Vanessa Webb

Vanessa Webb
Country (sports)  Canada
Residence Mumbai, India
Born (1976-01-24) 24 January 1976
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro 1992
Retired 2003
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money US$345,485
Singles
Career record 280–190
Career titles 0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking No. 107 (7 August 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2003)
French Open 1R (2000)
Wimbledon Q3 (2000, 2001)
US Open 1R (1998, 2000)
Doubles
Career record 207–125
Career titles 0 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking No. 95 (17 July 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2000, 2003)
French Open 2R (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Wimbledon 2R (2003)
US Open 1R (1999, 2000)
Olympic Games 1R (2000)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2003)

Vanessa Webb (born 24 January 1976) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She is currently the Player Class Director for the WTA Board of Directors.

Tennis career

Webb has 10 ITF singles titles, 25 ITF doubles titles and has reached one WTA doubles final in Kuala Lumpur in 2000.

Vanessa has made the second round of the Australian Open in 2003, which is her best singles Grand Slam performance. She has also reached the first round of the French Open (in 2003) and the US Open (in 1998 & 2000). In doubles, Vanessa has made the second rounds of the French Open (in 2001,'02,'03 & '04) and the Wimbledon Championships (in 2003). She made the first rounds of the Australian Open (in 2000,'03) and US Open (in 1999, 2000). She has also made the first round of mixed doubles at the Wimbledon Championships in 2003.

Personal life

After retiring from tennis, Webb has had a successful career with the Parthenon Group, a Boston-based consulting firm, working out of their branch in Mumbai, India, where she currently resides.[1]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Finals (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2000 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Malaysia Tier III Hard South Africa Liezel Huber Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová
Austria Sylvia Plischke		 4–6, 6–7(4–7)

References

  1. ↑ Tom Tebbutt (24 February 2008). "Webb takes different post-career path". The Globe and Mail.
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