Lindsay Davenport

At 48 years old, Lindsay Davenport has this physical status:

Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player.

She was rated World No. 1 in the United Kingdom. On eight different occasions over a period of 98 weeks, the one on eight different dates.

Davenport is one of five women to have made it to the year-end World No. 1. Since 1975, 1 at least four times (1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005) have appeared; the others are Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Serena Williams.

She has climbed to the No. 1 position in the world of No. 1. As well, the 1st place in doubles. Davenport won a total of 55 WTA Tour singles titles, including three in Australia, the Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open, as well as the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games and the WTA Championships, mainly for her strong and reliable groundstrokes.

She has also won 38 WTA Tour doubles titles, including three Grand Slam titles (the French Open partnering Corina Morariu, and the US Open partnering Jana Novotná), as well as three WTA Championships (partnering Fernández, Novotná and Natasha Zvereva). She has a career-earning of $22,166,338 dollars; currently eighth in the all-time rankings for female tennis players and formerly first, before being surpassed by Serena Williams in January 2009.

TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-greatest player (male or female) of the previous 40 years in 2005.

In 2014, Davenport was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Early life

Lindsay Davenport is the niece of Wink Davenport, a member of the United States volleyball team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and Ann L. Jeberjahn, the president of the Southern California Volleyball Association. Davenport was born to an athletic family. Lindsay began playing tennis at age six when her two older sisters, Leiann and Shannon, played volleyball. Tracy Austin had previously been taught by Robert Lansdorp, who had previously worked with Tracy Austin. She attended Chadwick School in Palos Verdes, California. Her family moved to Murrieta, California, where she attended and graduated from Murrieta Valley High School, and she began to work with Lynne Rolley and Robert Van't Hof at age 16.

Davenport was 14 when she joined the United States Tennis Association junior national team, and she earned her nickname. She had a rapid growth spurt — about six inches in two years — that threatened her coordination, but did not impede her success. She competed at junior level and took first and doubles at the National Girls' 18s and Clay Court Championships in 1991 and 1992, winning the Junior U.S. Open in '92.

Personal life

On April 25, 2003, Davenport married Jon Leach, a Merrill Lynch investment banker and former University of Southern California All-American tennis player, in Hawaii. Rick Leach, her ex coach, is her brother. Davenport took a break from competitive tennis in late 2006 and much of 2007 to have a baby. In 2007, she gave birth to a son in Newport Beach, California. In 2009, she gave birth to a daughter in Newport Beach, California. In 2012, she gave birth to her third child, a daughter. In 2014, the couple's fourth child (and third daughter) was born. She owns homes in Laguna Beach, California, as well as Kona, Hawaii.

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Career

In 1990, she was crowned champion of the Ojai Tennis Tournament in the women's singles.

Although Davenport's first appearance date back to 1991, she became a professional two years after her first competitive appearance. Davenport's doubles triumph in 1993 was a 17–16 record when she reached the top 100 in doubles rankings. Chanda Rubin and her friend reached the third round of the 1993 Australian Open doubles competition. Despite being ranked no. one in her first tournament this year, Davenport made her debut in the top 20. 162. She qualified for the 1993 Australian Open, progressing to Mary Pierce in the third round before falling to Mary Pierce. Davenport reached the quarterfinals at the Indian Wells Masters, ranking no. 20. 99, but lost to 7th-ranked and potential doubles partner Mary Joe Fernandez. Davenport captured her first Tier III title at the European Open in three sets in the finals, beating Nicole Bradtke in three sets. At the 1993 US Open, the American reached the third round in the 1993 Wimbledon Championships, and in the 1993 US Open, she ranked No. 10. 24. In the Oakland semifinals, 1993 was also notable because it was the one time she met Martina Navratilova. 6–1, 3–6, 5–7.

