Jocelyn Rae

Jocelyn Rae

Jocelyn Rae at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Mixed Doubles Final
Country (sports)	Great Britain Scotland
Residence	Arnold, Nottinghamshire
Born	20 February 1991 Nottingham
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	right handed, double handed backhand
Prize money	US$ 144,856
Singles
Career record	70–53
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	450 (12 July 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2010)
Doubles
Career record	126 - 82
Career titles	0 WTA, 18 ITF
Highest ranking	68 (1 February 2016)
Current ranking	68 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2016)
Wimbledon	2R (2009, 2010, 2015)
US Open	1R (2015)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
Medal record Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

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 68 achieved on 1 February 2016. Rae has won 1 ITF singles titles and 18 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]

In terms of Grand Slam success, her biggest wins so far came when she partnered Melanie South in the 2009 Wimbledon women's doubles and they defeated Alona Bondarenko and Kateryna Bondarenko in the first round, 6–1 7–6⁽⁴⁾ & when she partnered Heather Watson in the 2010 Wimbledon women's doubles, they defeated Casey Dellacqua and Alicia Molik, 3–6 6–1 6–4.⁽⁵⁾

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: 2 (2 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 (0–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) 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]

ITF finals (20–8)

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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	31 August 2009	Cumberland, United Kingdom	Hard	Jade Windley	1–6 1–6
Winner	1.	12 October 2009	Mytilini, Greece	Hard	Jade Windley	6–2, 6–1

Doubles (19–7)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (15–4) 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

References

1. "Jos Rae Blog – Fed Cup". lta.org.uk. 28 January 2011.
2. Jocelyn Rae at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile

External links

• Jocelyn Rae at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jocelyn Rae at the International Tennis Federation
• Jocelyn Rae at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Jocelyn Rae at the Fed Cup