Maureen Elizabeth Drake (born March 21, 1971)
is a
Canadian
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former professional
tennis
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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
Australian Open
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, there was no Canadian to reach the fourth round of a
Grand Slam event until
Aleksandra Wozniak
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at the
French Open
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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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Anne Kremer
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Kremer completed her schooling at the Athénée de Lu ...
4–1
[6–1 overall record vs. Kremer]
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Patty Schnyder
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1–0
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Gigi Fernández
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1–0
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Anne Minter
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1–0
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Barbara Rittner
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Her career-high singles ranking was No. 24 in the world, achieved on 1 February 1993.
As a junior, s ...
1–0
[1–2 overall record vs. Rittner]
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Kristina Brandi 1–0
[3–1 overall record vs. Brandi]
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Sylvia Plischke 1–0
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Cara Black
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1–0
[1–2 overall record vs. Black]
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Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian 1–0
[2–1 overall record vs. Mikaelian]
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Cho Yoon-jeong 1–0
[2–1 overall record vs. Cho]
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Tamarine Tanasugarn
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Tanasugarn's career-high WTA ranking is No. 19, achiev ...
1–1
[2–2 overall record vs. Tanasugarn]
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Kim Clijsters 0–1
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Lindsay Davenport
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0–1
[0–2 overall record vs. Davenport]
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Martina Hingis
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0–1
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Amélie Mauresmo
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0–1
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Venus Williams 0–1
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Nathalie Tauziat 0–1
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Mary Joe Fernández
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0–1
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Ai Sugiyama
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0–1
[0–2 overall record vs. Sugiyama]
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Julie Halard-Decugis
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0–1
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Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
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0–1
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Eleni Daniilidou
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0–1
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Kimberly Po
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0–1
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Naoko Sawamatsu 0–1
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Karolina Šprem 0–1
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Patty Fendick
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0–1
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Magüi Serna 0–1
[0–2 overall record vs. Serna]
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Natalia Medvedeva 0–1
[0–3 overall record vs. Medvedeva]
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Nicole Bradtke
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0–1
[0–2 overall record vs. Bradtke]
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Mana Endo
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She started playing tennis at age seven with her father and coach Hiroshi and played on the WTA Tour from 1991 ...
0–1
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Mariaan de Swardt 0–1
[1–5 overall record vs. de Swardt]
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Virginia Ruano Pascual
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0–1
[1–3 overall record vs. Ruano Pascual]
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Ann Grossman
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Grossman was born in the United States. She competed on the WTA Tour from 1987 to 1998. She reached the fourth round of the French Open
Th ...
0–1
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Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 0–1
[0–2 overall record vs. Helgeson-Nielsen]
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Lindsay Lee-Waters 0–1
[0–3 overall record vs. Lee-Waters]
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Meilen Tu
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0–1
[1–5 overall record vs. Tu]
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Carrie Cunningham
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0–1
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Elena Tatarkova 0–1
[0–3 overall record vs. Tatarkova]
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Anca Barna 0–1
[0–2 overall record vs. Barna]
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Steffi Graf
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0–2
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Irina Spîrlea 0–2
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Silvia Farina Elia
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0–2
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Elena Likhovtseva
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0–2
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Tatiana Panova 0–2
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Katarina Srebotnik
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0–2
[1–2 overall record vs. Srebotnik]
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Clarisa Fernández 0–2
[1–3 overall record vs. Fernández]
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Chanda Rubin 0–3
[0–4 overall record vs. Rubin]
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Dominique Monami
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0–3
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Amanda Coetzer
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0–4
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1971 births
Living people
Canadian female tennis players
Tennis players from Toronto
Hopman Cup competitors