Jocelyn Rae

Jocelyn Rae

Rae at the 2016 French Open
Country (sports)	United Kingdom Scotland
Residence	Arnold, England
Born	(1991-02-20) 20 February 1991 (age 34) Nottingham, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Turned pro	2009
Retired	2017
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$213,702
Singles
Career record	70–53
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 450 (12 July 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2010)
Doubles
Career record	165–112
Career titles	23 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 67 (22 February 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2016)
French Open	2R (2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2009, 2010, 2015, 2017)
US Open	1R (2015)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (2017)
Medal record Representing   Scotland Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Mixed doubles

Jocelyn Rae (born 20 February 1991) is a British former tennis player.

Rae has a career-high doubles ranking of 67 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 22 February 2016. In her career, she won one singles title and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Together with Colin Fleming, she won the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi for Scotland (qualifying through her Stirlingshire-born father). ^[1] She was coached by former professional tennis player and fellow Scot, Karen Paterson. ^[2] She is openly lesbian. ^[3]

Career

Junior (2006–2009)

Rae played her first match on the ITF Junior Circuit in April 2006 and continued to compete as a junior until July 2009. During this time, her greatest successes came in doubles although she did win one title at the 2006 Egypt International Championships. She also reached one semifinal and three quarterfinals in singles. In doubles, Rae won three titles (two with Hannah James and one with Amanda Elliott) as well as reaching one more final and three semifinals, one of which was in the 2008 Wimbledon girls' doubles, partnering Jade Curtis. They lost, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, to Polona Hercog and Jessica Moore, the sixth seeded team who went on to win the title. Rae ended her junior career with win–loss records of 21–18 in singles and 26–14 in doubles. Her career-high combined junior ranking was world No. 167, which she achieved on 23 April 2007. ^[4]

2014–2017

In February 2014, Rae received her first call up to the British Fed Cup Team, following Laura Robson's withdrawal due to injury.

In July, Rae reached her first WTA Tour doubles final at the Swedish Open, partnering Anna Smith.

In April 2015, Rae won a $50k tournament in Croissy-Beaubourg, France, partnering Anna Smith. In June 2015, she lost the WTA doubles final of the Nottingham Open.

Jocelyn Rae announced her retirement from professional tour in December 2017. ^[5]

Post-Retirement Life

After returning, Rae worked as an academy coach at the National Tennis Academy. ^[6]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 Tier II / Premier Tier III, IV & V / International (0–4)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–2) Clay (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 2014	Båstad Open, Sweden	Clay	Anna Smith	Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	Jun 2015	Nottingham Open, UK	Grass	Anna Smith	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss	3.	Sep 2016	Japan Women's Open	Hard	Anna Smith	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	Jun 2017	Nottingham Open, UK	Grass	Laura Robson	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	4–6, 6–4, [4–10]

ITF finals

Singles (1–1)

Legend $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	31 August 2009	Cumberland, United Kingdom	Hard	Jade Windley	1–6, 1–6
Win	1.	12 October 2009	Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Jade Windley	6–2, 6–1

