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Lindsey Nelson
Country (sports) United States
Born (1985-11-18) November 18, 1985 (age 38)
Riverside, California
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$29,797
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 424 (2007/06/25)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (2007)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 347 (2006/10/23)

Lindsey Nelson (born November 18, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player.

Biography

A right-handed player from California, Nelson went to Villa Park High School, before going on to play college tennis for the USC Trojans.[1]

Nelson a two-time singles runner-up in the NCAA singles championships while playing for the Trojans and was the 2007 Pac-10 singles champion.[2]

Professional career

Nelson won her first professional title in 2006, partnering Anne Yelsey in the doubles at the College Park ITF tournament, which is in the top level $75,000 category. As a singles player, Nelson had a win that year over top 100 player Meng Yuan in 2006 Stanford qualifying.

In 2007 she took part in the qualifying draw for the US Open and successfully qualified for Indian Wells, by beating Abigail Spears and Stéphanie Dubois. She was beaten in the first round at Indian Wells by Croatian wildcard Mirjana Lučić.[3]

ITF finals

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. July 2, 2006 Edmond, United States Hard United States Elizabeth Kaufman United States Alexa Glatch
United States Ashley Weinhold
4–6, 4–6
Winner 1. July 9, 2006 College Park, United States Hard United States Anne Yelsey Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
South Africa Natalie Grandin
6–1, 6–3
Winner 2. July 18, 2009 Atlanta, United States Hard United States Kaitlyn Christian United States Amanda Fink
United States Yasmin Schnack
7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up 2. July 24, 2009 Evansville, United States Hard United States Kaitlyn Christian United States Maria Sanchez
United States Yasmin Schnack
6–4, 1–6, [4–10]

References

  1. ^ "Nelson, Lin Commit to USC, UCLA Tennis". Los Angeles Times. September 10, 2003.
  2. ^ "Lindsey Nelson Claims Pac-10 Singles Title :: Julie Smekodub wins Pac-10 Invitational Singles Crown". CSTV. April 29, 2007.
  3. ^ "Dementieva withdraws as play gets underway". Los Angeles Times. March 8, 2007.

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