Lise Gregory

Lise Gregory
Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	29 August 1963 (age 61); Durban, South Africa
Retired	1993
Plays	Left-handed
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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	18 October 1987	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Ronni Reis	Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor	7–5, 7–5
Winner	2.	31 July 1988	Aptos, California, USA	Hard	Ronni Reis	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	26 February 1989	Wichita, Kansas, USA	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Sandy Collins Leila Meskhi	6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	21 May 1989	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Gretchen Magers	Liz Smylie Janine Tremelling	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	28 May 1989	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Gretchen Magers	Mercedes Paz Judith Wiesner	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	25 February 1990	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Mary Lou Daniels Wendy White	5–7, 2–7
Runner-up	7.	17 June 1990	Birmingham, England	Grass	Gretchen Magers	Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	22 July 1990	Newport, Rhode Island, USA	Grass	Gretchen Magers	Patty Fendick Anne Smith	7–6, 6–1
Winner	9.	30 September 1990	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Gretchen Magers	Manon Bollegraf Jo Durie	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	10.	17 February 1991	Aurora, Colorado, USA	Hard	Gretchen Magers	Patty Fendick Lori McNeil	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	7 April 1991	Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA	Clay	Mary Lou Daniels	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 0–6
Winner	12.	28 July 1991	Westchester, New York, USA	Hard	Rosalyn Fairbank	Katrina Adams Lori McNeil	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	11 August 1991	Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA	Hard	Mareen Harper	Katrina Adams Isabelle Demongeot	7–6, 4–6, 3–6

ITF Finals

Singles Finals (1–2)

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

Doubles Finals: (7–1)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	16 June 1986	Birmingham, United States	Clay	Heliane Steden	Ann Etheredge Sonia Hahn	6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Winner	2.	23 June 1986	Seabrook, United States	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Alison Scott Michelle Turk	6–2, 6–1
Winner	3.	1 June 1987	Brandon, United States	Clay	Ingelise Driehuis	Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–7⁽⁸⁾, 6–4
Winner	4.	8 June 1987	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Ingelise Driehuis	Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington	3–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–2
Winner	5.	15 June 1987	Birmingham, United States	Hard	Ingelise Driehuis	Katrina Adams Sonia Hahn	6–7⁽⁰⁾, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	29 June 1987	Litchfield, United States	Clay	Ingelise Driehuis	Paulette Roux Rita Winebarger	7–5, 6–2
Winner	7.	6 July 1987	Seabrook, United States	Clay	Ingelise Driehuis	Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	13 November 1989	Telford, United Kingdom	Hard	Linda Barnard	Anne Aallonen Simone Schilder	3–6, 6–7

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