Lisa McShea


Lisa McShea is an Australian tennis player. She played professionally from 1 January 1996 to 2006. As a junior player, McShea won 1992 Wimbledon Championships doubles title. She was also more successful in doubles during her professional career, winning four WTA Tour and 56 ITF doubles events.

Biography

McShea was born in Redcliffe, Queensland to Ed and Lois McShea, and is the oldest of four children. She has a sister, Catherine, and brothers Andrew and Danny. Her entire family plays tennis. McShea, who was coached by Paul Campbell, currently resides in Scarborough, Australia.
McShea played at Grand Slam events in three occasions. She played at the Australian Open in 1994 and 2000, and at Wimbledon in 1999, but was unable to pass the first round. In doubles, her best Grand Slam result was the quarterfinals of the 2001 Wimbledon Championships – along with Rachel McQuillan, she defeated the third seeds Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva en route to the quarterfinals, where they lost to the ninth seeds Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama. At the same tournament, McShea reached the mixed doubles quarterfinals partnering with Bob Bryan.
She played for Australia Fed Cup team once, during the 2004 World Group Playoffs. Partnering with Christina Wheeler, she defeated the doubles team of Thailand. Her highest career rankings are World No. 139 in singles, achieved on 31 July 2000, and World No. 32, achieved on 17 January 2005.

WTA career finals

Doubles (4–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.12 June 2000Birmingham, United KingdomGrass Rachel McQuillan Cara Black
Irina Selyutina		6–3, 7–6
Runner-up1.12 January 2004Canberra, AustraliaHard Caroline Dhenin Jelena Kostanić
Claudine Schaul		6–4, 7–6
Winner2.1 March 2004Acapulco, MexicoClay Milagros Sequera Olga Blahotová
Gabriela Navrátilová		2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Winner3.17 May 2004Strasbourg, FranceClay Milagros Sequera Tina Križan
Katarina Srebotnik		6–4, 6–1
Runner-up2.7 June 2004Birmingham, United KingdomGrass Milagros Sequera Maria Kirilenko
Maria Sharapova		2–6, 1–6
Winner4.14 June 2004Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsGrass Milagros Sequera Jelena Kostanić
Claudine Schaul		7–6, 6–3

ITF Finals

Singles Finals: 18 (9–9)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Runner-up1.10 October 1993Ibaraki, JapanHard Yuka Yoshida6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Winner1.31 October 1993Kyoto, JapanHard Kazue Takuma6–3, 6–2
Winner2.1 May 1994Woking, United KingdomHard Ingrid Kurta6–1, 6–4
Winner3.31 May 1997Bundaberg, AustraliaHard Nannie de Villiers6–4, 6–2
Runner-up2.14 March 1998Wodonga, AustraliaGrass Alicia Molik3–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.3 May 1998Bundaberg, AustraliaClay Melissa Beadman4–6, 2–6
Runner-up4.10 May 1998Maryborough, AustraliaClay Mira Radu3–6, 4–6
Runner-up5.18 July 1998Frinton, United KingdomGrass Lucie AhlW/O
Winner4.11 October 1998Dalby, AustraliaHard Dawn Buth7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Winner5.18 October 1998Kooralbyn, AustraliaHard Cindy Watson6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Runner-up6.28 February 1999Bendigo, AustraliaHard Kerry-Anne Guse1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up7.7 March 1999Warrnambool, AustraliaGrass Kerry-Anne Guse2–6, 6–7
Runner-up8.10 March 2002Warrnambool, AustraliaGrass Nicole Sewell4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Winner6.17 March 2002Benalla, AustraliaGrass Deanna Roberts7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up9.24 March 2002Yarrawonga, AustraliaGrass Beti Sekulovski6–7, 6–1, 4–6
Winner7.31 March 2002Bendigo, AustraliaGrass Svenja Weidemann6–1, 6–4
Winner8.16 March 2003Benalla, AustraliaGrass Sarah Borwell6–1, 6–4
Winner9.30 March 2003Albury, AustraliaGrass Napaporn Tongsalee6–2, 6–3

Doubles Finals: 84 (56–28)

Fed Cup doubles performance (1)