South African tennis player
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
Result
W/L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Oct 1987
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hard
Ronni Reis
Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor
7–5, 7–5
Win
2–0
Jul 1988
Aptos , California, US
Hard
Ronni Reis
Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington
6–3, 6–4
Win
3–0
Feb 1989
Wichita , Kansas, US
Clay
Manon Bollegraf
Sandy Collins Leila Meskhi
6–2, 7–6
Loss
3–1
May 1989
Berlin , Germany
Clay
Gretchen Magers
Liz Smylie Janine Tremelling
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss
3–2
May 1989
Strasbourg , France
Clay
Gretchen Magers
Mercedes Paz Judith Wiesner
3–6, 3–6
Loss
3–3
Feb 1990
Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, US
Hard
Manon Bollegraf
Mary Lou Daniels Wendy White
5–7, 2–7
Loss
3–4
Jun 1990
Birmingham , England
Grass
Gretchen Magers
Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win
4–4
Jul 1990
Newport, Rhode Island , US
Grass
Gretchen Magers
Patty Fendick Anne Smith
7–6, 6–1
Win
5–4
Sep 1990
Leipzig , Germany
Carpet
Gretchen Magers
Manon Bollegraf Jo Durie
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win
6–4
Feb 1991
Aurora, Colorado , US
Hard
Gretchen Magers
Patty Fendick Lori McNeil
6–4, 6–4
Loss
6–5
Apr 1991
Hilton Head , South Carolina, US
Clay
Mary Lou Daniels
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Natalia Zvereva
4–6, 0–6
Win
7–5
Jul 1991
Westchester, New York , US
Hard
Rosalyn Nideffer
Katrina Adams Lori McNeil
7–5, 6–4
Loss
7–6
Aug 1991
Albuquerque , New Mexico, US
Hard
Mareen Harper
Katrina Adams Isabelle Demongeot
7–6, 4–6, 3–6
ITF finals
Singles (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Doubles: (7–1)
Result
No
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponent
Score
Win
1.
16 June 1986
Birmingham , United States
Clay
Heliane Steden
Ann Etheredge Sonia Hahn
6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win
2.
23 June 1986
Seabrook , United States
Clay
Manon Bollegraf
Alison Scott Michelle Turk
6–2, 6–1
Win
3.
1 June 1987
Brandon , United States
Clay
Ingelise Driehuis
Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington
7–6(3) , 6–7(8) , 6–4
Win
4.
8 June 1987
Key Biscayne , United States
Hard
Ingelise Driehuis
Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington
3–6, 7–6(4) , 6–2
Win
5.
15 June 1987
Birmingham , United States
Hard
Ingelise Driehuis
Katrina Adams Sonia Hahn
6–7(0) , 6–4, 6–2
Win
6.
29 June 1987
Litchfield , United States
Clay
Ingelise Driehuis
Paulette Roux Rita Winebarger
7–5, 6–2
Win
7.
6 July 1987
Seabrook , United States
Clay
Ingelise Driehuis
Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington
6–1, 6–2
Loss
8.
13 November 1989
Telford , United Kingdom
Hard
Linda Barnard
Anne Aallonen Simone Schilder
3–6, 6–7
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