Speaking of Wimbledon, when she started the 1999 tournament, the bookies in the UK had her
chances of winning the grand slam at 15-1!!! Even as far as the semi's she was
at 4-1!
Her coach joked he was going to put down $10,000 but decided not too.
I wonder if he was joking though? Must be pretty annoyed if he wasn't... ;)
At 6' 2" Lindsay is the tallest Wimbledon womens champion of all time.
Even Althea Gibson (1957-58) and Margaret Court (1963, 1965, 1970) would need to stand on
tiptoe to look her in the eye.
Her strategy of preparing for Wimbledon on grass in California rather than in England is
unusual but not unprecedented (Pete Sampras has done it as well). She was given unrestricted use
of a neighbour's grass court near her home in Newport Beach to practise on before the 1999
Wimbledon Grand Slam.
Won her second Grand Slam singles title at 1999 Wimbledon, defeating defending champion
Jana Novotna in the quarterfinals and seven-time champion Steffi Graf in the final, becoming
the third American-born woman to win Wimbledon in the Open Era; never lost her serve in the
final; in fourth-round match versus Barbara Schett, trailed 2-5 in first set and later saved
six set points; also won the doubles title.
Is one of 17 woman to reach the semifinals of all four Grand Slam tournaments in professional tennis history.
Won her first tournament of 1999 in Sydney with straight-set wins over top 10 players Martina Hingis, Steffi Graf, and Patty Schnyder.
Reached the singles semifinals of the 1999 Australian Open, and reached her sixth consecutive Grand Slam doubles final.
Withdrew from the 1999 Lipton before her quarterfinal match with a sprained left wrist suffered during practice several days earlier; injury also caused her to withdraw from her next tournament, Hilton Head, and the first round of Fed Cup.
Won 1999 Madrid, her second singles title of the year and first clay court singles title in two years.
Her 12 consecutive straight-set wins in Grand Slam matches, from 1998 U.S. Open through the quarterfinals of the 1999 Australian Open, made her the most dominant player since Steffi Graf's 20 straight-set Grand Slam wins in 1988 and ties for fifth-best in the Open Era.
Through 1999 Wimbledon, reached at least the quarterfinals in eight straight Grand Slams tournaments and at least the semifinals in six of her last eight.
Became the No. 1 ranked player in the world on October 12, 1998, the eighth player to capture the top ranking since the WTA Tour rankings began in November ber 1975; became the third American-born player to be ranked No. 1 and first since Chris Evert in November 1985; ended Martina Hingis' reign at No. 1 at 80 weeks; sixth player since 1975 to end the season ranked No. 1 and first American-born player since Evert in 1981.
Captured first Grand Slam singles title at the 1998 US Open on her mother's birthday; defeated top seed and defending champion Martina Hingis 6-3, 7-5 in the final; did not drop a set in the tournament; the first American-born woman since Chris Evert in 1982 to win the US Open and only the fourth American-born player to win in the Open Era; was the doubles runner-up.
Had a tour-leading 69 singles match wins in 1998, winning more than 60 matches in a season for the first time.
Won six titles in 1998, more than any other player; reached the finals of eight of her last 10 tournaments in 1998, winning five of them.
Earned more than $2 million in a season for the first time in 1998, finishing second overall with $2,697,788.
Won first tournament played as the No. 1 player, 1998 Zurich; has a 17-match winning streak in Switzerland and four titles in the country, including the first in her career and first as the No. 1 player.
Won her 300th career match in the second round of the 1998 US Open over Lori McNeil.
In 1998, marked the sixth time in history of the Tour for a player to win at least four North American hardcourt events in a single year (also accomplished by Graf (twice), Evert, Hingis and Navratilova), winning Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles (consecutively) and the U.S. Open; became first player to sweep the Stanford-San Diego-Los Angeles summer series and first to win three titles in one calendar month since Martina Navratilova in 1988.
Reached the final of the 1998 season-ending Chase Championships with a win over Steffi Graf in the semifinals; fell to Martina Hingis in four sets in the best-of-five-sets final; won the doubles title for the third straight year with three different partners.
