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Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport Full name Lindsay Ann Davenport Country  United States Residence Laguna Beach, California Born (1976-06-08) June 8, 1976 (age 38) Palos Verdes, California Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) Turned pro February 22, 1993 Retired 2010 (unofficial retirement) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach(es) Robert Lansdorp Craig Kardon (1994–1995) Robert Van't Hof (1995–2003) Rick Leach (2003–?) Adam Petersen (2006–2010) Prize money $22,166,338 6th in all-time rankings Int. Tennis HOF 2014 (member page) Singles Career record 753–194 (79.5%) Career titles 55 Highest ranking No. 1 (October 12, 1998) Grand Slam Singles results Australian Open W (2000) French Open SF (1998) Wimbledon W (1999) US Open W (1998) Other tournaments Tour Finals W (1999) Olympic Games Gold Medal (1996) Doubles Career record 387–116 Career titles 38 (1 ITF) Highest ranking No. 1 (October 20, 1997) Grand Slam Doubles results Australian Open F (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005) French Open W (1996) Wimbledon W (1999) US Open W (1997) Team competitions Fed Cup W (1996, 1999, 2000) Hopman Cup W (2004) Coaching career (2015–) Madison Keys (2015–) Last updated on: December 4, 2012. Olympic medal record Women's tennis Competitor for the  United States Gold 1996 Atlanta Women's singles Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. She was ranked World No. 1 on eight different occasions. Since 1975, she is one of five women who have been the year-end World No. 1 at least four times (1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005); the others are Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams who most recently completed the feat (2002, 2009, 2013, 2014). Davenport was coached for most of her career by Robert Van't Hof. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding 40 years. Davenport was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014.

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