Lilia Osterloh

Last updated

Lilia Osterloh
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Palo Alto & Newport Beach
Born (1978-04-07) April 7, 1978 (age 46)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned proAugust 1997
Retired2011
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
College Stanford
Prize money$1,349,462
Singles
Career record385–366
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 41 (April 23, 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008)
French Open 2R (1999)
Wimbledon 4R (2000)
US Open 4R (2000)
Doubles
Career record192–215
Career titles3 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 77 (August 23, 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2001)
French Open 2R (1999)
Wimbledon 2R (1998, 1999, 2008)
US Open 3R (1998)

Lilia Osterloh (born April 7, 1978) is a former tennis player from the United States.

Contents

Osterloh became professional in August 1997. [1] She reached her highest singles ranking in April 2001, when she became world No. 41. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 77, which she reached in August 1999.

In 2013, Osterloh graduated from Stanford University with a degree in International Relations. [2]

College

While at Stanford, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female tennis player in 1997. [3] [4]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Winner — Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW/LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 2000 Shanghai, ChinaTier IVaHard (i) Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn Flag of Italy.svg Rita Grande
Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy
7–5, 6–1
Win2–0 Dec 2007 Auckland, New ZealandTier IVHard Flag of Ukraine.svg Mariya Koryttseva Flag of Germany.svg Martina Müller
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
6–3, 6–4
Win3–0 Oct 2010 Osaka, JapanInternationalHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Kai-chen Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg Rika Fujiwara
6–0, 6–3

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Kournikova</span> Russian tennis player and model (born 1981)

Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian model and television personality, and former professional tennis player. Her appearance and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name one of the most common search strings on Google Search.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martina Hingis</span> Swiss tennis player

Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis was the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and to attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks as the singles world No. 1 and 90 weeks as doubles world No. 1, holding both No. 1 rankings simultaneously for 29 weeks. She won five major singles titles, 13 major women's doubles titles, and seven major mixed doubles titles, for a combined total of 25 major titles. In addition, she won the season-ending WTA Finals two times in singles and three in doubles, an Olympic silver medal in doubles, and a record 17 Tier I singles titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lindsay Davenport</span> American tennis player (born 1976)

Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach is an American former professional tennis player. Davenport was ranked singles world No. 1 for a total of 98 weeks, and was the year-end singles world No. 1 four times. She also held the doubles world No. 1 ranking for 32 weeks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Serena Williams</span> American tennis player (born 1981)

Serena Jameka Williams is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. She won 23 Grand Slam women's singles titles, the most in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time. She is the only player to accomplish a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gabriela Sabatini</span> Argentine tennis player

Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is an Argentine former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 titles. In singles, Sabatini won the 1990 US Open, the Tour Finals in 1988 and 1994, and was runner-up at Wimbledon 1991, the 1988 US Open, and the silver medalist at the 1988 Olympics. In doubles, Sabatini won Wimbledon in 1988 partnering Steffi Graf, and reached three French Open finals. Among Open era players who did not reach the world No. 1 ranking, Sabatini has the most wins over reigning world No. 1 ranked players. In 2006, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and in 2018 Tennis Magazine ranked her as the 20th-greatest female player of the preceding 50 years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jill Craybas</span> American tennis player (born 1974)

Jill N. Craybas is an American former professional tennis player.

Anna Fitzpatrick is a British former professional tennis player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aleksandra Wozniak</span> Canadian tennis player (born 1987)

Aleksandra Wozniak is a Canadian former tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005, and achieved a career-best ranking of No. 21 in June 2009, making her the fifth highest-ranked Canadian singles player of all time. She won one WTA and eleven ITF tournaments. At the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford in 2008, she became the first Canadian in 20 years to capture a WTA singles title and the first Quebecer in history to have accomplished such a feat. She reached a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 3 on January 31, 2005. Wozniak was named Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada five times.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mariya Koryttseva</span> Ukrainian tennis player

Mariya Serhiyivna Koryttseva is a Ukrainian former tennis player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 Bank of the West Classic</span> Tennis tournament

The 2009 Bank of the West Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the Bank of the West Classic, and was part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, California, United States, from July 27 through August 2, 2009. It was the first women's event on the 2009 US Open Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristie Ahn</span> American tennis player

Kristie Hyerim Ahn is an American former professional tennis player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicole Gibbs</span> American tennis player (born 1993)

Nicole Gibbs is an American former professional tennis player.

Marissa Irvin Gould is an American former tennis player and author. She reached her highest singles ranking on August 12, 2002, when she became No. 51 in the world. Her best performance at a major event was reaching the third round of the French Open, which she achieved three straight years from 2003 to 2005. Irvin competed in 22 Grand Slam tournaments during her five-year career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 WTA Tour</span> Womens tennis circuit

The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and the WTA Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eugenie Bouchard</span> Canadian tennis player (born 1994)

Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard is a Canadian professional tennis and Pickleball player and model. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a major singles tournament, finishing runner-up to Petra Kvitová. Bouchard also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open and 2014 French Open. Having won the 2012 Wimbledon girls' title as a junior, she was named WTA Newcomer of the Year at the end of the 2013 WTA Tour. Bouchard received the WTA Most Improved Player award for the 2014 season and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 5, becoming the first Canadian tennis player to be ranked in the top 5 in singles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nadia Podoroska</span> Argentine tennis player (born 1997)

Nadia Natacha Podoroska is an Argentine professional tennis player. On 12 July 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 36, and on 18 October 2021, she peaked at No. 62 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Keri Phebus is a professional tennis player from the United States. During her pro career from 1991 to 1998, she won five titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, received a wildcard entry and won her first round match at the 1995 US Open. Phebus is the most decorated player in the history of UCLA women's tennis.

Stephanie Lynn Mabry is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She was known as Stephanie Halsell during her junior career, but changed her surname to Mabry around the time she turned professional.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 WTA Tour</span> Womens tennis circuit

The 2020 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2020 tennis season. The 2020 WTA Tour calendar originally comprised the Grand Slam tournaments supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, and the year-end championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 WTA Tour</span> Womens tennis circuit

The 2022 WTA Tour was the global elite women's professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2022 tennis season. The 2022 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup, and the year-end championships.

References

  1. "Lilia Osterloh". WTA Tennis. April 7, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. "Osterloh never stopped learning". MercuryNews.com. June 20, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  3. "Sports Briefs". web.stanford.edu. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  4. "Tennis". CWSA. Retrieved March 25, 2020.