Lori McNeil

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Lori McNeil Tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: 18th December 1963
Size: 170 cm
1st professional season: 1983
Resignation: 2002
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 3,441,604
singles
Career record: 436: 309
Career title: 10 WTA , 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 9 (July 4 1988)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 605: 335
Career title: 32 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking: 4th (November 9th 1987)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Lori McNeil (born December 18, 1963 , in San Diego , California ) is a former American tennis player . Together with her childhood friend Zina Garrison , she celebrated great success in doubles.

Career

Lori McNeil was an elegant serve-and-volley player with a great feel for the ball. In her 19-year career she achieved her best world rankings in 1988 with 9th place in singles and 1987 with 4th place in doubles. She won a Grand Slam mixed title at the French Open in 1988 (with Jorge Lozano ). She won a total of ten singles and 32 doubles titles (with Martina Navratilova , Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario , Helena Sukova , Gigi Fernandez, among others ).

Lori McNeil celebrated her greatest success in 1994 at Wimbledon, when she defeated world number one Steffi Graf with 7: 5, 7: 6 in the first round and only in the semifinals with 6: 3, 2: 6, 8:10 just about the later one Tournament winner Conchita Martínez failed. She lost her first Grand Slam semi-final in 1987 at the US Open against Graf 6: 4, 2: 6, 4: 6. Against Graf, she also won the 1992 Tennis Masters . She retaliated with Conchita Martínez, second in the world, in 1995 in Philadelphia, before losing to Steffi Graf in three sets in the final.

McNeil played in doubles on the tour until 2002. At the side of Amanda Coetzer , she won her last title in 2001 at the age of 37 in Oklahoma .

Grand Slam final

Double

Final participation

date competition Topping Partner Winners Result
1987 Australian Open race United StatesUnited States Zina Garrison United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
United StatesUnited States
1: 6, 0: 6

Tournament victories

singles

Legend (single)
WTA Tour Championship (0)
WTA Tier I (0)
WTA Tier II (1)
WTA Tier III (3)
WTA Tier IV & V (4)
Pre Tier (2)
No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. September 21, 1986 Tampa Hard court United StatesUnited States Zina Garrison 2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
2. September 28, 1986 Tulsa Hard court United StatesUnited States Beth lord 6-0, 6-1
3. February 28, 1988 Oklahoma Hard court (hall) NetherlandsNetherlands Brenda Schultz 6: 3, 6: 2
4th 17th July 1988 Newport race United StatesUnited States Barbara Potter 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
5. August 20, 1989 Albuquerque Hard court South Africa 1961South Africa Elna Reinach 6: 1, 6: 3
6th February 17, 1991 Aurora Hard court NetherlandsNetherlands Manon Bollegraf 6: 3, 6: 4
7th April 14, 1991 Tokyo Hard court BelgiumBelgium Sabine Appelmans 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
8th. June 21, 1992 Eastbourne race United StatesUnited States Linda Wild 6: 4, 6: 4
9. June 13, 1993 Birmingham race United StatesUnited States Zina Garrison 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 3
10. July 12, 1994 Birmingham race United StatesUnited States Zina Garrison 6: 2, 6: 2

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