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Davenport, Lindsay

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Davenport, Lindsay (1976– )

US tennis player. A tall, right-handed player, renowned for her powerful serving, she turned professional in 1993. She won the US Open singles title in 1998, and the Wimbledon singles title in 1999. In 2000 she took the Australian Open women's singles title, the third Grand Slam singles title of her career. Also a fine doubles player, she won the French Open women's doubles in 1996 with Mary Joe Fernandez, the US Open doubles in 1997 with Jana Novotna, and the Wimbledon doubles in 1999 with Corina Morariu. She has been ranked the world's number one player eight separate times throughout her career.

Career highlights

Wimbledon

singles: 1999; doubles: 1999

US Open

singles: 1998; doubles: 1997

French Open

doubles: 1996

Australian Open

singles: 2000

Olympic Games

gold 1996

Tournament wins

92

Awards

WTA Player of the Year

1998, 1999

In 2000 she reached the finals at Wimbledon and the US Open, but lost both to US player Venus Williams.



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