Jocelyn Rae

Jocelyn Rae

Rae at the 2016 French Open
Country (sports)	Great Britain Scotland
Residence	Arnold, Nottinghamshire
Born	(1991-02-20) 20 February 1991 (age 30) Nottingham, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Turned pro	2009
Retired	December 2017
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$213,702
Official website	Jocelyn Rae(out of date)
Singles
Career record	70–53
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 450 (12 July 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2010)
Doubles
Career record	165–112
Career titles	23 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 67 (22 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2016)
French Open	2R (2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2009, 2010, 2015, 2017)
US Open	1R (2015)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (2017)
Medal record Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Mixed Doubles

Jocelyn Rae (born 20 February 1991) is a British former tennis player.

Rae has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 450, achieved on 12 July 2010, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 67, achieved on 22 February 2016. In her career, Rae won one singles title and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Together with Colin Fleming, she won the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi for Scotland (qualifying through her Stirlingshire-born father).^[1] She was coached by former professional tennis player and fellow Scot, Karen Paterson.^[2]

Career[]

Junior (2006–2009)[]

Rae played her first match on the junior ITF circuit in April 2006 and continued to compete as a junior until July 2009. During this time, her greatest successes came in doubles although she did win one title at the 2006 Egypt International Championships. She also reached one semifinal and three quarterfinals in singles. In doubles, Rae won three titles (two with Hannah James and one with Amanda Elliott) as well as reaching one more final and three semifinals, one of which was in the 2008 Wimbledon girls' doubles, partnering Jade Curtis. They lost, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, to Polona Hercog and Jessica Moore, the sixth seeded team who went on to win the title. Rae ended her junior career with win-loss records of 21–18 in singles and 26–14 in doubles. Her career-high combined junior ranking was world No. 167, which she achieved on 23 April 2007.^[3]

2014–2017[]

In February 2014, Rae received her first call up to the British Fed Cup Team, following Laura Robson's withdrawal due to injury.

In July, Rae reached her first WTA doubles final at the Swedish Open, partnering Anna Smith.

In April 2015, Rae won a $50,000 tournament in Croissy-Beaubourg, France, partnering Anna Smith. In June 2015, she lost in the WTA doubles final in Nottingham.

Jocelyn Rae announced her retirement from professional tennis in December 2017.^[4]

Outside of tennis[]

Rae is openly lesbian.^[5]

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 July 2014	Swedish Open, Båstad	Clay	Anna Smith	Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	14 June 2015	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	Grass	Anna Smith	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	3.	16 September 2016	Japan Women's Open, Tokyo	Hard	Anna Smith	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	18 June 2017	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	Grass	Laura Robson	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	4–6, 6–4, [4–10]

ITF finals (24–8)[]

Singles (1–1)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	31 August 2009	Cumberland, United Kingdom	Hard	Jade Windley	1–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	12 October 2009	Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Jade Windley	6–2, 6–1

