Lisa Whybourn

Lisa Whybourn

Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Bath, United Kingdom
Born	(1991-05-11) 11 May 1991 Huntingdon, United Kingdom
Retired	2017
Plays	Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	$105,720
Singles
Career record	141–132
Career titles	0 (0 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 250 (6 May 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	Q3 (2010)
Doubles
Career record	67–63
Career titles	0 (3 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 386 (6 August 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2013)
Medal record Representing  England Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 Pune Women's Doubles

Lisa Whybourn (born 11 May 1991) is an English retired tennis player.^[1] Whybourn broke into the top 400 in the world in June 2010 following her run to the final qualifying round at Wimbledon.^[2] She is originally from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire,^[3] but is now based at the Team Bath Tennis Academy in Bath, Somerset.^[4]

Career

Junior (2006–2009)

Lisa played her first junior ITF tournament in April 2006 and her last in the qualifying rounds for junior Wimbledon in June 2009. Over these three years she reached three singles finals (winning two of them) as well as three semifinals. She never passed the first round of junior Wimbledon and did not compete in any of the other three Grand Slam junior events. In doubles, she managed to win two titles. She was also a doubles runner-up twice and a semifinalist twice. Whybourn amassed a singles win-loss record of 31–22 and a win-loss record of 24–20 in doubles. Her career-high combined singles and doubles ranking was world No.177 which was achieved on 19 May 2008.^[5][6]

2006–2009

Lisa first competed on the ITF circuit in 2006 when she played two $10,000 events in Britain and lost in the qualifying rounds for each one. 2007 saw her compete in three more events worth $10,000 and again she lost in the qualifying stages. In 2008, she again competed in a number of lower-level ITF events and did not pass the first round in any of them.

Her first ITF semifinal came in September 2009 at the $10,000 event in Cumberland in London where she was beaten by Jade Windley, a fellow Brit. Immediately following this, she reached the second round of a $75,000 ITF in Shrewsbury before being beaten in straight sets by Elena Baltacha. After this she reached the quarterfinals of a $50,000 ITF event. Her very first year-end world ranking was No.531.^[7]

2010

In April 2010, Whybourn reached the semifinals of a $10,000 event before going on to reach her first ever ITF final later that month where she was beaten by a Slovakian, Romana Tabakova. Another $10,000 ITF quarterfinal followed before Whybourn received a wild card into the qualifying draw for the Aegon Classic in Birmingham where she was beaten by Sophie Ferguson. She was then the recipient of another wild card, this one allowing her entry into Wimbledon qualifying. She beat Sally Peers and Anna Floris before being stopped in the final qualifying round by Andrea Hlaváčková. Returning to the ITF circuit for the rest of the season, Lisa reached two more quarterfinals and one more semifinal. Her year-end ranking was world No.333.^[7]

In July 2017, Whybourn announced her retirement from tennis due to an accumulation of injuries and surgeries.^[8]

ITF finals (7–8)

Singles (0–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002010-04-27-000027 April 2010	Bournemouth, Great Britain	Clay	Romana Tabak	1–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	2.	000000002012-05-26-000026 May 2012	Astana, Kazakhstan	Hard (i)	Lyudmyla Kichenok	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	000000002013-04-28-000028 April 2013	Phuket, Thailand	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	0–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	000000002015-11-01-00001 November 2015	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Emily Arbuthnott	6–3, 1–6, 7–6(3–7)

Doubles (7–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	000000002010-06-29-000029 June 2010	Gausdal, Norway	Hard	Nicola George	Karen Barbat Mhairi Brown	2–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	000000002011-05-17-000017 May 2011	İzmir, Turkey	Hard	Naomi Broady	Mihaela Buzărnescu Tereza Mrdeža	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–7]
Winner	2.	000000002011-08-13-000013 August 2011	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Magali De Lattre	Isabella Shinikova Sofia Kvatsabaia	6–3, 2–6, [12–10]
Runner-up	2.	000000002011-08-20-000020 August 2011	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Tara Moore	Ashvarya Shrivastava Christina Shakovets	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	000000002012-08-20-000020 August 2012	Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Alexandra Walker	Anna Fitzpatrick Samantha Murray	2–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	11 March 2013	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Nicola Geuer	Viktorija Golubic Julia Kimmelmann	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	24 October 2015	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Emily Arbuthnott	Hsu Chieh-yu Anna Morgina	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	31 October 2015	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Emily Arbuthnott	Vicky Geurinckx Tereza Mihalíková	6–3, 6–0
Winner	6.	6 November 2015	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Freya Christie	Steffi Carruthers Sabastiani León	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	14 November 2015	Bath, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Freya Christie	Sarah Beth Askew Olivia Nicholls	6–1, 4–6, [2–10]
Winner	7.	30 April 2016	Pula, Italy	Clay	Pia König	Marcella Cucca Camilla Scala	1–6, 7–5, [11–9]

References

External links

• Lisa Whybourn at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lisa Whybourn at the International Tennis Federation
• Lisa Whybourn at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile