Lindsey Nelson (tennis)
Lindsey Nelson (born November 18, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player.
Country (sports) | United States |
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Born | Riverside, California | November 18, 1985
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $29,797 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 424 (June 25, 2007) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | Q1 (2007) |
Doubles | |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 347 (October 23, 2006) |
Biography
A right-handed player from California, Nelson attended Villa Park High School in Orange County, before going on to play college tennis for the USC Trojans.[1]
Nelson was a two-time singles runner-up in the NCAA singles championships while playing for the Trojans and was the 2007 Pac-10 singles champion.[2] She is a graduate of Mississippi College School of Law.
Professional career
Nelson won her first professional title in 2006, when she teamed up with Anne Yelsey to win the doubles at College Park, a top category $75,000 ITF tournament. As a singles player, Nelson had a win that year over top 100 ranked Meng Yuan in Stanford qualifying.
In 2007 she took part in the qualifying draw for the US Open and qualified for Indian Wells, by beating Abigail Spears and Stéphanie Dubois. She was beaten in the first round at Indian Wells by Croatian wildcard Mirjana Lučić.[3]
ITF finals
$75,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Doubles: 4 (2–2)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | July 2, 2006 | Edmond, United States | Hard | Elizabeth Kaufman | Alexa Glatch Ashley Weinhold |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | July 9, 2006 | College Park, United States | Hard | Anne Yelsey | Chan Chin-wei Natalie Grandin |
6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | July 18, 2009 | Atlanta, United States | Hard | Kaitlyn Christian | Amanda Fink Yasmin Schnack |
7–5, 7–6(7–2) |
Runner-up | 2. | July 24, 2009 | Evansville, United States | Hard | Kaitlyn Christian | Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack |
6–4, 1–6, [4–10] |
References
- "Nelson, Lin Commit to USC, UCLA Tennis". Los Angeles Times. September 10, 2003.
- "Lindsey Nelson Claims Pac-10 Singles Title :: Julie Smekodub wins Pac-10 Invitational Singles Crown". CSTV. April 29, 2007.
- "Dementieva withdraws as play gets underway". Los Angeles Times. March 8, 2007.