Lisa Spain Short

Lisa Spain Short
Full nameLisa Spain Short
ITF nameLisa Spain-Short[1]
Country (sports)USA
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Moultrie, Georgia, U.S.
Turned pro1982
Retired1986
PlaysRight-handed[2]
Prize money$52,653[3]
Singles
Career record17–34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 155 (December 21, 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1985)
French Open2R (1985)
Wimbledon2R (1986)
US Open2R (1985)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1986)

Lisa Spain Short (née Spain) is a retired tennis player. She was the first female tennis player to receive a full scholarship at the University of Georgia.[4]

Early years

Spain grew up in Moultrie, Georgia, where she attended Moultrie High School. She played on the school tennis team and had 56 wins with only a single loss in her high school career, winning the state singles championship four times.[5] When she was a junior, she received a scholarship offer from Clemson to play as the number 2 singles player on its team. Her reaction was " I wanted to be the number one singles player. I thanked the coach for the offer but said no thanks." This experience was followed by an offer for a full scholarship from Georgia, which she accepted.[4]

College

In a coincidence, her first match at Georgia was against Clemson, where she played their number one single player and won. She calls it her "sweetest tennis victory" and added "I won that match, and I think it made the Clemson coaches realize they had made a terrific mistake to let me get away".[4]

Spain earned All-SEC honors each of her four years at Georgia and was named to All-American teams three years.[6][7]

In 1984, she appeared in the 1984 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships and won the singles title.[8][9] Spain won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate tennis player in 1984.[10][11]

Professional career

Short played on the pro circuit from 1984 to 1987, appearing in each of the four grand slam tournaments.[12]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Lisa Spain-Short". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tennis Abstract: Lisa Spain Short ATP Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Lisa Spain-Short:WTA Official". wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Sports Legends: Game, Set, Match". Georgia Trend Magazine. March 1, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "2008 Southern Tennis Hall of Fame Inductees Named". www.southern.usta.com. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "Lisa Spain-Short, Georgia, 2008". Southern Tennis Foundation. December 10, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Women's Tennis - SEC Honors". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Lisa Spain Short inducted into Southern Tennis Hall of Fame". Moultrie Observer. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  9. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  10. ^ "History". georgiadogs.com. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Lisa Spain Short" (PDF). Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  12. ^ "Lisa Spain-Short | Grand Slams | Activity & More ? WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  13. ^ "Tennis". CWSA. Retrieved April 18, 2020.