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Maureen Drake

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Maureen Drake
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceToronto, Ontario
Born (1971-03-21) March 21, 1971 (age 53)
Toronto, Ontario
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Turned proJune 1991
Retired2016
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$795,194
Singles
Career record449–384
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 47 (September 13, 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1999)
French Open1R (1999, 2000)
Wimbledon3R (2002)
US Open1R (1990, 1999, 2003, 2004)
Doubles
Career record153–182
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 77 (October 30, 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2005)
French Open2R (1999)
Wimbledon2R (1998, 2006)
US Open1R (1998, 1999)

Maureen Elizabeth Drake (born March 21, 1971)[1] is a Canadian former professional tennis player.

Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 47, which she reached on September 13, 1999. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 77, set on October 30, 2006.

After Drake qualified for the round of 16 at the 1999 Australian Open, there was no Canadian to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event until Aleksandra Wozniak at the French Open in 2009.[2]

Drake retired in April 2011 but returned to professional tennis in July 2014. In August 2016, she announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis.

Drake is of Slovenian descent through her father.

WTA career finals

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Doubles: 1 runner-up

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V (0–1)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Sep 1997 Bali International,
Indonesia
Tier IV Hard Canada Renata Kolbovic Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
Japan Rika Hiraki
1–6, 6–7(5–7)

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner-ups)

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Legend
$75,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50,000 tournaments (0–3)
$25,000 tournaments (5–7)
$10,000 tournaments (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1990 Evansville, United States 25k Hard United States Halle Carroll 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 1992 Salisbury, United States 25k Hard United States Beverly Bowes 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 1992 Potosí, Mexico 25k Hard Mexico Angélica Gavaldón 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–3 Feb 1993 Miami, United States 25k Hard United States Beverly Bowes 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss 1–4 Jun 1993 Hilton Head, United States 10k Hard United States Halle Carroll 7–6(3), 2–6, 6–7(3)
Loss 1–5 Feb 1994 Miami, United States 25k Hard United States Elly Hakami 5–7, 3–6
Win 2–5 Jun 1994 Columbia, United States 10k Hard United States Anne Miller 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–6 Jun 1995 Peachtree, United States 25k Hard United States Anne Miller 3–6, 2–6
Win 3–6 Jul 1995 Mississauga, Canada 25k Hard United States Kori Davidson 6–4, 6–0
Loss 3–7 Jul 1997 Clearwater, United States 25k Hard United States Karin Miller 3–6, 6–7(6)
Win 4–7 Apr 1998 Industry Hills, United States 25k Hard United States Lilia Osterloh 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–7 Nov 1998 Caracas, Venezuela 25k Hard Brazil Vanessa Menga 6–1, 6–2
Loss 5–8 Feb 2002 Columbus, United States 25k Hard (i) France Marion Bartoli 2–6, 3–6
Win 6–8 Mar 2002 Lawrenceville, United States 25k Hard United States Teryn Ashley 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–9 Apr 2002 Naples, United States 50k Clay Russia Vera Zvonareva 1–6, 3–6
Loss 6–10 Jul 2004 Los Gatos, United States 50k Hard Russia Lioudmila Skavronskaia 6–7(0), 4–6
Loss 6–11 Jul 2004 Schenectady, United States 50k Hard United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3–6, 1–6
Loss 6–12 Sep 2005 Albuquerque Championships, U.S. 75k Hard Russia Anastasia Rodionova 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups)

