Maureen Drake

Maureen Drake

Drake at the 2002 Rogers AT&T Cup
Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Toronto, Ontario
Born	(1971-03-21) March 21, 1971 (age 54) Toronto, Ontario
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$795,194
Singles
Career record	449–384
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (September 13, 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1999)
French Open	1R (1999, 2000)
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	1R (1990, 1999, 2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record	153–182
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 77 (October 30, 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	2R (1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1998, 2006)
US Open	1R (1998, 1999)

Maureen Elizabeth Drake (born March 21, 1971) ^[1] is a Canadian former professional tennis player.

Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 47, which she reached on September 13, 1999. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 77, set on October 30, 2006.

After Drake qualified for the round of 16 at the 1999 Australian Open, there was no Canadian to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event until Aleksandra Wozniak at the French Open in 2009. ^[2]

Drake retired in April 2011 but returned to professional tennis in July 2014. In August 2016, she announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis.

Drake is of Slovenian descent through her father.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (0–1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Sep 1997	Bali International, Indonesia	Tier IV	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Kerry-Anne Guse Rika Hiraki	1–6, 6–7(5–7)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (5–7)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1990	Evansville, United States	25k	Hard	Halle Carroll	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1992	Salisbury, United States	25k	Hard	Beverly Bowes	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 1992	Potosí, Mexico	25k	Hard	Angélica Gavaldón	1–6, 4–6
Win	1–3	Feb 1993	Miami, United States	25k	Hard	Beverly Bowes	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	1–4	Jun 1993	Hilton Head, United States	10k	Hard	Halle Carroll	7–6(3), 2–6, 6–7(3)
Loss	1–5	Feb 1994	Miami, United States	25k	Hard	Elly Hakami	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–5	Jun 1994	Columbia, United States	10k	Hard	Anne Miller	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–6	Jun 1995	Peachtree, United States	25k	Hard	Anne Miller	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–6	Jul 1995	Mississauga, Canada	25k	Hard	Kori Davidson	6–4, 6–0
Loss	3–7	Jul 1997	Clearwater, United States	25k	Hard	Karin Miller	3–6, 6–7(6)
Win	4–7	Apr 1998	Industry Hills, United States	25k	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–7	Nov 1998	Caracas, Venezuela	25k	Hard	Vanessa Menga	6–1, 6–2
Loss	5–8	Feb 2002	Columbus, United States	25k	Hard (i)	Marion Bartoli	2–6, 3–6
Win	6–8	Mar 2002	Lawrenceville, United States	25k	Hard	Teryn Ashley	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–9	Apr 2002	Naples, United States	50k	Clay	Vera Zvonareva	1–6, 3–6
Loss	6–10	Jul 2004	Los Gatos, United States	50k	Hard	Lioudmila Skavronskaia	6–7(0), 4–6
Loss	6–11	Jul 2004	Schenectady, United States	50k	Hard	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	3–6, 1–6
Loss	6–12	Sep 2005	Albuquerque Championships, U.S.	75k	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments (1–2)
$50,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (4–8)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1994	Miami, United States	25k	Hard	Audra Keller	Beverly Bowes Katharzyna Teodorowicz	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 1994	Evansville, United States	25k	Hard	Mélanie Bernard	Michelle Jackson-Nobrega Shannan McCarthy	6–4, 6–7(4), 3–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 1994	Rancho Mirage, United States	25k	Hard	Audra Keller	Cammy MacGregor Stephanie Reece	6–0, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Jul 1996	Wilmington, United States	50k	Hard	Meilen Tu	Erika deLone Nicole Pratt	5–7, 6–7(2)
Loss	1–4	Jul 1997	Clearwater, United States	25k	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Julie Pullin Amanda Wainwright	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–4	Jan 1998	Delray Beach, United States	10k	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Jean Okada Keri Phebus	7–6(3), 6–4
Win	3–4	Feb 1998	Clearwater, United States	25k	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Kristina Brandi Karin Miller	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–5	May 1998	Midlothian, United States	25k	Clay	Renata Kolbovic	Trudi Musgrave Brie Rippner	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–6	May 1998	Haines City, United States	25k	Clay	Renata Kolbovic	Esme De Villiers Jessica Steck	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–7	Oct 1998	Santa Clara, United States	75k	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Cara Black Irina Selyutina	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	4–7	Nov 1998	Austin, United States	50k	Hard	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Esme De Villiers Liezel Horn	6–1, 6–1
Loss	4–8	Nov 1998	Caracas, Venezuela	25k	Hard	Caroline Schneider	Vanessa Menga Alicia Ortuño	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	4–9	May 2001	Midlothian, United States	25k	Clay	Diana Srebrovic	Jennifer Russell Abigail Spears	6–7(2), 6–1, 2–6
Loss	4–10	Sep 2003	Raleigh, United States	25k	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	Maria Fernanda Alves Tiffany Dabek	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win	5–10	Oct 2003	Lafayette, United States	25k	Clay	Lindsay Lee-Waters	Jessica Fernández Kara Molony-Hussey	6–2, 6–3
Win	6–10	Sep 2004	Albuquerque, United States	75k	Hard	Carly Gullickson	Stéphanie Dubois María Emilia Salerni	6–3, 7–6(6)
Loss	6–11	Oct 2004	Cary, United States	50k	Clay	Nana Smith	Ruxandra Dragomir Samantha Reeves	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	7–11	Jan 2006	Fort Walton Beach, United States	25k	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Zuzana Kučová Chanelle Scheepers	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	7–12	Feb 2007	Midland Classic, United States	75k	Hard (i)	Stéphanie Dubois	Laura Granville Abigail Spears	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	8–12	Nov 2009	Toronto Challenger, Canada	50k	Hard (i)	Marianne Jodoin	Sharon Fichman Mashona Washington	2–3 ret.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	Q2	Q1	A	A	A	A	4R	1R	A	Q1	1R	1R	Q1	3–6	33%
French Open	Q1	A	A	Q3	Q2	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	1R	1R	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q2	Q2	2R	1R	2R	3R	2R	Q2	Q1	5–6	45%
US Open	A	A	1R	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q2	Q1	1R	Q1	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	Q1	0–4	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–4	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	8–18	31%

