Jane O'Donoghue was born on 29 March 1983 and is a retired British tennis player who turned professional in 2000 and played her last match on the pro circuit in 2007.
19 Facts About Jane O'Donoghue
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Jane O'Donoghue was born in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester in 1983.
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Jane O'Donoghue's father John is a PE teacher, her mother works in a bank, and her two older brothers, Paul and Mark, both studied at the University of Oxford.
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Jane O'Donoghue has 10 GCSEs all of which are grade A Jane O'Donoghue began playing tennis at age 9 and turned professional at the age of 17.
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Jane O'Donoghue competed on the junior ITF Circuit from July 1997 until June 2001.
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Jane O'Donoghue won one singles title over the course of her four-year career, at the 2001 Japan Open Junior Championships, and she was a semifinalist four times and a quarterfinalist on eight occasions.
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Jane O'Donoghue reached the second round of Wimbledon twice in 2000 and 2001 but her greatest junior Grand Slam success came in 2001 when Jane reached the third round of the Australian Open.
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Jane O'Donoghue won her only junior doubles title in August 1999 partnering Elena Baltacha.
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Jane O'Donoghue reached three more finals, three semifinals and seven quarterfinals.
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Jane O'Donoghue played her first match on the adult ITF Circuit in September 1998 in the qualifying draw for the $10k in Sunderland.
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Jane O'Donoghue attempted to qualify for three $10k events in 1999 but did not win a match.
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Jane O'Donoghue again finished the season without a world ranking.
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Jane O'Donoghue started her 2000 season with her first main draw ITF appearance courtesy of a wildcard into the $10k event in Hatfield.
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Jane O'Donoghue's year-end ranking at the end of 2001 was world No 471.
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In January 2002, Jane O'Donoghue won her first professional title in Bournemouth Two weeks later, she won the second ITF title of her career in Hatfield.
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Jane O'Donoghue received a wildcard into the main draw of Wimbledon where she lost to the top seed Venus Williams in the first round.
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Jane O'Donoghue was given a wildcard into Wimbledon and was beaten in round one by Marlene Weingartner.
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At Wimbledon, Jane O'Donoghue beat Lindsay Lee-Waters in the first round to give her the first Grand Slam main-draw victory of her career.
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Jane O'Donoghue's year-end ranking in 2005 was world No 250, and her season-ending ranking in 2006 was world No 336.