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Lindsay A. Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Rancho
Palos Verdes|Palos Verdes, California) is an
United States|American and current World No. 1
professional female tennis player. She has won
three Grand Slam in tennis|Grand Slam tournaments:
the 1998 US Open (tennis)|U.S. Open, 1999
Wimbledon championships|Wimbledon, and the 2000
Australian Open. She also won the Olympic
Games|Olympic gold medal in 1996. Davenport was
ranked as a #1 women singles and doubles player
several times between 1998 and 2001, and twice
again in 2004. She has been ranked number one
throughout the 2005 season. She was the year-end
#1 player in 1998, 2001 and 2004. She won three
doubles Grand Slam in tennis|majors: the 1996
French Open|Roland Garros, 1997 US Open
(tennis)|US Open, and 1999 Wimbledon
championships|Wimbledon. Her father, Wink
Davenport, was a member of the US Olympic
volleyball team in 1968 Summer Olympics|1968.

Her game is built largely around her
groundstrokes, which are considered to be among
the most cleanly-struck in women's tennis. Lack of
court speed is perhaps her greatest weakness,
partly because of her size; at slightly over 6'2"
(1.89 m), she is one of the tallest women ever to
play top-level tennis. However, she has worked to
overcome this by losing weight, overhauling her
conditioning program, and becoming mentally
stronger. She is an advocate for the mental game,
as evidenced by her comments on the cover of
"Smart Tennis: How to Play and Win the Mental
Game." 

She has a reputation amongst the tennis press, and
thus much of the tennis-watching public, of being
reasonably thoughtful, polite, and balanced,
unlike some of her contemporaries. She is also
known among fans and subject experts to be a good
autograph signer. However, her relative lack of
"charisma" (or, more likely, her less glamorous
appearance than some others on the tour) has
resulted in less attention being paid her than
some contemporaries with inferior results (see
Anna Kournikova).

Davenport married investment banker and former
All-American tennis player Jon Leach, brother of
tennis player Rick Leach, in 2003.

Lindsay had an excellent year in 2004. She won a
tour-high seven titles including four straight
during the summer, and posted the most match wins
on the WTA with 63. She finished the year ranked
Number 1 for the third time in her career. Her
success continued into 2005 when she made her
first Grand Slam final, at the Australian Open,
since the US Open in 2001.

Davenport bypassed the European clay-court warm-up
season and went to the French Open without having
played a professional competitive match for some
weeks. She confounded expectations with a run
through to the quarter-finals on her least
favourite surface after four tough three-set
matches, including a thrilling from-behind win
against Kim Clijsters. Davenport lost to eventual
runner-up Mary Pierce but returned for The
Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon as the top
seed.

She easily made it to the fourth round, tested by
Kim Clijsters again, but she came through to win
her second successive match against the
rejuvenated Belgian. Davenport then sailed to the
semi-finals, where her match against Amelie
Mauresmo was interrupted by rain and was completed
over the course of two days. Davenport eventually
defeated Mauresmo 6-7 7-6 6-4 and faced 14th
seeded Venus Williams in an all-American final.
The thrilling epic found Davenport leading most of
the way including holding one match point at 5-4
final set.  Williams went on to win 4-6 7-6 9-7 in
the longest and possibly one of the most dramatic
The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon finals in
history.  In that match, Davenport sustained a
serious back injury which forced her withdrawl
from  Fed Cup competition.  Davenport returned to
the tour in Palo Alto, California.  After
reinjuring her back in a warmup just hours before
her match, Davenport retired while trailing 5-0 in
the first set.  This back injury then forced her
to withdraw from other hardcourt events in
Carlsbad and Los Angeles.


