Lorrayne Gracie-Safiruddin (born 3 March 1964) is a British former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Born in 1964, Gracie started playing tennis at the age of 10 while growing up in

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

and attended

Culcheth Culcheth is a village in the Borough of Warrington, ceremonial county of Cheshire and historic county of Lancashire, England, six miles (10 km) north-east of Warrington town centre; it is the principal settlement in Culcheth and Glazebury ci ...

Hall School. Her father Malcolm was also a tennis player, but is better known as a former president of the

Lawn Tennis Association The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Founded in 1888, the LTA promotes all levels of lawn tennis. It believes that tennis can provide "physical ...

. Gracie competed on the professional tour in the 1980s and featured on several occasions in the qualifying or main draws at

Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ...

. She reached the third qualifying round in 1985, beating future finalist

Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberl ...

en route. All of her main draw appearances at Wimbledon came in doubles.

ITF finals

Doubles: 8 (0–8)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gracie, Lorrayne 1964 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis players from Cheshire 20th-century British women