
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6: 3, 6: 1 |
17th | August 16, 1998 | Manhattan Beach | Hard court |
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4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 |
18th | September 13, 1998 | US Open | Hard court |
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6: 3, 7: 5 |
19th | October 18, 1998 | Zurich | Hard court (hall) |
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7: 5, 6: 3 |
20th | January 16, 1999 | Sydney | Hard court |
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6: 4, 6: 3 |
21st | May 22, 1999 | Madrid | sand |
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6: 1, 6: 3 |
22nd | 4th July 1999 | Wimbledon | race |
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6: 4, 7: 5 |
23. | August 1, 1999 | Stanford | Hard court |
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7: 6, 6: 2 |
24. | September 26, 1999 | Tokyo | Hard court |
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7: 5, 7: 6 |
25th | November 14, 1999 | Philadelphia | Carpet (hall) |
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6: 3, 6: 4 |
26th | November 21, 1999 | Tour Championships | Carpet (hall) |
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6: 4, 6: 2 |
27. | January 30, 2000 | Australian Open | Hard court |
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6: 1, 7: 5 |
28. | March 18, 2000 | Indian Wells | Hard court |
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4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0 |
29 | October 22, 2000 | Linz | Carpet (hall) |
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6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2 |
30th | November 12, 2000 | Philadelphia | Carpet (hall) |
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7: 6 7 , 6: 4 |
31. | February 4, 2001 | Tokyo | Carpet (hall) |
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6: 7 4 , 6: 4, 6: 2 |
32. | March 4, 2001 | Scottsdale | Hard court |
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6: 2, 6: 3 |
33. | June 23, 2001 | Eastbourne | race |
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6: 2, 6: 0 |
34. | August 12, 2001 | los Angeles | Hard court |
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6: 3, 7: 5 |
35. | October 14, 2001 | Filderstadt | Hard court (hall) |
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7: 5, 6: 4 |
36. | October 21, 2001 | Zurich | Hard court (hall) |
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6: 3, 6: 1 |
37. | October 28, 2001 | Linz | Hard court (hall) |
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6: 4, 6: 1 |
38. | February 2, 2003 | Tokyo | Carpet (hall) |
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6: 7 6 , 6: 1, 6: 2 |
39. | February 8, 2004 | Tokyo | Carpet (hall) |
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6: 4, 6: 1 |
40. | April 11, 2004 | Amelia Island | sand |
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6: 4, 6: 4 |
41. | July 18, 2004 | Stanford | Hard court |
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7: 6 4 , 5: 7, 7: 6 4 |
42. | July 25, 2004 | los Angeles | Hard court |
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6: 1, 6: 3 |
43. | August 1, 2004 | San Diego | Hard court |
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6: 1, 6: 1 |
44. | August 22, 2004 | Cincinnati | Hard court |
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6: 3, 6: 2 |
45. | October 10, 2004 | Filderstadt | Hard court (hall) |
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6: 2, retirement |
46. | March 5, 2005 | Dubai | Hard court |
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6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4 |
47. | April 10, 2005 | Amelia Island | sand |
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7: 5, 7: 5 |
48. | August 27, 2005 | New Haven | Hard court |
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6: 4, 6: 4 |
49. | September 18, 2005 | Bali | Hard court |
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6: 2, 6: 4 |
50. | October 9, 2005 | Filderstadt | Hard court (hall) |
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6: 2, 6: 4 |
51. | October 23, 2005 | Zurich | Hard court (hall) |
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7: 6 5 , 6: 3 |
52. | September 16, 2007 | Bali | Hard court |
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6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2 |
53. | November 4, 2007 | Quebec | Carpet (hall) |
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6: 4, 6: 1 |
54. | January 5, 2008 | Auckland | Hard court |
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6: 2, 6: 2 |
55. | March 1, 2008 | Memphis | Hard court (hall) |
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6: 2, 6: 1 |
Career statistics and tournament record
singles
competition
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1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
2008
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Australian Open
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- | - | 3 | VF | VF | AF | AF | HF | HF | S. | HF | - | AF | VF | F. | VF | - |
2
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1 |
French Open
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- | - | 1 | 3 | AF | VF | AF | HF | VF | 1 | - | - | AF | AF | VF | - | - | -
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0 |
Wimbledon
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- | - | 3 | VF | AF | 2 | 2 | VF | S. | F. | HF | - | VF | HF | F. | - | - |
2
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1 |
US Open
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1 | 2 | AF | 3 | 2 | AF | HF | S. | HF | F. | VF | HF | HF | HF | VF | VF | - |
3
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1 |
Tour Championships
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- | - | - | F. | 1 | VF | 1 | F. | S. | 1 | F. | 1 | - | RR | HF | - | - | -
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1 |
Boca Raton
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- | - | not carried out | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Doha | na or a. K. | -
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0 | ||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | na or a. K. | S. | F. | 2 | S. | VF | - | F. | F. | F. | AF | - |
VF
