Lisa McShea

Lisa McShea
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Scarborough, Australia
Born	29 October 1974 (age 49); Redcliffe, Australia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1 January 1996
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$514,068
Singles
Career record	272–224 (54.8%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 139 (31 July 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1994, 2000)
Wimbledon	1R (1999)
Doubles
Career record	439–203 (68.4%)
Career titles	4 WTA, 56 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 32 (17 January 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2001)
French Open	2R (2004)
Wimbledon	QF (2001)
US Open	3R (2003)

Last updated January 07, 2024

Lisa McShea (born 29 October 1974) is an Australian former tennis player. She played professionally from 1996 to 2006. As a junior player, McShea won the 1992 Wimbledon Championships doubles title. She was also more successful in doubles during her professional career, winning four WTA Tour and 56 ITF doubles events.

Biography

McShea was born in Redcliffe, Queensland to Ed and Lois McShea,^[1] and is the oldest of four children. She has a sister, Catherine, and brothers Andrew and Danny.^[2] Her entire family plays tennis.^[1] McShea, who was coached by Paul Campbell,^[1] resides in Scarborough, Australia.^[2]

McShea played at Grand Slam events in three occasions. She played at the Australian Open in 1994 and 2000, and at Wimbledon in 1999, but was unable to pass the first round. In doubles, her best Grand Slam result was the quarterfinals of the 2001 Wimbledon Championships – along with Rachel McQuillan, she defeated the third seeds Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva en route to the quarterfinals, where they lost to the ninth seeds Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama. At the same tournament, McShea reached the mixed doubles quarterfinals partnering with Bob Bryan.

She played for Australia Fed Cup team once, during the 2004 World Group Playoffs. Partnering with Christina Wheeler, she defeated the doubles team of Thailand. Her highest career rankings are world No. 139 in singles, achieved on 31 July 2000, and No. 32, achieved on 17 January 2005.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (4–1)
Tier IV & V (0–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2000	Birmingham Classic, UK	Grass	Rachel McQuillan	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	6–3, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Loss	1–1	Jan 2004	Canberra Classic, Australia	Hard	Caroline Dhenin	Jelena Kostanić Claudine Schaul	6–4, 7–6⁽³⁾
Win	2–1	Mar 2004	Mexican Open	Clay	Milagros Sequera	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	2–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
Win	3–1	May 2004	Strasbourg, France	Clay	Milagros Sequera	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3–2	Jun 2004	Birmingham Classic, UK	Grass	Milagros Sequera	Maria Kirilenko Maria Sharapova	2–6, 1–6
Win	4–2	Jun 2004	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	Milagros Sequera	Jelena Kostanić Claudine Schaul	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3

