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.

Vanessa Webb

College

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

Vanessa Webb

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.

Vanessa Webb

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.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (10–6)

Doubles: 37 (25–12)

References

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Living people

1976 births

Tennis players from Toronto

Canadian female tennis players

Olympic tennis players for Canada

Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Canadian expatriates in India

Duke Blue Devils women's tennis players