Michelle Jaggard-Lai

Michelle Jaggard-Lai (born 6 May 1969) is a retired tennis player from Australia. She turned professional in 1984. In her career, Jaggard-Lai won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also reached the quarterfinals of the 1992 Australian Open, partnering Kimiko Date. In singles, she reached round three of the 1989 Australian Open. She reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 42 in February 1991 and a best singles ranking of No. 83 in May 1993.

Jaggard-Lai was a member of the Australia Fed Cup team that lost in the final of the 1993 Federation Cup.

She played in the singles main draw at the Australian Open eight times, the French Open six times, Wimbledon four times & the US Open once. In doubles, she played in the main draw at the Australian Open seven times, the French Open & Wimbledon nine times, and the US Open six times.

She married ex-professional soccer player Gershwin Lai from the Netherlands, in February or March 1992.

Jaggard-Lai retired from the tour at the end of 1994 (aged just 25 & ranked No. 2 in Australia in singles at the time). Together with her husband, she is a tennis teacher at Wakehurst Tennis in Seaforth, New South Wales, Australia.

WTA career finals Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfacePartneringOpponentsScoreWinner 1. Oct 1987 VS Indianapolis, United States Hard (i) Jenny Byrne Beverly Bowes Hu Na 6–2, 6–3Winner 2. Jul 1989 Schenectady, United States Hard Hu Na Sandra Birch Debbie Graham 6–3, 6–2Runner-up 1. Feb 1990 Wellington Classic, New Zealand Hard Julie Richardson Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi 3–6, 6–2, 4–6Runner-up 2. Apr 1990 Japan Open Hard Hu Na Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie 0–6, 6–3, 1–6Winner 3. Nov 1994 Taipei Championships, Taiwan Hard Rene Simpson Nancy Feber Alexandra Fusai 6–0, 7–6(12–10)

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Singles (2–6) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. 12 May 1986 Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom Clay Hellas ter Riet 3–6, 3–6Runner-up 2. 12 October 1986 Kofu, Japan Hard Kumiko Okamoto 6–7, 0–6Winner 1. 11 November 1990 Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Tracey Morton-Rodgers 7–6, 6–3Runner-up 3. 18 November 1990 Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Suzanna Wibowo 4–6, 2–6Runner-up 4. 1 December 1991 Mildura, Australia Hard Rennae Stubbs 4–6, 6–1, 6–7Runner-up 5. 23 November 1992 Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Alexandra Fusai 6–7, 6–3, 3–6Winner 2. 21 November 1993 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Jane Taylor 6–2, 6–1Runner-up 6. 28 November 1993 Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Nicole Pratt 7–6, 4–6, 4–6

Doubles (7–1) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfacePartneringOpponentsScoreWinner 1. 6 October 1986 Chiba, Japan Hard Belinda Cordwell Kumiko Okamoto Naoko Sato 6–2, 7–6(3)Winner 2. 31 October 1986 Sydney, Australia Hard Lisa O'Neill Nicole Bradtke Louise Field w/oWinner 3. 17 September 1990 Chiba, Japan Hard Marianne Werdel Eva Pfaff Julie Richardson 6–4, 6–7, 7–6Winner 4. 10 November 1991 Port Pirie, Australia Grass Jo-Anne Faull Kerry-Anne Guse Justine Hodder 6–2, 7–5Winner 5. 10 May 1992 Porto, Portugal Clay Virginia Ruano Pascual Jennifer Fuchs Maria Strandlund 6–3, 7–5Winner 6. 26 October 1992 Jakarta, Indonesia Clay Kristine Kunce Kristin Godridge Nicole Pratt 3–6, 6–3, 6–2Winner 7. 2 November 1992 Machida, Japan Grass Julie Richardson Ingelise Driehuis Maya Kidowaki 6–3, 7–5Runner-up 1. 6 December 1992 Mildura, Australia Hard Elizabeth Smylie Catherine Barclay Louise Stacey 3–6, 4–6