ITF finals

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

Singles: 18 (9–9)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	10 October 1993	ITF Ibaraki, Japan	Hard (i)	Yuka Yoshida	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Win	1.	31 October 1993	ITF Kyoto, Japan	Hard	Kazue Takuma	6–3, 6–2
Win	2.	1 May 1994	ITF Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Ingrid Kurta	6–1, 6–4
Win	3.	31 May 1997	ITF Bundaberg, Australia	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	14 March 1998	ITF Wodonga, Australia	Grass	Alicia Molik	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	3 May 1998	ITF Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Melissa Beadman	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	10 May 1998	ITF Maryborough, Australia	Clay	Mira Radu	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	18 July 1998	ITF Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Lucie Ahl	w/o
Win	4.	11 October 1998	ITF Dalby, Australia	Hard	Dawn Buth	7–6⁽⁷⁾, 5–7, 6–2
Win	5.	18 October 1998	ITF Kooralbyn, Australia	Hard	Cindy Watson	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Loss	6.	28 February 1999	Bendigo International, Australia	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	7.	7 March 1999	ITF Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Kerry-Anne Guse	2–6, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Loss	8.	10 March 2002	ITF Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Nicole Sewell	4–6, 6–3, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	6.	17 March 2002	ITF Benalla, Australia	Grass	Deanna Roberts	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	9.	24 March 2002	ITF Yarrawonga, Australia	Grass	Beti Sekulovski	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–1, 4–6
Win	7.	31 March 2002	Bendigo International, Australia	Grass	Svenja Weidemann	6–1, 6–4
Win	8.	16 March 2003	ITF Benalla, Australia	Grass	Sarah Borwell	6–1, 6–4
Win	9.	30 March 2003	ITF Albury, Australia	Grass	Napaporn Tongsalee	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 84 (56–28)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 April 1992	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Amy deLone	Mélanie Bernard Caroline Delisle	3–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	27 April 1992	ITF Sheffield, United Kinddom	Clay	Amy deLone	Amanda Evans Svetlana Parkhomenko	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	28 September 1992	ITF Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Amy deLone	Yuko Hosoki Naoko Kijimuta	3–6, 2–2 ret.
Runner-up	4.	28 June 1993	ITF Velp, Netherlands	Clay	Maija Avotins	Martina Hautová Lenka Nemecková	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	12 July 1993	ITF Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Maija Avotins	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko	6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	6.	2 August 1993	ITF Norfolk, United States	Hard	Maija Avotins	Varalee Sureephong Vanessa Webb	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	10 October 1993	ITF Ibaraki, Japan	Hard (i)	Maija Avotins	Hiroko Mochizuki Yuka Tanaka	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Winner	8.	31 October 1993	ITF Kyoto, Japan	Hard	Maija Avotins	Mana Endo Masako Yanagi	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 7–5
Winner	9.	15 November 1993	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Vanessa Webb	Tina Križan Eva Martincová	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Winner	10.	25 April 1994	ITF Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Shannon Peters Caroline Stassen	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Winner	11.	9 March 1996	ITF Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Joanne Limmer	Gail Biggs Nicole Oomens	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	16 March 1996	ITF Victoria, Australia	Carpet (i)	Joanne Limmer	Trudi Musgrave Jane Taylor	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	31 March 1996	ITF Albury, Australia	Grass	Joanne Limmer	Trudi Musgrave Jane Taylor	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	14.	23 June 1996	ITF Peachtree, United States	Hard	Joanne Limmer	Erica Adams Nino Louarsabishvili	3–6, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Winner	15.	7 July 1996	ITF Williamsburg, United States	Hard	Joanne Limmer	Ania Bleszynski Katie Schlukebir	6–1, 6–1
Winner	16.	14 July 1996	ITF Easton, United States	Hard	Joanne Limmer	Audra Brannon Kristin Osmond	7–5, 6–2
Winner	17.	13 October 1996	ITF Ibaraki, Japan	Hard	Gail Biggs	Keiko Nagatomi Yuka Tanaka	7–5, 6–3
Winner	18.	20 October 1996	ITF Kugayama, Japan	Hard	Gail Biggs	Keiko Nagatomi Kiyoko Yazawa	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	19.	28 October 1996	ITF Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Gail Biggs	Keiko Nagatomi Yuka Tanaka	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–2, 2–6
