Career record 399–254 Name Chanda Rubin Height 1.68 m Turned pro 1991 Siblings Edward, La Shon | Prize money US$ 4,469,990 Career titles 7 WTA, 2 ITF Role Tennis player Weight 59 kg Parents Bernadette | |
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Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||
Venus Williams vs Chanda Rubin 2002 US Open Highlights
Chanda Rubin (born February 18, 1976) is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No. 9 in doubles, winning the Australian Open in 1996 partnering with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.
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Chanda rubin
Early life and family
Rubin is the daughter of Edward D. Rubin, a state judge in Louisiana, and his wife, Bernadette Fontenot Rubin; they have two other children.
Tennis career
Throughout her long career, she has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world even though she has been plagued by injuries. Rubin was the third African-American woman in the Open era to reach the top ten after Zina Garrison and Lori McNeil.
Rubin reached the quarterfinals at the French Open in 1995, 2000, and 2003; in 1995 on her way to the quarterfinals she defeated Jana Novotna 7–6, 4–6, 8–6 after falling behind 0–5, 0-40 in the third set and after saving nine match points. Also in 1995 in the second round of Wimbledon, Rubin defeated Patricia Hy-Boulais 7-6, 6-7, 17-15. The 58 games are the most for a women's match.
In 1996, she reached the Australian Open semifinals, defeating Gabriela Sabatini in the fourth round and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-4, 2-6, 16-14 in the quarterfinals. The 48 games in the quarterfinal are the most for a women's match at the Australian Open. Rubin lost in the semifinals to Monica Seles 6–7, 6–1, 7–5 despite holding a 5-2 lead in the third set. Rubin rose to her career-high ranking of No. 6 after reaching the final of the Lipton Championships in 1996 where she lost to Steffi Graf.
Rubin has defeated several other top players, including Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin, Amelie Mauresmo, and Serena Williams. Her 2002 upset of Williams in the Los Angeles quarterfinals ended the top-ranked player's winning streak of 21 matches, a stretch that carried Williams through titles at the French Open and Wimbledon.
In 2003, she was invited by Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play The Hong Kong Ladies Chellenge 2003 but she lost to her compatriot and former Yugoslavian Monica Seles 7–5, 1–6, 2–6 in the singles final.
Rubin received a wild card into the 2006 US Open, where she lost in the first round to World No. 9 Nicole Vaidisova 6–4, 6–3. Since then Rubin has struggled with injuries.
Rubin was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame on June 29, 2013.