Lisa Green (née Gould; born 27 May 1967) is a British former professional tennis player. Raised in Billericay, Essex, Gould competed on the professional tour in the 1980s and reached a career high singles ranking of 237 in the world. Most notably she won her first round match at the

1987 Wimbledon Championships The 1987 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 101st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from ...

, over

Cammy MacGregor Cammy MacGregor (born October 11, 1968) is an American former tennis player from the mid-1980s until 1995. Her elder sister Cynthia Cynthia is a feminine given name of Greek origin: , , "from Mount Cynthus" on Delos island. The name has been ...

. She faced

Peanut Louie Harper Mareen "Peanut" Louie-Harper (born August 15, 1960) is a retired American tennis player, born in San Francisco, California to Ron and Alice Louie. She was a top-ranked junior tennis player and professional tennis player on the WTA tour. She reache ...

in the second round, with the winner to play top seed

Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...

, but she fell in straight sets. Gould married South African tennis player

Warren Green Warren Everett Green (March 10, 1869 – April 27, 1945) was an American politician who served as the 13th governor of South Dakota. Green, a Republican from Hazel, South Dakota, served from 1931 to 1933. He was also a state senator from 191 ...

and later relocated to Sydney, via South Africa. Their son, Chris Green, is a professional cricketer.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gould, Lisa 1967 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis players from Essex People from Billericay English emigrants to Australia 20th-century British women