CHANDA RUBIN
Born: Feb. 18, 1976, in Lafayette, La.
Resides in Lafayette, La.
· Is currently ranked 10th on the WTA Tour rankings list.
· Has won a total of seven WTA singles titles and 10 WTA doubles titles
during her career.
· Advanced to the fourth round of the 2004 Australian Open before falling
to sixth seed Anastasia Myskina in three sets.
· In 2003, captured singles titles in Madrid and Eastbourne, reached
consecutive finals in Bali and Shanghai, advanced to semifinals in
Tokyo and Miami, and reached the quarterfinals in Indian Wells...
Also was the eighth woman to qualify for the eight-player, season-ending
championships.
· Reached the fourth round of her fourth straight Grand Slam at the 2003
Australian Open... Also advanced to the quarterfinals at the French
Open. Following Roland Garros, her ranking rose to No. 7, one place
short of her 1996 career-high.
· Helped the U.S. Fed Cup team defeat Italy, 5-0, in the quarterfinals.
Has played Fed Cup for the United States in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 and
2003.
· Despite missing the Australian Open due to injury, recorded nine
Grand Slam match wins in 2002, her most since 1995. Won two singles
titles in 2002 - Eastourne and Los Angeles, her fourth and fifth career
titles.
· Awards for charity work and helping others include: 1997 Arthur Ashe
Leadership Award for her commitment to community involvement and her
work with programs that benefit children; recognition in 1997 by USA
Weekend magazine as one of four "Most Caring Athletes" for her
humanitarian efforts in working with disabled and disadvantaged
children.
· Was the winner of the 1996 Louisiana Special Olympics "Outstanding
Celebrity" award for her deep commitment to Special Olympics and her
hard work on behalf of the organization and its goals.
· Was nominated for the 1996 Diamond ACES award by the WTA TOUR for
outstanding contributions to the success of tournaments around the
world; a two-time finalist for the Family Circle Magazine Cup's
"Player Who Makes a Difference" award; honored with a recreational
sports stamp (1st issue) by the U.S. Postal Service in October 1996;
Sept. 12, 1995, was declared Chanda Rubin Day in her hometown of
Lafayette, La.
· Donated more than $12,000 to support wheelchair tennis and the American
Tennis Association and to start a grassroots tennis program at two
Louisiana schools. Established the Chanda Rubin Foundation in
association with the Southern Tennis Patrons Foundation and proposed a
tennis gala fundraiser for the foundation that will benefit the National
Leukemia Foundation, American Diabetes Association and Epilepsy
Foundation, some of which affect her family.
· Won 1992 Wimbledon junior singles; junior world ranking of No. 2 in
1992; 1988 Orange Bowl winner in Girls 12s; won Girls' 12s National
Championships in 1988 and Girls' 14s National Championship in 1989.
· Won first Grand Slam title by winning the doubles competition at the
1996 Australian Open with partner Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario.
· Quarterfinal win at the 1996 Australian Open was the longest women's
match ever in Australian Open history, lasting 3 hours, 33 minutes;
the third set lasted 2 hours, 22 minutes. The match set open-era
Australian Open records for most games (48) and final-set games (30);
the win advanced her to her first-ever Grand Slam semifinal and vaulted
her ranking into the world's top 10 for the first time.
· Member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team, but was forced to withdraw due to
a broken bone in her right wrist.
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