Lindsey Nelson (tennis)

Lindsey Nelson
Country (sports)	United States
Born	November 18, 1985 (age 38); Riverside, California
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$29,797
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 424 (June 25, 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (2007)
Doubles
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 347 (October 23, 2006)

Lindsey Nelson (born November 18, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player.

Biography

A right-handed player from California, Nelson attended Villa Park High School in Orange County, before going on to play college tennis for the USC Trojans.^[1]

Nelson was a two-time singles runner-up in the NCAA singles championships while playing for the Trojans and was the 2007 Pac-10 singles champion.^[2] She is a graduate of Mississippi College School of Law.

Professional career

Nelson won her first professional title in 2006, when she teamed up with Anne Yelsey to win the doubles at College Park, a top category $75,000 ITF tournament. As a singles player, Nelson had a win that year over top 100 ranked Meng Yuan in Stanford qualifying.

In 2007 she took part in the qualifying draw for the US Open and qualified for Indian Wells, by beating Abigail Spears and Stéphanie Dubois. She was beaten in the first round at Indian Wells by Croatian wildcard Mirjana Lučić.^[3]

ITF finals

$75,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 2, 2006	Edmond, United States	Hard	Elizabeth Kaufman	Alexa Glatch Ashley Weinhold	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	July 9, 2006	College Park, United States	Hard	Anne Yelsey	Chan Chin-wei Natalie Grandin	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	July 18, 2009	Atlanta, United States	Hard	Kaitlyn Christian	Amanda Fink Yasmin Schnack	7–5, 7–6^(7–2)
Runner-up	2.	July 24, 2009	Evansville, United States	Hard	Kaitlyn Christian	Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack	6–4, 1–6, [4–10]

References

^ "Nelson, Lin Commit to USC, UCLA Tennis". Los Angeles Times. September 10, 2003.
^ "Lindsey Nelson Claims Pac-10 Singles Title :: Julie Smekodub wins Pac-10 Invitational Singles Crown". CSTV. April 29, 2007.^{[dead link]}
^ "Dementieva withdraws as play gets underway". Los Angeles Times. March 8, 2007.

External links

Lindsey Nelson at the Women's Tennis Association
Lindsey Nelson at the International Tennis Federation

[1] "Nelson, Lin Commit to USC, UCLA Tennis". Los Angeles Times. September 10, 2003.

[2] "Lindsey Nelson Claims Pac-10 Singles Title :: Julie Smekodub wins Pac-10 Invitational Singles Crown". CSTV. April 29, 2007.^{[dead link]}

[3] "Dementieva withdraws as play gets underway". Los Angeles Times. March 8, 2007.

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