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.

Lucie Ahl
Country (sports) Great Britain
 England
ResidenceExeter, Devon, England
Born (1974-07-23) 23 July 1974 (age 50)
Exeter, Devon, England
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1991
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$260,389
Singles
Career record288–273
Career titles0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 161 (1 April 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2002)
French OpenQ1 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Wimbledon2R (2000)
US OpenQ2 (2002)
Doubles
Career record102–140
Career titles0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 213 (3 February 1997)
Last updated on: 30 May 2012.

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

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Singles (9–7)

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Finals by category
$100,000 tournaments (0/0)
$75,000 tournaments (0/0)
$50,000 tournaments (0/0)
$25,000 tournaments (5/1)
$10,000 tournaments (4/6)
Finals by surface
Hard (3/0)
Clay (0/2)
Grass (3/3)
Carpet (3/0)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 5 July 1993 ITF $10,000 Frinton, United Kingdom Grass   Julie Pullin 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Loss 3 October 1994 ITF $10,000 Nottingham, Great Britain Carpet   Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 4–6, 2–6
Loss 6 February 1995 ITF $10,000 Sheffield, United Kingdom Hard   Olga Ivanova 3–6, 4–6
Win 11 August 1996 ITF $10,000 Southsea, United Kingdom Grass   Cindy Watson 6–3, 6–3
Win 29 September 1996 ITF $10,000 Telford, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Julie Pullin 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 25 March 1997 ITF $10,000 Warrnambool, Australia Grass   Shirli-Ann Siddall 3–6, 3–6
Loss 4 May 1997 ITF $10,000 Hatfield, Great Britain Clay   Shirli-Ann Siddall 2–6, 0–6
Loss 25 April 1998 ITF $10,000 Bournemouth, Great Britain Clay   Joanne Ward 6–7, 4–6
Loss 11 July 1998 ITF $10,000 Felixstowe, Great Britain Grass   Mareze Joubert 5–7, 3–6
Win 18 July 1998 ITF $10,000 Frinton, Great Britain Grass   Lisa McShea W/O
Win 26 July 1998 ITF $25,000 Dublin, Ireland Carpet   Petra Mandula 7–6, 6–3
Win 18 April 1999 ITF $25,000 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard   Virginie Razzano 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 25 July 1999 ITF $25,000 Dublin, Ireland Carpet   Julia Lutrova 6–1, 6–3
Win 30 July 2000 ITF $25,000 Dublin, Ireland Carpet   Mareze Joubert 6–2, 6–4
Win 15 October 2000 ITF $25,000 Welwyn, Great Britain Hard   Antonella Serra Zanetti 4–2, 4–2, 4–1
Loss 15 July 2001 ITF $25,000 Felixstowe, Great Britain Grass   Roberta Vinci 5–7, 5–7

Doubles (6–9)

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Finals by category
$100,000 tournaments (0/0)
$75,000 tournaments (0/0)
$50,000 tournaments (0/0)
$25,000 tournaments (1/2)
$10,000 tournaments (5/7)
Finals by surface
Hard (2/1)
Clay (3/4)
Grass (1/4)
Carpet (0/0)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent Score
Win 11 May 1992 ITF $10,000 Dublin, Ireland Hard (i)   Julie Salmon   Gina Niland
  Siobhán Nicholson
7–5, 7–5
Loss 31 July 1995 ITF $10,000 Ilkley, United Kingdom Clay   Joanne Ward   Jasmine Choudhury
  Louise Latimer
6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Win 18 February 1996 ITF $10,000 Sheffield, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Joanne Ward   Julie Pullin
  Lorna Woodroffe
7–6, 6–3
Loss 12 May 1996 ITF $10,000 Lee-on-Solent, United Kingdom Clay   Joanne Ward   Shirli-Ann Siddall
  Amanda Wainwright
5–7, 1–6
Loss 14 July 1996 ITF $10,000 Felixstowe, United Kingdom Clay   Shirli-Ann Siddall   Surina de Beer
  Katia Roubanova
2–6, 4–6
Win 21 July 1996 ITF $10,000 Frinton, United Kingdom Grass   Shirli-Ann Siddall   Amy Jensen
  Anita Kurimay
6–1, 6–4
Loss 4 August 1996 ITF $10,000 Ilkley, United Kingdom Grass   Shirli-Ann Siddall   Surina de Beer
  Katia Roubanova
1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win 11 August 1996 ITF $10,000 Southsea, United Kingdom Grass   Shirli-Ann Siddall   Louise Latimer
  Lorna Woodroffe
6–2, 7–6
Loss 4 May 1997 ITF $10,000 Hatfield, United Kingdom Clay   Jessica Steck   Shirli-Ann Siddall
  Joanne Ward
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win 4 October 1997 ITF $10,000 Nottingham, United Kingdom Hard   Joanne Ward   Karen Cross
  Lizzie Jelfs
6–2, 7–6
Loss 11 July 1998 ITF $10,000 Felixstowe, United Kingdom Grass   Amanda Wainwright   Lisa McShea
  Trudi Musgrave
4–6, 6–7
Loss 18 July 1998 ITF $10,000 Frinton, United Kingdom Grass   Amanda Wainwright   Lizzie Jelfs
  Mareze Joubert
2–6, 5–7
Loss 16 July 2000 ITF $25,000 Felixstowe, United Kingdom Grass   Natalia Egorova   Trudi Musgrave
  Lorna Woodroffe
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 3 November 2002 ITF $25,000 Nottingham, United Kingdom Hard   Selima Sfar   Kim Grant
  Lilia Osterloh
1–6, 2–6
Win 20 April 2003 ITF $25,000 Biarritz, France Clay   Selima Sfar   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Anna Zaporozhanova
6–1, 6–1

Performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Career win–loss
Australian Open A A A A A A A Q1 Q1 Q3 Q1 0–0
French Open A A A A A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 0–0
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 1R Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1–6
US Open A A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 0–0
Year-end ranking 405 373 349 331 179 225 168 185 200 203 258 N/A

Doubles

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Career win–loss
Australian Open A A A A A A 0–0
French Open A A A A A A 0–0
Wimbledon 1R A A 1R 1R 1R 0–4
US Open A A A A A A 0–0
Year-end ranking 372 303 407 350 471 360 N/A

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 2002 2003 Career win–loss
Australian Open A A 0–0
French Open A A 0–0
Wimbledon 1R 1R 0–2
US Open A A 0–0

Fed Cup

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Europe/Africa Group II
Date Venue Surface Round Opponents Final match score Match Opponent Rubber score
9–13 April 2002 Pretoria Hard RR   Malta 3–0 Singles Rosanne Dimech 6–1, 6–2 (W)
  Norway 3–0 Doubles (with Rachel Viollet) Aksdal/Sartz 6–0, 6–0 (W)
PO
(Promotion)
  Lithuania 2–0 Singles Edita Liachovičiūtė 6–3, 6–1 (W)

References

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Preceded by British Tennis number one
30 July 2001 – 5 August 2001
18 March 2002 – 5 May 2002
Succeeded by
Julie Pullin
Julie Pullin
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