Debbie Graham

Debbie Graham or Debbie Graham Shaffer (born August 25, 1970) is a retired tennis player from the United States.

Debbie Graham

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1970-08-25) August 25, 1970 Walnut Creek, California
Plays	Right-handed
College	Stanford
Prize money	$862,123
Singles
Career record	175–60
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 35 (January 6, 1992)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1993, 1994)
French Open	3R (1991)
Wimbledon	2R (1992)
US Open	2R (1990, 1991, 1996)
Doubles
Career record	206–163
Career titles	5 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 24 (January 31, 1994)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1994, 2000)
French Open	3R (1993, 1998)
Wimbledon	SF (1998)
US Open	3R (1993, 1998)

She was awarded the "Most Impressive Newcomer" by WTA in 1992.[1] She was a "High Performance Coach" for women with the USTA at the USTA Training Center in Carson, California.

She is the director of Little Aces Tennis, where she is teaching children to play tennis with low compression balls, smaller rackets, and smaller nets.[2]

Graham played college tennis for Stanford University.[3] She won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's top collegiate tennis player in 1990.[4][5] She was inducted into the Stanford Hall of Fame in 1997 for winning NCAAA singles her sophomore year and only losing one match on an undefeated team.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend

Grand Slam

Tier I

Tier II

Tier III

Tier IV & V

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	May 1993	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Brenda Schultz	6–7, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Legend Grand Slam 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 1 Tier IV & V 4

Titles by surface Hard 1 Clay 3 Grass 0 Carpet 1

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 1989	Schenectady, United States	Hard	Sandra Birch	Michelle Jaggard Hu Na	3–6, 2–6
Win	1.	May 1993	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Brenda Schultz	Petra Langrová Mercedes Paz	6–0, 6–4
Loss	2.	May 1993	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Brenda Schultz	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	1–6, 3–6
Win	2.	Aug 1993	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Ann Grossman	Gigi Fernández Rennae Stubbs	5–7, 7–5, 7–5
Loss	3.	Sep 1993	Hong Kong	Hard	Marianne Werdel	Karin Kschwendt Rachel McQuillan	6–1, 6–7, 2–6
Loss	4.	Feb 1996	Oklahoma City, United States	Hard (i)	Katrina Adams	Chanda Rubin Brenda Schultz	4–6, 3–6
Win	3.	May 1996	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Katrina Adams	Radka Bobková Eva Melicharová	6–3, 7–6
Win	4.	Oct 1996	Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Brenda Schultz	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6–1, 6–4
Win	5.	May 1997	Cardiff, Wales	Clay	Kerry-Anne Guse	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	6–3, 6–4

References

1. "WTA Awards".
2. "USTA Debbie Graham bio". Archived from the original on 2007-09-01.
3. Araton, Harvey (1 September 1991). "In Women's Tennis, She's Over the Hill at 21". New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
4. "Stanford University's Official Athletic Site - Women's Tennis". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
5. "Tennis". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-25.

External links

• Debbie Graham at the Women's Tennis Association
• Debbie Graham at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by Andrea Strnadová	WTA Newcomer of the Year 1992	Succeeded by Iva Majoli