Lisa Raymond
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University of Florida
2012
The first collegiate player to collect all three Grand Slam titles in a single season (1992), Pennsylvanian Lisa Raymond (b. 1973) had won five USTA National junior titles before accepting an athletic scholarship to University of Florida. Playing for coach Andy Brandi’s Lady Gators, Raymond led the team to its very first NCAA national team championship in 1992, and netted the NCAA singles title in both 1992 and 1993.
Raymond turned pro in 1993 but retired from singles play in 2007 to focus on her real passion – doubles. She collected 16 titles with partner Samantha Stosur, including the French Open that crowned Raymond the 13th player in history to have won all four Grand Slams in women’s doubles. Teamed with Liezel Huber in 2011, they triumphed at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, the US Open and Toray Pan Pacific in Tokyo. With Huber, Raymond tallied her 75th through 78th doubles titles by prevailing in the WTA Championships in Paris, Doha Qatar, Dubai, and Indian Wells. At Wimbledon, she reached the semifinals with Huber, won the mixed doubles with Mike Bryan and won the Bronze Medal with Bryan at the 2012 London Olympics.
Career Highlights
- USTA 14-and-under National Doubles title with Jennifer Capriati – 1987
USTA National Girls’ 18s Doubles title with Erika Delone – 1989
Maureen Connolly Brinker Award – 1989, 1990
Ranked No. 1 in the U.S. National 18s – 1990
TENNIS Magazine Junior of the Year 1990, Collegiate Player of the Year – 1992
NCAA Grand Slam Singles, Doubles, Team in a single season – 1991-92
NCAA Singles Champion – 1992, 1993
Volvo Rookie of the Year – 1992
Broderick Award – 1992, 1993
National College Ranking: No. 1 in Singles – 1993
Honda Award for collegiate tennis – 1993
Finalist Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year – 1993
No. 5 on the University of Florida’s list of its 50 All-Time Greatest Athletes
World Team Tennis MVP and Rookie of the Year for the St. Louis Aces – 1996
US Open Mixed Doubles Championship with Patrick Galbraith – 1996
Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Championship with Leander Paes 1999, Mike Bryan 2012
United States Fed Cup Team – 1997-98, 2000, 2002-4, 2007-08
World Team Tennis MVP for the Philadelphia Freedoms – 2001
ITF World Champion in Women’s Doubles with Rennae Stubbs – 2001
US Open Mixed Doubles Championship with Mike Bryan – 2002
Inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a “Gator Great” – 2003
French Open Mixed Doubles Championship with Mike Bryan- 2003
United States Olympic Team – 2004, 2012
ITF World Champion in Women’s Doubles with Samantha Stosur – 2005, 2006
WTA Doubles Team of the Year with Samantha Stosur – 2006
US Open Doubles title with Liezel Huber – 2011 – making Raymond the oldest woman (age 38) to win a Grand Slam women’s doubles title
WTA Paris Open, Doha Qatar Open, Dubai Duty Free and Indian Wells PNB Paribas Open Doubles Championships with Liezel Huber – 2012
Semi-finalist in Women’s Doubles at Wimbledon with Liezel Huber – 2012
Bronze Medal Mixed Doubles with Mike Bryan London Olympics – 2012
