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
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.
real perfect want
I wasn't a perfect thing at 17. I didn't have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn't want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time.
country player pressure
I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player.
athlete facts normal
I always tried to hide the fact that I was an athlete. I just wanted to be normal.
sports home people
You always see people coming back to the sport, and I've always thought, 'Gosh, when you're done playing, wouldn't you just want to stay at home?
successful world
While I was always successful... I never thought I'd be one in the world.
good-day bad-day stills
While I still have more good days than bad days, I'm going to keep playing.
children watches tvs
With my child, I hardly watch TV now.
player long tennis
In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.
tennis hours
I've played too many tennis hours.
interesting
I'm not that interesting!
prodigies
I was never a prodigy.
two parent choices
I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice.