Lorrayne Gracie

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Lorrayne Gracie
Full nameLorrayne Gracie-Safiruddin
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1964-03-03) 3 March 1964 (age 61)
Prize money$10,618
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 475 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q3 (1985)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 179 (21 December 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1986)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1985)

Lorrayne Gracie-Safiruddin (born 3 March 1964) is a British former professional tennis player.

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Born in 1964, Gracie started playing tennis at the age of 10 while growing up in Cheshire and attended Culcheth Hall School. Her father Malcolm was also a tennis player, but is better known as a former president of the Lawn Tennis Association. [1]

Gracie competed on the professional tour in the 1980s and featured on several occasions in the qualifying or main draws at Wimbledon. She reached the third qualifying round in 1985, beating future finalist Nathalie Tauziat en route. [2] All of her main draw appearances at Wimbledon came in doubles.

ITF finals

Doubles: 8 (0–8)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.21 August 1983 Hechingen, West GermanyClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jo Louis Flag of Japan.svg Emiko Okagawa
Flag of Japan.svg Kumiko Okamoto
2–6, 0–6
Loss2.13 May 1984 Sutton, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elizabeth Jones Flag of the United States.svg Kristin Kinney
Flag of the United States.svg Donna Rubin
3–6, 2–6
Loss3.18 November 1984 Tipton, United KingdomHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elizabeth Jones Flag of the United States.svg Holly Danforth
Flag of the United States.svg Kirsten Dreyer
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss4.17 March 1985 Porto Alegre, BrazilClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rina Einy Flag of Argentina.svg Mariana Perez-Roldan
Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini
6–7, 6–3(0), 4–6
Loss5.15 April 1985 Cumberland, United KingdomHard Flag of Germany.svg Martina Reinhardt Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Elna Reinach
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Monica Reinach
2–6, 4–6
Loss6.29 April 1985 Sutton, United KingdomHard Flag of Germany.svg Martina Reinhardt Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xinyi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhong Ni
3–6, 3–6
Loss7.5 August 1985 Rheda, West GermanyClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Belinda Borneo Flag of Germany.svg Silke Meier
Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Porwik
6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Loss8.7 November 1986 Queens, United KingdomGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Tacon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sally Timms
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Rickett
4–6, 3–6

References

  1. "FORMER Knutsford girl Lorraine Gracie was one of a handful of British women players who carried Brit". Warrington Guardian . 19 July 2000.
  2. "Wimbledon". www.itftennis.com.