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Jocelyn Rae (born 20 February 1991) is a British tennis player.
Rae has a career high WTA singles ranking of 450, achieved on 12 July 2010. Rae also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 67 achieved on 22 February 2016. Rae has won 1 ITF singles titles and 19 ITF doubles titles.
Together with Colin Fleming , she won the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi for Scotland. She is coached by former professional tennis player and fellow Scot, Karen Paterson .[ 1]
Career
Junior (2006–2009)
Jocelyn Rae played her first match on the junior ITF 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.[ 2]
2014
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 doubles final at the Swedish Open , partnering Anna Smith .
2015
In April 2015, Rae won a $50,000 tournament in Croissy-Beaubourg , France, partnering Anna Smith . In June 2015 she lost in the WTA doubles final in Nottingham .
Apparel
Rae wears Nike clothing.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
1.
20 July 2014
Swedish Open , Båstad, Sweden
Clay
Anna Smith
Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor
1–6, 1–6
Runner-up
2.
14 June 2015
Nottingham Open , Nottingham, Great Britain
Grass
Anna Smith
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
6–3, 3–6, [9-11]
Runner-up
3.
16 September 2016
Japan Women's Open , Tokyo, Japan
Hard
Anna Smith
Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya
3–6, 3–6
ITF finals (21–8)
Singles (1–1)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Doubles (21–7)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (17–4)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (3–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Winner
1.
15 September 2008
Kawana Waters , Australia
Hard
Emelyn Starr
Alexis Prousis Robin Stephenson
6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Winner
2.
6 July 2009
Felixstowe , United Kingdom
Grass
Jade Windley
Dalila Jakupović Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic
6–1, 6–0
Winner
3.
13 July 2009
Frinton , United Kingdom
Grass
Jade Windley
Anna Fitzpatrick Emelyn Starr
6–3, 7–5
Winner
4.
4 September 2009
Cumberland , United Kingdom
Hard
Jade Windley
Lucia Kovarcikova Monika Tumova
6–4, 6–0
Runner-up
1.
12 October 2009
Mytilini , Greece
Hard
Jade Windley
Olga Brózda Justyna Jegiołka
4–6 4–6
Runner-up
2.
30 November 2009
Bendigo , Australia
Hard
Emelyn Starr
Irena Pavlovic Arina Rodionova
3–6 6–7(3)
Winner
5.
9 May 2010
Edinburgh , United Kingdom
Clay
Amanda Elliott
Tímea Babos Tara Moore
7–6(5), 6–4
Runner-up
3.
17 July 2010
Woking , United Kingdom
Hard
Emelyn Starr
Tímea Babos Emma Laine
2–6, 2–6
Winner
6.
31 July 2010
Chiswick , United Kingdom
Hard
Emelyn Starr
Anna Fitzpatrick Jade Windley
6–1, 6–4
Winner
7.
13 November 2010
Loughborough , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Jade Windley
Jana Orlova Petra Krejsová
6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Winner
8.
9 November 2013
Loughborough , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Anna Smith
Francesca Palmigiano Camilla Rosatello
6–0, 4–6, [10–3]
Winner
9.
15 November 2013
Manchester , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Anna Smith
Eva Wacanno Julia Wachaczyk
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up
4.
7 December 2013
Pune , India
Hard
Anna Smith
Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech
5–7, 5–7
Winner
10.
13 December 2013
Navi Mumbai , India
Hard
Anna Smith
Oksana Kalashnikova Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Winner
11.
18 January 2014
Glasgow , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Anna Smith
Martina Borecká Tereza Malíková
4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Winner
12.
25 January 2014
Sunderland , United Kingdom
Hard
Anna Smith
Ágnes Bukta Viktoriya Tomova
6–1, 6–1
Winner
13.
23 February 2014
Nottingham , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Anna Smith
Naomi Broady Renata Voráčová
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Runner-up
5.
28 February 2014
Beinasco , Italy
Clay (i)
Anna Smith
Nicole Clerico Giulia Gatto-Monticone
1–6, 7–5, [11–13]
Winner
14.
31 March 2014
Edgbaston , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Anna Smith
Magda Linette Amra Sadiković
3–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Winner
15.
2 June 2014
Nottingham , United Kingdom
Grass
Anna Smith
Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez
7–6(7–5) , 4–6, [10–5]
Winner
16.
26 July 2014
Lexington , United States
Hard
Anna Smith
Shuko Aoyama Keri Wong
6–4 6–4
Winner
17.
1 February 2015
Sunderland , United Kingdom
Hard (i)
Anna Smith
Justyna Jegiołka Cornelia Lister
6–3, 6–1
Winner
18.
04 April 2015
Croissy-Beaubourg , France
Hard (i)
Anna Smith
Julie Coin Mathilde Johansson
7-6(5) 7-6(2)
Runner-up
6.
04 May 2015
Cagnes-sur-Mer , France
Clay
Anna Smith
Johanna Konta Laura Thorpe
6-1 4-6 [5-10]
Runner-up
7.
05 June 2015
Eastbourne , United Kingdom
Grass
Anna Smith
Shelby Rogers Coco Vandeweghe
5-7 6-7(1)
Winner
19.
02 April 2016
Croissy-Beaubourg , France
Hard (i)
Anna Smith
Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá
6–4, 6–1
Winner
20.
03 September 2016
Guiyang , China
Hard (i)
Anna Smith
Wei Zhanlan Zhao Qianqian
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner
21.
11 November 2016
Bratislava , Slovakia
Hard (i)
Anna Smith
Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno
6–3, 6–2
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