Lori McNeil
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Lori McNeil (born December 18, 1963, in San Diego, California) is a African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States.
McNeil played on the WTA Tour for 19 years from 1984-2002. During that time she won one Grand Slam mixed doubles title at the French Open in 1988 (partnering Jorge Lozano). She won a total of 10 singles and 33 doubles titles during her career. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 9 in singles (in 1988) World No. 4 in doubles (in 1987).
McNeil is perhaps best remembered for her results again Steffi Graf. In 1992, McNeil defeated Graf 7-6, 6-4 in the first round of the WTA Tour Championships, marking the first time since 1985 that Graf had lost in the opening round of a touranment. Then, in 1994, McNeil beat Graf 7-5, 7-6 in the first round at Wimbledon, marking first time in Grand Slam history that a defending-champion suffered a first round loss. That year, McNeil went on to reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon before losing to eventual-champion Conchita Martinez 6-3, 2-6, 8-10. This equalled McNeil's best-ever Grand Slam singles performance - she also reached the semi-finals at the US Open in 1987 where she lost to Graf 6-2, 2-6, 4-6.
[edit] External links
- WTA Tour profile for Lori McNeil
- Fed Cup record
