Chanda Rubin

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Chanda Rubin
File:Chanda Rubin (USA) (21607419076) (cropped).jpg
Rubin at the 2015 US Open
Country (sports)File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
ResidenceLafayette, Louisiana
Born (1976-02-18) February 18, 1976 (age 50)
Lafayette
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned proAugust 1991
RetiredOctober 2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$4,470,180
Singles
Career record399–254
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 6 (April 8, 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1996)
French OpenQF (1995, 2000, 2003)
Wimbledon4R (2002)
US Open4R (1992, 1995, 2002)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2003)
Olympic Games3R (2004)
Doubles
Career record227–161
Career titles10
Highest rankingNo. 9 (April 15, 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1996)
French OpenSF (2003)
WimbledonSF (2002)
US OpenF (1999)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2004)

Chanda Rubin (born February 18, 1976) is an American former top-10 professional tennis player. During her career, she reached the semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open, the quarterfinals of the French Open three times, and had wins over world No. 1s Serena Williams and Martina Hingis. In doubles, she won the 1996 Australian Open with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and alongside Sandrine Testud, were runners-up at the 1999 US Open.

She is also known to have played at the very first official match of the Arthur Ashe Stadium, at the 1997 US Open, in which she faced Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand and lost in two sets.[1]

Early life and family

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Rubin was born to Edward D. Rubin, a state judge in Louisiana, and Bernadette Fontenot Rubin. She was the middle child of three siblings.[2] As a child, she was taught the sport of tennis by Nehemiah Atkinson.[3]

She married Mireyou Hollier in April 2015, and their daughter was born in October 2016.[4]

In early 2016, her younger brother, Edward Rubin Jr., died aged 38 at his home in Lafayette, Louisiana.[5]

Tennis career

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In 1992, Rubin won the girls' singles title at Wimbledon, and reached a peak ranking of world No. 2 in the ITF Junior rankings.

Rubin's breakthrough season on the professional tour was 1995. In the third round of the French Open, she made a comeback from 0–5, 0–40 down in the third set against 5th seed Jana Novotná, saving nine match points before eventually winning 8–6. She went on to reach her maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal, losing to world No. 1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, the tournament's defending champion and eventual runner-up. In the second round of Wimbledon, Rubin defeated Patricia Hy-Boulais 7–6, 6–7, 17–15, the longest women's match in Wimbledon history. At the LA Tennis Championships in August, she defeated world No. 8 Gabriela Sabatini and world No. 2 Sánchez Vicario, on her way to the final, where she lost to world No. 3 Conchita Martínez in three sets.

In 1996, Rubin reached the Australian Open semifinals, defeating Sabatini in the fourth round and Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 2–6, 16–14 in the quarterfinals. The 48 games played in their quarterfinal were the most for a women's match at the Australian Open, a record which would be tied by Lauren Davis and Simona Halep in 2018. Rubin lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Monica Seles 6–7, 6–1, 7–5, despite holding a 5–2 lead in the third set. A few days later, she and Sánchez Vicario won the doubles title, defeating third-seeded Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández in the final.

Rubin rose to a career-high singles ranking of No. 6 after reaching the final of the 1996 Miami Open where she lost to world No. 1 Steffi Graf. During the tournament, Rubin fractured a bone in her right hand. She eventually underwent surgery in August and missed the majority of the rest of the season.[6][7]

Representing the United States, Rubin won the 1997 Hopman Cup alongside Justin Gimelstob. She remained undefeated through three ties and the final in her singles matches. At the Linz Open, Rubin defeated world No. 4 Jana Novotná on the way to her first singles title.

In Indian Wells in 1999, Rubin defeated both Amanda Coetzer and world No. 1, Martina Hingis, in straight sets on her way to the semifinals. She also won her second career title at the Hobart International.

Rubin underwent arthroscopic surgery on her left knee in 2001 after the Australian Open, and then suffered a left Achilles tendon injury in April, thereby missing the majority of the season.[7]

In 2002, Rubin underwent surgery on her left knee again, missing the first half of the season. In August, she defeated Lindsay Davenport, Jelena Dokic and world No. 1 Serena Williams on her way to the title in Los Angeles. Her upset of Williams ended the top-ranked player's winning streak of 21 matches, a stretch that had carried Williams through titles at the French Open and Wimbledon.

At the 2003 Miami Open, Rubin defeated Amélie Mauresmo and Justine Henin in straight sets en route to the semifinals, after which she peaked again at No. 6 in the rankings. She reached her third and final French Open quarterfinal and also won the Eastbourne International title for a second time, defeating Jennifer Capriati in the semifinals and Conchita Martínez in the final. It would be Rubin's last career title.

