Claire Taylor (tennis)

Claire Shepherd (born 17 February 1975) is a British former professional tennis player. She competed during her career as Claire Taylor.

Claire Taylor
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1975-02-17) 17 February 1975
Banbury, England
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$77,207
Singles
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 183 (24 June 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (1996)
Doubles
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 184 (23 December 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1993, 1994, 1997)

A left-handed player from Oxfordshire, Taylor reached a best ranking of 183 in the world during her career.[1]

Taylor made three singles appearances in the main draw of Wimbledon, the first in 1994 when she came up against Martina Navratilova.[2] She won through to the second round once, in 1996, after beating Joanne Ward in a match between two British wildcards.

ITF finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 31 January 1994 Telford, United Kingdom Hard United Kingdom Ekaterina Roubanova 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 1. 9 May 1994 Bracknell, United Kingdom Hard South Africa Nannie de Villiers 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 31 July 1995 Ilkley, United Kingdom Grass United Kingdom Kate Warne-Holland 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Runner-up 3. 10 October 1995 Telford, United Kingdom Hard Netherlands Amanda Hopmans 4–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 15 January 1996 Woodlands, United States Hard Israel Hila Rosen 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 4. 10 February 1997 Birmingham, United Kingdom Hard United Kingdom Shirli-Ann Siddall 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 3 May 1993 Bracknell, United Kingdom Hard United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe Russia Natalia Egorova
Russia Svetlana Parkhomenko
6–7, 1–6
Winner 1. 4 April 1994 Harare, Zimbabwe Hard United Kingdom Kate Warne-Holland United Kingdom Michele Mair
South Africa Karen van der Merwe
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up 2. May 1995 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay United Kingdom Kaye Hand United Kingdom Karen Cross
United Kingdom Lizzie Jelfs
6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 3. May 1995 Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom Clay United Kingdom Kaye Hand Australia Robyn Mawdsley
Russia Natalia Egorova
6–7(0–7), 2–6
Runner-up 4. 31 March 1996 Caen, France Clay United Kingdom Amanda Wainwright Sweden Annica Lindstedt
Sweden Anna-Karin Svensson
4–6, 6–7
Winner 2. 15 April 1996 Elvas, Portugal Hard South Africa Tessa Price Finland Hanna-Katri Aalto
Finland Kirsi Lampinen
6–2, 6–3
Winner 3. 29 April 1996 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Sweden Kristina Triska United States Jennifer Poulos
China Jody Yin
7–5, 6–3

References

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