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Legend
$75,000 tournaments (1–2)
$50,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (4–8)
$10,000 tournaments (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1994 Miami, United States 25k Hard United States Audra Keller United States Beverly Bowes
Poland Katharzyna Teodorowicz
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jul 1994 Evansville, United States 25k Hard Canada Mélanie Bernard United States Michelle Jackson-Nobrega
United States Shannan McCarthy
6–4, 6–7(4), 3–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 1994 Rancho Mirage, United States 25k Hard United States Audra Keller United States Cammy MacGregor
United States Stephanie Reece
6–0, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Jul 1996 Wilmington, United States 50k Hard United States Meilen Tu United States Erika deLone
Australia Nicole Pratt
5–7, 6–7(2)
Loss 1–4 Jul 1997 Clearwater, United States 25k Hard United States Lindsay Lee-Waters United Kingdom Julie Pullin
United Kingdom Amanda Wainwright
4–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Jan 1998 Delray Beach, United States 10k Hard Canada Renata Kolbovic United States Jean Okada
United States Keri Phebus
7–6(3), 6–4
Win 3–4 Feb 1998 Clearwater, United States 25k Hard Canada Renata Kolbovic Puerto Rico Kristina Brandi
United States Karin Miller
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–5 May 1998 Midlothian, United States 25k Clay Canada Renata Kolbovic Australia Trudi Musgrave
United States Brie Rippner
3–6, 3–6
Loss 3–6 May 1998 Haines City, United States 25k Clay Canada Renata Kolbovic South Africa Esme De Villiers
South Africa Jessica Steck
3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–7 Oct 1998 Santa Clara, United States 75k Hard United States Lindsay Lee-Waters Zimbabwe Cara Black
Kazakhstan Irina Selyutina
4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 4–7 Nov 1998 Austin, United States 50k Hard United States Lindsay Lee-Waters South Africa Esme De Villiers
South Africa Liezel Horn
6–1, 6–1
Loss 4–8 Nov 1998 Caracas, Venezuela 25k Hard Germany Caroline Schneider Brazil Vanessa Menga
Spain Alicia Ortuño
3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss 4–9 May 2001 Midlothian, United States 25k Clay Canada Diana Srebrovic United States Jennifer Russell
United States Abigail Spears
6–7(2), 6–1, 2–6
Loss 4–10 Sep 2003 Raleigh, United States 25k Clay Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
United States Tiffany Dabek
6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win 5–10 Oct 2003 Lafayette, United States 25k Clay United States Lindsay Lee-Waters Mexico Jessica Fernández
United States Kara Molony-Hussey
6–2, 6–3
Win 6–10 Sep 2004 Albuquerque, United States 75k Hard United States Carly Gullickson Canada Stéphanie Dubois
Argentina María Emilia Salerni
6–3, 7–6(6)
Loss 6–11 Oct 2004 Cary, United States 50k Clay Japan Nana Smith Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
United States Samantha Reeves
6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win 7–11 Jan 2006 Fort Walton Beach, United States 25k Hard Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Slovakia Zuzana Kučová
South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss 7–12 Feb 2007 Midland Classic, United States 75k Hard (i) Canada Stéphanie Dubois United States Laura Granville
United States Abigail Spears
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 8–12 Nov 2009 Toronto Challenger, Canada 50k Hard (i) Canada Marianne Jodoin Canada Sharon Fichman
United States Mashona Washington
2–3 ret.

Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 W–L Win %
Australian Open A A 1R A 1R Q2 Q1 A A A A 4R 1R A Q1 1R 1R Q1 3–6 33%
French Open Q1 A A Q3 Q2 A A Q1 Q1 A Q1 1R 1R Q2 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 0–2 0%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A 1R Q2 Q2 2R 1R 2R 3R 2R Q2 Q1 5–6 45%
US Open A A 1R Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q3 Q2 Q1 1R Q1 Q1 Q2 1R 1R Q1 0–4 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–4 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 8–18 31%

Doubles

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Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 W–L Win %
Australian Open 1R A A A A 1R A A A A A 2R A 1–3 25%
French Open A A A A A 2R A A A A A A 1R 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A A 2R 1R A A A A Q1 Q1 2R 2–3 40%
US Open A A A A 1R 1R A A A A A A A 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–10 29%

Record against top-50 players

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Drake's win–loss record (14–54, 21%) against players who were ranked world No. 50 or higher when played is as follows:[3]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

Notes

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  1. ^ 6–1 overall record vs. Kremer
  2. ^ 1–2 overall record vs. Rittner
  3. ^ 3–1 overall record vs. Brandi
  4. ^ 1–2 overall record vs. Black
  5. ^ 2–1 overall record vs. Mikaelian
  6. ^ 2–1 overall record vs. Cho
  7. ^ 2–2 overall record vs. Tanasugarn
  8. ^ 0–2 overall record vs. Davenport
  9. ^ 0–2 overall record vs. Sugiyama
  10. ^ 0–2 overall record vs. Serna
  11. ^ 0–3 overall record vs. Medvedeva
  12. ^ 0–2 overall record vs. Bradtke
  13. ^ 1–5 overall record vs. de Swardt
  14. ^ 1–3 overall record vs. Ruano Pascual
  15. ^ 0–2 overall record vs. Helgeson-Nielsen
  16. ^ 0–3 overall record vs. Lee-Waters
  17. ^ 1–5 overall record vs. Tu
  18. ^ 0–3 overall record vs. Tatarkova
  19. ^ 0–2 overall record vs. Barna
  20. ^ 1–2 overall record vs. Srebotnik
  21. ^ 1–3 overall record vs. Fernández
  22. ^ 0–4 overall record vs. Rubin

References

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  1. ^ "Player Stats - Maureen Drake". CBS5.com. Retrieved October 6, 2008.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Wozniak bests clay specialist at French Open; Nestor advances". CBC Sports. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
  3. ^ "Results". WTATennis.com. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
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