1. Rennae Stubbs was born on 26 March 1971 and is an Australian former professional tennis player, coach and television commentator.
20 Facts About Rennae Stubbs
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Rennae Stubbs was ranked number 1 in the world in doubles, and the winner of 4 grand slams doubles titles and 2 mixed doubles titles as well as 66 WTA doubles titles.
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Rennae Stubbs is the host of "The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast".
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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.
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Rennae Stubbs was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
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In January 2019, Stubbs received the OLY post-nominal title at the Brisbane International tournament.
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Rennae Stubbs reached her highest ranking in singles on the WTA TOUR of 64 but it was in doubles that Rennae Stubbs was outstanding, winning four Grand Slam doubles titles and two mixed-doubles titles.
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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 and as the host of her own sports show, The Power Hour on Amazon in 2024.
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Rennae Stubbs worked as the lead female analyst at the 2012 London the 2016 Rio and the 2020 Tokyo and the Paris Olympics for NBC.
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Rennae Stubbs is currently hosting the Pod "The French Connection" with Sam Querrey for NBC Sports and Racquet.
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On November 14,2022, Rennae Stubbs made her debut on The Power Hour.
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From August 2018 until spring 2019, Rennae Stubbs was coach of Karolina Pliskova.
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Rennae Stubbs subsequently was 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.