South African tennis player
Lise Gregory (born 29 August 1963) is a South African former tennis player who played primarily doubles. She played left-handed. Her career-high doubles ranking in 1990 was no. 18. She reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and was one of the top eight teams participating in the year-end Virginia Slims Championships.
She played in college for the University of Miami, earning seven NCAA All-American awards in both singles and doubles and the NCAA doubles championship in 1986 with long-time doubles partner Ronni Reis.
After her playing career, she became a college coach, first assistant coach at Vanderbilt University, then head coach at Florida State University and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, earning numerous coaching awards.
WTA Tour finals[edit]
Doubles 13 (7–6)[edit]
Legend | Grand Slam | 0 | WTA Championships | 0 | Tier I | 0 | Tier II | 0 | Tier III | 2 | Tier IV & V | 3 | | Titles by surface | Hard | 4 | Clay | 1 | Grass | 1 | Carpet | 1 | |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Win | 1–0 | Oct 1987 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Hard | Ronni Reis | Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor | 7–5, 7–5 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 1988 | Aptos, California, US | Hard | Ronni Reis | Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | Feb 1989 | Wichita, Kansas, US | Clay | Manon Bollegraf | Sandy Collins Leila Meskhi | 6–2, 7–6 |
Loss | 3–1 | May 1989 | Berlin, Germany | Clay | Gretchen Magers | Liz Smylie Janine Tremelling | 7–5, 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3–2 | May 1989 | Strasbourg, France | Clay | Gretchen Magers | Mercedes Paz Judith Wiesner | 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–3 | Feb 1990 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US | Hard | Manon Bollegraf | Mary Lou Daniels Wendy White | 5–7, 2–7 |
Loss | 3–4 | Jun 1990 | Birmingham, England | Grass | Gretchen Magers | Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4–4 | Jul 1990 | Newport, Rhode Island, US | Grass | Gretchen Magers | Patty Fendick Anne Smith | 7–6, 6–1 |
Win | 5–4 | Sep 1990 | Leipzig, Germany | Carpet | Gretchen Magers | Manon Bollegraf Jo Durie | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
Win | 6–4 | Feb 1991 | Aurora, Colorado, US | Hard | Gretchen Magers | Patty Fendick Lori McNeil | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–5 | Apr 1991 | Hilton Head, South Carolina, US | Clay | Mary Lou Daniels | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Natalia Zvereva | 4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 7–5 | Jul 1991 | Westchester, New York, US | Hard | Rosalyn Nideffer | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 7–6 | Aug 1991 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, US | Hard | Mareen Harper | Katrina Adams Isabelle Demongeot | 7–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
ITF finals[edit]
Singles (1–2)[edit]
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Doubles: (7–1)[edit]
Result | No | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
Win | 1. | 16 June 1986 | Birmingham, United States | Clay | Heliane Steden | Ann Etheredge Sonia Hahn | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
Win | 2. | 23 June 1986 | Seabrook, United States | Clay | Manon Bollegraf | Alison Scott Michelle Turk | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 3. | 1 June 1987 | Brandon, United States | Clay | Ingelise Driehuis | Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington | 7–6(3), 6–7(8), 6–4 |
Win | 4. | 8 June 1987 | Key Biscayne, United States | Hard | Ingelise Driehuis | Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington | 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–2 |
Win | 5. | 15 June 1987 | Birmingham, United States | Hard | Ingelise Driehuis | Katrina Adams Sonia Hahn | 6–7(0), 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 6. | 29 June 1987 | Litchfield, United States | Clay | Ingelise Driehuis | Paulette Roux Rita Winebarger | 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 7. | 6 July 1987 | Seabrook, United States | Clay | Ingelise Driehuis | Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington | 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 8. | 13 November 1989 | Telford, United Kingdom | Hard | Linda Barnard | Anne Aallonen Simone Schilder | 3–6, 6–7 |
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