18 Facts About Lisa Whybourn

Lisa Whybourn was born on 11 May 1991 and is an English former professional tennis player.

Lisa Whybourn broke into the world top 250 in June 2010 following her run to the final qualifying round at Wimbledon.

Lisa Whybourn played her first junior ITF tournament in April 2006 and her last in the qualifying rounds for the Wimbledon Championships in June 2009.

Lisa Whybourn reached three singles finals, and three semifinals, during those three years.

Lisa Whybourn never passed the first round of junior Wimbledon, and she did not compete in any of the other three Grand Slam junior events.

Lisa Whybourn was a doubles runner-up twice and a semifinalist twice.

Lisa Whybourn's career-high combined singles and doubles ranking was world No 177 which was achieved on 19 May 2008.

Lisa Whybourn first competed on the ITF Circuit in 2006, when she played in two $10k events in Britain, and she lost in the qualifying rounds for each one.

Lisa Whybourn competed in three more $10k Futures in 2007 but lost in the qualifying stages, again.

Lisa Whybourn then competed in a number of lower-level ITF events in 2008, and did not pass the first round in any of them.

Lisa Whybourn followed that event by reaching the second round of the $75k tournament in Shrewsbury.

Lisa Whybourn eventually lost to Elena Baltacha in straight sets.

Lisa Whybourn reached the semifinals of a $10k event in April 2010, and eventually reached her first ITF final later in April, in which she was beaten by Romana Tabakova.

Lisa Whybourn reached the quarterfinal round of another $10k event.

Lisa Whybourn received a wildcard into the qualifying draw for the Birmingham Classic, and she was beaten by Sophie Ferguson.

Lisa Whybourn beat Sally Peers and Anna Floris, before being stopped in the final round by Andrea Hlavackova.

Lisa Whybourn returned to the ITF Circuit for the rest of the season.

Lisa Whybourn announced her retirement from tennis in July 2017, due to an accumulation of injuries and surgeries.