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
Doubles 13 (7–6)
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ITF finals
Singles (1–2)
$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)
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
- 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)