Lise Gregory

Lise Gregory

Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	(1963-08-29) 29 August 1963 Durban, South Africa
Retired	1993
Plays	Left-handed
College	University of Miami
Prize money	$244,383
Singles
Career record	88–76
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 167 (7 December 1987)
Doubles
Career record	182–105
Career titles	7 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 17 (8 April 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1991)
French Open	3R (1989, 1990)
Wimbledon	3R (1990)
US Open	3R (1989, 1990, 1991)

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

Doubles 13 (7–6)

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 Fairbank	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

Singles (1–2)

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	8 June 1985	Boynton Beach, United States	Hard	Halle Cioffi	w/o
Loss	2.	7 June 1987	Boca Raton, United States	Clay	Kim Labuschagne	6-4, 3-6, 3-6
Win	3.	26 July 1987	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Jennifer Santrock	4-6, 7-5, 7-6(5)

Doubles: (7–1)

Result	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	'Opponents	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

External links

• Lise Gregory at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lise Gregory at the International Tennis Federation
• Biography on the UNC Asheville site
• University of Miami women's tennis records