Lori McNeil

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Country	United States
Residence	Houston, Texas, USA
Born	December 18, 1963 (1963-12-18) (age 47) San Diego, California, USA
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$3,441,604
Singles
Career record	436–309
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 9 (July 4, 1988)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1987)
French Open	3R (1988, 1992, 1994)
Wimbledon	SF (1994)
US Open	SF (1987)
Doubles
Career record	605–335
Career titles	33
Highest ranking	No. 4 (November 9, 1987)
Last updated on: July 12, 2008.

Lori McNeil (born December 18, 1963, in San Diego, California) is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison. Lori's father, the late Charlie McNeil, played professional football with the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s.

Career

McNeil played on the WTA Tour for 19 years from 1983-2002. During that time she won one Grand Slam mixed doubles title at the French Open in 1988 (partnering Jorge Lozano). She won a total of 10 singles and 33 doubles titles during her career. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 9 in singles (in 1988), and World No. 4 in doubles (in 1987).

McNeil is perhaps best remembered for her results against Steffi Graf. In 1992, McNeil defeated Graf 7–5 6–4 in the first round of the WTA Tour Championships, marking the first time since 1985 that Graf had lost in the opening round of a tournament. Then, in 1994, McNeil beat Graf 7–5 7–6 (7–5) in the first round at Wimbledon, marking the first time in Grand Slam history that a defending-champion suffered a first round loss. That year, McNeil went on to reach the semi-finals at Wimbledon before losing to eventual-champion Conchita Martínez 3-6, 6-2, 10-8. This equalled McNeil's best-ever Grand Slam singles performance - she also reached the semi-finals at the U.S. Open in 1987 (after defeating six-time champion Chris Evert in the quarterfinals) where she lost to Graf 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1987	Australian Open	Grass	Zina Garrison	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–1, 6–0

Mixed Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1987	French Open	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Pam Shriver Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 7–6(4)
Winner	1988	French Open	Clay	Jorge Lozano	Brenda Schultz Michiel Schapers	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1992	French Open	Clay	Bryan Shelton	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Mark Woodforde	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1994	Wimbledon	Grass	T.J. Middleton	Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Titles (43)

Singles (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	September 21, 1986	Tampa, USA	Hard	Zina Garrison	2–6, 7–5, 6–2
2.	September 28, 1986	Tulsa, USA	Hard	Beth Herr	6–0, 6–1
3.	February 28, 1988	Oklahoma City, USA	Carpet (I)	Brenda Schultz	6–3, 6–2
4.	July 17, 1988	Newport, USA	Grass	Barbara Potter	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
5.	August 20, 1989	Albuquerque, USA	Hard	Elna Reinach	6–1, 6–3
6.	February 17, 1991	Denver, USA	Carpet (I)	Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–4
7.	April 14, 1991	Tokyo, Japan (Japan Open)	Hard	Sabine Appelmans	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
8.	June 21, 1992	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Linda Harvey Wild	6–4, 6–4
9.	June 13, 1993	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Zina Garrison	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
10.	June 12, 1994	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Zina Garrison	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (33)

Singles runner-ups (11)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

• NH = tournament not held.
• A = did not participate in the tournament.
• SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.