In Brisbane, Australia, Davenport claimed the first professional tournament she had entered. She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance at the Australian Open, defeating no. 5 Mary Joe Fernandez in the fourth round of the fourth round before losing in the quarterfinals to top-ranked Steffi Graf. Davenport won the Lucerne title and qualified for the semifinals at Indian Wells, California, and Miami. Davenport reached her second Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon. Davenport, ranked ninth, defeated tenth ranked Gabriela Sabatini before losing to third ranked Conchita Martnez, who went on to win the tournament. She reached her first WTA Tour Championship final in November in November, losing to Sabatini.

Davenport and Lisa Raymond won Indian Wells with Lisa Raymond and then advanced to the French Open doubles final with Raymond, where they lost to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva. Davenport won the title in Oakland with a team led by Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, defeating Gigi Fernández and Martina Navratilova in the final.

Craig Kardon was hired as her mentor by Davenport in December 1994.

Davenport began the year by reaching the final of the tournament in Sydney, where she lost to Gabriela Sabatini. Davenport made it to the Australian Open quarterfinals and the following week, they lost to Kimiko Date in the final of the tournament in Tokyo.

Davenport won the tournament in Strasbourg on her first attempt, defeating Kimiko Date in the final. Date, on the other hand, turned the tables at the French Open, defeating Davenport in the fourth round.

In the fourth round of Wimbledon, Davenport was defeated by Mary Joe Fernandez. The US Open Davenport was upset once more in the second round by Zina Garrison Jackson, the year's best Grand Slam tournament of the year.

Davenport and Jana Novotná started the year off in doubles by winning the tournament in Sydney. Davenport and Lisa Raymond were both disqualified in the Australian Open semifinals to the top seeded team of Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva. Davenport met with Nicole Arendt in the French Open semifinals, where they lost to the top seeded team of Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. In the first round of Wimbledon, Davenport and Raymond, the fourth seeded team, were defeated. Davenport and Raymond were both seeded in the third round by fifteenth seeded Lori McNeil and Helena Suková. Davenport and Raymond won in Indian Wells, while Davenport and Mary Joe Fernandez won in Tokyo (the non-Tier I tournament) and Strasbourg.

Davenport recruited Robert Van't Hof as her full-time coach after her one-year deal with Kardon had ended.

Davenport's year began in Sydney with a runner-up finish. At the Australian Open, she was a quarterfinalist. Davenport then advanced to the semifinals of the tournament in Indian Wells, California, where she lost to Steffi Graf.

Davenport won the Strasbourg tournament and advanced to the French Open quarterfinals, losing to Conchita Martez on clay.

Davenport captured the tournament in Los Angeles this summer, defeating Graf for the first time in her career, then defeating Anke Huber in the final. Davenport captured the gold medal at the Summer Olympics by beating Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final.

Davenport won the tournament in Sydney with Mary Joe Fernandez before losing in the Australian Open final to Chanda Rubin and Sánchez Vicario. Davenport and Fernandez then secured the French Open doubles title, defeating Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva in the final. Both the two teams also won the tournament in Oakland and the year-end Chase Championships together. Davenport won the tournament in Los Angeles with Zvereva.

Davenport lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open to Kimberly Po. For the first time in her career, she also competed in Oklahoma City and Indian Wells, California.

Davenport began her clay-court season by winning the tournament in Amelia Island, Florida. However, she lost in the fourth round to Iva Majoli, the eventual champion, despite being up a set and 4–0 in the second set.

In the second round of Wimbledon, Davenport defeated Denisa Chládková. She then lost to Monica Seles in the final in Los Angeles after defeating top-ranked Martina Hingis in the semifinals. Davenport advanced to the United States Open grand slam semifinal at Atlanta after winning in Atlanta. Davenport gained the title in Zürich and Chicago before losing the Philadelphia final to Hingis in a third set tie-break.

Davenport finished second in doubles in Sydney with Natasha Zvereva and Lisa Raymond, and she was the runner-up in doubles. She and her Czech partner Jana Novotná won the US Open in the US Open. Davenport's other doubles titles include appearances in Tokyo, Indian Wells, Amelia Island, and Berlin.

