19 Facts About Lisa Raymond

Lisa Raymond was born on August 10,1973 and is an American retired professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis.

Lisa Raymond was ranked No 1 on five separate occasions in her career over a combined total of 137 weeks and finished as the year-end No 1 doubles player in both 2001 and 2006.

Lisa Raymond currently holds the record of most doubles match wins and most doubles matches played in WTA history, and earned more than $10 million in prize money in her career.

Lisa Raymond is one of the few players to win a 'Career Grand Slam' in doubles, which she accomplished after winning the 2006 French Open title.

Lisa Raymond is an Olympic medalist, having won the bronze medal in the mixed-doubles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics for the US team, partnering with Mike Bryan.

Lisa Raymond reached a total of 122 WTA doubles finals and won 79 titles ; Raymond won a doubles title every single year between 1993 and 2012, a span of 20 years.

Lisa Raymond reached the second week of a Grand Slam eight times, with her best results being two quarterfinal appearances at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships and the 2004 Australian Open, and six separate fourth round finishes.

Lisa Raymond received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team.

Lisa Raymond was the first player to win all three collegiate Grand Slam titles in a single season.

Lisa Raymond was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2003.

The year 2007 was a good one for Raymond and Stosur, with the pair winning five titles; that year, Lisa decided to retire from her singles career.

However, Stosur was diagnosed with a virus, forcing her to miss the second half of the season meaning Lisa Raymond had to play with various partners.

Lisa Raymond began 2008 playing with Elena Likhovtseva with solid results but was cut short due to injury but then reunited with former partner Sam Stosur in May, after the latter's return from injury.

In 2009, Lisa Raymond began a partnership with Kveta Peschke, where they reached four finals and two semifinals before their year was cut short by an injury to Peschke, just before Wimbledon.

Lisa Raymond played with different partners, winning one title, taking her tally to 68.

Lisa Raymond started the year by reuniting with former partner Rennae Stubbs.

Lisa Raymond has now won six women's Grand Slam doubles titles, three at the US Open, bringing her grand total to nine and 73 doubles titles in total.

Lisa Raymond reached the final of her first tournament of the year, Hobart, with Zhang Shuai as her partner.

Lisa Raymond's best result in the mixed doubles was a second-round exit at the Australian Open with Mariusz Fyrstenberg from Poland as her partner.