Lucie Ahl Explained

Lucie Ahl (born 23 July 1974) is a tennis coach and a former professional tennis player. She was briefly the British No.1, holding the position for 9 non-consecutive weeks between 30 July 2001 and 5 May 2002. She reached her highest singles ranking of world No.161 on 1 April 2002.

In her career, Ahl won a total of 15 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit and also participated on the WTA Tour. She had career wins over ITF & WTA Tour players Sandra Cacic and Rene Simpson.

Her best Grand Slam performance came at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, where she defeated Austrian Barbara Schwartz in round one to capture the first and only win of her career in Grand Slam competition. Ahl also represented Great Britain at the Fed Cup on one occasion, winning all three of her rubbers and thus remaining undefeated in Fed Cup action.Brother Daniel was ranked number 1 on the ITF world over 35 ratings in 2007

ITF circuit finals

Singles (9–7)

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Finals by category $100,000 tournaments (0/0) $75,000 tournaments (0/0) $50,000 tournaments (0/0) $25,000 tournaments (5/1) $10,000 tournaments (4/6)

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Finals by surface Hard (3/0) Clay (0/2) Grass (3/3) Carpet (3/0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win		ITF $10,000	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Julie Pullin	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Loss		ITF $10,000	Nottingham, Great Britain	Carpet	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	4–6, 2–6
Loss	6 February 1995	ITF $10,000	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard	Olga Ivanova	3–6, 4–6
Win		ITF $10,000	Southsea, United Kingdom	Grass	Cindy Watson	6–3, 6–3
Win		ITF $10,000	Telford, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Julie Pullin	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss		ITF $10,000	Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	3–6, 3–6
Loss		ITF $10,000	Hatfield, Great Britain	Clay	Shirli-Ann Siddall	2–6, 0–6
Loss		ITF $10,000	Bournemouth, Great Britain	Clay	Joanne Ward	6–7, 4–6
Loss		ITF $10,000	Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Mareze Joubert	5–7, 3–6
Win		ITF $10,000	Frinton, Great Britain	Grass	Lisa McShea	W/O
Win		ITF $25,000	Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Petra Mandula	7–6, 6–3
Win		ITF $25,000	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Hard	Virginie Razzano	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win		ITF $25,000	Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Julia Lutrova	6–1, 6–3
Win		ITF $25,000	Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Mareze Joubert	6–2, 6–4
Win		ITF $25,000	Welwyn, Great Britain	Hard	Antonella Serra Zanetti	4–2, 4–2, 4–1
Loss		ITF $25,000	Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Roberta Vinci	5–7, 5–7

Doubles (6–9)

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Finals by category $100,000 tournaments (0/0) $75,000 tournaments (0/0) $50,000 tournaments (0/0) $25,000 tournaments (1/2) $10,000 tournaments (5/7)

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Finals by surface Hard (2/1) Clay (3/4) Grass (1/4) Carpet (0/0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent	Score
Win		ITF $10,000	Dublin, Ireland	Hard (i)	Julie Salmon	Gina Niland Siobhán Nicholson	7–5, 7–5
Loss		ITF $10,000	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Clay	Joanne Ward	Jasmine Choudhury Louise Latimer	6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Win		ITF $10,000	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Joanne Ward	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	7–6, 6–3
Loss		ITF $10,000	Lee-on-Solent, United Kingdom	Clay	Joanne Ward	Shirli-Ann Siddall Amanda Wainwright	5–7, 1–6
Loss		ITF $10,000	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Clay	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Surina de Beer Katia Roubanova	2–6, 4–6
Win		ITF $10,000	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Amy Jensen Anita Kurimay	6–1, 6–4
Loss		ITF $10,000	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Surina de Beer Katia Roubanova	1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win		ITF $10,000	Southsea, United Kingdom	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Louise Latimer Lorna Woodroffe	6–2, 7–6
Loss		ITF $10,000	Hatfield, United Kingdom	Clay	Jessica Steck	Shirli-Ann Siddall Joanne Ward	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win		ITF $10,000	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Joanne Ward	Karen Cross Lizzie Jelfs	6–2, 7–6
Loss		ITF $10,000	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Amanda Wainwright	Lisa McShea Trudi Musgrave	4–6, 6–7
Loss		ITF $10,000	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Amanda Wainwright	Lizzie Jelfs Mareze Joubert	2–6, 5–7
Loss		ITF $25,000	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Natalia Egorova	Trudi Musgrave Lorna Woodroffe	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss		ITF $25,000	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Selima Sfar	Kim Grant Lilia Osterloh	1–6, 2–6
Win		ITF $25,000	Biarritz, France	Clay	Selima Sfar	Yuliya Beygelzimer Anna Zaporozhanova	6–1, 6–1

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament												Career win–loss
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q1	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	0–0
Wimbledon	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	1R	Q1	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1–6
US Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	0–0
Year-end ranking	405	373	349	331	179	225	168	185	200	203	258	N/A

Doubles

Tournament							Career win–loss
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	0–4
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Year-end ranking	372	303	407	350	471	360	N/A

Mixed doubles

Tournament			Career win–loss
Australian Open	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	1R	1R	0–2
US Open	A	A	0–0

Fed Cup

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Europe/Africa Group II
Date	Venue	Surface	Round	Opponents	Final match score	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
9–13 April 2002	Pretoria	Hard	RR		3–0	Singles	Rosanne Dimech	6–1, 6–2 (W)
					3–0	Doubles (with Rachel Viollet)		6–0, 6–0 (W)
			PO (Promotion)		2–0	Singles		6–3, 6–1 (W)