Davenport began in 1998 by making the Australian Open singles semifinals for the second straight Grand Slam singles semifinals. Davenport, ranked second in the final, defeated Martina Hingis, who was ranked first, in the final at the Tokyo tournament. Davenport continued to fail in the Indian Wells, California, final to Hingis, after beating Steffi Graf, and then fell in the quarterfinals to Anna Kournikova. Davenport won the French Open quarterfinals over defending champion Iva Majoli before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals. Davenport has competed in San Diego, Stanford, and Los Angeles.

Davenport's new victory on tour was her first Grand Slam singles title at the 1998 US Open, defeating fifth-ranked Venus Williams in the semifinals and top-ranked Hingis in the final. In 1982, she became the first American-born woman to win the U.S. Open since Chris Evert.

Despite winning Zürich and losing to 17th-ranked Graf in Philadelphia, Davenport then lost to 17th-ranked Graf in Philadelphia despite achieving the no. The 1st ranking appears. Davenport ended the year with a defeat to Hingis in the Chase Championships final.

Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were both in doubles in the 1998 Australian Open, where they lost to the wildcard team of Hingis and Mirjana Lui. Davenport and Zvereva fell in the Tokyo final to Hingis and Lui, and then triumphed both Indian Wells and Berlin, both times defeating Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final.

Davenport and Zvereva then lost in the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open doubles finals to Hingis and Jana Novotná. Davenport won San Diego and Stanford with Zvereva, but he lost in the US Open doubles final. Davenport won Filderstadt and then the year-end doubles championship with Zvereva, defeating Fusai and Tauziat in three sets. Davenport reached all four Grand Slam finals with Zvereva in 1998, losing to teams that included Hingis all four times.

Davenport started 1999 by winning the Sydney singles final and reaching the Australian Open singles semifinal before losing to Amélie Mauresmo. She worked with Natasha Zvereva to reach the doubles final before losing to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova.

Davenport and Zvereva defeated Hingis and Novotná, who had lost in three of the four 1998 Grand Slam doubles finals in Tokyo. Davenport's second singles title of the year came in Madrid, where she defeated lucky loser Paola Suárez in the final.

She reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros, losing to Steffi Graf. She defeated qualifier and future four-time French Open champion Justine Henin in the second round along the way. At Wimbledon, Davenport's next tournament championship was held. In the final, Graf defeated Steffi Graf in Graf's last Grand Slam match in her career. Davenport also won the doubles title at Wimbledon with Corina Morariu, defeating Mariaan de Swardt and Elena Tatarkova in the final.

Davenport won the singles and doubles titles in Stanford and went to San Diego in doubles with Morariu over Serena and Williams in the final, the only doubles final the sisters have ever lost in their playing careers. Serena Williams, the eventual champion of the US Open, lost in the US Open semifinals. Davenport won two additional singles and the Chase Championships with a win over Hingis in the final, to bring the year to an end.

Davenport began the year off by losing the Sydney singles final against Amélie Mauresmo.

The 2000 Australian Open was her next tournament, and she won in singles without losing a set. Davenport was seeded second in the final and defeated top-seeded Martina Hingis. In the doubles semifinals to Hingis and Mary Pierce, she and Corina Morariu lost. Davenport defeated Hingis again, winning the doubles title with Morariu over Anna Kournikova and Natasha Zvereva in the final two events after two events later in the Indian Wells, California tournament. In the Miami final, the Hingis defeated Davenport.

In three sets in the first round of the French Open, Dominique Van Roost, the 22nd-ranked Dominique Van Roost was disillusioned. Van Roost defeated her at the Hastings Direct International Championships in Eastbourne once more.

Davenport advanced to the Wimbledon final, where she was defeated by Venus Williams. Davenport lost in the Stanford final and Serena Williams in the Los Angeles final to Venus. Venus lost in the US Open final to Sheryl.

Davenport captured two titles in Linz, defeating Venus Williams and Philadelphia after losing to Hingis in the Zürich final. She shocked Arantxa Sánchez Vicario at the Chase Championships by playing her all love games and then helping the United States win the 2000 Fed Cup over Spain.

