Valda Lake

Valda Lake

Full name	Valda Lake
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Born	11 October 1968 Torquay, Devon, UK
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1997
Prize money	$169,985
Singles
Career record	82–111
Career titles	0 WTA (0 ITF)
Highest ranking	172 (11 April 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1988)
Wimbledon	2R (1989)
Doubles
Career record	156–186
Career titles	0 WTA (8 ITF)
Highest ranking	56 (20 June 1994)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1994)
French Open	1R (1994, 1995, 1996)
Wimbledon	3R (1993)
US Open	1R (1993, 1994, 1995)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1994, 1995)

Valda Lake (born 11 October 1968) is a former tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1983 and retired in 1997. Over the course of her career she reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 172 in singles (achieved on 11 April 1988) and number 56 in doubles (achieved on 20 June 1994). During her career, Lake was more successful in doubles than she was in singles, winning eight ITF titles and reaching the final of the 1994 China Open.^[1] She represented Great Britain in the Olympics held in Atlanta 1996 playing doubles with Clare Wood and reaching the quarter-finals before losing to the Gold Medalist American Team- Gigi Fernandez and Mary Jo Fernandez. Currently lives in Los Angeles and owns an art gallery "Wallspace" and is a set decorator in TV commercials.

WTA tour and ITF circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Tier I (0–0) WTA Tier II – IV (0–0) ITF Circuit (0–1)

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

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	10 May 1993	$10,000 Basingston, Great Britain	Hard	Vallin, MarianneMarianne Vallin	2–6, 6–7^(6–8)

Doubles: 18 (8–10)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Tier I (0–0) WTA Tier II – IV (0–1) ITF Circuit (8–9)

Finals by surface Hard (3–8) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (3–1)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	21 July 1986	$5,000 Amersfoort, Netherlands	Clay	Hand, Kaye D.Kaye D. Hand	Driehuis, IngeliseIngelise Driehuis Simone Schilder	1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner	17 November 1986	$10,000 Croydon, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Wood, ClareClare Wood	Digna Ketelaar Simone Schilder	7–6, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1 December 1986	$10,000 Vereeniging, South Africa	Hard	Katie Rickett	Daily, MaryMary Daily Lechner, CorneliaCornelia Lechner	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8 December 1986	$10,000 Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Katie Rickett	Barnard, LindaLinda Barnard de Swardt, MariaanMariaan de Swardt	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	15 December 1986	$25,000 Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Katie Rickett	Reinach, ElnaElna Reinach Reinach, MonicaMonica Reinach	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	20 April 1987	$10,000 Queens, Great Britain	Hard	de Ruysscher, IsleIsle de Ruysscher	Jo Lewis Martin, FrederiqueFrederique Martin	1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	11 May 1987	$10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain	Clay	Tiezzi, AndreaAndrea Tiezzi	Berger, IlanaIlana Berger Wilmink, TitiaTitia Wilmink	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3 October 1988	$25,000 Eastbourne, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Anne Simpkin	Bakkum, CarinCarin Bakkum Schilder, SimoneSimone Schilder	4–6, 4–6
Winner	18 September 1989	$10,000 Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Toleafoa, ClaudineClaudine Toleafoa	Moreno, PaulettePaulette Moreno Ptaszek, KarinKarin Ptaszek	7–6, 1–6, 7–5
Winner	18 February 1991	$10,000 Croydon, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Gomer, SaraSara Gomer	Wegink, ClaireClaire Wegink Wamelink, DorienDorien Wamelink	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	25 February 1991	$10,000 Norwich, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Anne Simpkin	Marchl, AnkeAnke Marchl Wamelink, DorienDorien Wamelink	4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Runner-up	29 April 1991	$10,000 Basingstoke, Great Britain	Hard	Virginia Humphreys-Davis	Caroline Billingham O'Halloran, LesleyLesley O'Halloran	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	16 September 1991	$25,000 Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Babel, MeikeMeike Babel	Havrlíková, IvanaIvana Havrlíková Šišková, KateřinaKateřina Šišková	7–5, 6–0
Runner-up	26 April 1993	$10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain	Hard	Colette Hall	Iversen, PaulaPaula Iversen Mair, MicheleMichele Mair	2–6, 4–6
Winner	10 May 1993	$10,000 Basingston, Great Britain	Hard	Mawdsley, RobynRobyn Mawdsley	Haas, SabineSabine Haas Horn, LiezelLiezel Horn	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	14 February 1994	$100,000 China Open, Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Guse, Kerry-AnneKerry-Anne Guse	Li Ling Chen Fang Li	0–6, 2–6
Winner	26 February 1996	$50,000 Southampton, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Wood, ClareClare Wood	Golarsa, LauraLaura Golarsa Križan, TinaTina Križan	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	4 March 1996	$25,000 Rockford, United States	Hard	Hakami, EllyElly Hakami	Kournikova, AnnaAnna Kournikova Varmužová, LudmilaLudmila Varmužová	6–2, 6–3

References

1. Valda Lake at the Women's Tennis Association

External links

• Valda Lake at the Women's Tennis Association
• Valda Lake at the International Tennis Federation
• Valda Lake at the Fed Cup