Lise Gregory (born 29 August 1963) is a South African former tennis player who played primarily doubles. She played left-handed. Her career-high doubles ranking in 1990 was no. 18. She reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and was one of the top eight teams participating in the year-end Virginia Slims Championships.

Lise Gregory
Country (sports)South Africa South Africa
Born (1963-08-29) 29 August 1963 (age 61)
Durban, South Africa
Retired1993
PlaysLeft-handed
CollegeUniversity of Miami
Prize money$244,383
Singles
Career record88–76
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 167 (7 December 1987)
Doubles
Career record182–105
Career titles7 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 17 (8 April 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1991)
French Open3R (1989, 1990)
Wimbledon3R (1990)
US Open3R (1989, 1990, 1991)

She played in college for the University of Miami, earning seven NCAA All-American awards in both singles and doubles and the NCAA doubles championship in 1986 with long-time doubles partner Ronni Reis.

After her playing career, she became a college coach, first assistant coach at Vanderbilt University, then head coach at Florida State University and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, earning numerous coaching awards.

WTA Tour finals

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Doubles 13 (7–6)

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Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 2
Tier IV & V 3
Titles by surface
Hard 4
Clay 1
Grass 1
Carpet 1
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1987 San Juan, Puerto Rico Hard   Ronni Reis   Cammy MacGregor
  Cynthia MacGregor
7–5, 7–5
Win 2–0 Jul 1988 Aptos, California, US Hard   Ronni Reis   Patty Fendick
  Jill Hetherington
6–3, 6–4
Win 3–0 Feb 1989 Wichita, Kansas, US Clay   Manon Bollegraf   Sandy Collins
  Leila Meskhi
6–2, 7–6
Loss 3–1 May 1989 Berlin, Germany Clay   Gretchen Magers   Liz Smylie
  Janine Tremelling
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–2 May 1989 Strasbourg, France Clay   Gretchen Magers   Mercedes Paz
  Judith Wiesner
3–6, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Feb 1990 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US Hard   Manon Bollegraf   Mary Lou Daniels
  Wendy White
5–7, 2–7
Loss 3–4 Jun 1990 Birmingham, England Grass   Gretchen Magers   Larisa Savchenko
  Natalia Zvereva
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–4 Jul 1990 Newport, Rhode Island, US Grass   Gretchen Magers   Patty Fendick
  Anne Smith
7–6, 6–1
Win 5–4 Sep 1990 Leipzig, Germany Carpet   Gretchen Magers   Manon Bollegraf
  Jo Durie
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win 6–4 Feb 1991 Aurora, Colorado, US Hard   Gretchen Magers   Patty Fendick
  Lori McNeil
6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–5 Apr 1991 Hilton Head, South Carolina, US Clay   Mary Lou Daniels   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Natalia Zvereva
4–6, 0–6
Win 7–5 Jul 1991 Westchester, New York, US Hard   Rosalyn Nideffer   Katrina Adams
  Lori McNeil
7–5, 6–4
Loss 7–6 Aug 1991 Albuquerque, New Mexico, US Hard   Mareen Harper   Katrina Adams
  Isabelle Demongeot
7–6, 4–6, 3–6

ITF finals

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Singles (1–2)

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 8 June 1985 Boynton Beach, United States Hard   Halle Cioffi w/o
Loss 2. 7 June 1987 Boca Raton, United States Clay   Kim Labuschagne 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win 3. 26 July 1987 Pittsburgh, United States Hard   Jennifer Santrock 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(5)

Doubles: (7–1)

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Result No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1. 16 June 1986 Birmingham, United States Clay   Heliane Steden   Ann Etheredge
  Sonia Hahn
6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win 2. 23 June 1986 Seabrook, United States Clay   Manon Bollegraf   Alison Scott
  Michelle Turk
6–2, 6–1
Win 3. 1 June 1987 Brandon, United States Clay   Ingelise Driehuis   Kathy Foxworth
  Tammy Whittington
7–6(3), 6–7(8), 6–4
Win 4. 8 June 1987 Key Biscayne, United States Hard   Ingelise Driehuis   Kathy Foxworth
  Tammy Whittington
3–6, 7–6(4), 6–2
Win 5. 15 June 1987 Birmingham, United States Hard   Ingelise Driehuis   Katrina Adams
  Sonia Hahn
6–7(0), 6–4, 6–2
Win 6. 29 June 1987 Litchfield, United States Clay   Ingelise Driehuis   Paulette Roux
  Rita Winebarger
7–5, 6–2
Win 7. 6 July 1987 Seabrook, United States Clay   Ingelise Driehuis   Kathy Foxworth
  Tammy Whittington
6–1, 6–2
Loss 8. 13 November 1989 Telford, United Kingdom Hard   Linda Barnard   Anne Aallonen
  Simone Schilder
3–6, 6–7
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