Lindsey Nelson

Lindsey Nelson (born November 18, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player.

Biography A right-handed player from California, Nelson attended Villa Park High School in Orange County, before going on to play college tennis for the USC Trojans.

Nelson was a two-time singles runner-up in the NCAA singles championships while playing for the Trojans and was the 2007 Pac-10 singles champion. She is a graduate of Mississippi College School of Law.

Professional career Nelson won her first professional title in 2006, when she teamed up with Anne Yelsey to win the doubles at College Park, a top category $75,000 ITF tournament. As a singles player, Nelson had a win that year over top 100 ranked Meng Yuan in Stanford qualifying.

In 2007 she took part in the qualifying draw for the US Open and qualified for Indian Wells, by beating Abigail Spears and Stéphanie Dubois. She was beaten in the first round at Indian Wells by Croatian wildcard Mirjana Lučić.

ITF finals $75,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Doubles: 4 (2–2) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreRunner-up 1. July 2, 2006 Edmond, United States Hard Elizabeth Kaufman Alexa Glatch Ashley Weinhold 4–6, 4–6Winner 1. July 9, 2006 College Park, United States Hard Anne Yelsey Chan Chin-wei Natalie Grandin 6–1, 6–3Winner 2. July 18, 2009 Atlanta, United States Hard Kaitlyn Christian Amanda Fink Yasmin Schnack 7–5, 7–6(7–2)Runner-up 2. July 24, 2009 Evansville, United States Hard Kaitlyn Christian Maria Sanchez Yasmin Schnack 6–4, 1–6, [4–10]