Jocelyn Rae (born 20 February 1991) is a British tennis player with a career-high singles ranking of 450 and a doubles high of world 93. Thus far in her career she has won one International Tennis Federation (ITF) title in singles and seventeen in doubles. 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]
Senior (2010 – present)
In February 2014, Rae received her first call up to the British Fed Cup Team, following Laura Robson's withdrawal due to injury.
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) |
|
ITF finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
Finals by category |
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$15,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
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Finals by surface |
Hard (1/1) |
Clay (0/0) |
Grass (0/0) |
Carpet (0/0) |
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Outcome |
No |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score in the final |
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: 25 (18–7)
Finals by category |
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$15,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
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Finals by surface |
Hard (12/4) |
Clay (1/1) |
Grass (3/0) |
Carpet (0/0) |
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Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents in the final |
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 Jakupovic
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 Jegiolka |
4–6 4–6 |
Runner-up |
2. |
30 November 2009 |
Bendigo, Australia |
Hard |
Emelyn Starr |
Irina 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) |
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