Lori Mcneil

American Born 1963 170 cm
Head to heads vs Zina Garrison (14)vs Helena Sukova (13)vs Martina Navratilova (12)vs Steffi Graf (11)vs Larisa Savchenko (9)vs Mary Joe Fernandez (8)

Match log

1999

Hilton Head, qualifyingClay, March
Q1LKarin Miller2-6 6-2 6-7
Key BiscayneHard, March
R128LMelissa Middleton6-7 6-2 3-6
OklahomaHard, February
R32LMiho Saeki5-7 4-6

1998

US OpenHard, August
R64LLindsay Davenport1-6 1-6
R128WSamantha Reeves4-6 6-4 6-1
Manhattan Beach, qualifyingHard, August
Q1LLilia Osterloh3-6 4-6
WimbledonGrass, June
R32LSandrine Testud3-6 6-7
R64WJennifer Capriati4-6 6-4 6-2
R128WEls Callens2-6 6-4 6-4
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LChanda Rubin6-3 3-6 4-6
TokyoHard, April
QFLShi Ting Wang6-4 4-6 1-6
R16WTamarine Tanasugarn6-2 6-3
R32WMi Ra Jeon6-4 6-1
Hilton HeadClay, March
R32LPatty Schnyder3-6 2-6
R64WJennifer Capriati6-7 6-4 6-4
Key BiscayneHard, March
R32LSandrine Testud3-6 3-6
R64WBarbara Schett6-2 6-2
R128WPatricia Hy Boulais6-0 1-6 7-5

1997

Philadelphia, qualifyingCarpet, November
Q2LMarlene Weingartner6-7 4-6
Q1WNino Louarsabishvili6-3 6-2
Chicago, qualifyingCarpet, November
Q1LKristina Brandi1-6 2-6
US OpenHard, August
R128LLindsay Davenport2-6 6-7
StanfordHard, July
R32LLinda Wild4-6 5-7
WimbledonGrass, June
R128LShi Ting Wang1-6 6-2 5-7
BirminghamGrass, June
R64LNaoko Kijimuta6-3 4-6 7-9
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LMary Joe Fernandez2-6 3-6
Key BiscayneHard, March
R64LAnke Huber3-6 3-6
R128WMiriam Oremans6-4 6-4
Australian OpenHard, January
R128LAnnabel Ellwood3-6 2-6

1996

PhiladelphiaCarpet, November
R16LJana Novotna4-6 5-7
R32WAi Sugiyama7-6 7-5
ChicagoCarpet, October
R32LBrenda Schultz Mccarthy6-7 7-6 4-6
Zurich, qualifyingHard, October
Q2LMarketa Kochta6-2 6-7 3-6
Q1WKristie Boogert1-6 7-6 6-3
US OpenHard, August
R128LLisa Raymond6-7 3-6
Manhattan BeachHard, August
R32LSandrine Testud5-7 6-7
R64WRika Hiraki7-5 6-3
Canadian OpenHard, August
R32LJennifer Capriati6-7 5-7
R64WSilvia Farina Elia6-3 6-7 7-5
WimbledonGrass, June
R32LConchita Martinez5-7 6-7
R64WKimberly Po Messerli4-6 6-0 6-3
R128WLaura Golarsa6-7 6-4 6-4
EastbourneGrass, June
R16LInes Gorrochategui2-6 3-6
R32WKimiko Date Krumm6-4 2-6 6-2
BirminghamGrass, June
R16LChristina Singer3-6 6-1 3-6
R32WSeda Noorlander4-6 6-2 6-4
Key BiscayneHard, March
R128LAlexia Dechaume Balleret3-6 3-6
EssenCarpet, February
R32LSabine Appelmans2-6 3-6
ParisClay, February
R32LNathalie Dechy3-6 6-4 4-6
TokyoCarpet, January
R32LIrina Spirlea3-6 0-6

Lori Mcneil

Wimbledon 1994, first round: Lori McNeil beat defending champion Steffi Graf 7-5, 7-6, the first time a reigning champion had lost her opener there. McNeil, a serve-and-volleyer who liked to chase Graf's sliced backhand to the net, rode that upset to the semifinals before Conchita Martinez stopped her. It echoed a run that began in 1987, when she beat six-time champion Chris Evert in the US Open quarterfinals to reach her first major semifinal at twenty-three.

McNeil learned the serve-and-volley game on the public courts of MacGregor Park in Houston's Third Ward, the same pipeline that produced her childhood friend Zina Garrison. Her father, Charlie McNeil, had been a defensive back for the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s. She rose to No. 9 in singles in 1988 and won 11 career titles before retiring in 2002. Coaching filled the years after: Amanda Coetzer's corner, US Olympic teams in 2004 and 2008, and eventually a return home to run tennis at the Zina Garrison Academy.