Winner	20.	10 November 1996	ITF Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Joanne Limmer	Catherine Barclay Kirrily Sharpe	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	21.	17 November 1996	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Joanne Limmer	Catherine Barclay Kirrily Sharpe	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Runner-up	22.	15 December 1996	ITF Hope Island, Australia	Hard	Joanne Limmer	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	23.	9 March 1997	ITF Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Joanne Limmer	Nannie de Villiers Shirli-Ann Siddall	4–6, 6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Winner	24.	26 April 1997	ITF Dalby, Australia	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Jenny-Ann Fetch Renee Reid	6–0, 6–3
Winner	25.	3 May 1997	ITF Kooralbyn, Australia	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Jenny-Ann Fetch Renee Reid	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	26.	10 May 1997	ITF Hope Island, Australia	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Jenny-Ann Fetch Renee Reid	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	27.	17 May 1997	ITF Caboolture, Australia	Clay	Nannie de Villiers	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	28.	24 May 1997	ITF Gympie, Australia	Clay	Nannie de Villiers	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	29.	31 May 1997	ITF Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Nannie de Villiers	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	30.	7 June 1997	ITF Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Nannie de Villiers	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	31.	13 July 1997	ITF Easton, United States	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Marissa Catlin Karin Miller	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	32.	17 August 1997	Bronx Open, United States	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Shirli-Ann Siddall Lorna Woodroffe	6–2, 6–1
Winner	33.	5 October 1997	ITF Santa Clara, United States	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Rachel McQuillan Nana Smith	7–6⁽³⁾, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Runner-up	34.	19 October 1997	ITF Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Kristine Kunce Rachel McQuillan	5–7, 4–6
Winner	35.	23 November 1997	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Aleksandra Olsza Jessica Steck	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	36.	30 November 1997	ITF Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	3–6, 5–7
Winner	37.	2 March 1998	ITF Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Alicia Molik	Gail Biggs Shelley Stephens	6–3, 6–1
Winner	38.	14 March 1998	ITF Wodonga, Australia	Grass	Alicia Molik	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6–4, 6–4
Winner	39.	23 March 1998	ITF Canberra, Australia	Carpet (i)	Alicia Molik	Melissa Beadman Bryanne Stewart	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽¹¹⁾, 7–5
Winner	40.	27 March 1998	ITF Corowa, Australia	Grass	Alicia Molik	Tomoe Hotta Monika Maštalířová	6–0, 6–0
Winner	41.	27 April 1998	ITF Caboolture, Australia	Clay	Monika Maštalířová	Melissa Beadman Bryanne Stewart	2–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 7–5
Winner	42.	10 May 1998	ITF Maryborough, Australia	Clay	Monika Maštalířová	Suvimol Duangchan Marissa Niroj	6–4, 6–0
Winner	43.	11 July 1998	ITF Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Trudi Musgrave	Lucie Ahl Amanda Wainwright	6–4, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Runner-up	44.	26 July 1998	ITF Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Trudi Musgrave	Kirstin Freye Alicia Ortuño	w/o
Winner	45.	11 October 1998	ITF Dalby, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Dawn Buth Kylie Hunt	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	46.	18 October 1998	ITF Kooralbyn, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Gail Biggs Shelley Stephens	6–3, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Runner-up	47.	25 October 1998	ITF Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	4–6, 2–6
Winner	48.	28 February 1999	Bendigo International, Australia	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	Trudi Musgrave Cindy Watson	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	49.	18 April 1999	Las Vegas Open, United States	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Erika deLone Annabel Ellwood	6–7, 2–6
Winner	50.	3 May 1999	ITF Sarasota, United States	Clay	Annabel Ellwood	Renata Kolbovic Karin Miller	7–5, 7–6⁽³⁾
Winner	51.	1 August 1999	ITF Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Annabel Ellwood Sonya Jeyaseelan	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	52.	10 October 1999	ITF Dalby, Australia	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	Kylie Hunt Wynne Prakusya	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	53.	17 October 1999	ITF Queensland, Australia	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	Alicia Molik Bryanne Stewart	6–1, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	54.	24 October 1999	ITF Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	Rika Hiraki Trudi Musgrave	6–2, 6–3
