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
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It definitely would make it more exciting if three of the four Grand Slam winners were here. You can't force someone to go out on the court when they don't feel like they want to compete at this level.
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I thought I was really in control and that's what I wanted to be,
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I'm still not exactly where I want to be. I still feel I can get better and be more consistent.
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I'm still not exactly where I want to be.
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Today I felt like I stepped it up a little bit better and was more consistent.
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To get any kind of money when you're a junior in high school is kind of spectacular.
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Yeah, it would be a good story line. But, you know, it's one match away, but a really far match away.
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Getting everybody playing is the first step to really getting it back to a premier sport.
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I am looking forward to getting healthy and defending my year-end number one ranking at the WTA Tour Championships,
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I am looking forward to getting healthy and defending my year-end No.1 ranking at the WTA Championships in Los Angeles next week,
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I am really excited to win over 50 titles, ... That means a lot to me as not many players have won that. I was thinking about it after I won Bali and was glad to be able to do it here right off the bat.
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I am very satisfied with the way I played the first and third sets, but I really have no idea what happened in the second set. I am looking forward to Indian Wells in two weeks, because I have always done well in California.
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I wouldn't have necessarily predicted that at the beginning of the week, ... I didn't know how my game would be. Obviously I am a consistent performer, but the way everything has kind of panned out it's been a good week for me, just trying to win matches and trying to be out there and win and compete when I don't feel like I am playing my best, and looking forward to another opportunity.
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I did not play my best and know I have to get better, but typically I tend to get better as the tournament goes on,