Valda Lake

Valda Lake (born 11 October 1968) is a former tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1983 and retired in 1997. Over the course of her career she reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 172 in singles (achieved on 11 April 1988) and number 56 in doubles (achieved on 20 June 1994). During her career, Lake was more successful in doubles than she was in singles, winning eight ITF titles and reaching the final of the 1994 China Open.[1] She represented Great Britain in the Olympics held in Atlanta 1996 playing doubles with Clare Wood and reaching the quarter-finals before losing to the Gold Medalist American Team- Gigi Fernandez and Mary Jo Fernandez. Currently lives in Los Angeles and owns an art gallery "Wallspace" and is a set decorator in TV commercials.

Valda Lake
Full nameValda Lake
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born (1968-10-11) 11 October 1968
Torquay, Devon, UK
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Turned pro1983
Retired1997
Prize money$169,985
Singles
Career record82–111
Career titles0 WTA (0 ITF)
Highest ranking172 (11 April 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (1988)
Wimbledon2R (1989)
Doubles
Career record156–186
Career titles0 WTA (8 ITF)
Highest ranking56 (20 June 1994)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (1994)
French Open1R (1994, 1995, 1996)
Wimbledon3R (1993)
US Open1R (1993, 1994, 1995)
Mixed doubles
Career record2–5
Career titles0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1994, 1995)

WTA tour and ITF circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I (0–0)
WTA Tier II – IV (0–0)
ITF Circuit (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 10 May 1993 $10,000 Basingston, Great Britain Hard Marianne Vallin 2–6, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles: 18 (8–10)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I (0–0)
WTA Tier II – IV (0–1)
ITF Circuit (8–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–8)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–1)
Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 21 July 1986 $5,000 Amersfoort, Netherlands Clay Kaye Hand Ingelise Driehuis
Simone Schilder
1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner 17 November 1986 $10,000 Croydon, Great Britain Carpet (i) Clare Wood Digna Ketelaar
Simone Schilder
7–6, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up 1 December 1986 $10,000 Vereeniging, South Africa Hard Katie Rickett Mary Daily
Cornelia Lechner
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 8 December 1986 $10,000 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Katie Rickett Linda Barnard
Mariaan de Swardt
4–6, 6–7
Runner-up 15 December 1986 $25,000 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Katie Rickett Elna Reinach
Monica Reinach
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 20 April 1987 $10,000 Queens, Great Britain Hard Isle de Ruysscher Jo Louis
Frederique Martin
1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner 11 May 1987 $10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain Clay Andrea Tiezzi Ilana Berger
Titia Wilmink
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 3 October 1988 $25,000 Eastbourne, Great Britain Hard (i) Anne Simpkin Carin Bakkum
Simone Schilder
4–6, 4–6
Winner 18 September 1989 $10,000 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Claudine Toleafoa Paulette Moreno
Karin Ptaszek
7–6, 1–6, 7–5
Winner 18 February 1991 $10,000 Croydon, Great Britain Carpet (i) Sara Gomer Claire Wegink
Dorien Wamelink
6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up 25 February 1991 $10,000 Norwich, Great Britain Carpet (i) Anne Simpkin Anke Marchl
Dorien Wamelink
4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Runner-up 29 April 1991 $10,000 Basingstoke, Great Britain Hard Virginia Humphreys-Davies Caroline Billingham
Lesley O'Halloran
5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Winner 16 September 1991 $25,000 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Meike Babel Ivana Havrlíková
Kateřina Šišková
7–5, 6–0
Runner-up 26 April 1993 $10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain Hard Colette Hall Paula Iversen
Michele Mair
2–6, 4–6
Winner 10 May 1993 $10,000 Basingston, Great Britain Hard Robyn Mawdsley Sabine Haas
Liezel Horn
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 14 February 1994 $100,000 China Open, Beijing, China Hard (i) Kerry-Anne Guse Chen Li-Ling
Fang Li
0–6, 2–6
Winner 26 February 1996 $50,000 Southampton, Great Britain Carpet (i) Clare Wood Laura Golarsa
Tina Križan
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Winner 4 March 1996 $25,000 Rockford, United States Hard Elly Hakami Anna Kournikova
Ludmila Varmužová
6–2, 6–3

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.