[edit] Guide Note
Lindsay Davenport is an American professional tennis player and the highest-earning female athlete of all-time.1
[edit] Fast Facts
- Full name: Lindsay Ann Davenport
- Born: June 8, 1976
- Birthplace: Palos Verdes, California
- Height: 6'2½"
- Weight: 175 lbs.
- Plays: Right-handed, two-handed backhand
- Career Earnings: $22,050,8392
- High School: Murrieta Valley High School
- Professional debut: February 22, 1993
- Spouse: Jon Leach
[edit] Career Highlights
Lindsay Davenport was named Rookie Of The Year in 1993 by Tennis Magazine and World Team Tennis. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and earned a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Since her professional debut in 1993, she has been seeded No. 1 worldwide on the woman's tennis year-end rankings four times including the 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2005 rank charts.
[edit] Timeline
1993: Davenport makes her professional debut. Reaches the top 100 ranking for doubles
1994: Reaches the Australian Open quarterfinal by defeating Mary Joe Fernandez. Later loses to Steffi Graf 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. Reaches Wimbledon quarterfinal. Loses to Conchita Martinez.
1995: Reaches Australian Open quarterfinals, loses to Kimiko Date. Loses upsets at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
1996: Wins a tournament in Los Angeles, defeating Steffi Graf in the semi-finals for the first time in her career. Wins an Olympic gold medal after defeating Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario at the Atlanta Summer Games.
1997: Reaches U.S. Open semifinals. Loses to Martina Hingis. Wins the U.S. Open doubles tournament with partner Jana Novotná.
1998: Davenport wins her first Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, after defeating Venus Williams in the semifinal and Martina Hingis in the final.
1999: Wins both the singles and doubles tournament at Wimbledon, defeating Steffi Graf in her last Grand Slam appearance.
2000: Wins the Australian Open. Reaches Wimbledon finals but loses to Venus Williams.
2001: Reaches at least the quarterfinals in everyone of the 17 singles tournaments she participated in. Although picking up 7 singles tournament wins, wins no Grand Slam tournament.
2002: Does not win any singles tournaments this year, absent for the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the French Open.
2003: Reaches the Wimbledon quarterfinals and the U.S. Open semifinals, but loses both matches.
2004: Finishes with a tour-high 7 singles wins and 63 total match wins. Seeded No.1 for the third time in her career. Defeats Venus and Serena Williams for the first time in her career.
2005: Loses to Serena Williams in the Australian Open finals. Loses to Venus Williams in the Wimbledon finals.
2006: Becomes the eighth women in history to win over 700 career matches. Announces career hiatus due to pregnancy.
2007: Davenport announces on July 12, 2007 that she'll rejoin the WTA Tour.
2008: Hopes to compete in the Olympic Games in
Beijing. Withdrew from Wimbledon tournament due to a right knee injury.
