Lucie Ahl (born 23 July 1974 in
Exeter, Devon) is a tennis coach and a former professional tennis player. She was briefly the British No.1, holding the position for 9 non-consecutive weeks between 30 July 2001 and 5 May 2002. She reached her highest singles ranking of world No.161 on 1 April 2002.
In her career, Ahl won a total of 15 titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
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and also participated on the
WTA Tour
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. She had career wins over ITF & WTA Tour players
Sandra Cacic and
Rene Simpson.
Her best
Grand Slam
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performance came at the
2000 Wimbledon Championships
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, where she defeated Austrian
Barbara Schwartz in round one to capture the first and only win of her career in Grand Slam competition. Ahl also represented
Great Britain
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at the
Fed Cup
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on one occasion, winning all three of her rubbers and thus remaining undefeated in Fed Cup action.
Brother Daniel was ranked number 1 on the ITF world over 35 ratings in 2007
ITF circuit finals
Singles (9–7)
Doubles (6–9)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
Fed Cup
References
External links
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Living people
1974 births
British female tennis players
Female sports coaches
English female tennis players
English tennis coaches
Tennis people from Devon