Lori McNeil

Lori McNeil

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Houston, Texas, USA
Born	(1963-12-18) December 18, 1963 San Diego, California, USA
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money	US$ 3,441,604
Singles
Career record	436–309
Career titles	10 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 9 (July 4, 1988)
Grand Slam Singles 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 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 4 (November 9, 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1987)
French Open	QF (1987, 1992, 1993)
Wimbledon	SF (1987)
US Open	SF (1995, 1996)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1997)
French Open	W (1988)
Wimbledon	F (1994)
US Open	QF (1992)

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. Lori's father Charlie McNeil played professional football with the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s.

Career

Lori McNeil attended Oklahoma State University for two years and played tennis for the Cowgirls, reaching the 1983 NCAA Quarterfinals (losing to eventual champion Beth Herr from USC). 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 against 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 tournament. Then, in 1994, McNeil beat Graf 7–5, 7–6 (7–5) in the first round at Wimbledon, marking the 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 3–6, 6–2, 10–8. This equalled McNeil's best-ever Grand Slam singles performance – she also reached the semi-finals at the US Open in 1987 (after defeating six-time champion Chris Evert in the quarterfinals) where she lost to Graf 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.

Grand Slam finals

Women's doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1987	Australian Open	Grass	Zina Garrison	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–1, 6–0

Mixed doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1987	French Open	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Pam Shriver Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	1988	French Open	Clay	Jorge Lozano	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Michiel Schapers	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1992	French Open	Clay	Bryan Shelton	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Mark Woodforde	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1994	Wimbledon	Grass	T. J. Middleton	Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 7–5, 6–3