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2 | |||||
Miami
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- | 2 | 2 | HF | AF | HF | AF | VF | VF | F. | VF | - | AF | - | - | - | - |
AF
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0 |
Hilton Head Island
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- | - | 2 | VF | - | - | VF | VF | - | - | not carried out | 0 | |||||||
Charleston | not carried out | - | - | HF | VF | VF | - | - | -
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0 | |||||||||
Rome
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | AF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -
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0 |
Berlin
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- | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | AF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -
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0 |
San Diego | na or a. K. | S. | - | - | - | n / A | 1 | ||||||||||||
Montreal / Toronto
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- | - | - | - | - | - | VF | - | - | AF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -
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0 |
Tokyo | a. K. | - | - | F. | VF | VF | S. | VF | - | S. | - | S. | S. | F. | - | - | -
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4th | |
Munich | not carried out | 1 | HF | not carried out | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Zurich | a. K. | - | - | - | - | S. | S. | - | F. | S. | F. | - | - | S. | - | - | n / A | 4th | |
Philadelphia | a. K. | AF | AF | - | na or a. K. | 0 | |||||||||||||
Moscow | na or a. K. | - | - | - | - | - | F. | - | HF | - | - | - | -
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0 | |||||
Olympic games
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n / A | -
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not carried out |
S.
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not carried out |
2
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not carried out | -
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not carried out | -
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1 | ||||||||
Fed Cup
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- | - | VF | F. | F. | S. | PO | - | S. | S. | - | - | - | - | HF | - | - |
HF
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3 |
Tournament participation
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3 | 12 | 16 | 17th | 15th | 18th | 22nd | 21st | 19th | 19th | 17th | 9 | 16 | 17th | 16 | 6th | 3 | 8th
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254 |
Finals reached
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0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 8th | 10 | 8th | 11 | 11 | 4th | 6th | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2
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93 |
Title won
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0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 0 | 1 | 7th | 6th | 0 | 2 | 2
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55 |
Hard court wins / defeats
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3: 3 | 9: 7 | 23: 8 | 21: 5 | 15: 8 | 29: 6 | 34: 8 | 38: 8 | 36: 7 | 41: 8 | 46: 8 | 18: 7 | 29:10 | 39: 4 | 40: 6 | 21: 8 | 8: 1 | 19: 5
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469: 117 |
Sand victories / defeats
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0-0 | 8: 5 | 10: 4 | 8: 2 | 3: 1 | 9: 1 | 10: 4 | 13: 4 | 9: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10: 3 | 13: 3 | 11: 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0
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109: 32 |
Turf wins / defeats
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0-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 12: 4 | 8: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 7-0 | 7: 2 | 9: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 2 | 5: 1 | 6: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0
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68:19 |
Carpet victories / defeats
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0-0 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 7: 4 | 7: 3 | 11: 6 | 14: 3 | 14: 2 | 9: 1 | 11: 1 | 7-0 | 6: 2 | 4-0 | 6: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0
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107: 26 |
Overall wins / losses
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3: 3 | 17:13 | 38:16 | 48:15 | 33:13 | 51:15 | 59:16 | 69:15 | 61:10 | 60:12 | 62: 9 | 24: 9 | 47:15 | 62: 9 | 60:10 | 21: 8 | 13: 1 | 24: 5
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753: 194 |
World ranking points
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -
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N / A |
Year-end position
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339 | 159 | 20th | 6th | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25th | 73 | 36
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N / A |
Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1, 2, 3 = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round; RR = Round Robin (group stage); na = not carried out; a. K. = other category; PO (playoff) = promotion and relegation round in the Fed Cup; K1, K2, K3 = participation in continental groups I, II, III in the Fed Cup.
Note : These statistics take into account all results individually, as stated on the WTA page. Only Category I WTA tournaments are shown .
Awards
On July 12, 2014, Lindsay Davenport was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .
Web links
- WTA profile of Lindsay Davenport (English)
- ITF profile of Lindsay Davenport (English)
- Fed Cup Statistics for Lindsay Davenport (English)
- Lindsay Davenport in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
- Lindsay Davenport in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ quoted from SID report from December 14, 2006 at Yahoo Sports, accessed December 14, 2006 ( Memento from September 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Congratulations Class of 2014! (tennisfame.com from July 12, 2014, accessed on August 4, 2014)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Davenport, Lindsay |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davenport, Lindsay Ann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Palos Verdes , United States |