==Titles (82)==
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| Grand Slam (3)
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| WTA Championships (1)
|- bgcolor="gold"
| Olympic Gold (1)
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| Tier I Event (10)
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| WTA Tour (32)
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===Singles (48)===
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|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Opponent in the final
|Score
|-
| 1.  
| 1993-05-17  
| Lucerne, Switzerland
| Clay
| Nicole Bradtke (Australia) 
| 6-1 4-6 6-2 
|- 
| 2.
| 1994-01-03 
| Brisbane, Australia
| Hard
| Florencia Labat (Argentina)
| 6-1 2-6 6-3 
|-
| 3.
| 1994-05-16 
| Lucerne, Switzerland
| Clay
| Lisa Raymond (USA)
| 7-6 6-4
|-
| 4. 
| 1995-05-22 
| Strasbourg, France 
| Clay
| Kimiko Date (Japan)
| 3-6 6-1 6-2
|- 
| 5. 
| 1996-05-20 
| Strasbourg, France 
| Clay
| Barbara Paulus (Austria)
| 6-3 7-6 
|- bgcolor="gold"
| 6. 
| 1996-07-22 
| 1996 Summer Olympics|The Olympics, Atlanta, USA
| Hard
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain)
| 7-6 6-2
|- 
| 7. 
| 1996-08-12 
| Los Angeles, USA
| Hard
| Anke Huber (Germany)
| 6-2 6-3
|-
| 8. 
| 1997-02-17 
| Oklahoma City, USA 
| Hard
| Lisa Raymond (USA) 
| 6-4 6-2 
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"
| 9. 
| 1997-03-03 
| Indian Wells Masters|Indian Wells, USA 
| Hard
| Irina Spirlea (Romania) 
| 6-2 6-1 
|- 
| 10.
| 1997-04-07 
| Amelia Island, USA
| Clay
| Mary Pierce (France)
| 6-2 6-3
|-
| 11. 
| 1997-08-18  
| Atlanta, USA
| Hard
| Sandrine Testud (France) 
| 6-4 6-1 
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"
| 12. 
| 1997-10-13 
| Zurich, Switzerland
| Hard
| Nathalie Tauziat (France) 
| 7-6 7-5
|-
| 13. 
| 1997-11-03
| Chicago, Illinois, USA 
| Carpet  
| Nathalie Tauziat (France)
| 6-0 7-5 
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"
| 14.
| 1998-02-02  
| Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan
| Carpet
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 
| 6-3 6-3
|- 
| 15.  
| 1998-07-27 
| Stanford, USA
| Hard
| Venus Williams (USA) 
| 6-4 5-7 6-4 
|- 
| 16. 
| 1998-08-03 
| San Diego, USA
| Hard
| Mary Pierce (France)  
| 6-3 6-1
|- 
| 17. 
| 1998-08-10 
| Los Angeles, USA 
| Hard
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 
| 4-6 6-4 6-3
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb"
| 18.
| 1998-08-31
| US Open, New York City|New York, USA
| Hard
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland)  
| 6-3 7-5
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"
| 19.
| 1998-10-12   
| Zurich, Switzerland
| Hard
| Venus Williams (USA)
| 7-5 6-3
|-
| 20.
| 1999-01-11 
| Sydney, Australia
| Hard   
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
| 6-4 6-3
|- 
| 21. 
| 1999-05-17 
| Madrid, Spain 
| Clay
| Paola Suarez (Argentina)  
| 6-1 6-3
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb"
| 22.
| 1999-06-21 
| The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon, London,
Great Britain
| Grass
| Steffi Graf (Germany)
| 6-4 7-5 
|-  
| 23. 
| 1999-07-26  
| Stanford, USA
| Hard
| Venus Williams (USA) 
| 7-6 6-2 
|-
| 24. 
| 1999-09-20  
| Tokyo, Japan
| Hard
| Monica Seles (USA) 
| 7-5 7-6
|-
| 25. 
| 1999-11-08  
| Philadelphia, USA 
| Carpet
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
| 6-3 6-4
|- bgcolor="#ffffcc"
| 26. 
| 1999-11-15 
| WTA Tour Championships|Chase Championships, New
York, USA 
| Hard
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
| 6-4 6-2
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb"
| 27.
| 2000-01-17
| Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia
| Hard
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
| 6-1 7-5
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"
| 28. 
| 2000-03-06 
| Indian Wells Masters|Indian Wells, USA
| Hard
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland)  
| 4-6 6-4 6-0
|-
| 29.
| 2000-10-16 
| Linz, Austria
| Carpet
| Venus Williams (USA) 
| 6-4 3-6 6-2 
|-
| 30.
| 2000-11-06
| Philadelphia, USA
| Carpet
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 
| 7-6 6-4
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"
| 31. 
| 2001-01-29  
| Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan
| Carpet
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland)  
| 6-7 6-4 6-2 
|-
| 32.
| 2001-02-26 
| Scottsdale, USA
| Hard
| Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)  
| 6-2 6-3
|-
| 33.
| 2001-06-18 
| Eastbourne, Great Britain 
| Grass
| Magui Serna (Spain)
| 6-2 6-0 
|-
| 34.
| 2001-08-06 
| Los Angeles, USA
| Hard
| Monica Seles (USA)
| 6-3 7-5
|- 
| 35. 
| 2001-10-08 
| Stuttgart|Filderstadt, Germany
| Hard
| Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium) 
| 7-5 6-4 
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"