WTA Tour Finals

Singles: 21 (10–11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	February 24, 1986	Oklahoma City	Carpet (I)	Marcella Mesker	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	July 14, 1986	Newport	Grass	Pam Shriver	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	September 15, 1986	Tampa	Hard	Zina Garrison	2–6, 7–5, 6–2
Winner	2.	September 22, 1986	Tulsa	Hard	Beth Herr	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	February 9, 1987	Oklahoma City	Hard	Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	March 29, 1987	Piscataway	Carpet (I)	Helena Suková	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	September 28, 1987	New Orleans	Carpet (I)	Chris Evert	3–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	February 22, 1988	Oklahoma City	Carpet (I)	Brenda Schultz	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	May 16, 1988	Geneva	Clay	Barbara Paulus	4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Winner	4.	July 11, 1988	Newport	Grass	Barbara Potter	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	January 30, 1989	Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	5.	August 14, 1989	Albuquerque	Hard	Elna Reinach	6–1, 6–3
Winner	6.	February 11, 1991	Denver	Carpet (I)	Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–4
Winner	7.	April 8, 1991	Tokyo	Hard	Sabine Appelmans	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	July 22, 1991	Westchester	Hard	Isabelle Demongeot	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	February 17, 1992	Oklahoma City	Hard (I)	Zina Garrison	5–7, 6–3, 5–7(10)
Winner	8.	June 15, 1992	Eastbourne	Grass	Linda Wild	6–4, 6–4
Winner	9.	June 7, 1993	Birmingham	Grass	Zina Garrison	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	10.	June 6, 1994	Birmingham	Grass	Zina Garrison	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	June 12, 1995	Birmingham	Grass	Zina Garrison	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	November 6, 1995	Philadelphia	Carpet (I)	Steffi Graf	1–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 64 (33–31)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	September 26, 1983	Bakersfield	Hard	Kylie Copeland	Ann Henricksson Patricia Medrado	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	April 1, 1985	Seabrook Island	Clay	Elise Burgin	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko	1–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	October 21, 1985	Brighton	Carpet (I)	Catherine Suire	Barbara Potter Helena Suková	4–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
Runner-up	2.	February 24, 1986	Oklahoma City	Carpet (I)	Catherine Suire	Marcella Mesker Pascale Paradis	6–2, 6–7(1), 1–6
Runner-up	3.	October 6, 1986	Zürich	Carpet (I)	Alycia Moulton	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	October 27, 1986	Indianapolis	Hard (I)	Zina Garrison	Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	4–5 ret.
Winner	4.	November 10, 1986	San Juan	Hard	Mercedes Paz	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	5.	December 1, 1986	Buenos Aires	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Manon Bollegraf Nicole Jagerman	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	January 12, 1987	Australian Open	Grass	Zina Garrison	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	February 9, 1987	Oklahoma City	Hard	Kim Sands	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	March 23, 1987	Washington, D.C.	Carpet (I)	Zina Garrison	Elise Burgin Pam Shriver	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	6.	March 29, 1987	Piscataway	Carpet (I)	Gigi Fernández	Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	April 6, 1987	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Zina Garrison	Mercedes Paz Eva Pfaff	6–7(6), 5–7
Runner-up	8.	April 20, 1987	Houston	Clay	Zina Garrison	Kathy Jordan Martina Navratilova	2–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	July 13, 1987	Newport	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Anne Hobbs Kathy Jordan	7–6(5), 7–5
Runner-up	9.	August 10, 1987	Los Angeles	Hard	Zina Garrison	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	August 17, 1987	Toronto	Hard	Zina Garrison	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6–1, 6–2
Winner	9.	August 24, 1987	Mahwah	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Anne Hobbs Elizabeth Smylie	6–3, 6–2
Winner	10.	September 28, 1987	New Orleans	Carpet (I)	Zina Garrison	Peanut Louie Harper Heather Ludloff	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	October 12, 1987	Filderstadt	Carpet (I)	Zina Garrison	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	November 9, 1987	Chicago	Carpet (I)	Zina Garrison	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	February 8, 1988	Dallas	Carpet (I)	Eva Pfaff	Gigi Fernández Zina Garrison	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	12.	February 29, 1988	San Antonio	Hard	Helena Suková	Rosalyn Fairbank Gretchen Magers	6–3, 6–7(5), 6–2
Winner	13.	April 4, 1988	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Gabriela Sabatini	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	April 18, 1988	Houston	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	7–6(4), 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	July 11, 1988	Newport	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Rosalyn Fairbank Barbara Potter	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	14.	October 3, 1988	New Orleans	Hard	Betsy Nagelsen	Beth Herr Candy Reynolds	4–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	October 24, 1988	Brighton	Carpet (I)	Betsy Nagelsen	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	7–6(5), 2–6, 7–6(4)
Winner	15.	November 7, 1988	Chicago	Carpet (I)	Betsy Nagelsen	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	November 28, 1988	Adelaide	Hard	Jana Novotná	Sylvia Hanika Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	5–7, 7–6(4), 4–6
Winner	16.	February 27, 1989	Oklahoma City	Hard (I)	Betsy Nagelsen	Elise Burgin Elizabeth Smylie	w/o
Runner-up	16.	March 20, 1989	Key Biscayne	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–7(5), 4–6
Runner-up	17.	April 24, 1989	Houston	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	3–6, 4–6
Winner	17.	May 22, 1989	Geneva	Clay	Katrina Adams	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	18.	July 17, 1989	Newport	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Elizabeth Smylie Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–7(5), 7–5
Winner	19.	October 23, 1989	Brighton	Carpet (I)	Katrina Adams	Hana Mandlíková Jana Novotná	4–6, 7–6(7), 6–4
Winner	20.	October 30, 1989	Indianapolis	Hard (I)	Katrina Adams	Claudia Porwik Larisa Savchenko	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	18.	February 11, 1991	Denver	Carpet (I)	Patty Fendick	Lise Gregory Gretchen Rush	4–6, 4–6
Winner	21.	May 20, 1991	Strasbourg	Clay	Stephanie Rehe	Manon Bollegraf Mercedes Paz	6–7(2), 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	19.	July 22, 1991	Westchester	Hard	Katrina Adams	Rosalyn Fairbank Lise Gregory	5–7, 4–6
Winner	22.	September 30, 1991	Milan	Carpet (I)	Sandy Collins	Sabine Appelmans Raffaella Reggi	7–6(0), 6–3
Runner-up	20.	October 7, 1991	Zürich	Carpet (I)	Zina Garrison	Jana Novotná Andrea Strnadová	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	21.	October 21, 1991	Brighton	Carpet (I)	Zina Garrison	Pam Shriver Natasha Zvereva	1–6, 2–6
Winner	23.	February 17, 1992	Oklahoma City	Hard (I)	Nicole Provis	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	3–6, 6–4, 7–6(6)
Runner-up	22.	May 18, 1992	Strasbourg	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Patty Fendick Andrea Strnadová	3–6, 4–6
Winner	24.	June 8, 1992	Birmingham	Grass	Rennae Stubbs	Sandy Collins Elna Reinach	5–7, 6–3, 8–6
Winner	25.	August 17, 1992	Montreal	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	23.	January 11, 1993	Sydney	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	6–7(4), 2–6
Runner-up	24.	February 1, 1993	Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Rennae Stubbs	Martina Navratilova Helena Suková	4–6, 3–6
Winner	26.	June 7, 1993	Birmingham	Grass	Martina Navratilova	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	6–3, 6–4
Winner	27.	March 28, 1994	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 4–1 ret.
Winner	28.	May 16, 1994	Strasbourg	Clay	Rennae Stubbs	Patricia Tarabini Caroline Vis	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	25.	March 6, 1995	Delray Beach	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Mary Joe Fernández Jana Novotná	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	26.	October 16, 1995	Brighton	Carpet (I)	Helena Suková	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	5–7, 1–6
Winner	29.	October 30, 1995	Oakland	Carpet (I)	Helena Suková	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	30.	November 6, 1995	Philadelphia	Carpet (I)	Helena Suková	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	27.	January 8, 1996	Sydney	Hard	Helena Suková	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	28.	February 19, 1996	Essen	Carpet (I)	Helena Suková	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	29.	June 10, 1996	Birmingham	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	30.	November 11, 1996	Philadelphia	Carpet (I)	Nicole Arendt	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	31.	October 26, 1998	Quebec City	Hard (I)	Kimberly Po	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	6–7(3), 7–5, 6–4
Winner	32.	February 19, 2001	Oklahoma City	Hard (I)	Amanda Coetzer	Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya	6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Runner-up	31.	May 21, 2001	Strasbourg	Clay	Amanda Coetzer	Silvia Farina Elia Iroda Tulyaganova	1–6, 6–7(0)
Winner	33.	September 10, 2001	Bahia	Hard	Amanda Coetzer	Nicole Arendt Patricia Tarabini	6–7(8), 6–2, 6–4

Grand Slam tournament timeline

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

• NH = tournament not held.
• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

External links

• Lori McNeil at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lori McNeil at the International Tennis Federation
• Lori McNeil at the Fed Cup