Claire Taylor (tennis)

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Claire Taylor
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1975-02-17) 17 February 1975 (age 50)
Banbury, England
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$77,207
Singles
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 183 (24 June 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 2R (1996)
Doubles
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 184 (23 December 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1993, 1994, 1997)

Claire Shepherd (born 17 February 1975) is a British former professional tennis player. She competed during her career as Claire Taylor.

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A left-handed player from Oxfordshire, Taylor reached a best ranking of 183 in the world during her career. [1]

Taylor made three singles appearances in the main draw of Wimbledon, the first in 1994 when she came up against Martina Navratilova. [2] She won through to the second round once, in 1996, after beating Joanne Ward in a match between two British wildcards.

ITF finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.31 January 1994 Telford, United KingdomHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ekaterina Roubanova6–3, 6–0
Loss1.9 May 1994 Bracknell, United KingdomHard Flag of South Africa.svg Nannie de Villiers 2–6, 2–6
Loss2.31 July 1995 Ilkley, United KingdomGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kate Warne-Holland6–4, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss3.10 October 1995 Telford, United KingdomHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amanda Hopmans 4–6, 3–6
Win2.15 January 1996 Woodlands, United StatesHard Flag of Israel.svg Hila Rosen 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss4.10 February 1997 Birmingham, United KingdomHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shirli-Ann Siddall 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.3 May 1993 Bracknell, United KingdomHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Woodroffe Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Egorova
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Parkhomenko 		6–7, 1–6
Win1.4 April 1994 Harare, ZimbabweHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kate Warne-Holland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michele Mair
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Karen van der Merwe		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss2.May 1995 Edinburgh, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kaye Hand Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Karen Cross
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lizzie Jelfs 		6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Loss3.May 1995 Lee-on-the-Solent, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kaye Hand Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robyn Mawdsley
Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Egorova 		6–7(0–7), 2–6
Loss4.31 March 1996 Caen, FranceClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Amanda Wainwright Flag of Sweden.svg Annica Lindstedt
Flag of Sweden.svg Anna-Karin Svensson 		4–6, 6–7
Win2.15 April 1996 Elvas, PortugalHard Flag of South Africa.svg Tessa Price Flag of Finland.svg Hanna-Katri Aalto
Flag of Finland.svg Kirsi Lampinen 		6–2, 6–3
Win3.29 April 1996 Guimarães, PortugalHard Flag of Sweden.svg Kristina Triska Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Poulos
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jody Yin		7–5, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ "Growing champions at the double". The Independent . 26 July 2001.
  2. ↑ "Wimbledon: Claire Taylor recalls facing Martina Navratilova on Centre Court". BBC . 1 July 2017.
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