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- Birth nameLindsay Ann Davenport
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- Lindsay Davenport is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked World No.1 for a total of 98 weeks. Davenport is one of five women who have been the year-end World No. 1 at least four times (1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005) since 1975; the others are Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. She has achieved the No. 1 ranking in doubles as well.
Noted for her powerful and consistent groundstrokes, Davenport won a total of 55 WTA Tour singles titles, including three Grand Slam titles (one each at the Australian Open, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open), the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games and the WTA Championships. She also won 38 WTA Tour doubles titles, including three Grand Slam titles (the French Open partnering Mary Joe Fernández, Wimbledon partnering Corina Morariu, and the US Open partnering Jana Novotná), and three WTA Championships (partnering Fernández, Novotná, and Natasha Zvereva).
Davenport was coached for most of her career by Robert Van't Hof.
Davenport was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast
- SpouseJonathan Leach(April 25, 2003 - present) (4 children)
- ParentsWinthrop DavenportAnn L. Jeberjahn
- 1992 US Open juniors, 1996 Olympics (Gold medal), 1998 US Open, 1999 Wimbledon, 2000 Australian Open champion. 1996 Roland Garros with Mary Joe Fernandez, 1997 US Open, 1999 Wimbledon doubles champion. Turned pro 22 February 1993. As of March 2005: Career Record (654-173); Prize Money: $19,637,814. Reached WTA #1 in 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2005.
- Friend of Elin Nordegren Woods.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 31, a son Jagger Jonathan Leach on June 10, 2007. Child's father is her husband, Jonathan Leach.
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 33, a daughter Lauren Andrus Leach on June 27, 2009. Child's father is her husband, Jonathan Leach.
- Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 35, a daughter Kaya Emory Leach on January 16, 2012. Child's father is her husband, Jonathan Leach.
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