Biography Lindsay Davenport (USA).

Residence: Laguna Beach, California, USA
Birthdate: June 8, 1976
Birthplace: Palos Verdes, California, USA
Height: 6' 2 1/2" - 1.89 m
Weight: 175 lbs. - 79 kg
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (February 22, 1993)

Career highlights:
Lindsay began playing tennis at the age of 7.

1991
Received wild cards into San Diego qualifying and Schenectady and US Open main draws.

Ended the season ranked at # 339

1992

Won the singles and doubles (w/N.London) competition of the US Open and the doubles (w/N.London) at the Australian Open as a junior in 1992.

Finalist in ’92 at Australian Open singles and Roland Garros doubles with Chanda Rubin.

Lindsay reached the second round at the 1992 US Open.
Ended the season ranked at # 159

1993

Lindsay reached the quarterfinals at the 1993 Indian Wells.

Just one week after she had turned pro Lindsay defeats the world no. 5

Gabriela Sabatini on her way to the quarter finals at Delray Beach.

Lindsay won her first Tour title at European Open at 16 years and 11 months

She reached the 4th round at the 1993 US Open and lost in three sets to no. 5 Sabatini.

Ended the year ranked at # 20

1994

Lindsay won two singles titles with victories in Brisbane and Lucerne.

Lindsay reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinals at the Australian Open (lost to Graf) and Wimbledon (lost to Martinez)

She qualified for the season-ending championships and lost to Sabatini.

Ended 1994 ranked at # 6.

1995

Seeded at no 1 Lindsay claimed the singes title in Strasbourg with win over no. 2 seed Kamiko Date

Lindsay reached the quarterfinal at the Australian Open for second consecutive year.

Ended the year ranked at # 12.

1996

In 1996 Lindsay won the Olympic gold medal after beating Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario. She was the ninth seeded player and upset four higher ranked players to take the gold medal.

She won two additional titles in Strasbourg defeating Paulus and in LosAngeles defeating Anke Huber.

She ends the year ranked at # 6.

1997

Won six titles at Oklahoma City, Indian Wells, Amelia Island, Atlanta, Zurich and Chicago.

Lindsay reached her first career Grand Slam semi-final at the US Open, where she lost to eventual champion Martina Hingis

1998

First Grand Slam singles title at the 1998 US Open, defeated top seed and defending champion Martina Hingis (6-3 7-5).

Became the No. 1 ranked player in the world on October 12, 1998.

She was a finalist at the season-ending championships with a win over Graf in the semi-final before losing to Martina Hingis in four sets in the best-of-five-sets final

Lindsay won six titles, US Open, Tokyo Pan Pacific, Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles and Zurich.

She ended the year ranked at # 1.

1999

Won second Grand Slam singles title at 1999 Wimbledon, defeating defending champion Jana Novotna in the quarterfinals and seven-time champion Steffi Graf in the final.

At the US Open, saved two match points to defeat Mary Pierce and advance to the semi-final before falling in three sets to eventual champion S. Williams

Lindsay won the season-ending championships defeating the no. 1 Martina Hingis in the final

Withdrew from Miami before her QF match with a sprained left wrist suffered during practice several days earlier; injury also caused her to withdraw from Hilton Head, the first round of Fed Cup, Filderstadt and Zurich

She reached the final at Philadelphia for a third straight year, winning it for the first time by defeating no. 1 Martina Hingis in the final.

Undefeated in Fed Cup play in 1999 and 2000, leading the United States to the title both years.
Ended the season ranked at # 2

2000

On April 17, 2000, became the fourth player since computer rankings began in 1977 to simultaneously hold the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, joining Martina Navratilova, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario and Martina Hingis.

By reaching the semi-finals at the Miami tournament in 2000 Lindsay regained the world No. 1 ranking and earned her 400th career match win.
At 2000 Scottsdale, became the seventh woman tennis player ever to cross the $10 million mark in career prize money.

Third career Grand Slam singles title at 2000 Australian Open and becoming the first America-born woman to win there since Chris Evert in 1984.

At Scottsdale, became the seventh woman tennis player ever to cross the $10 million mark in career prize money

Ended the 2000 season ranked at # 2.

2001

She was a finalist at her first tournament of 2001 in Sydney, falling to no.1 Martina Hingis 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

Lindsay reached the semi-final at the 2001 Australian Open.

Defeated the world no. 1 Martina Hingis to capture first title of year at Tokyo Pan Pacific.

Lindsay won her next tournament at Scottsdale, avenging her Australian Open loss to Capriati in the semi-final.

She advanced to the semi-final at Indian Wells before losing to eventual champion S. Williams.

After a two-and-a-half-month absence Lindsay returned from her knee injury to win Eastbourne and reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon.
Finalist at Stanford, falling to no. 6 Kim Clijsters

She reached the semi-final at San Diego defeated by no.3 V. Williams.

Lindsay became a winner at Los Angeles for a third time, defeating No. 10 Seles for the ninth straight time to move up to the No. 2 world ranking, her highest in four months

She was the finalist at New Haven, lost to V. Williams.

She reached the quarterfinals at the US Open before losing to S. Williams.

She won her fifth title of the year at Filderstadt, her career first in Germany.

Lindsay defeated Henin in the final; she also won the doubles at Filderstadt (w/Raymond), her first doubles title of the year.

She repeated the singles-doubles sweep the following week in Zurich to win for the third time there and improve her match record at the tournament to 15-1.

Lindsay won a third consecutive title in Linz, again beating Jelena Dokic in final.

At the season-ending championships she re-injured her right knee in last two points of semi-final and withdrew from the championships final v. S. Williams.

Ended the year ranked at # 1

2002

Unable to play due to knee injury.