Winner	55.	5 December 1999	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	Eva Martincová Alena Vašková	6–4, 6–1
Winner	56.	23 April 2000	ITF Fresno, United States	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Evie Dominikovic Amanda Grahame	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	57.	7 May 2000	ITF Virginia Beach, United States	Hard	Jessica Steck	Dawn Buth Mashona Washington	6–1, 3–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Winner	58.	16 July 2000	ITF Peachtree, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Allison Bradshaw Abigail Spears	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	59.	17 July 2000	ITF Mahwah, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Evie Dominikovic Nirupama Sanjeev	4–6, 4–6
Winner	60.	30 July 2000	ITF Salt Lake City, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Samantha Reeves Jessica Steck	w/o
Winner	61.	24 September 2000	ITF Kirkland, United States	Hard	Katie Schlukebir	Allison Bradshaw Abigail Spears	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	62.	2 October 2000	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Nirupama Sanjeev	Brie Rippner Elena Tatarkova	4–6, 4–6
Winner	63.	15 October 2000	ITF Miramar, United States	Clay	Liezel Huber	Rossana de los Ríos Samantha Reeves	5–3, 4–1, 4–1
Runner-up	64.	26 November 2000	ITF Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Nannie de Villiers Annabel Ellwood	6–7⁽¹⁾, 3–6
Winner	65.	8 April 2001	ITF West Palm Beach, United States	Clay	Rachel McQuillan	Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi	6–3, 6–3
Winner	66.	15 April 2001	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard (i)	Irina Selyutina	Amanda Augustus Sarah Taylor	6–1, 7–5
Winner	67.	22 April 2001	ITF Allentown, United States	Hard (i)	Irina Selyutina	Amanda Augustus Zuzana Lešenarová	7–5, 6–3
Winner	68.	15 July 2001	ITF College Park, United States	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Dawn Buth Vanessa Webb	6–1, 6–4
Winner	69.	22 July 2001	ITF Mahwah, United States	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Dawn Buth Vanessa Webb	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	70.	5 August 2001	ITF Lexington, United States	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Julie Ditty Milagros Sequera	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	71.	30 September 2001	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Nana Miyagi	Marissa Irvin Katie Schlukebir	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner	72.	15 October 2001	ITF Cairns, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Mariëlle Hoogland Zuzana Váleková	6–4, 6–3
Winner	73.	28 October 2001	ITF Home Hill, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Beti Sekulovski Nicole Sewell	7–5, 6–4
Winner	74.	29 October 2001	ITF Mackay, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Mariëlle Hoogland Zuzana Váleková	6–2, 6–3
Winner	75.	18 November 2001	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Jeon Mi-ra Kim Eun-ha	7–5, 6–4
Winner	76.	6 April 2002	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Christina Wheeler	Gisela Dulko Milagros Sequera	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	77.	28 July 2002	Lexington Challenger, United States	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Nana Miyagi Irina Selyutina	7–6⁽²⁾, 2–6, 5–7
Winner	78.	22 September 2002	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Teryn Ashley Ashley Harkleroad	w/o
Runner-up	79.	15 April 2003	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Christina Wheeler	Teryn Ashley Abigail Spears	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	80.	5 May 2003	ITF Sea Island, United States	Clay	Christina Wheeler	Jennifer Russell Jessica Lehnhoff	3–6, 4–6
Winner	81.	13 July 2003	ITF College Park, United States	Hard	Jennifer Russell	Kristina Brandi Kim Grant	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	82.	3 August 2003	ITF Louisville, United States	Hard	Julie Ditty	Teryn Ashley Shenay Perry	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Winner	83.	23 November 2003	ITF Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Bryanne Stewart Samantha Stosur	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	84.	25 April 2004	Dothan Pro Classic, United States	Clay	Milagros Sequera	Peng Shuai Xie Yanze	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–4, 6–2

Fed Cup performance

Result	Date	Edition	Opponent team	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	11 July 2004	2004 World Group Playoffs	Thailand	Hard (i)	Christina Wheeler	Montinee Tangphong Napaporn Tongsalee	4–6, 6–3, 7–5

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References

1 2 3 WTA Tour: Lisa McShea: Biography Archived 5 May 2013 at archive.today
1 2 International Tennis Federation: Lisa McShea: Player's Biography

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[WTA-1] 1 2 3 WTA Tour: Lisa McShea: Biography Archived 5 May 2013 at archive.today

[ITF-2] 1 2 International Tennis Federation: Lisa McShea: Player's Biography

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