Lise Gregory
Country (sports) | South Africa |
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Born | Durban, South Africa | 29 August 1963
Retired | 1993 |
Plays | Left-handed |
College | University of Miami |
Prize money | $244,383 |
Singles | |
Career record | 88–76 |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 167 (7 December 1987) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 182–105 |
Career titles | 7 WTA, 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 17 (8 April 1991) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1991) |
French Open | 3R (1989, 1990) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1990) |
US Open | 3R (1989, 1990, 1991) |
Lise Gregory (born 29 August 1963) is a South African former tennis player who played primarily doubles. She played left-handed. Her career-high doubles ranking in 1990 was no. 18. She reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and was one of the top eight teams participating in the year-end Virginia Slims Championships.
She played in college for the University of Miami, earning seven NCAA All-American awards in both singles and doubles and the NCAA doubles championship in 1986 with long-time doubles partner Ronni Reis.
After her playing career, she became a college coach, first assistant coach at Vanderbilt University, then head coach at Florida State University and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, earning numerous coaching awards.
WTA Tour finals
[edit]Doubles 13 (7–6)
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ITF finals
[edit]Singles (1–2)
[edit]$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 8 June 1985 | Boynton Beach, United States | Hard | Halle Cioffi | w/o |
Loss | 2. | 7 June 1987 | Boca Raton, United States | Clay | Kim Labuschagne | 6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3. | 26 July 1987 | Pittsburgh, United States | Hard | Jennifer Santrock | 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(5) |
Doubles: (7–1)
[edit]Result | No | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 16 June 1986 | Birmingham, United States | Clay | Heliane Steden | Ann Etheredge Sonia Hahn | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
Win | 2. | 23 June 1986 | Seabrook, United States | Clay | Manon Bollegraf | Alison Scott Michelle Turk | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 3. | 1 June 1987 | Brandon, United States | Clay | Ingelise Driehuis | Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington | 7–6(3), 6–7(8), 6–4 |
Win | 4. | 8 June 1987 | Key Biscayne, United States | Hard | Ingelise Driehuis | Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington | 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–2 |
Win | 5. | 15 June 1987 | Birmingham, United States | Hard | Ingelise Driehuis | Katrina Adams Sonia Hahn | 6–7(0), 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 6. | 29 June 1987 | Litchfield, United States | Clay | Ingelise Driehuis | Paulette Roux Rita Winebarger | 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 7. | 6 July 1987 | Seabrook, United States | Clay | Ingelise Driehuis | Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington | 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 8. | 13 November 1989 | Telford, United Kingdom | Hard | Linda Barnard | Anne Aallonen Simone Schilder | 3–6, 6–7 |
External links
[edit]- Lise Gregory at the Women's Tennis Association
- Lise Gregory at the International Tennis Federation
- Lise Gregory at Wimbledon
- Biography on the UNC Asheville site at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 July 2011)
- University of Miami women's tennis records at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 March 2016)