In all seventeen of her singles tournaments, Davenport was at least a quarterfinalist. She has won seven singles titles, including victories in Tokyo, Scottsdale, Eastbourne, Los Angeles, Filderstadt, Zürich, and Linz. Serena Williams won the year-end Chase Championships after clinching the top-one position in a semifinal victory over Clijsters (where she injured her knee at the end of the season) and defeated Serena Williams in the final of the year-end Chase Championships. She was a semifinalist at Wimbledon, a semifinalist at Wimbledon, and a quarterfinalist at the US Open. Morariu defeated Serena Williams and Venus in the Australian Open doubles final. She won the doubles titles in Filderstadt and Zürich with Lisa Raymond.

Davenport did not win a singles title in 2002. She did not qualify for the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon. She appeared in the Stanford semifinals to Kim Clijsters in her first singles competition in July. Davenport then advanced to the semifinals of the Tier I San Diego tournament, where she lost to Venus Williams. Chanda Rubin fell in the final to Chanda Rubin in the Los Angeles leg of her upcoming tournament. Serena Williams defeated Venus in New Haven and Serena Williams in the US Open semifinals. She reached two more finals in 2002, losing in Moscow to Magdalena Maleeva and Zürich to Patty Schnyder. Davenport lost to Monica Seles after losing seven match points, her third loss to Seles, and having a match point opportunity on both three occasions.

In Filderstadt, Davenport took her first doubles tournament of the year in October, where she partnered with Lisa Raymond to win the title. Coach Robert Van't Hof's relationship came to an end.

Davenport started the year by recruiting Rick Leach as her coach, but the relationship was short-lived. Adam Peterson was then employed by her. She reached the final of the tournament in Sydney, where she lost to Kim Clijsters. She then reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, where she lost to Justine Henin. Davenport won in Tokyo but lost in the Indian Wells, California final to Clijsters. She failed in the French Open fourth round, the Wimbledon quarterfinals, and the US Open semifinals, the year's remaining Grand Slam tournaments. She was the runner-up at tournaments in Amelia Island, Florida, Los Angeles, and New Haven.

The Australian Open doubles semifinals were lost to Serena Williams and Venus Williams. Weakness and Ai Sugiyama ensured that Davenport and Raymond took their first two Wells in India, defeating Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama. Davenport and Raymond also won in Amelia Island over Paola Suárez and Virginia Ruano Pascual, and in Eastbourne over Jennifer Castigami and Magüi Serna. In the Wimbledon semifinals, Davenport and Raymond lost to Clijsters and Sugiyama.

Davenport captured a tour-high seven titles, four of which were consecutive (Stanford, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Cincinnati). With 63, she had the most match victories on the WTA Tour ever. For the third time in her career, she ranked first. For the first time since 2000, she defeated Venus and Serena Williams, instilling confidence in her that she would win more Grand Slam tournaments.

Davenport's success continued into 2005, when she reached her first Grand Slam final since the 2000 US Open; she lost in three sets to Serena Williams.

Davenport made history by defeating the world no. 3 at the tournament in Indian Wells, California, in March. Maria Sharapova, 6–0, 6–0. It was the first time a player ranked in the top three on the WTA tour had been "shut out" for the first time, and it was the first time Sharapova had failed to win a match during a match. Davenport's only career victory over Sharapova was this one.

For the third time in April, she won the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida, defeating Silvia Farina Elia in the final. Davenport defeated Venus Williams for the fourth time in the quarterfinals of that tournament.

Davenport skipped the European clay court season and advanced to the French Open without having played a professional competitive match for weeks. With a run to the quarterfinals on her least favorite surface, as well as a come-from-behind victory over Kim Clijsters in the fourth round, she shocked hopes. Davenport's eventual runner-up Mary Pierce was disqualified by Davenport.

