Linsay Davenport

Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Davenport is part of a Volleyball family as they all play. Lucky for Lindsay she was able to play the sport she is so great with.

1993

Davenport is friends with many players including Monica Seles and Natasha Zvereva. She used to be great friends with Mary Joe Fernandez and they were a successful doubles combination. They used to watch each other play their singles matches. At the end of 1996 their friendship split as Lindsay dumped Mary Joe for another partner. She had heard rumours that Mary Joe was playing a limited schedule as they pulled out of the Wimbledon and US Open doubles tournaments.

Lindsay Davenport	Right handed, Double hand backhand.
Country	Croatia	Marital Status	Single
Height	179cm	Weight	65kg
Birthday	12/8/1977	Age	She is currently 22
Best surface	Hard	Best shot	Backhand
Standard Rank		Favourite Rank	12

Lindsay Davenport produces powerful groundstrokes, which she hits her shots well. Her major improvement to her game is her speed as she has lost a lot of weight. It is still a weakness but it has improved. Her volleys are good as she is a top doubles player also. Her serve is her strength as she uses her height to power serves, she also places it well.

1998

Davenport won her first grand slam without conceding a set at the US Open. She defeated Tauziat, Coetzer, Williams and Hingis. In warm up tornaments she defeated Williams, Graf, Hingis, Pierce, Majoli and Seles twice, to win 3 tournaments. She now is current No 1. Davenport reached the Semi finals at the Australian Open, where she defeated Williams but she lost to Martinez and she blew many opportunities with unforced errors. The following week she belted Coetzer 6-2 6-1 and thrashed Hingis 6-3 6-3 to win the title in Tokyo. She continued her solid form by reaching the Semi finals of the French Open, losing to Sanchez Vicario after defeating Majoli, defending champ, in the Quarter finals. Davenport reached the quarter finals for the second time of Wimbledon, where she fell to Tauziat. She currently has 5 titles for the year.

1997

Davenport beat Hingis 6-2 3-6 6-4 in the semi finals of Los Angeles. In the final she lost to Seles in 3 sets. Davenport won titles in Ameila Island, which she defeated Pierce 6-2 6-3. Davenport beat Williams, Fernandez 6-1 6-1, Spirlea 6-2 6-1 to win Indian Wells. In Chicago she avenged losses at the beginning of the year by beating Po and Capriati to take the title. She fell to Hingis in the US Open Semi finals. Davenport made the round of 16 at the Australian and French Opens. Davenport also made the final of Philadelphia where she lost to Hingis 7-6 6-7 7-6. This great year made Davenport's ranking rise to No 2.

1996

Davenport won her biggest title of her career by defeating Huber, Majoli, Fernandez and Sanchez Vicario to take the Olympic Gold Medal. She thrashed Graf 6-3 6-3 in Los Angeles to win the title. She had three tight matches with Graf in which she narrowly lost, including a 6-7 7-6 6-3 defeat in Indian Wells. In Sydney, Davenport came from 2-5 down in the 3rd set against Date to make the final. She played a terrific match against Seles in which she held a match point. She defeated Date 8-6 in the 3rd set to reach the Quarter finals of the French Open. She made the round of 16 at the Australian and US Opens.

1995

Davenport edged out a young Hingis to make the final of Sydney to begin the year. Davenport reached the Quarter finals of the Australian Open where she fell to Martinez in three sets. Davenport won the title in Strasburg on clay.

1994

Davenport reached the Quarter finals of Wimbledon where she thrashed Sabatini. She also thrashed Sabatini 6-2 6-1 at Lipton. Davenport thrashed Pierce and Novotna with 9 games between them to reach the final of New York. At the Australian Open, Davenport burst onto the scene defeating sixth seeded Fernandez to reach the Quarter finals. She took the title in the Brisbane heat, defeating the scrappy Labat in the final.

1993

Davenport beat 13-Coetzer to reach the round of 16 at the US Open. She came close to defeating Sabatini losing a tight night match 6-7 6-4 6-4.

Lindsay's GRAND SLAM Record

Grand Slam	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98
Australian	M	M	3	Q	Q	4	4	S
French	M	M	2	4	1	Q	4	S
Wimbledon	M	M	3	Q	4	1	2
US Open	1	2	4	2	3	4	S

M = Missed slams

Lindsay has won 2 Doubles Grand Slams, with Fernandez (96 French) and Novotna (97 US)

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Lindsay Davenport is a powerful hitter of the ball.

Lindsay Davenport

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