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Vanessa Webb
Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Mumbai, India
Born	24 January 1976 (age 48); Toronto, Ontario
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2003
Plays	Left (one-handed backhand)
College	Duke University
Prize money	$345,485
Singles
Career record	280–190
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 107 (7 August 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2003)
French Open	1R (2000)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2000, 2001)
US Open	1R (1998, 2000)
Doubles
Career record	445–408
Career titles	25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 95 (17 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000, 2003)
French Open	2R (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Wimbledon	2R (2003)
US Open	1R (1999, 2000)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2003)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	7–1

Vanessa Webb (born 24 January 1976) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She is currently the Player Class Director for the WTA Board of Directors.

In her career, she won ten singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She also reached one WTA Tour doubles final, in Kuala Lumpur in 2000.

College

While at Duke, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female tennis player in 1999.^[1]^[2]

Tennis career

Webb made the second round of the 2003 Australian Open which was her best Grand Slam singles performance. She also reached the first round of the French Open (in 2003) and the US Open (in 1998 & 2000). In doubles, she made the second rounds of the French Open (in 2001,'02,'03 & '04) and the Wimbledon Championships (in 2003). Webb made the first rounds of the Australian Open (in 2000,'03) and US Open (in 1999, 2000), and also the first round of mixed-doubles at the Wimbledon Championships in 2003.

Personal life

After retiring from tennis, Webb has had a successful career with the Parthenon Group, a Boston-based consulting firm, working out of their branch in Mumbai, India, where she currently resides.^[3]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III, IV & V (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2000	Wismilak International, Malaysia	Tier III	Hard	Liezel Huber	Henrieta Nagyová Sylvia Plischke	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (10–6)

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	11 July 1994	ITF Frinton, United States	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	4–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Win	2.	3 June 1996	ITF Lawrenceville, United States	Hard	Lihini Weerasuriya	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3.	24 June 1996	ITF Madison, United States	Hard	Nino Louarsabishvili	6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Win	4.	7 July 1996	ITF Williamsburg, United States	Hard	Stephanie Mabry	6–1, 6–2
Win	5.	21 June 1998	ITF Mount Pleasant, United States	Hard	Ding Ding	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	6.	28 June 1998	ITF Montreal, Canada	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7.	22 November 1998	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Karin Miller	2–6, 6–7
Win	8.	21 June 1999	ITF Mount Pleasant, United States	Hard	Jennifer Hopkins	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Win	9.	30 August 1999	ITF Huixquilucan, Mexico	Hard	Miroslava Vavrinec	1–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	10.	4 October 1996	ITF Saga, Japan	Grass	Tamarine Tanasugarn	3–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	16 July 2000	ITF Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Kristina Kraszewski	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win	12.	29 October 2000	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Marlene Weingärtner	4–2, 5–3, 1–4, 5–3
Loss	13.	15 July 2001	ITF College Park, United States	Hard	Sarah Taylor	4–6, 4–6
Win	14.	20 January 2002	ITF Gainesville, United States	Hard	Tiffany Dabek	6–4, 6–0
Win	15.	8 May 2002	Fukuoka International, Japan	Grass	Jeon Mi-ra	6–0, 6–4
Win	16.	7 April 2003	ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Clay	Maria Elena Camerin	6–3, 6–7, 7–6