Davenport was the top seed and advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon, where she was tested again by Clijsters, but she lost in three sets to win her second straight match against the Belgian. Davenport advanced to the semifinals, where her match against Amélie Mauresmo was postponed by rain and ended over the course of two days. In an all-American final, Davenport defeated Mauresmo and met 14th-seeded Venus Williams. Davenport ruled the second set and had a match point at 5:4 in the third set after she appeared in the second set at 6–5 for the second set. Williams went on to win, 4–6, 7–6, 9–7, the longest (in terms of time) women's Wimbledon final in history. Davenport sustained a serious back injury while leading 4–2 (40–15) in the final set, but she later stated that the injury did not cause her loss and that Williams was the most physically fit player on the day. Davenport had to pull out of Fed Cup competition due to the injury. She returned from the Stanford tournament to compete. Davenport retired after rejuring her back in a warm-up just hours before her match, trailing 0–5 in the first set. Since being forced to miss other hard-court appearances in San Diego and Los Angeles, she had to cancel from other hard-court appearances.

Davenport returned to the WTA Tour in August, winning her comeback tournament in New Haven without losing a single set. Davenport advanced to the quarterfinals of the US Open, where she had a match point on Elena Dementieva before losing in the third set tie-break. The no. was fortuitously discarded by Davenport. Following the case, the event ranked number one in the country's Top 10 rankings.

Davenport captured the Bali title without dropping a single set, and then qualified for the WTA Tour Championships after losing at the US Open. She captured the title in Filderstadt later this year, defeating Mauresmo in the final for the second year in a row. With the victory, she became the tenth woman to win 50 separate WTA singles titles in a row.

Davenport beat Daniela Hantuchová in Zürich and saved two match points. Davenport was resurgent as the world's biggest ever winner, despite winning. The following week, Sharapova's number 1 was ranked No. 1 in the world's Top 100 rankings. Davenport captured her fourth title in Zürich and sixth seeded Patty Schnyder for her fourth title in 2005, second only to Clijsters' nine. It was also the first time Davenport had saved match points en route to a victory since the 1999 US Open. She earned eleven Tier I titles, ranking second among current players, after the Zürich championship.

Davenport, a semifinalist at the WTA tour year-end championships (losing in two tie-breaks), ensured she finished the year ranked no. 1 in the country. 1. Davenport's fourth year as president of the United States ended the year as ranked no. The only female players to finish a year ranked first at least four times is Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Chris Evert.

TENNIS Magazine ranked Davenport 29th in its list of the top 40 greatest players of the tennis era in 2005.

Davenport defeated Elena Likhovtseva in the second round of the Dubai tournament on February 22, 2006, becoming the eighth woman in WTA history to win 700 singles matches.

Davenport lost in the fourth round to Martina Hingis in the March tournament in Indian Wells, California. Due to a back injury, she was also unable to travel until August. Samantha Stosur was back in Los Angeles after losing in a second-round match to Samantha Stosur. It was Davenport's first exile from a tournament since early 2003. Davenport attributed the loss to her having started training just three weeks before the tournament began. Davenport re-hired Adam Peterson as her coach, with whom she worked during her 2004–05 revival.

Davenport defeated the world no. at the tournament in New Haven. 1 Amélie Mauresmo qualified in the quarterfinals, but she was forced to withdraw due to a right shoulder injury while playing Justine Henin in the final.

Despite a strained return to work, Davenport reached the US Open quarterfinals, where she lost to Henin once more.

Davenport's last competitive match before her birth in December was a quarterfinal loss in Beijing to top-ranked Mauresmo. After nine consecutive losses, Mauresmo's first victory over Davenport was their first victory.

Davenport revealed on July 18, 2007, that she would return to the WTA Tour for the second time. At her first tournament, she joined Lisa Raymond in the doubles competition at New Haven, where they fell in the first round to top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

Davenport won her first title since 2005 in Bali, beating Daniela Hantuchová in the final. Davenport defeated third-ranked Jelena Jankoviy, among others, en route to the title. Before fading from the tournament, Davenport and her partner Hantuchová advanced to the semifinals in Bali.

Davenport's second tournament was held in Beijing, where she defeated fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals before losing to Jankovi in the semifinals.