Doubles (23–7)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	15 September 2008	Kawana Waters, Australia	Hard	Emelyn Starr	Alexis Prousis Robin Stephenson	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Winner	2.	6 July 2009	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Jade Windley	Dalila Jakupović Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	6–1, 6–0
Winner	3.	13 July 2009	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Jade Windley	Anna Fitzpatrick Emelyn Starr	6–3, 7–5
Winner	4.	4 September 2009	Cumberland, United Kingdom	Hard	Jade Windley	Lucia Kovarcikova Monika Tumova	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	12 October 2009	Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Jade Windley	Olga Brózda Justyna Jegiołka	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	30 November 2009	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Emelyn Starr	Irena Pavlovic Arina Rodionova	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	5.	9 May 2010	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Amanda Elliott	Tímea Babos Tara Moore	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up	3.	17 July 2010	Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Emelyn Starr	Tímea Babos Emma Laine	2–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	31 July 2010	Chiswick, United Kingdom	Hard	Emelyn Starr	Anna Fitzpatrick Jade Windley	6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	13 November 2010	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Jade Windley	Jana Orlova Petra Krejsová	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Winner	8.	9 November 2013	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Francesca Palmigiano Camilla Rosatello	6–0, 4–6, [10–3]
Winner	9.	15 November 2013	Manchester, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Eva Wacanno Julia Wachaczyk	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	7 December 2013	Pune, India	Hard	Anna Smith	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	5–7, 5–7
Winner	10.	13 December 2013	Navi Mumbai, India	Hard	Anna Smith	Oksana Kalashnikova Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	11.	18 January 2014	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Martina Borecká Tereza Malíková	4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Winner	12.	25 January 2014	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard	Anna Smith	Ágnes Bukta Viktoriya Tomova	6–1, 6–1
Winner	13.	23 February 2014	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Naomi Broady Renata Voráčová	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Runner-up	5.	28 February 2014	Beinasco, Italy	Clay (i)	Anna Smith	Nicole Clerico Giulia Gatto-Monticone	1–6, 7–5, [11–13]
Winner	14.	31 March 2014	Edgbaston, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Magda Linette Amra Sadiković	3–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Winner	15.	2 June 2014	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Anna Smith	Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	16.	26 July 2014	Lexington, United States	Hard	Anna Smith	Shuko Aoyama Keri Wong	6–4, 6–4
Winner	17.	1 February 2015	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Justyna Jegiołka Cornelia Lister	6–3, 6–1
Winner	18.	4 April 2015	Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Julie Coin Mathilde Johansson	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	6.	10 May 2015	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Anna Smith	Johanna Konta Laura Thorpe	6–1, 4–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	7.	4 June 2015	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Anna Smith	Shelby Rogers CoCo Vandeweghe	5–7, 6–7(1–7)
Winner	19.	2 April 2016	Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá	6–4, 6–1
Winner	20.	3 September 2016	Guiyang, China	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Wei Zhanlan Zhao Qianqian	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner	21.	11 November 2016	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno	6–3, 6–2
Winner	22.	4 February 2017	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Laura-Ioana Andrei Petra Krejsová	6–3, 6–2
Winner	23.	19 August 2017	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Jessica Moore	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	6–1, 7–5

Fed Cup participation[]

Great Britain Fed Cup team

Doubles: 13 (10–3)[]

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2011 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Group I	2 February 2011	Eilat, Israel	Switzerland	Hard	Heather Watson	Timea Bacsinszky Amra Sadiković	W	6–4, 6–3
		4 February 2011		Denmark		Heather Watson	Mai Grage Caroline Wozniacki	W	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
2014 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	5 February 2014	Budapest, Hungary	Latvia	Hard (i)	Heather Watson	Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena Ostapenko	L	6–1, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
		7 February 2014		Romania		Heather Watson	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	L	0–6, 2–6
2015 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 February 2015	{Budapest, Hungary	Liechtenstein	Hard (i)	Anna Smith	Kathinka von Deichmann Stephanie Vogt	W	6–1, 6–2
		5 February 2015		Turkey		Anna Smith	Başak Eraydın Pemra Özgen	W	6–2, 6–1
		6 February 2015		Ukraine		Anna Smith	Kateryna Kozlova Olga Savchuk	W	6–2, 6–1
2016 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 February 2016	Eilat, Israel	South Africa	Hard	Anna Smith	Madrie Le Roux Michelle Sammons	W	6–3, 6–2
		5 February 2016		Georgia		Anna Smith	Oksana Kalashnikova Sofia Shapatava	L	2–6, 4–6
2017 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	8 February 2017	Tallinn, Estonia	Portugal	Hard (i)	Laura Robson	Michelle Larcher de Brito Inês Murta	W	6–2, 6–3
		9 February 2017		Latvia		Laura Robson	Diāna Marcinkēviča Daniela Vismane	W	6–0, 6–7(2–7), 6–2
		10 February 2017		Turkey		Laura Robson	Ayla Aksu Pemra Özgen	W	6–2, 6–2
	World Group II Play-offs	23 April 2017	Constanța, Romania	Romania	Clay	Laura Robson	Simona Halep Monica Niculescu	W	6–3, 1–6, [10–8]

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