Valda Lake

Valda Lake
Full name	Valda Lake
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Born	11 October 1968 (age 55); Torquay, Devon, UK
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1997
Prize money	$169,985
Singles
Career record	82–111
Career titles	0 WTA (0 ITF)
Highest ranking	172 (11 April 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1988)
Wimbledon	2R (1989)
Doubles
Career record	156–186
Career titles	0 WTA (8 ITF)
Highest ranking	56 (20 June 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1994)
French Open	1R (1994, 1995, 1996)
Wimbledon	3R (1993)
US Open	1R (1993, 1994, 1995)
Mixed doubles
Career record	2–5
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1994, 1995)

Valda Lake (born 11 October 1968) is a former tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1983 and retired in 1997. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 172 in singles (achieved on 11 April 1988) and number 56 in doubles (achieved on 20 June 1994). During her career, Lake was more successful in doubles than she was in singles, winning eight ITF titles and reaching the final of the 1994 China Open.^[1] She represented Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta playing doubles with Clare Wood and reaching the quarter-finals before losing to the Gold Medalist American Team- Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández.

She currently lives in Los Angeles and owns an art gallery named "Wallspace" and is a set decorator in TV commercials.

WTA tour and ITF circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 2 (1–1)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I (0–0)
WTA Tier II – IV (0–0)
ITF Circuit (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	10 May 1993	$10,000 Basingston, Great Britain	Hard	Marianne Vallin	2–6, 6–7^(6–8)

Doubles: 18 (8–10)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I (0–0)
WTA Tier II – IV (0–1)
ITF Circuit (8–9)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–8)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–1)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	21 July 1986	$5,000 Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Kaye Hand	Ingelise Driehuis Simone Schilder	1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner	17 November 1986	$10,000 Croydon, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Clare Wood	Digna Ketelaar Simone Schilder	7–6, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1 December 1986	$10,000 Vereeniging, South Africa	Hard	Katie Rickett	Mary Daily Cornelia Lechner	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8 December 1986	$10,000 Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Katie Rickett	Linda Barnard Mariaan de Swardt	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	15 December 1986	$25,000 Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Katie Rickett	Elna Reinach Monica Reinach	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	20 April 1987	$10,000 Queens, Great Britain	Hard	Ilse de Ruysscher	Jo Louis Frédérique Martin	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	11 May 1987	$10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain	Clay	Andrea Tiezzi	Ilana Berger Titia Wilmink	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3 October 1988	$25,000 Eastbourne, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Anne Simpkin	Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder	4–6, 4–6
Winner	18 September 1989	$10,000 Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Claudine Toleafoa	Paulette Moreno Karin Ptaszek	7–6, 1–6, 7–5
Winner	18 February 1991	$10,000 Croydon, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Sara Gomer	Claire Wegink Dorien Wamelink	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	25 February 1991	$10,000 Norwich, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Anne Simpkin	Anke Marchl Dorien Wamelink	4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Runner-up	29 April 1991	$10,000 Basingstoke, Great Britain	Hard	Virginia Humphreys-Davies	Caroline Billingham Lesley O'Halloran	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	16 September 1991	$25,000 Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Meike Babel	Ivana Havrlíková Kateřina Šišková	7–5, 6–0
Runner-up	26 April 1993	$10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain	Hard	Colette Hall	Paula Iversen Michele Mair	2–6, 4–6
Winner	10 May 1993	$10,000 Basingston, Great Britain	Hard	Robyn Mawdsley	Sabine Haas Liezel Horn	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	14 February 1994	$100,000 China Open, Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Kerry-Anne Guse	Chen Li-Ling Fang Li	0–6, 2–6
Winner	26 February 1996	$50,000 Southampton, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Clare Wood	Laura Golarsa Tina Križan	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	4 March 1996	$25,000 Rockford, United States	Hard	Elly Hakami	Anna Kournikova Ludmila Varmužová	6–2, 6–3