Doubles: 37 (25–12)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	30 August 1992	ITF Querétaro, Mexico	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Lucila Becerra Xóchitl Escobedo	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2.	6 September 1992	ITF Toluca, Mexico	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Lucila Becerra Xóchitl Escobedo	6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Loss	3.	16 May 1993	ITF León, Mexico	Clay	Renata Kolbovic	Mélanie Bernard Caroline Delisle	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	26 June 1993	ITF Roanoke, United States	Hard	Mareze Joubert	Ai Sugiyama Yoshiko Sasano	4–6, 3–6
Win	5.	2 August 1993	ITF Norfolk, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Maija Avotins Lisa McShea	7–6, 6–4
Win	6.	18 October 1993	ITF Sedona, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Jessica Emmons Caroline Kuhlman	6–4, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	7.	15 November 1993	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Tina Križan Eva Martincová	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Loss	8.	10 October 1994	ITF Sedona, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Shannan McCarthy Julie Steven	3–6, 3–6
Win	9.	12 December 1994	ITF Mildura, France	Grass	Catherine Tanvier	Catherine Barclay Louise Pleming	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	10.	24 July 1995	ITF Salisbury, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Shannan McCarthy Julie Steven	3–6, 2–6
Win	11.	9 June 1996	ITF Lawrenceville, United States	Hard	Amanda Augustus	Rebecca Jensen Kristine Kurth	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6, 6–4
Win	12.	30 June 1996	ITF Mahwah, United States	Hard	Amanda Augustus	Jackie Moe Vickie Paynter	6–2, 6–4
Loss	13.	19 January 1997	ITF Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Pam Nelson	Rebecca Jensen Keri Phebus	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 2–6, 2–6
Win	14.	9 June 1997	ITF Hilton Head, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Nicola Kaiwai Gaye McManus	6–1, 6–3
Win	15.	14 June 1998	ITF Hilton Head, United States	Hard	Sandy Sureephong	Holly Parkinson Tracy Almeda-Singian	6–2, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Win	16.	21 June 1998	ITF Mount Pleasant, United States	Hard	Keri Phebus	Adria Engel Karin Palme	6–2, 6–1
Win	17.	28 June 1998	ITF Montreal, Canada	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Mélanie Marois Katherine Rammo	6–3, 6–1
Loss	18.	26 July 1998	ITF Peachtree City, United States	Hard	Keri Phebus	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Win	19.	2 August 1998	ITF Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Keri Phebus	Renata Kolbovic Julie Pullin	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	20.	15 November 1998	Bendigo International, Australia	Hard	Dawn Buth	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win	21.	29 November 1998	ITF Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Danielle Jones	Catherine Barclay Trudi Musgrave	6–3, 7–5
Win	22.	7 June 1999	ITF Hilton Head, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Wendy Fix Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	23.	11 July 1999	ITF Edmonton, Canada	Hard	Dawn Buth	Kirstin Freye Renata Kolbovic	6–3, 6–2
Win	24.	18 July 1999	ITF Mahwah, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Sandra Cacic Karin Miller	6–4, 6–3
Win	25.	9 October 1999	ITF Saga, Japan	Grass	Catherine Barclay	Kim Eun-ha Petra Rampre	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win	26.	9 July 2000	ITF Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Janet Lee	Sandra Cacic Renata Kolbovic	6–4, 6–1
Win	27.	16 July 2000	ITF Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Renata Kolbovic	Kirstin Freye Tong Ka-po	6–1, 6–4
Win	28.	8 July 2001	ITF Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Ryoko Takemura Yuka Yoshida	6–2, 7–6
Loss	29.	15 July 2001	ITF College Park, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Nana Miyagi Lisa McShea	1–6, 4–6
Loss	30.	22 July 2001	ITF Mahwah, United States	Hard	Dawn Buth	Nana Miyagi Lisa McShea	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	31.	4 August 2001	Vancouver Open, Canada	Hard	Petra Rampre	Erika deLone Renata Kolbovic	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	32.	8 January 2002	ITF Tallahassee, United States	Hard	Jessica Lehnhoff	Ivana Abramović Jacqueline Trail	6–4, 6–3
Win	33.	20 January 2002	ITF Gainesville, United States	Hard	Petra Rampre	Beau Jones Anžela Žguna	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	34.	13 May 2002	ITF Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Milagros Sequera	Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Chmelinová	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 7–5, 6–3
Win	35.	7 July 2002	ITF Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Teryn Ashley	Ryoko Takemura Yuka Yoshida	6–3, 6–4
Win	36.	8 October 2002	ITF Cardiff, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Marion Bartoli	Mariana Díaz Oliva Julie Pullin	6–4, 6–2
Loss	37.	11 November 2002	ITF Mexico City	Clay	Tina Hergold	Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Chmelinová	6–3, 3–6, 4–6