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Residence | Arnold, Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||
Born | Nottingham, England | 20 February 1991|||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||
Turned pro | 2009 | |||||||||||
Retired | December 2017 | |||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
Prize money | $213,702 | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 70–53 | |||||||||||
Career titles | 1 ITF | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 450 (12 July 2010) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 (2010) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 165–112 | |||||||||||
Career titles | 23 ITF | |||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 67 (22 February 2016) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | 3R (2016) | |||||||||||
French Open | 2R (2016) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2009, 2010, 2015, 2017) | |||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2015) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (2017) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Jocelyn Rae (born 20 February 1991) is a British former tennis player.
Rae has a career-high doubles ranking of 67 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 22 February 2016. In her career, she won one singles title and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Together with Colin Fleming, she won the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi for Scotland (qualifying through her Stirlingshire-born father).[1] She was coached by former professional tennis player and fellow Scot, Karen Paterson.[2] She is openly lesbian.[3]
Career
Junior (2006–2009)
Rae played her first match on the ITF Junior Circuit in April 2006 and continued to compete as a junior until July 2009. During this time, her greatest successes came in doubles although she did win one title at the 2006 Egypt International Championships. She also reached one semifinal and three quarterfinals in singles. In doubles, Rae won three titles (two with Hannah James and one with Amanda Elliott) as well as reaching one more final and three semifinals, one of which was in the 2008 Wimbledon girls' doubles, partnering Jade Curtis. They lost, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, to Polona Hercog and Jessica Moore, the sixth seeded team who went on to win the title. Rae ended her junior career with win–loss records of 21–18 in singles and 26–14 in doubles. Her career-high combined junior ranking was world No. 167, which she achieved on 23 April 2007.[4]
2014–2017
In February 2014, Rae received her first call up to the British Fed Cup Team, following Laura Robson's withdrawal due to injury.
In July, Rae reached her first WTA Tour doubles final at the Swedish Open, partnering Anna Smith.
In April 2015, Rae won a $50k tournament in Croissy-Beaubourg, France, partnering Anna Smith. In June 2015, she lost the WTA doubles final of the Nottingham Open.
Jocelyn Rae announced her retirement from professional tour in December 2017.[5]
WTA career finals
Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)
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Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Jul 2014 | Båstad Open, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 2. | Jun 2015 | Nottingham Open, UK | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, [9–11] |
Loss | 3. | Sep 2016 | Japan Women's Open | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4. | Jun 2017 | Nottingham Open, UK | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
ITF finals
Singles (1–1)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 31 August 2009 | Cumberland, United Kingdom | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1. | 12 October 2009 | Mytilini, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1 |
Doubles (23–7)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 15 September 2008 | Kawana Waters, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [10–4] |
Win | 2. | 6 July 2009 | Felixstowe, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–0 |
Win | 3. | 13 July 2009 | Frinton, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 4. | 4 September 2009 | Cumberland, United Kingdom | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 1. | 12 October 2009 | Mytilini, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2. | 30 November 2009 | Bendigo International, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(3) |
Win | 5. | 9 May 2010 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 6–4 |
Loss | 3. | 17 July 2010 | Woking, United Kingdom | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 6. | 31 July 2010 | Chiswick, United Kingdom | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 7. | 13 November 2010 | Loughborough, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, [10–4] |
Win | 8. | 9 November 2013 | Loughborough, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–0, 4–6, [10–3] |
Win | 9. | 15 November 2013 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 4. | 7 December 2013 | Pune, India | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 10. | 13 December 2013 | Navi Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(5) |
Win | 11. | 18 January 2014 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, [10–4] |
Win | 12. | 25 January 2014 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 13. | 23 February 2014 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(6), 6–4 |
Loss | 5. | 28 February 2014 | Beinasco, Italy | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 7–5, [11–13] |
Win | 14. | 31 March 2014 | Edgbaston, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
Win | 15. | 2 June 2014 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 4–6, [10–5] |
Win | 16. | 26 July 2014 | Lexington Challenger, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 17. | 1 February 2015 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 18. | 4 April 2015 | Croissy-Beaubourg, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 7–6(2) |
Loss | 6. | 10 May 2015 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 4–6, [5–10] |
Loss | 7. | 4 June 2015 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–7(1) |
Win | 19. | 2 April 2016 | ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 20. | 3 September 2016 | Guiyang, China | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
Win | 21. | 11 November 2016 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 22. | 4 February 2017 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 23. | 19 August 2017 | Vancouver Open, Canada | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–5 |
Fed Cup participation
Doubles (10–3)
References
- ↑ Jocelyn Rae: Golden girl content to end tennis playing career on a high, BBC Sport, 18 January 2018
- ↑ "Jos Rae Blog – Fed Cup". lta.org.uk. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Briggs, Simon (16 December 2017). "Joss Rae: 'Billie Jean King made being an openly gay tennis player much easier'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ↑ "Jocelyn Rae". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation.
- ↑ "Jocelyn Rae: British Fed Cup player retires, aged 26". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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