Lucie Ahl

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Lucie Ahl

| image =

|caption =

| country = {{flag|Great Britain}}
{{flag|England}}

| residence = Exeter, Devon, England

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|07|23}}

| birth_place = Exeter, Devon, England

| height = {{height|m=1.59|precision=0}}

| turnedpro = 1991

| retired = 2003

| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

| careerprizemoney = US$260,389

| singlesrecord = 288–273

| singlestitles = 0 WTA, 9 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 161 (1 April 2002)

| AustralianOpenresult = Q3 (2002)

| FrenchOpenresult = Q1 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (2000)

| USOpenresult = Q2 (2002)

| doublesrecord = 102–140

| doublestitles = 0 WTA, 6 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 213 (3 February 1997)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult=

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult=

|WimbledonDoublesresult=

|USOpenDoublesresult=

| updated = 30 May 2012

}}

Lucie Ahl (born 23 July 1974) 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 and also participated on the WTA Tour. She had career wins over ITF & WTA Tour players Sandra Cacic and Rene Simpson.

Her best Grand Slam performance came at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, 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 at the Fed Cup 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)=

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! Finals by category

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|$100,000 tournaments (0/0)

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|$75,000 tournaments (0/0)

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|$50,000 tournaments (0/0)

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|$25,000 tournaments (5/1)

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|$10,000 tournaments (4/6)

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! Finals by surface

Hard (3/0)

Clay (0/2)

Grass (3/3)

Carpet (3/0)

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!Result

!Date

!Category

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1993|7|5}}

|ITF $10,000

|Frinton, United Kingdom

|Grass

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Julie Pullin

|6–1, 3–6, 6–1

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1994|10|3}}

|ITF $10,000

|Nottingham, Great Britain

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Anne-Gaëlle Sidot

|4–6, 2–6

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 6 February 1995

|ITF $10,000

| Sheffield, United Kingdom

| Hard

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Olga Ivanova

| 3–6, 4–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|8|11}}

|ITF $10,000

|Southsea, United Kingdom

|Grass

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Cindy Watson

|6–3, 6–3

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|9|29}}

|ITF $10,000

|Telford, United Kingdom

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Julie Pullin

|6–3, 6–7, 6–3

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1997|3|25}}

|ITF $10,000

|Warrnambool, Australia

|Grass

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirli-Ann Siddall

|3–6, 3–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1997|5|4}}

|ITF $10,000

|Hatfield, Great Britain

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirli-Ann Siddall

|2–6, 0–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|4|25}}

|ITF $10,000

|Bournemouth, Great Britain

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Joanne Ward

|6–7, 4–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|7|11}}

|ITF $10,000

|Felixstowe, Great Britain

|Grass

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Mareze Joubert

|5–7, 3–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|07|18}}

|ITF $10,000

|Frinton, Great Britain

|Grass

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa McShea

|W/O

bgcolor=lightblue

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|07|26}}

|ITF $25,000

|Dublin, Ireland

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Petra Mandula

|7–6, 6–3

bgcolor=lightblue

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1999|4|18}}

|ITF $25,000

|Cagnes-sur-Mer, France

|Hard

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Virginie Razzano

|4–6, 7–5, 6–2

bgcolor=lightblue

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1999|7|25}}

|ITF $25,000

|Dublin, Ireland

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Julia Lutrova

|6–1, 6–3

bgcolor=lightblue

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|2000|7|30}}

|ITF $25,000

|Dublin, Ireland

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Mareze Joubert

|6–2, 6–4

bgcolor=lightblue

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|2000|10|15}}

|ITF $25,000

|Welwyn, Great Britain

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonella Serra Zanetti

|4–2, 4–2, 4–1

bgcolor=lightblue

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|2001|7|15}}

|ITF $25,000

|Felixstowe, Great Britain

|Grass

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Roberta Vinci

|5–7, 5–7

=Doubles (6–9)=

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{| class="wikitable"

! Finals by category

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|$100,000 tournaments (0/0)

bgcolor=#F7E98E

|$75,000 tournaments (0/0)

bgcolor=#ADDFAD

|$50,000 tournaments (0/0)

bgcolor=lightblue

|$25,000 tournaments (1/2)

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|$10,000 tournaments (5/7)

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! Finals by surface

Hard (2/1)

Clay (3/4)

Grass (1/4)

Carpet (0/0)

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!Result

!Date

!Category

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partnering

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1992|5|11}}

|ITF $10,000

|Dublin, Ireland

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Julie Salmon

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Gina Niland
{{flagicon|IRL}} Siobhán Nicholson

|7–5, 7–5

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1995|7|31}}

|ITF $10,000

|Ilkley, United Kingdom

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Joanne Ward

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jasmine Choudhury
{{flagicon|GBR}} Louise Latimer

|6–1, 2–6, 2–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|2|18}}

|ITF $10,000

|Sheffield, United Kingdom

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Joanne Ward

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Julie Pullin
{{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe

|7–6, 6–3

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|5|12}}

|ITF $10,000

|Lee-on-Solent, United Kingdom

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Joanne Ward

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirli-Ann Siddall
{{flagicon|GBR}} Amanda Wainwright

|5–7, 1–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|7|14}}

|ITF $10,000

|Felixstowe, United Kingdom

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirli-Ann Siddall

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Surina de Beer
{{flagicon|GBR}} Katia Roubanova

|2–6, 4–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|7|21}}

|ITF $10,000

|Frinton, United Kingdom

|Grass

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirli-Ann Siddall

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Amy Jensen
{{flagicon|HUN}} Anita Kurimay

