Famous Tennis Players
Lindsay Davenport
Date of Birth: June 8th, 1976
Place of Birth: Palos Verdes, California
She has won three Grand Slam tournaments: the 1998 U.S. Open, the 1999 Wimbledon, and the 2000 Australian Open. Also, she won the Olympic gold medal back in 1996.
Lindsay Davenport was ranked as a #1 women singles and doubles player several times between 1998 and 2001, and twice again in 2004. She has been ranked number one throughout the 2005 season. She was the year-end #1 player in 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005. Only 3 other women tennis players have achieved this position; Steffi Graf (eight times), Martina Navratilova (seven) and Chris Evert (six).
Lindsay had an excellent year in 2004, she won a tour-high seven titles including four straight during the summer and posted the most match wins on the WTA with 63. She finished the year ranked #1 for the third time in her career. Her success continued into 2005 when she made her first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open. In Zurich on October 20, 2005 Davenport defeated Daniela Hantuchova 3-6 7-5 6-2, saving two match points. By winning the match, Davenport was assured of recapturing the World No.1 ranking from Maria Sharapova the following week.
She overcame the sixth seed 7-6(5) 6-3 for her fourth title in Zurich and her sixth title of 2005, next only to Kim Clijsters' nine. The Zurich Open victory leaves her with 11 Tier I titles, the most among active players. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put her in 29th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era.
On February 22nd, 2006 Davenport became just the 8th woman in WTA history to win 700 singles matches. She did so in style by handing out her fourth career "double bagel", as she defeated Elena Likhovtseva 6-0, 6-0 in the 2nd Round of the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open.
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