Lesley O'Halloran

Lesley O'Halloran

Full name	Lesley O'Halloran
Country (sports)	Ireland
Born	(1965-11-01) 1 November 1965
Plays	Left-handed
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 402 (11 April 1988)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 113 (5 March 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1989)

Lesley O'Halloran (born 1 November 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Ireland. Lesley is one of the most decorated Irish tennis players of all time. An accomplished coach, she has more than two decades experience helping players with their game and their fitness.

Biography

A left-handed player from Dublin, O'Halloran played college tennis in the United States before turning professional. From 1986 to 1998 she featured in 32 Fed Cup ties for Ireland, winning 20 matches, 5 in singles and 15 in doubles. On the international circuit she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 113 in the world. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance in the doubles at the 1989 Virginia Slims of Houston. She made it into the women's doubles main draw at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships, as a lucky loser from qualifying, with American partner Leigh-Anne Eldredge. The pair reached the second round. O'Halloran currently holds the position of Director of Rackets in Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin. She has competed on the ITF senior circuit and finished 2012 as the world's top ranked player in both singles and doubles for the 45's.

ITF finals

Doubles (4-8)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	24 January 1988	Denain, France	Clay	Liz Burris	Virginie Paquet Karine Quentrec	3–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	14 March 1988	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Heidi Rosenbaum	Anne Aallonen Lena Sandin	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	23 April 1988	Queens, United Kingdom	Clay	Lone Vandborg	Anne Simpkin Joy Tacon	6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	4.	18 September 1988	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Andrea Martinelli	Henriette Kjær Nielsen Anja Michailoff	1–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	1.	9 October 1988	Lima, Peru	Clay	Iluminada Concepción	Carla Rodríguez Lorena Rodríguez	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5.	31 October 1988	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Robyn Field	Ilana Berger Hagit Ohayon	3–6, 1–6
Win	2.	5 June 1989	Cascais, Portugal	Clay	Robyn Field	Holly Danforth Ingelise Driehuis	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	6.	30 October 1989	Jerusalem, Israel	Clay	Alice Noháčová	Michelle Anderson Robyn Field	4–6, 1–6
Loss	7.	6 November 1989	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Alice Noháčová	Michelle Anderson Robyn Field	3–6, 3–6
Win	3.	13 November 1989	Ashkelon, Israel	Clay	Alice Noháčová	Michelle Anderson Robyn Field	7–6, 6–4
Loss	8.	20 November 1989	Tel Aviv, Israel	Clay	Alice Noháčová	Michelle Anderson Robyn Field	3–6, 3–6
Win	4.	29 April 1991	Basingstoke, United Kingdom	Hard	Caroline Billingham	Virginia Humphreys-Davies Valda Lake	7–5, 3–6, 6–4