Marissa Irvin reached her highest singles ranking on August 12,2002, when she became No 51 in the world.
13 Facts About Marissa Irvin
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Marissa Irvin was named the Southern California Female Junior Player of the Year in 1994 and 1995, and won the Lee Carlson Award as her high school's most outstanding female athlete.
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Marissa Irvin reached her highest world junior ranking of No 1 in doubles and No 19 singles in 1997.
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Marissa Irvin attended Stanford University, where she was named a Stanford Academic Scholar Athlete and a GTE Academic All-American.
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Marissa Irvin reached the individual finals at the NCAA Championships in 1999 and 2000, as well as winning it for her team in 1999.
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Marissa Irvin was named the 2000 Honda Award winner as the nation's top female collegiate tennis player, was a four-time NCAA All-American and two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year during her two years playing college tennis.
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Marissa Irvin turned professional in 2000, having already reached a WTA ranking in the top 80 in the world as an amateur.
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Marissa Irvin achieved solid results on the ITF Women's Circuit winning her first professional tournament in Florida.
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Marissa Irvin had professional wins over Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, Dinara Safina, Anastasia Myskina, Meghann Shaughnessy, Elena Bovina, Amy Frazier, Gisela Dulko, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Marion Bartoli.
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Marissa Irvin's father, Richard, was a three-time All-American volleyball player at the University of California, Los Angeles, and led his team to three straight national titles.
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Marissa Irvin attended high school at Harvard-Westlake School, graduating with a 3.8 grade point average.
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Marissa Irvin was coached by Chuck Adams, and formerly by 1980 Australian Open champion Brian Teacher.
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Marissa Irvin graduated from Stanford University in 2007 with a degree in Political Science.