Lori McNeil

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**Lori McNeil**

Country	United States
Residence	Houston, Texas, USA
Date of birth	December 18, 1963 (1963-12-18) (age 44)
Place of birth	San Diego, California, USA
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61.2 kg (135 lb/9.64 st)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$3,441,604
Singles
Career record:	436–309
Career titles:	10
Highest ranking:	9
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1987)
French Open	3r (1988, 1992, 1994)
Wimbledon	SF (1994)
US Open	SF (1987)
Doubles
Career record:	605–335
Career titles:	33
Highest ranking:	4

Lori McNeil (born December 18, 1963, in San Diego, California) is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison.

1 Career
2 Grand Slam finals
- 2.1 Women's doubles
- 2.2 Mixed doubles
3 WTA Results
- 3.1 Singles Wins (10)
4 External links

[edit] Career

McNeil played on the WTA Tour for 19 years from 1983-2002. During that time she won one Grand Slam mixed doubles title at the French Open in 1988 (partnering Jorge Lozano). She won a total of 10 singles and 33 doubles titles during her career. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 9 in singles (in 1988), and World No. 4 in doubles (in 1987).

McNeil is perhaps best remembered for her results again Steffi Graf. In 1992, McNeil defeated Graf 7–5 6–4 in the first round of the WTA Tour Championships, marking the first time since 1985 that Graf had lost in the opening round of a touranment. Then, in 1994, McNeil beat Graf 7–5 7–6 (7–5) in the first round at Wimbledon, marking first time in Grand Slam history that a defending-champion suffered a first round loss. That year, McNeil went on to reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon before losing to eventual-champion Conchita Martínez 6–3, 2–6, 8-10. This equalled McNeil's best-ever Grand Slam singles performance - she also reached the semi-finals at the U.S. Open in 1987 where she lost to Graf 6–4, 2–6, 4–6.

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Women's doubles

Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1987	Australian Open	Zina Garrison	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	6–1, 6–0

[edit] Mixed doubles

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1988	French Open	Jorge Lozano	Brenda Schultz Michiel Schapers	7-5, 6-2

Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1987	French Open	Sherwood Stewart	Pam Shriver Emilio Sanchez	6-3, 7-6(4)
1992	French Open	Bryan Shelton	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Mark Woodforde	6-2, 6-3
1994	Wimbeldon	T.J. Middleton	Helena Sukova Todd Woodbridge	3-6, 7-5, 6-3

[edit] WTA Results

[edit] Singles Wins (10)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Tour Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (1)
Tier III (3)
Tier IV & 5 (4)
Pre-Tier wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 21, 1986	Tampa, FL, USA	Hard	Zina Garrison	2-6, 7-5, 6–2
2.	September 28, 1986	Tulsa, OK, USA	Hard	Beth Herr	6–0, 6–1
3.	February 28, 1988	Oklahoma City, OK, USA	Carpet (I)	Brenda Schultz	6–3, 6–2
4.	July 17, 1988	Newport, RI, USA	Grass	Barbara Potter	6–4, 4-6, 6–3
5.	August 20, 1989	Albuquerque, NM, USA	Hard	Elna Reinach	6–1, 6–3
6.	February 17, 1991	Denver, CO, USA	Carpet (I)	Manon Bollegraf	6-3, 6–4
7.	April 14, 1991	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Sabine Appelmans	2-6, 6–2, 6–1
8.	June 21, 1992	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Linda Wild	6–4, 6–4
9.	June 13, 1993	Birmingham, England	Grass	Zina Garrison	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
10.	June 12, 1994	Birmingham, England	Grass	Zina Garrison	6–2, 6–2