Davenport's third tournament took place in Quebec City, Canada, defeating second-seeded Vera Zvonareva in the semifinals and Julia Vasko in the final. This was Davenport's 53rd singles title, bringing her to No. 1 in the world. In the WTA rankings, the 73nd in the world rankings are ranked No. 73.

Davenport won the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, the first WTA tour event of the year. In the final, Davenport defeated Aravane Reza. This boosted her to the world No. 1 position. 52. She was the only one in the WTA top 100 who had fewer than ten tournaments counting toward her world ranking.

The Australian Open, Davenport, the country's first grand Slam tournament of the year, lost in the second round to eventual champion Maria Sharapova, 1–6, 3–6. It was the first time Davenport had lost in straight sets to Sharapova.

Davenport defeated Steffi Graf in career prize money earned on the women's tour on January 14, 2008, totaling US$21,897,501.

Davenport won her second tournament of the year and 55th in singles by defeating Olga Govortsova in the final of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships & The Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee. She tied Virginia Wade for seventh place on the list of the most singles titles won during the open era. Davenport was also teamed with Lisa Raymond to win the doubles title.

Davenport lost in the quarterfinals to Jelena Jankovi, 6–2, retired at the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California. She withdrew a back injury right before the match began. Davenport defeated the world no. one at the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida. Ana Ivanovic, a second-seeded, was defeated in the third round, 6–4, 6–2, before losing her fourth-round match against Dinara Safina, 3–6, 4–6.

Davenport advanced to the semifinals of the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida, where she missed her match with Sharapova before it began due to injury. Davenport withdrew from the French Open five days before the tournament began, citing undisclosed personal reasons.

Davenport was seeded 25th, won her first-round match, but then pulled out of the tournament due to a right knee injury.

Davenport pulled out of the singles competition at the Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8, 2008, due to a lingering knee injury. She and her partner are the world no. 1 in the world. Liezel Huber, a 1 doubles player, was disqualified from the women's doubles quarterfinals.

Davenport was seeded 23rd and lost in the third round to Marion Bartoli of France. Davenport had intended to compete in the Fortis Championships Luxembourg in October but had to cancel before the tournament began.

Davenport declared that she will participate in the 2009 Australian Open in January, putting an end to rumors that she will be retiring from the sport. However, she withdrew from the show after she learned she was expecting her second child. Davenport gave birth to a baby girl on June 30, 2009.

Davenport, who was in his first tournament since the 2008 US Open, met with Bob Bryan in mixed doubles at Wimbledon, where they were given a wild card. They made it to the second round before falling to Daniel Nestor and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Davenport also confirmed that she would play doubles at two tournaments in the American hard-court season. The first tournament was the women's doubles at the 2010 Bank of the West Classic, where she defeated Liezel Huber in the title partnering competition. She did this with the 2010 Mercury Insurance Open, but she joined Huber in this series. They lost in the quarterfinals to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Yan Zi.

Martina Hingis, a partner in the 2011 French Open, won the Women's Legends Doubles competition. Davenport went on to win the Wimbledon Invitational Doubles competition, teaming up with Hingis once more. Davenport, who was pregnant with her third child, will not be able to compete for the season, according to World Team Tennis.

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Awards and accomplishments

• Named in 1993 the Rookie of the Year by both TENNIS Magazine and World TeamTennis.
• 1996 International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Champion in women's doubles.
• 1998 ITF World Champion in women's singles and doubles.
• 1998 Tennis Magazine player of the year.
• 1998 and 1999 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player of the year.
• Diamond ACES award winner in 1998 and 1999.
• Named the U.S. Olympic Committee's female athlete of the month for July 1999 after winning the women's doubles and singles at Wimbledon.
• Voted by journalists at the 2000 French Open as the winner of the Prix Orange, which goes to the player who has shone in the tennis world the international essence of fairness, kindness, availability, and friendliness.
• Re-elected to the WTA player council in 2002.
• Voted by the International Tennis Writers Association as a joint winner of the 2004 women's Ambassador for Tennis award.
• 2007 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Comeback Player of the Year.