Lise Gregory (born 29 August 1963) is a South African former

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player who played primarily doubles. She played left-handed. Her career-high doubles ranking in 1990 was no. 18. She reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and was one of the top eight teams participating in the year-end

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. She played in college for the

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, earning seven NCAA All-American awards in both singles and doubles and the NCAA doubles championship in 1986 with long-time doubles partner

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. After her playing career, she became a college coach, first assistant coach at

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, then head coach at

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and the

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, earning numerous coaching awards.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 13 (7–6)

ITF finals

Singles (1–2)

Doubles: (7–1)

External links

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Biography on the UNC Asheville site

University of Miami women's tennis records
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