Lizzie Jelfs

Tennis career

Jelfs, who is originally from Banbury, won the girls' doubles title at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships. She and South African partner Nannie de Villiers defeated Corina Morariu and Ludmila Varmužová in the final.^[1] The same pair were also runner-up in the girls' doubles at the 1995 US Open.

In 1995 she appeared in the main draw of three WTA Tour tournaments in the lead up to Wimbledon. She qualified as a lucky loser for the singles at the British Clay Court Championships, then received a wildcard into the doubles at Birmingham with Karen Cross, before winning her way through qualifying to play singles in Eastbourne. On the back of these performances she was granted a wildcard spot into the 1995 Wimbledon Championships and was beaten in the first round by Christina Singer. Later in the year she surpassed Clare Wood as Britain's top-ranked female player.^[2]

She played again at Wimbledon in 1998 when she featured in the mixed doubles partnering Jamie Delgado. They made the second round, with a win over Francisco Montana and Caroline Schneider.^[3]

Personal life

Now known by her married name, Coulson, she studied sports science/recreational management at Loughborough University and has worked as an events manager.^[4]

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 February 1993	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Carpet	Gaby Coorengel	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 July 1995	Salvador, Brazil	Hard	Lucila Becerra	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	27 April 1998	Hatfield, United Kingdom	Clay	Mariam Ramón Climent	1-6, 6-1, 3-6
Runner-up	4.	31 August 1998	Xanthi, Greece	Hard	Eleni Daniilidou	2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 15 (12–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	24 April 1995	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Karen Cross	Robyn Mawdsley Lorna Woodroffe	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	8 May 1995	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Karen Cross	Kaye Hand Claire Taylor	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	3.	13 April 1997	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Jasmine Choudhury	Kyung-Joo Won Cho Yoon-jeong	6-4 7-6
Winner	4.	8 July 1997	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Surina De Beer	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	7–5, 7–5
Winner	5.	21 July 1997	Dublin, Ireland	Grass	Surina De Beer	Amanda Augustus Amy Jensen	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	29 September 1997	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Karen Cross	Lucie Ahl Joanne Ward	6–7(8–6), 2–6
Winner	7.	25 April 1998	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Mareze Joubert	Limor Gabai Kate Warne-Holland	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	27 April 1998	Hatfield, United Kingdom	Clay	Amanda Keen	Celeste Contin Mariam Ramón Climent	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	18 July 1998	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Mareze Joubert	Lucie Ahl Amanda Wainwright	6–2, 7–5
Winner	10.	27 July 1998	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Mareze Joubert	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6-3 6-4
Winner	11.	3 August 1998	Southsea, United Kingdom	Grass	Mareze Joubert	Eleni Daniilidou Lucy Wood	6-2 6-3
Winner	12.	21 September 1998	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard	Mareze Joubert	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	6-1 6-1
Winner	13.	1 February 1999	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Lorna Woodroffe	Surina De Beer Kim de Weille	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	14.	5 April 1999	Cerignola, Italy	Clay	Jasmine Choudhury	Irina Kornienko Lina Krasnoroutskaya	7–5, 7–5
Winner	15.	3 October 1999	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Karen Nugent	Gréta Arn Manisha Malhotra	w/o