| 36.
| 2001-10-15 
| Zurich, Switzerland
| Hard
| Jelena Dokic (Serbia & Montenegro) 
| 6-3 6-1 
|-
| 37.
| 2001-10-22 
| Linz, Austria
| Carpet
| Jelena Dokic (Serbia & Montenegro) 
| 6-4 6-1
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"
| 38.
| 2003-01-27 
| Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan 
| Carpet
| Monica Seles (USA)  
| 6-7 6-1 6-2 
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"
| 39.
| 2004-02-02
| Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan
| Carpet
| Magdalena Maleeva (Bulgaria) 
| 6-4 6-1
|-
| 40.
| 2004-04-05 
| Amelia Island, USA
| Clay
| Amelie Mauresmo (France)
| 6-4 6-4 
|-
| 41.
| 2004-07-12
| Stanford, USA
| Hard
| Venus Williams (USA)
| 7-6 5-7 7-6
|-
| 42.
| 2004-07-19 
| Los Angeles, USA
| Hard
| Serena Williams (USA)
| 6-1 6-3
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"
| 43.
| 2004-07-26
| San Diego, USA
| Hard
| Anastasia Myskina (Russia) 
| 6-1 6-1
|-
| 44.
| 2004-08-16 
| Cincinnati Masters|Cincinnati, USA 
| Hard
| Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 
| 6-3 6-2
|-
| 45.
| 2004-10-04 
| Stuttgart|Filderstadt, Germany
| Hard
| Amelie Mauresmo (France)
| 6-2 RET
|-
| 46.
| 2005-03-05
| Dubai, UAE
| Hard
| Jelena Jankovic|Jelena Janković (Serbia and
Montenegro)
| 6-4 3-6 6-4
|-
| 47.
| 2005-04-04
| Amelia Island, USA
| Clay
| Silvia Farina Elia (Italy)
| 7-5 7-5
|-
| 48.
| 2005-08-20
| New Haven, USA
| Hard
| Amélie Mauresmo (France)
| 6-4 6-4
|}

===Performance Timeline===
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2001 !! 2000 !! 1999 !! 1998 !! 1997 !! 1996 !!
1995 !! 1994 !! 1993 !! 1992 !! 1991 !! Career
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|Australian Open
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|French Open
|align="center"|QF
|align="center"|4r
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|Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon
|align="center"|F
|align="center"|SF
|align="center"|QF
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|align="center"|SF
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|align="center"|W
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|U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open
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|align="center"|SF
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===Doubles (35)===

==See also==
* List of female tennis players
* Wimbledon champions (Ladies' Singles)

==External links==
*wta|id=40106|name=Lindsay Davenport


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