Rubin missed the majority of the 2004–2006 seasons due to the persistent knee injury. Her last professional match was in October 2006 in Quebec City.[7]

Rubin was inducted into the Southern Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.[8]

Post-retirement

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In 2013, Rubin completed a four-year Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies with a concentration in Economics at Harvard Extension School, graduating cum laude.[9]

In recent years, she has developed a career in broadcasting, working for Tennis Channel as a presenter and commentator.[10]

Awards

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Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Championship Partner Opponents Score
Win 1996 Australian Open Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Error creating thumbnail: Lindsay Davenport
Error creating thumbnail: Mary Joe Fernández 		7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 1999 US Open France Sandrine Testud Error creating thumbnail: Serena Williams
Error creating thumbnail: Venus Williams 		6–4, 1–6, 4–6

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 19 (7 titles, 12 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1991 Scottsdale Championships, U.S. Hard Belgium Sabine Appelmans 5–7, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 1994 Chicago Cup, U.S. Hard (i) Belarus Natasha Zvereva 3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–3 Jun 1995 Eastbourne International, UK Grass France Nathalie Tauziat 6–3, 0–6, 5–7
Loss 0–4 Aug 1995 LA Championships, U.S. Hard Spain Conchita Martínez 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–5 Mar 1996 Key Biscayne, U.S. Hard Germany Steffi Graf 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–5 Feb 1997 Linz Open, Austria Hard (i) Slovakia Karina Habšudová 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–6 Nov 1998 Tournoi de Québec, Canada Carpet (i) Error creating thumbnail: Tara Snyder 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 2–6 Jan 1999 Hobart International, Australia Hard Italy Rita Grande 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2–7 Nov 1999 Tournoi de Québec, Canada Carpet (i) Error creating thumbnail: Jennifer Capriati 6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 2–8 Jan 2000 Hobart International, Australia Hard Belgium Kim Clijsters 6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Win 3–8 Nov 2000 Tournoi de Québec, Canada Carpet (i) Error creating thumbnail: Jennifer Capriati 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–9 May 2002 Madrid Open, Spain Clay Error creating thumbnail: Monica Seles 4–6, 2–6
Win 4–9 Jun 2002 Eastbourne International, UK Grass Russia Anastasia Myskina 6–1, 6–3
Win 5–9 Aug 2002 LA Championships, U.S. Hard Error creating thumbnail: Lindsay Davenport 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 6–9 May 2003 Madrid Open, Spain Clay Spain María Sánchez Lorenzo 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win 7–9 Jun 2003 Eastbourne International, UK Grass Spain Conchita Martínez 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 7–10 Sep 2003 Bali International, Indonesia Hard Russia Elena Dementieva 2–6, 1–6
Loss 7–11 Sep 2003 China Open, Shanghai Hard Russia Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 7–12 Oct 2003 Luxembourg Open Hard (i) Belgium Kim Clijsters 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam (1–1)
Tier I (1–1)
Tier II (5–3)
Tier III (1–2)
Tier IV (2–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1993 Tokyo Championships, Japan Hard Error creating thumbnail: Lisa Raymond South Africa Amanda Coetzer
Error creating thumbnail: Linda Wild 		6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jan 1994 Hobart International, Australia Hard Error creating thumbnail: Linda Wild Error creating thumbnail: Jenny Byrne
Error creating thumbnail: Rachel McQuillan 		7–5, 4–6, 7–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 1994 Tournoi de Québec, Canada Carpet (i) Error creating thumbnail: Linda Wild South Africa Elna Reinach
France Nathalie Tauziat 		4–6, 3–6
Win 3–1 May 1995 Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Error creating thumbnail: Linda Wild Sweden Maria Lindström
Sweden Maria Strandlund 		6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Oct 1995 Zürich Open, Switzerland Hard (i) Netherlands Caroline Vis Error creating thumbnail: Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf 		4–6, 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 4–2 Jan 1996 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Error creating thumbnail: Lindsay Davenport
Error creating thumbnail: Mary Joe Fernández 		7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win 5–2 Feb 1996 Oklahoma South Cup, U.S. Hard (i) Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Error creating thumbnail: Katrina Adams
Error creating thumbnail: Debbie Graham 		6–4, 6–3
Win 6–2 Mar 1996 Indian Wells Open, U.S. Hard Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy France Julie Halard-Decugis
France Nathalie Tauziat 		6–1, 6–4
Win 7–2 Apr 1996 Amelia Island Championships, U.S. Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Error creating thumbnail: Meredith McGrath
Latvia Larisa Neiland 		6–1, 6–1
Loss 7–3 Sep 1997 Tokyo Championships, Japan Hard France Julie Halard-Decugis Error creating thumbnail: Monica Seles
Japan Ai Sugiyama 		1–6, 0–6
Loss 7–4 Oct 1998 Tournoi de Québec, Canada Carpet (i) France Sandrine Testud Error creating thumbnail: Lori McNeil
Error creating thumbnail: Kimberly Po 		7–6(7–3), 5–7, 4–6
Loss 7–5 Sep 1999 US Open, New York Hard France Sandrine Testud Error creating thumbnail: Serena Williams
Error creating thumbnail: Venus Williams 		6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win 8–5 Oct 1999 Porsche Grand Prix, Germany Hard (i) France Sandrine Testud Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Latvia Larisa Neiland 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 8–6 Nov 1999 Philadelphia Championships, U.S. Carpet (i) France Sandrine Testud Error creating thumbnail: Lisa Raymond
Error creating thumbnail: Rennae Stubbs 		1–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 9–6 Jul 2000 Stanford Classic, U.S. Hard France Sandrine Testud Zimbabwe Cara Black
Error creating thumbnail: Amy Frazier 		6–4, 6–4
Win 10–6 Oct 2000 Linz Open, Austria Carpet (i) France Amélie Mauresmo Japan Ai Sugiyama
France Nathalie Tauziat 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 10–7 Oct 2001 Linz Open, Austria Hard (i) Belgium Els Callens Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokic
Russia Nadia Petrova 		1–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 4R 2R SF 4R 1R 4R 2R 1R A 4R 4R A A A
French Open A Q2 1R A 1R QF A 2R 4R 2R QF A 4R QF A Q1 A A
Wimbledon A Q1 1R 2R 1R 3R A 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 4R 3R 1R A A A
US Open 1R 2R 4R 3R 1R 4R A 1R 2R 1R 3R 3R 4R 1R 3R A 1R A
Grand Slam SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A 1R A A A A 1R A 1R RR A A A A
Year-end ranking 521 83 83 69 23 15 17 30 34 22 13 54 13 9 53 546 481 NR

