British tennis player
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) [ ]
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–2)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
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) [ ]
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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) [ ]
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (19–4)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (3–1)
Carpet (0–0)
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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