Doubles

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1–3	25%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	2R	2–3	40%
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	4–10	29%

Record against top-50 players

Drake's win–loss record (14–54, 21%) against players who were ranked world No. 50 or higher when played is as follows: ^[3]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

• Anne Kremer 4–1 ^{[nb 1]}
• Patty Schnyder 1–0
• Gigi Fernández 1–0
• Anne Minter 1–0
• Barbara Rittner 1–0 ^{[nb 2]}
• Kristina Brandi 1–0 ^{[nb 3]}
• Sylvia Plischke 1–0
• Cara Black 1–0 ^{[nb 4]}
• Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian 1–0 ^{[nb 5]}
• Cho Yoon-jeong 1–0 ^{[nb 6]}
• Tamarine Tanasugarn 1–1 ^{[nb 7]}
• Kim Clijsters 0–1
• Lindsay Davenport 0–1 ^{[nb 8]}
• Martina Hingis 0–1
• Amélie Mauresmo 0–1
• Venus Williams 0–1
• Nathalie Tauziat 0–1
• Mary Joe Fernández 0–1
• Ai Sugiyama 0–1 ^{[nb 9]}
• Julie Halard-Decugis 0–1
• Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 0–1
• Eleni Daniilidou 0–1
• Kimberly Po 0–1
• Naoko Sawamatsu 0–1
• Karolina Šprem 0–1
• Patty Fendick 0–1
• Magüi Serna 0–1 ^{[nb 10]}
• Natalia Medvedeva 0–1 ^{[nb 11]}
• Nicole Bradtke 0–1 ^{[nb 12]}
• Mana Endo 0–1
• Mariaan de Swardt 0–1 ^{[nb 13]}
• Virginia Ruano Pascual 0–1 ^{[nb 14]}
• Ann Grossman 0–1
• Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 0–1 ^{[nb 15]}
• Lindsay Lee-Waters 0–1 ^{[nb 16]}
• Meilen Tu 0–1 ^{[nb 17]}
• Carrie Cunningham 0–1
• Elena Tatarkova 0–1 ^{[nb 18]}
• Anca Barna 0–1 ^{[nb 19]}
• Steffi Graf 0–2
• Irina Spîrlea 0–2
• Silvia Farina Elia 0–2
• Elena Likhovtseva 0–2
• Tatiana Panova 0–2
• Katarina Srebotnik 0–2 ^{[nb 20]}
• Clarisa Fernández 0–2 ^{[nb 21]}
• Chanda Rubin 0–3 ^{[nb 22]}
• Dominique Monami 0–3
• Amanda Coetzer 0–4

Notes

1. 6–1 overall record vs. Kremer
2. 1–2 overall record vs. Rittner
3. 3–1 overall record vs. Brandi
4. 1–2 overall record vs. Black
5. 2–1 overall record vs. Mikaelian
6. 2–1 overall record vs. Cho
7. 2–2 overall record vs. Tanasugarn
8. 0–2 overall record vs. Davenport
9. 0–2 overall record vs. Sugiyama
10. 0–2 overall record vs. Serna
11. 0–3 overall record vs. Medvedeva
12. 0–2 overall record vs. Bradtke
13. 1–5 overall record vs. de Swardt
14. 1–3 overall record vs. Ruano Pascual
15. 0–2 overall record vs. Helgeson-Nielsen
16. 0–3 overall record vs. Lee-Waters
17. 1–5 overall record vs. Tu
18. 0–3 overall record vs. Tatarkova
19. 0–2 overall record vs. Barna
20. 1–2 overall record vs. Srebotnik
21. 1–3 overall record vs. Fernández
22. 0–4 overall record vs. Rubin

References

1. "Player Stats - Maureen Drake". CBS5.com. Retrieved October 6, 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "Wozniak bests clay specialist at French Open; Nestor advances". CBC Sports. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
3. "Results". WTATennis.com. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

External links

• Maureen Drake at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maureen Drake at the International Tennis Federation
• Maureen Drake at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)