Maureen Elizabeth Drake (born March 21, 1971) is a

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former professional

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player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 47, which she reached on September 13, 1999. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 77, set on October 30, 2006. After Drake qualified for the round of 16 at the 1999

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, there was no Canadian to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event until

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at the

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in 2009. Drake retired in April 2011 but returned to professional tennis in July 2014. In August 2016, she announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis. Drake is of Slovenian descent through her father.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 runner-up

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Doubles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Record against top-50 players

Drake's win–loss record (14–54, 21%) against players who were ranked world No. 50 or higher when played is as follows:
''Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.'' *

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4–16–1 overall record vs. Kremer *

Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)
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1–01–2 overall record vs. Rittner * Kristina Brandi 1–03–1 overall record vs. Brandi * Sylvia Plischke 1–0 *

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1–01–2 overall record vs. Black * Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian 1–02–1 overall record vs. Mikaelian * Cho Yoon-jeong 1–02–1 overall record vs. Cho *

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1–12–2 overall record vs. Tanasugarn * Kim Clijsters 0–1 *

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0–10–2 overall record vs. Davenport *

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0–1 * Venus Williams 0–1 * Nathalie Tauziat 0–1 *

Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick (born María José Fernández; August 19, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player, who reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in both singles and doubles. In singles, Fernández was the runner-up ...

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0–10–2 overall record vs. Sugiyama *

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0–1 * Naoko Sawamatsu 0–1 * Karolina Šprem 0–1 *

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0–1 * Magüi Serna 0–10–2 overall record vs. Serna * Natalia Medvedeva 0–10–3 overall record vs. Medvedeva *

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0–10–2 overall record vs. Bradtke *

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0–1 * Mariaan de Swardt 0–11–5 overall record vs. de Swardt *

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0–11–3 overall record vs. Ruano Pascual *

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0–1 * Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 0–10–2 overall record vs. Helgeson-Nielsen * Lindsay Lee-Waters 0–10–3 overall record vs. Lee-Waters *

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0–11–5 overall record vs. Tu *

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0–1 * Elena Tatarkova 0–10–3 overall record vs. Tatarkova * Anca Barna 0–10–2 overall record vs. Barna *

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0–2 * Irina Spîrlea 0–2 *

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Elena Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva ( ; born 8 September 1975) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992, at the age of 16. Together with Mahesh Bhupathi she won the Wimbledon Mixed doubles in 20 ...

0–2 * Tatiana Panova 0–2 *

Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20, on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she became the No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding thi ...

0–21–2 overall record vs. Srebotnik * Clarisa Fernández 0–21–3 overall record vs. Fernández * Chanda Rubin 0–30–4 overall record vs. Rubin *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Drake, Maureen 1971 births Living people Canadian female tennis players Tennis players from Toronto Hopman Cup competitors