Frédérique Lambert

Frédérique Lambert
Personal information
Nickname(s) Fred
Nationality Canadian
Born (1992-03-27) March 27, 1992
Montreal, Quebec
Residence Montreal, Quebec
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Racquetball
Coached by Michel Gagnon
Achievements and titles
National finals 1 (2015)
Highest world ranking 4th (2015)
Medal record
Women's Racquetball
Competitor for  Canada
World Championships
2010 Seoul Doubles
2012 Santo Domingo Doubles
2012 Santo Domingo Team
Pan Am Championships
2008 Pan Am Championships Doubles
2009 Pan Am Championships Singles
2010 Pan Am Championships Doubles
2012 Pan Am Championships Singles
Pan Am Games
2015 Toronto Team

Frédérique Lambert (born March 27, 1992) is a Canadian racquetball player. Lambert is the current Canadian Champion in Women's Singles.[1] She has been a member of the Canadian National Team since 2008, and is a multiple medalist in international competitions.

International Career

Lambert's first international appearance was at the 2008 Pan Am Championships, where she was a bronze medalist in doubles with Josée Grand'Maître, losing in the semi-finals to Chileans Angela Grisar and Fabiola Marquez.[2]

Since then, Lambert has played for Canada on eight other occasions. Her best result to date is a silver medal at the 2012 Pan American Championships,[3] when she defeated American Rhonda Rajsich in the semi-finals, 15-13, 15-10, but had to withdraw due to injury in the final against Mexican Paola Longoria.

Lambert was also a silver medalist at the 2010 Pan American Championships in doubles with Genevieve Brodeur, when they lost to Mexicans Samantha Salas and Susana Acosta in final, 15-11, 15-4.[4]

Lambert earned two bronze medals at the 2012 World Championships. She was a bronze medalist in women's doubles with Josée Grand'Maître,[5] and in the women's team event also.[6]

Lambert was a bronze medalist at the 2009 Pan American Championships in singles, when she lost to Bolivan Carola Loma, 15-3, 15-14.[7][8]

Lambert has played in two Pan American Games. In the 2011 Pan Am games, she lost to Bolivian Maria Jose Vargas in the second round, 15-11, 15-8 of Women's Singles, and in 2015, she lost to Rhonda Rajsich in the quarterfinals. But in the 2015 Women's Team event, Lambert and Jennifer Saunders earned bronze medals in the Women's Team event, losing to the USA in the semi-finals.

Lambert was the International Racquetball Federation World Junior Champion in Girl's U18 in 2011, when she defeated Vargas in the final, 4-15, 15-7, 11-4.[9] She was also World Junior Champion in Girl's U14 in 2007.

Professional Career

Lambert finished the 2014-15 Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) season ranked 4th, which was a personal best and her second consecutive top 10 finish, as she was 6th in 2013-14. Lambert is the fifth Canadian to be in the top 10 of the women's pro tour behind Christie Van Hees, Jennifer Saunders, Lori-Jane Powell, and Heather Stupp. Her 4th place ranking is the second highest ranking by a Canadian behind only Van Hees, who was #1 in 2004-05.

Lambert has twice been a finalist on the LPRT, and both times have been at the New Jersey Open. In 2015, she defeated Mexican Paola Longoria in the semi-finals, 11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 11-5, becoming just the second player to defeat Longoria on the pro tour in four seasons of competition. However, Lambert lost to Vargas in the final, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3.

At the 2014 New Jersey Open, Longoria was runner-up to Longoria, who defeated Lambert in the final, 11-6, 11-4, 11-5.[10] To reach the final, Lambert defeated Vargas in the semi-finals and Rhonda Rajsich in the quarterfinals.

Lombert has reached the semi-finals of two LPRT tournaments. Her first semi-final was in September 2013 at the Abierto Mexicano de Racquetas tournament in Toluca, Mexico. Lambert upset 2nd seed Rhonda Rajsich in the Round of 16, then defeated Maria Paz Muñoz in the quarter-finals before losing to Cristina Amaya in the semis in four games, 11-9, 6-11, 11-0, 11-5.[11] Lambert was also in the semi-final of the Tour of Hope tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio. There she beat Susana Acosta in the 16s, then Aubrey Kirch in the quarter-finals, before losing to Rajsich in the semis, 11-8, 11-4, 11-9.[12]

Canadian Career

Lambert won her first Canadian Championship in Women's Singles in 2015,[13] when she defeated Jennifer Saunders, 15-7, 15-7, in the final. This was Lambert's second title overall, as she won Women's Doubles in 2010 with Brandi Jacobson Prentice.[14]

She became the #1 women's player in Canada in January 2014 after defeating Saunders in two consecutive tournaments.[15]

Lambert has been runner-up to Saunders at the Canadian National Championships in singles in 2009,[16] 2011[17] and 2012.[18] She's also been runner-up in doubles: twice with Brandi Jacobson Prentice - in 2011[19] and 2012[20] - and in 2013 with Michele Morissette.[21]

Personal

Lambert lives in Montreal, Quebec.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://sirc.ca/news/new-mens-womens-racquetball-championsnouveaux-champions-et-championnes-canadiens-de-racquetball
  2. ↑ "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  3. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=45245
  4. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=34803
  5. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=47601
  6. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=47740
  7. ↑ http://www.theracquetballblog.blogspot.ca/2009/04/pan-american-championships-singles-semi.html
  8. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=27794
  9. ↑ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/frederique-lambert-claims-racquetball-gold/article588857/
  10. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=58166
  11. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=11402&divID=34&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message
  12. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=12018&divID=34&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message
  13. ↑ http://sirc.ca/news/new-mens-womens-racquetball-championsnouveaux-champions-et-championnes-canadiens-de-racquetball
  14. ↑ http://www.racquetball.ca/articles.asp?articleID=1835&zoneID=299
  15. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=57349
  16. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=5222&divID=0&combinedID=25946&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=
  17. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=7811&divID=35&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=
  18. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=9099&divID=0&combinedID=63824&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=
  19. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/roundRobin.asp?leftFrame=&TID=7811&divID=74&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=
  20. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/view-bracket.asp?leftFrame=&TID=9099&divID=74&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=
  21. ↑ http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/drawsOut/roundRobin.asp?leftFrame=&TID=9894&divID=74&combinedID=0&print=&fromPage=&highlightMatchNum=&drawVar=&message=

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