Lorrayne Gracie Explained

Lorrayne Gracie
Fullname:Lorrayne Gracie-Safiruddin
Birth Date:3 March 1964
Careerprizemoney:$10,618
Highestsinglesranking:No. 475 (21 December 1986)
Wimbledonresult:Q3 (1985)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 179 (21 December 1986)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (1986)
Wimbledonmixedresult:2R (1985)

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

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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.21 August 1983Hechingen, West GermanyClay Jo Louis Emiko Okagawa
Kumiko Okamoto
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up2.13 May 1984Sutton, United KingdomClay Elizabeth Jones Kristin Kinney
Donna Rubin
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.18 November 1984Tipton, United KingdomHard Elizabeth Jones Holly Danforth
Kirsten Dreyer
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up4.17 March 1985Porto Alegre, BrazilClay Rina Einy Mariana Perez-Roldan
Patricia Tarabini
6–7, 6–3(0), 4–6
Runner-up5.15 April 1985Cumberland, United KingdomHard Martina Reinhardt Elna Reinach
Monica Reinach
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up6.29 April 1985Sutton, United KingdomHard Martina Reinhardt Li Xinyi
Zhong Ni
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up7.5 August 1985Rheda, West GermanyClay Belinda Borneo Silke Meier
Claudia Porwik
6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Runner-up8.7 November 1986Queens, United KingdomGrass Joy Tacon Sally Timms
Katie Rickett
4–6, 3–6

Notes and References

  1. News: FORMER Knutsford girl Lorraine Gracie was one of a handful of British women players who carried Brit . . 19 July 2000 . en.
  2. Web site: Wimbledon . www.itftennis.com.