Vanessa Webb

Vanessa Webb

Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Mumbai, India
Born	(1976-01-24) 24 January 1976 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2003
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	Duke
Prize money	$345,485
Singles
Career record	280–190
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 107 (7 August 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2003)
French Open	1R (2000)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2000, 2001)
US Open	1R (1998, 2000)
Doubles
Career record	207–125
Career titles	25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (17 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000, 2003)
French Open	2R (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Wimbledon	2R (2003)
US Open	1R (1999, 2000)
Olympic Games	1R (2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2003)

Vanessa Webb (born 24 January 1976) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She is currently the Player Class Director for the WTA Board of Directors.

In her career, she won ten singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She also reached one WTA Tour doubles final in Kuala Lumpur in 2000.

College

While at Duke, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female tennis player in 1999.

Tennis career

Webb made the second round of the 2003 Australian Open which was her best Grand Slam singles performance. She also reached the first round of the French Open (in 2003) and the US Open (in 1998 & 2000). In doubles, she made the second rounds of the French Open (in 2001,'02,'03 & '04) and the Wimbledon Championships (in 2003). Webb made the first rounds of the Australian Open (in 2000,'03) and US Open (in 1999, 2000), and also the first round of mixed-doubles at the Wimbledon Championships in 2003.

Personal life

After retiring from tennis, Webb has had a successful career with the Parthenon Group, a Boston-based consulting firm, working out of their branch in Mumbai, India, where she currently resides.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III, IV & V (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2000	Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Malaysia	Tier III	Hard	Liezel Huber	Henrieta Nagyová Sylvia Plischke	4–6, 6–7(4–7)

ITF Finals

Singles (10-6)

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 July 1994	Frinton, United States	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	4–6, 6–7(5)
Winner	2.	3 June 1996	Lawrenceville, United States	Hard	Lihini Weerasuriya	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	24 June 1996	Madison, United States	Hard	Nino Louarsabishvili	6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	7 July 1996	Williamsburg, United States	Hard	Stephanie Mabry	6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	21 June 1998	Mount Pleasant, United States	Hard	Ding Ding	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Winner	6.	28 June 1998	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	22 November 1998	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Karin Miller	2–6, 6–7
Winner	8.	21 June 1999	Mount Pleasant, United States	Hard	Jennifer Hopkins	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	9.	30 August 1999	Huixquilucan, Mexico	Hard	Mirka Federer	1–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	10.	4 October 1996	Saga, Japan	Grass	Tamarine Tanasugarn	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	16 July 2000	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Kristina Kraszewski	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Winner	12.	29 October 2000	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Marlene Weingärtner	4–2, 5–3, 1–4, 5–3
Runner-up	13.	15 July 2001	College Park, United States	Hard	Sarah Taylor	4–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	20 January 2002	Gainesville, United States	Hard	Tiffany Dabek	6–4, 6–0
Winner	15.	8 May 2002	Fukuoka, Japan	Grass	Jeon Mi-ra	6–0, 6–4
Winner	16.	07 April 2003	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Clay	Maria Elena Camerin	6–3, 6–7, 7–6

Doubles (25–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	30 August 1992	Querétaro, Mexico	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Lucila Becerra Xóchitl Escobedo	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	6 September 1992	Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Lucila Becerra Xóchitl Escobedo	6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	16 May 1993	León, Mexico	Clay	Renata Kolbovic	Mélanie Bernard Caroline Delisle	6-3, 3-6, 1-6
Runner-up	4.	26 June 1993	Roanoke, United States	Hard	Mareze Joubert	Ai Sugiyama Yoshiko Sasano	4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	2 August 1993	Norfolk, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Maija Avotins Lisa McShea	7–6, 6–4
Winner	6.	18 October 1993	Sedona, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Jessica Emmons Caroline Kuhlman	6–4, 7–6(5)
Winner	7.	15 November 1993	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Tina Križan Eva Martincová	7–6(5), 6–3
Runner-up	8.	10 October 1994	Sedona, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Shannan McCarthy Julie Steven	3–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	12 December 1994	Mildura, France	Grass	Catherine Tanvier	Catherine Barclay Louise Pleming	7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	24 July 1995	Salisbury, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Shannan McCarthy Julie Steven	3–6, 2–6
Winner	11.	9 June 1996	Lawrenceville, United States	Hard	Amanda Augustus	Rebecca Jensen Kristine Kurth	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–4
Winner	12.	30 June 1996	Mahwah, United States	Hard	Amanda Augustus	Jackie Moe Vickie Paynter	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	13.	19 January 1997	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Pam Nelson	Rebecca Jensen Keri Phebus	7–6(4), 2–6, 2–6
Winner	14.	9 June 1997	Hilton Head, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Nicola Kaiwai Gaye McManus	6–1, 6–3
Winner	15.	14 June 1998	Hilton Head, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Holly Parkinson Tracy Almeda-Singian	6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner	16.	21 June 1998	Mount Pleasant, United States	Hard	Keri Phebus	Adria Engel Karin Palme	6–2, 6–1
Winner	17.	28 June 1998	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Mélanie Marois Katherine Rammo	6-3, 6-1
Runner-up	18.	26 July 1998	Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Keri Phebus	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	19.	2 August 1998	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Keri Phebus	Renata Kolbovic Julie Pullin	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	20.	15 November 1998	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Dawn Buth	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	21.	29 November 1998	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Danielle Jones	Catherine Barclay Trudi Musgrave	6–3, 7–5
Winner	22.	7 June 1999	Hilton Head Island, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Wendy Fix Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	23.	11 July 1999	Edmonton, Canada	Hard	Dawn Buth	Kirstin Freye Renata Kolbovic	6–3, 6–2
Winner	24.	18 July 1999	Mahwah, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Sandra Cacic Karin Miller	6–4, 6–3
Winner	25.	9 October 1999	Saga, Japan	Grass	Catherine Barclay	Kim Eun-ha Petra Rampre	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	26.	9 July 2000	Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Janet Lee	Sandra Cacic Renata Kolbovic	6-4, 6-1
Winner	27.	16 July 2000	Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Kirstin Freye Tong Ka-po	6–1, 6–4
Winner	28.	8 July 2001	Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Ryoko Takemura Yuka Yoshida	6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	29.	15 July 2001	College Park, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Nana Miyagi Lisa McShea	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	30.	22 July 2001	Mahwah, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Nana Miyagi Lisa McShea	1-6, 6-3, 2-6
Runner-up	31.	4 August 2001	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Petra Rampre	Erika deLone Renata Kolbovic	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	32.	8 January 2002	Tallahassee, United States	Hard	Jessica Lehnhoff	Ivana Abramović Jacqueline Trail	6–4, 6–3
Winner	33.	20 January 2002	Gainesville, United States	Hard	Petra Rampre	Beau Jones Anzela Zguna	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	34.	13 May 2002	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Milagros Sequera	Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Chmelinová	6–7(5), 7–5, 6–3
Winner	35.	7 July 2002	Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Teryn Ashley	Ryoko Takemura Yuka Yoshida	6–3, 6–4
Winner	36.	8 October 2002	Cardiff, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Marion Bartoli	Mariana Díaz Oliva Julie Pullin	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	37.	11 November 2002	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Tina Hergold	Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Chmelinová	6–3, 3–6, 4–6

External links

• Vanessa Webb at the Women's Tennis Association
• Vanessa Webb at the International Tennis Federation
• Vanessa Webb at the Billie Jean King Cup