17 Facts About Rennae Stubbs

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Rennae Stubbs was born on 26 March 1971 and is an Australian tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional player.

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Rennae Stubbs is the host of The Power Hour on Amazon Prime Video Sports Talk.

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Rennae Stubbs worked at the Seven Network between 2011 and 2018 as an analyst and is a full time commentator for ESPN tennis and the host of her own podcast, The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast.

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Rennae Stubbs was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

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Rennae Stubbs was ranked world No 1 in doubles in 2000.

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Rennae Stubbs represented Australia at four successive Summer Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, and Beijing 2008.

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In 2001, Rennae Stubbs won the season-ending WTA Championships with regular partner Lisa Raymond and the pair were named ITF World Champions.

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Rennae Stubbs retired from Fed Cup play after the 2011 Fed Cup tie with Italy.

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Rennae Stubbs played on the WTA Tour for the rest of 2011 mostly with Casey Dellacqua and played her last tour match at the 2011 US Open with Dellacqua.

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Rennae Stubbs then finished her career winning the World TeamTennis title for the third time with the Washington Kastles, her fifth overall WTT title.

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Rennae Stubbs transitioned from her playing days immediately into a successful television career as a commentator and host for TV Networks including, ESPN, Tennis Channel and Channel Seven Australia.

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Rennae Stubbs worked as the lead female analyst at the 2012 London the 2016 Rio and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for NBC.

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Around this time, Rennae Stubbs was one of only two female top ten player coaches alongside Conchita Martinez.

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In January 2019, Rennae Stubbs received the OLY post-nominal title at the Brisbane International tournament.

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Rennae Stubbs subsequently had been added to the coaching team of Samantha Stosur.

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Rennae Stubbs coached Genie Bouchard throughout 2020 where Bouchard improved her ranking from 330 to 120 on the WTA rankings.

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On November 14,2022, Rennae Stubbs made her debut on The Power Hour.