With partner Natasha Zvereva, was the doubles runner-up in all four 1998 Grand Slam tournaments.
Reached second consecutive Grand Slam semifinal at 1998 Australian Open; came back from match br> point down in second round versus Karina Habsudova, recorded her first career shut out over 15th seed Ruxandra Dragomir in the fourth round, and defeated Venus Williams in the quarterfinals.
Defeated world No. 1 Martina Hingis to win 1998 Pan Pacific, her third time to defeat a current No. 1.
Reached a third consecutive Grand Slam semifinal at 1998 Roland Garros, defeating defending champion Iva Majoli in the quarterfinals before falling to eventual winner Arantxa Sanchez
Vicario. Named the Chase Player of the Month an unprecedented three straight months in 1998, August, September and October; Chase Manhattan Bank donated $1,000 in her name to Children's Hospital of Orange County for two months and to Andrea Jaeger's Silver Lining Ranch for October.
In 1998, become one of 18 players to win five or more singles titles in one calendar year in the open era (since 1968).
Remained unbeaten (10-0) at the Olympic tennis center in Atlanta after winning the 1997 U.S. Women's Hardcourt Championships there, site of her Olympic gold-medal run a year earlier.
Seeded ninth, defeated Arantxa Sanchez Vicario for first time to capture the 1996 Olympic gold medal in singles; upset four higher seeds to win gold medal: No. 5 Anke Huber, No. 4 Iva Majoli, No. 7 Mary Joe Fernandez and No. 3 Sanchez Vicario.
Seeded fourth in her first tournament of 1996 in Sydney, came back from trailing 2-5 in third set to upset second seed Kimiko Date; facing Monica Seles in final, held a match point but lost in three sets; won doubles title.
Won first Grand Slam title at 1996 Roland Garros, winning the doubles with Mary Joe Fernandez.
Had consecutive 50-win seasons 1996-98.
With partner Mary Joe Fernandez, captured the 1996 season-ending tour doubles championship, upsetting the world's top two teams; also with Fernandez, named the first-ever International Tennis Federation World Doubles Champions in 1996.
Followed 1994 Virginia Slims Championships runner-up showing by reaching final of her first event of 1995 in Sydney; fell to Gabriela Sabatini in both finals.
Has qualified for the season-ending Chase Championships as one of the best 16 players of the year five consecutive seasons 1994-98; has also qualified in doubles as one of the top eight teams four times, 1994, 1996-98, winning the title in 1996-98.
Played key role in the United States 1995 Fed Cup semifinal victory over France, winning two singles matches over Mary Pierce and Julie Halard and the doubles (with Gigi Fernandez) to lead the U.S. to a 3-2 win.
On May 9, 1994, became first American to enter the world Top 10 since October 1990 (Jennifer Capriati).
One week after turning pro, upset then-No. 5-ranked Gabriela Sabatini at 1993 Delray Beach; upset Sabatini again in 1994 Lipton quarterfinals.
Won first major-tour event at 1993 European Open; following week, ranking vaulted to No. 25.
Elected to the WTA TOUR Players' Council for a third consecutive year in 1998/99.
Recipient of the 1998 WTA TOUR Player of the Year and Diamond Aces awards, and the 1998 TENNIS
Magazine Player of the Year award; 1998 ITF World Champion and Doubles World Champion with
Natasha Zvereva; World Team Tennis Most Valuable Player in 1997; 1997 International Tennis
Federation Doubles World Champion with Jana Novotna; 1996 ITF Doubles World Champion with Mary
Joe Fernandez; named by Tennis magazine and World Team Tennis as 1993 Rookie of the Year;
nominated for 1993 WTA TOUR Most Impressive Newcomer of the Year Award; 1991 TENNIS Magazine
Female Junior Player of the Year.
In junior competition, won 1992 U.S. Open junior singles and doubles (w/Nicole London) titles and Australian Open junior doubles (w/London); finalist at 1992 Australian Open junior singles and Roland Garros junior doubles (w/Chanda Rubin).
Born on the 8th June 1976 (star sign Gemini), in Palos Verdes, California, USA. She began playing tennis at age 7. Graduated from Murrieta Valley High School in June 1994.