|6–1, 6–4

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|8|04}}

|ITF $10,000

|Ilkley, United Kingdom

|Grass

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirli-Ann Siddall

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Surina de Beer
{{flagicon|GBR}} Katia Roubanova

|1–6, 7–6, 3–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1996|8|11}}

|ITF $10,000

|Southsea, United Kingdom

|Grass

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirli-Ann Siddall

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Louise Latimer
{{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe

|6–2, 7–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1997|5|4}}

|ITF $10,000

|Hatfield, United Kingdom

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Jessica Steck

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirli-Ann Siddall
{{flagicon|GBR}} Joanne Ward

|6–3, 4–6, 5–7

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|1997|10|4}}

|ITF $10,000

|Nottingham, United Kingdom

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Joanne Ward

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Karen Cross
{{flagicon|GBR}} Lizzie Jelfs

|6–2, 7–6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|7|11}}

|ITF $10,000

|Felixstowe, United Kingdom

|Grass

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Amanda Wainwright

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Lisa McShea
{{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave

|4–6, 6–7

bgcolor=f0f8ff

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|1998|7|18}}

|ITF $10,000

|Frinton, United Kingdom

|Grass

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Amanda Wainwright

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lizzie Jelfs
{{flagicon|RSA}} Mareze Joubert

|2–6, 5–7

bgcolor=lightblue

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|2000|7|16}}

|ITF $25,000

|Felixstowe, United Kingdom

|Grass

|{{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Egorova

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Trudi Musgrave
{{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Woodroffe

|4–6, 6–3, 4–6

bgcolor=lightblue

|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|{{dts|format=dmy|2002|11|03}}

|ITF $25,000

|Nottingham, United Kingdom

|Hard

|{{flagicon|TUN}} Selima Sfar

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Kim Grant
{{flagicon|USA}} Lilia Osterloh

|1–6, 2–6

bgcolor=lightblue

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|{{dts|format=dmy|2003|4|20}}

|ITF $25,000

|Biarritz, France

|Clay

|{{flagicon|TUN}} Selima Sfar

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Yuliya Beygelzimer
{{flagicon|UKR}} Anna Zaporozhanova

|6–1, 6–1

Performance timelines

= Singles =

class="wikitable"

! Tournament !! 1993 !! 1994 !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! Career win–loss

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Australian Open

| style="text-align:center;"|A

| style="text-align:center;"|Q1

| style="text-align:center;"|Q3

| style="text-align:center;"|Q1

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–0

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|French Open

| style="text-align:center;"|A

| style="text-align:center;"|Q1

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–0

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wimbledon

| style="text-align:center;"|Q2

| style="text-align:center;"|Q1

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="text-align:center;"|Q1

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|1–6

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|US Open

| style="text-align:center;"|A

| style="text-align:center;"|Q1

| style="text-align:center;"|Q2

| style="text-align:center;"|Q1

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–0

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Year-end ranking

| style="text-align:center;"|405

| style="text-align:center;"|373

| style="text-align:center;"|349

| style="text-align:center;"|331

| style="text-align:center;"|179

| style="text-align:center;"|225

| style="text-align:center;"|168

| style="text-align:center;"|185

| style="text-align:center;"|200

| style="text-align:center;"|203

| style="text-align:center;"|258

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|N/A

=Doubles=

class="wikitable"

! Tournament !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! Career win–loss

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Australian Open

| style="text-align:center;"|A

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–0

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|French Open

| style="text-align:center;"|A

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–0

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wimbledon

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="text-align:center;"|A

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–4

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|US Open

| style="text-align:center;"|A

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–0

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Year-end ranking

| style="text-align:center;"|372

| style="text-align:center;"|303

| style="text-align:center;"|407

| style="text-align:center;"|350

| style="text-align:center;"|471

| style="text-align:center;"|360

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|N/A

=Mixed doubles=

class="wikitable"

! Tournament !! 2002 !! 2003 !! Career win–loss

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Australian Open

| style="text-align:center;"|A

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–0

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|French Open

| style="text-align:center;"|A

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–0

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wimbledon

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–2

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|US Open

| style="text-align:center;"|A

| style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"|0–0

=Fed Cup=

Date	Venue	Surface	Round	Opponents	Final match score	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
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bgcolor="Gainsboro" \| colspan="9" \| Europe/Africa Group II
rowspan="3" \| 9–13 April 2002 \| rowspan="3" \| Pretoria \| rowspan="3" \| Hard \| rowspan="2" align="center" \| RR \| {{fed\|MLT}} \| align="center" bgcolor="98FB98" \| 3–0 \| Singles \| Rosanne Dimech \| bgcolor="98FB98" \| 6–1, 6–2 (W)
{{fed\|NOR}} \| align="center" bgcolor="98FB98" \| 3–0 \| Doubles (with Rachel Viollet) \| Aksdal/Sartz \| bgcolor="98FB98" \| 6–0, 6–0 (W)
align="center" \| PO (Promotion) \| {{fed\|LTU}} \| align="center" bgcolor="98FB98" \| 2–0 \| Singles \| Edita Liachovičiūtė \| bgcolor="98FB98" \| 6–3, 6–1 (W)

References

{{Succession box

| before = Louise Latimer
Julie Pullin

| title = British Tennis number one

| years = 30 July 2001 – 5 August 2001
18 March 2002 – 5 May 2002

| after = Julie Pullin
Julie Pullin

}}

External links

{{WTA}}
{{ITF}}

Category:Living people

Category:1974 births

Category:Female sports coaches

Category:English female tennis players

Category:British female tennis players

Category:English tennis coaches

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