Wins over top 10 players

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Season 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total
Wins 5 4 2 0 2 1 0 4 4 22
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Rubin
Rank
1995
1. Czech Republic Jana Novotná 5 French Open Clay 3R 7–6, 4–6, 8–6 53
2. Japan Kimiko Date 6 Eastbourne, UK Grass QF 6–3, 6–0 29
3. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 8 Manhattan Beach, U.S. Hard QF 6–7, 7–6, 6–0 22
4. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2 Manhattan Beach, U.S. Hard SF 6–3, 6–1 22
5. Error creating thumbnail: Lindsay Davenport 9 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet (i) 3R 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 15
1996
6. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 7 Australian Open Hard 4R 6–2, 6–4 14
7. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3 Australian Open Hard QF 6–4, 2–6, 16-14 14
8. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6 Miami, U.S. Hard QF 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 9
9. Croatia Iva Majoli 8 Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet (i) R3 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 14
1997
10. Czech Republic Jana Novotná 4 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) SF 7–5, 5–7, 6–3 22
11. Slovakia Karina Habšudová 10 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) F 6–4, 6–2 22
1999
12. South Africa Amanda Coetzer 9 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard 4R 6–4, 6–4 26
13. Switzerland Martina Hingis 1 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard QF 6–3, 7–6 26
2000
14. France Nathalie Tauziat 6 French Open Clay 3R 6–4, 7–6 25
2002
15. Error creating thumbnail: Serena Williams 1 Manhattan Beach, U.S. Hard QF 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 21
16. Error creating thumbnail: Jelena Dokic 5 Manhattan Beach, U.S. Hard SF 6–0, 6–2 21
17. Error creating thumbnail: Lindsay Davenport 9 Manhattan Beach, U.S. Hard F 5–7, 7–6, 6–3 21
18. Error creating thumbnail: Jelena Dokic 8 Linz, Austria Hard (i) QF 7–5, 6–2 14
2003
19. France Amélie Mauresmo 4 Miami, U.S. Hard 4R 6–3, 6–2 10
20. Belgium Justine Henin 7 Miami, U.S. Hard QF 6–0, 6–2 10
21. Error creating thumbnail: Jennifer Capriati 8 Eastbourne, UK Grass SF 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 7
22. France Amélie Mauresmo 6 WTA Finals, L.A. Hard (i) SF 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 10

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