Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenportis an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked World No. 1 on eight different occasions, for a total of 98 weeks. She is one of five women who have been the year-end World No. 1 at least four timessince 1975; the others are Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. She has achieved the No. 1 ranking in doubles as well...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth8 June 1976
CityPalos Verdes, CA
barely matches winning
I feel a lot better than I did at the French, when I was barely winning matches and sets.
against believe compete couple draw help players top tough
I don't necessarily believe that everyone here is 100 percent. But everyone in the draw is really what we need. I think as the players get more healthy, and the top players get to compete against each other more and more, it's really going to help our sport. We've had a tough couple years.
mom mother tennis
[On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.
jobs husband careers
I could never have gotten back into my career without the undying support of my husband, who works full time at a stressful job! We decided that we were going to do this as total partners and it is a 50/50 deal with us.
thinking earth down-to-earth
I think I'm pretty down to earth.
quiet
I never had tons of friends on tour. I was quiet and went about my business.
europe week ends
I don't enjoy being in Europe for weeks on end, so I just skip it.
thinking should underestimated
I don't think I should be underestimated.
europe tvs states
No. At the States we get no matches that are played in Europe on TV.
numbers charity donate
I donate lots to charity. I don't necessarily tell everybody the number or what I do.
girl proud relieved
I'm proud of myself. I'm a relieved, happy girl.
sports country nbc
If you go to Australia, the Australian Open is on all day long on network TV. There's no way CBS, NBC and ABC would do that. They only show the finals. That's always been the case. They don't want to give the time to the biggest tournament we have in the United States. Any other country, it's everywhere -- front page of the main paper, front page of the sports section. We haven't had that here.
thinking light years
I'm going with the flow. I feel when the time is right to stop, it will be flashing in neon lights for me, like this is it. It could be this year, it could be next year, I have no idea. Anyone in their profession seems to think it's fairly clear when it's the right time. I haven't had that moment of clarity.
return injury shots
The return is one of the hardest shots to make when you come back from injury.