LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
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LAUREN JONES <strong>2013</strong><br />
CAREER:<br />
Formerly a talented football player who had trials for Brighton and Hove Albion shortly before<br />
her accident, Lauren first played wheelchair tennis whilst in rehabilitation at the spinal unit at<br />
Stoke Mandeville Hospital after breaking her back when falling out of a tree in the summer of<br />
2009. Lauren went on a Tennis Foundation Wheelchair Tennis Camp in early 2010 and ended<br />
2011 by winning her first international senior doubles title in Cardiff.<br />
In 2012 she was a semi-finalist at tournaments in Switzerland and Turkey, also winning three<br />
women’s doubles titles in Turkey. She also won the junior girls’ singles at the Turkish Open and<br />
the Antalya Open in May before going on to help Great Britain win the bronze medal in the junior<br />
event the 2012 World Team Cup.<br />
In January <strong>2013</strong> she became the second Brit to become world No. 1 in the girl’s singles rankings<br />
after finishing runner-up at Sheffield and reaching the semi-finals at the ITF 2 Series North East<br />
Tournament in Sunderland, also winning the women’s doubles at both tournaments.<br />
YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />
KEY FACTS<br />
Born: 8 July 1995<br />
Plays: Right-handed, women’s division<br />
Lives: Worthing, Sussex<br />
Career Titles (singles): 0<br />
Career Titles (doubles): 6<br />
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />
48 80 - - - - - - - - - - -<br />
Coach: Andrew Cooke<br />
Highest Ranking: 35 (April <strong>2013</strong>)<br />
Twitter: @10LaurenJones<br />
Website:<br />
www.laurenjoneswheelchairtennis.com<br />
<strong>LTA</strong> Player Guide<br />
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