Lise Gregory (born 29 August 1963) is a South African former tennis player who played primarily doubles. She played left-handed. Her career-high doubles ranking in 1990 was no. 18. She reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and was one of the top eight teams participating in the year-end Virginia Slims Championships.
She played in college for the University of Miami, earning seven NCAA All-American awards in both singles and doubles and the NCAA doubles championship in 1986 with long-time doubles partner Ronni Reis.
After her playing career, she became a college coach, first assistant coach at Vanderbilt University, then head coach at Florida State University and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, earning numerous coaching awards.
WTA Tour finals
Doubles 13 (7–6) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 2 Tier IV & V 3 Titles by surface Hard 4 Clay 1 Grass 1 Carpet 1 ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oct 1987 San Juan, Puerto Rico Hard Ronni Reis Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor 7–5, 7–5Win 2–0 Jul 1988 Aptos, California, US Hard Ronni Reis Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington 6–3, 6–4Win 3–0 Feb 1989 Wichita, Kansas, US Clay Manon Bollegraf Sandy Collins Leila Meskhi 6–2, 7–6Loss 3–1 May 1989 Berlin, Germany Clay Gretchen Magers Liz Smylie Janine Tremelling 7–5, 3–6, 2–6Loss 3–2 May 1989 Strasbourg, France Clay Gretchen Magers Mercedes Paz Judith Wiesner 3–6, 3–6Loss 3–3 Feb 1990 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US Hard Manon Bollegraf Mary Lou Daniels Wendy White 5–7, 2–6Loss 3–4 Jun 1990 Birmingham, England Grass Gretchen Magers Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva 6–3, 3–6, 3–6Win 4–4 Jul 1990 Newport, Rhode Island, US Grass Gretchen Magers Patty Fendick Anne Smith 7–6(9–7), 6–1Win 5–4 Sep 1990 Leipzig, Germany Carpet Gretchen Magers Manon Bollegraf Jo Durie 6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win 6–4 Feb 1991 Aurora, Colorado, US Hard Gretchen Magers Patty Fendick Lori McNeil 6–4, 6–4Loss 6–5 Apr 1991 Hilton Head, South Carolina, US Clay Mary Lou Daniels Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Natalia Zvereva 4–6, 0–6Win 7–5 Jul 1991 Westchester, New York, US Hard Rosalyn Nideffer Katrina Adams Lori McNeil 7–5, 6–4Loss 7–6 Aug 1991 Albuquerque, New Mexico, US Hard Mareen Harper Katrina Adams Isabelle Demongeot 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 3–6
ITF finals Singles (1–2) $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Boynton Beach, United States Hard Halle Cioffi w/oLoss 2. Boca Raton, United States Clay Kim Labuschagne 6–4, 3–6, 3–6Win 3. 26 July 1987 Pittsburgh, United States Hard Jennifer Santrock 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(5)
Doubles: (7–1) Result No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent ScoreWin 1. Birmingham, United States Clay Heliane Steden Ann Etheredge Sonia Hahn 6–4, 2–6, 6–4Win 2. 23 June 1986 Seabrook, United States Clay Manon Bollegraf Alison Scott Michelle Turk 6–2, 6–1Win 3. 1 June 1987 Brandon, United States Clay Ingelise Driehuis Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington 7–6(3), 6–7(8), 6–4Win 4. 8 June 1987 Key Biscayne, United States Hard Ingelise Driehuis Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–2Win 5. 15 June 1987 Birmingham, United States Hard Ingelise Driehuis Katrina Adams Sonia Hahn 6–7(0), 6–4, 6–2Win 6. 29 June 1987 Litchfield, United States Clay Ingelise Driehuis Paulette Roux Rita Winebarger 7–5, 6–2Win 7. Seabrook, United States Clay Ingelise Driehuis Kathy Foxworth Tammy Whittington 6–1, 6–2Loss 8. 13 November 1989 Telford, United Kingdom Hard Linda Barnard Anne Aallonen Simone Schilder 3–6, 6–7
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