Michelle Jaggard-Lai

Michelle Jaggard-Lai

Michelle Jaggard-Lai at Brisbane Hardcourt Championships January 1994
Country	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Born	6 May 1969 (1969-05-06) (age 42) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	57 kg (130 lb; 9.0 st)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	1994
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$406,279
Singles
Career record	179–178
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 83 (10 May 1993)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (1989)
French Open	2r (1989 & 1990)
Wimbledon	1r (1987, 1988, 1989 & 1993)
US Open	1r (1993)
Doubles
Career record	147–138
Career titles	3 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 42 (4 February 1991)
Last updated on: 19 April 2008.

Michelle Jaggard-Lai (born 6 May 1969) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. Jaggard-Lai turned pro in 1984. She won 3 doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She reached the quarterfinals in doubles of the 1992 Australian Open, partnering Kimiko Date. In singles, she reached the 3rd round of the 1989 Australian Open. She reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 42 in February 1991 and a high singles ranking of No. 83 in May 1993.

She was a member of the Australia Fed Cup team that lost in the final of the 1993 Federation Cup.

Jaggard-Lai played in the Main Draw in singles at the Australian Open 8 times, the French Open 6 times, Wimbledon 4 times & the US Open once. She played in the Main Draw in doubles at the Australian Open 7 times, the French Open 9 times, Wimbledon 9 times & the US Open 6 times.

She married ex-professional soccer player from Holland, Gershwin Lai in 1992.

Jaggard-Lai retired from the tour at the end of 1994 (aged just 25 & ranked # 2 in Australia in singles at the time).

WTA Tour titles (3)

Doubles wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	26 October 1987	Indianapolis, USA	Hard (i)	Jenny Byrne	Beverly Bowes-Hackney Hu Na	6–2, 6–3
2.	24 July 1989	Schenectady, USA	Hard	Hu Na	Sandra Birch Debbie Graham	6–3, 6–2
3.	20 November 1994	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Rene Simpson	Nancy Feber Alexandra Fusai	6–0, 7–6(10)

Doubles runners-up (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	5 February 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Julie Richardson	Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
2.	9 April 1990	Tokyo (Japan Open), Japan	Hard	Hu Na	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	6–0, 3–6, 6–1

ITF Circuit wins

Singles winner (2)

• 1993 - $25k Port Pirie, Australia
• 1990 - $25k Nuriootpa, Australia

Doubles winner (7)

• 1992 - $50k Machida, Japan (w/ Julie Richardson)
• 1992 - $50k Jakarta-2, Indonesia (w/ Kristine Kunce)
• 1992 - $50k Porto, Portugal (w/ Virginia Ruano Pascual)
• 1991 - $25k Port Pirie, Australia (w/ Jo-Anne Faull)
• 1990 - $50k Chiba, Japan (w/ Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer)
• 1986 - $10k Sydney, Australia (w/ Lisa O'Neil)
• 1986 - $25k Chiba, Japan (w/ Belinda Cordwell)

External links

• Michelle Jaggard-Lai at the Women's Tennis Association
• Michelle Jaggard-Lai at the Fed Cup
• Michelle Jaggard-Lai at the International Tennis Federation