Lise Gregory’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African tennis player
Is Athlete
Tennis player
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender female
Birth

29 August 1963, Durban

Age 57 years
Star sign Virgo

Lise Gregory (born 29 August 1963) is a South African former tennis player who played primarily doubles. She played left-handed. Her career-high doubles ranking in 1990 was no. 18. She reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and was one of the top eight teams participating in the year-end Virginia Slims Championships.
She played in college for the University of Miami, earning seven NCAA All-American awards in both singles and doubles and the NCAA doubles championship in 1986 with long-time doubles partner Ronni Reis.
After her playing career, she became a college coach, first assistant coach at Vanderbilt University, then head coach at Florida State University and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, earning numerous coaching awards.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 13 (7–6)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 2
Tier IV & V 3
Titles by Surface
Hard 4
Clay 1
Grass 1
Carpet 1
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 18 October 1987 San Juan, Puerto Rico Hard Ronni Reis Cammy MacGregor
Cynthia MacGregor		 7–5, 7–5
Winner 2. 31 July 1988 Aptos, California, USA Hard Ronni Reis Patty Fendick
Jill Hetherington		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 26 February 1989 Wichita, Kansas, USA Clay Manon Bollegraf Sandy Collins
Leila Meskhi		 6–2, 7–6
Runner-up 4. 21 May 1989 Berlin, Germany Clay Gretchen Magers Liz Smylie
Janine Tremelling		 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 28 May 1989 Strasbourg, France Clay Gretchen Magers Mercedes Paz
Judith Wiesner		 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 6. 25 February 1990 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Hard Manon Bollegraf Mary Lou Daniels
Wendy White		 5–7, 2–7
Runner-up 7. 17 June 1990 Birmingham, England Grass Gretchen Magers Larisa Savchenko
Natalia Zvereva		 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner 8. 22 July 1990 Newport, Rhode Island, USA Grass Gretchen Magers Patty Fendick
Anne Smith		 7–6, 6–1
Winner 9. 30 September 1990 Leipzig, Germany Carpet Gretchen Magers Manon Bollegraf
Jo Durie		 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Winner 10. 17 February 1991 Aurora, Colorado, USA Hard Gretchen Magers Patty Fendick
Lori McNeil		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 11. 7 April 1991 Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA Clay Mary Lou Daniels Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Natalia Zvereva		 4–6, 0–6
Winner 12. 28 July 1991 Westchester, New York, USA Hard Rosalyn Fairbank Katrina Adams
Lori McNeil		 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 13. 11 August 1991 Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Hard Mareen Harper Katrina Adams
Isabelle Demongeot		 7–6, 4–6, 3–6
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