Doubles (23–7)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (19–4) Clay (1–2) Grass (3–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	15 September 2008	Kawana Waters, Australia	Hard	Emelyn Starr	Alexis Prousis Robin Stephenson	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Win	2.	6 July 2009	Felixstowe, UK	Grass	Jade Windley	Dalila Jakupović Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	6–1, 6–0
Win	3.	13 July 2009	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Jade Windley	Anna Fitzpatrick Emelyn Starr	6–3, 7–5
Win	4.	4 September 2009	Cumberland, UK	Hard	Jade Windley	Lucia Kovarčíková Monika Tumova	6–4, 6–0
Loss	1.	12 October 2009	Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Jade Windley	Olga Brózda Justyna Jegiołka	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	30 November 2009	Bendigo International, Australia	Hard	Emelyn Starr	Irena Pavlovic Arina Rodionova	3–6, 6–7(3)
Win	5.	9 May 2010	Edinburgh, UK	Clay	Amanda Elliott	Tímea Babos Tara Moore	7–6(5), 6–4
Loss	3.	17 July 2010	Woking, UK	Hard	Emelyn Starr	Tímea Babos Emma Laine	2–6, 2–6
Win	6.	31 July 2010	Chiswick, UK	Hard	Emelyn Starr	Anna Fitzpatrick Jade Windley	6–1, 6–4
Win	7.	13 November 2010	GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK	Hard (i)	Jade Windley	Jana Orlova Petra Krejsová	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Win	8.	9 November 2013	Loughborough, UK	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Francesca Palmigiano Camilla Rosatello	6–0, 4–6, [10–3]
Win	9.	15 November 2013	Manchester, UK	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Eva Wacanno Julia Wachaczyk	6–1, 6–4
Loss	4.	7 December 2013	Pune, India	Hard	Anna Smith	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	5–7, 5–7
Win	10.	13 December 2013	Navi Mumbai, India	Hard	Anna Smith	Oksana Kalashnikova Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–4, 7–6(5)
Win	11.	18 January 2014	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Martina Borecká Tereza Malíková	4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win	12.	25 January 2014	Sunderland, UK	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Ágnes Bukta Viktoriya Tomova	6–1, 6–1
Win	13.	23 February 2014	Nottingham, UK	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Naomi Broady Renata Voráčová	7–6(6), 6–4
Loss	5.	28 February 2014	Beinasco, Italy	Clay (i)	Anna Smith	Nicole Clerico Giulia Gatto-Monticone	1–6, 7–5, [11–13]
Win	14.	31 March 2014	Edgbaston, UK	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Magda Linette Amra Sadiković	3–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Win	15.	2 June 2014	Nottingham Trophy, UK	Grass	Anna Smith	Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez	7–6(5), 4–6, [10–5]
Win	16.	26 July 2014	Lexington Challenger, United States	Hard	Anna Smith	Shuko Aoyama Keri Wong	6–4, 6–4
Win	17.	1 February 2015	Sunderland, UK	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Justyna Jegiołka Cornelia Lister	6–3, 6–1
Win	18.	4 April 2015	Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Julie Coin Mathilde Johansson	7–6(5), 7–6(2)
Loss	6.	10 May 2015	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Anna Smith	Johanna Konta Laura Thorpe	6–1, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss	7.	4 June 2015	Eastbourne Trophy, UK	Grass	Anna Smith	Shelby Rogers CoCo Vandeweghe	5–7, 6–7(1)
Win	19.	2 April 2016	ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá	6–4, 6–1
Win	20.	3 September 2016	Guiyang, China	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Wei Zhanlan Zhao Qianqian	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	21.	11 November 2016	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno	6–3, 6–2
Win	22.	4 February 2017	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Laura Ioana Andrei Petra Krejsová	6–3, 6–2
Win	23.	19 August 2017	Vancouver Open, Canada	Hard	Jessica Moore	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	6–1, 7–5

Fed Cup participation

Doubles (10–3)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2011 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Group I	2 February 2011	Eilat, Israel	Switzerland	Hard	Heather Watson	Timea Bacsinszky Amra Sadiković	W	6–4, 6–3
		4 February 2011		Denmark		Heather Watson	Mai Grage Caroline Wozniacki	W	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
2014 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	5 February 2014	Budapest, Hungary	Latvia	Hard (i)	Heather Watson	Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena Ostapenko	L	6–1, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
		7 February 2014		Romania		Heather Watson	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	L	0–6, 2–6
2015 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 February 2015	Budapest, Hungary	Liechtenstein	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Kathinka von Deichmann Stephanie Vogt	W	6–1, 6–2
		5 February 2015		Turkey		Anna Smith	Başak Eraydın Pemra Özgen	W	6–2, 6–1
		6 February 2015		Ukraine		Anna Smith	Kateryna Kozlova Olga Savchuk	W	6–2, 6–1
2016 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 February 2016	Eilat, Israel	South Africa	Hard	Anna Smith	Madrie Le Roux Michelle Sammons	W	6–3, 6–2
		5 February 2016		Georgia		Anna Smith	Oksana Kalashnikova Sofia Shapatava	L	2–6, 4–6
2017 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	8 February 2017	Tallinn, Estonia	Portugal	Hard (i)	Laura Robson	Michelle Larcher de Brito Inês Murta	W	6–2, 6–3
		9 February 2017		Latvia		Laura Robson	Diāna Marcinkēviča Daniela Vismane	W	6–0, 6–7(2–7), 6–2
		10 February 2017		Turkey		Laura Robson	Ayla Aksu Pemra Özgen	W	6–2, 6–2
	World Group II Play-offs	23 April 2017	Constanța, Romania	Romania	Clay	Laura Robson	Simona Halep Monica Niculescu	W	6–3, 1–6, [10–8]

References

1. Jocelyn Rae: Golden girl content to end tennis playing career on a high, BBC Sport, 18 January 2018
2. "Jos Rae Blog – Fed Cup". lta.org.uk. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.
3. Briggs, Simon (16 December 2017). "Joss Rae: 'Billie Jean King made being an openly gay tennis player much easier'". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 15 October 2020.
4. "Jocelyn Rae". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation.
5. "Jocelyn Rae: British Fed Cup player retires, aged 26". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
6. "Meet the team | Sport | Loughborough University". www.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2026.

External links

• Official website
• Jocelyn Rae at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jocelyn Rae at the International Tennis Federation
• Jocelyn Rae at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)