Jocelyn Rae


Jocelyn Rae is a British former tennis player.
Rae has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 450, achieved on 12 July 2010, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 67, achieved on 22 February 2016. In her career, Rae won one singles title and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Together with Colin Fleming, she won the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi for Scotland. She was coached by former professional tennis player and fellow Scot, Karen Paterson.

Career

Junior (2006–2009)

Rae played her first match on the junior ITF circuit in April 2006 and continued to compete as a junior until July 2009. During this time, her greatest successes came in doubles although she did win one title at the 2006 Egypt International Championships. She also reached one semifinal and three quarterfinals in singles. In doubles, Rae won three titles as well as reaching one more final and three semifinals, one of which was in the 2008 Wimbledon girls' doubles, partnering Jade Curtis. They lost, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, to Polona Hercog and Jessica Moore, the sixth seeded team who went on to win the title. Rae ended her junior career with win-loss records of 21–18 in singles and 26–14 in doubles. Her career-high combined junior ranking was world No. 167, which she achieved on 23 April 2007.

2014–2017

In February 2014, Rae received her first call up to the British Fed Cup Team, following Laura Robson's withdrawal due to injury.
In July, Rae reached her first WTA doubles final at the Swedish Open, partnering Anna Smith.
In April 2015, Rae won a $50,000 tournament in Croissy-Beaubourg, France, partnering Anna Smith. In June 2015, she lost in the WTA doubles final in Nottingham.
Jocelyn Rae announced her retirement from professional tennis in December 2017.

Personal life

Rae is openly lesbian, and she married her partner in 2017.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.20 July 2014Swedish Open, BåstadClay Anna Smith Andreja Klepač
María Teresa Torró Flor		1–6, 1–6
Runner-up2.14 June 2015Nottingham Open, United KingdomGrass Anna Smith Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears		6–3, 3–6,
Runner-up3.16 September 2016Japan Women's Open, TokyoHard Anna Smith Shuko Aoyama
Makoto Ninomiya		3–6, 3–6
Runner-up4.18 June 2017Nottingham Open, United KingdomGrass Laura Robson Monique Adamczak
Storm Sanders		4–6, 6–4,

ITF finals (24–8)

Singles (1–1)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.31 August 2009Cumberland, United KingdomHard Jade Windley1–6, 1–6
Winner1.12 October 2009Mytilini, GreeceHard Jade Windley6–2, 6–1

Doubles (23–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.15 September 2008Kawana Waters, AustraliaHard Emelyn Starr Alexis Prousis
Robin Stephenson		6–4, 4–6,
Winner2.6 July 2009Felixstowe, United KingdomGrass Jade Windley Dalila Jakupović
Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic		6–1, 6–0
Winner3.13 July 2009Frinton, United KingdomGrass Jade Windley Anna Fitzpatrick
Emelyn Starr		6–3, 7–5
Winner4.4 September 2009Cumberland, United KingdomHard Jade Windley Lucia Kovarcikova
Monika Tumova		6–4, 6–0
Runner-up1.12 October 2009Mytilini, GreeceHard Jade Windley Olga Brózda
Justyna Jegiołka		4–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.30 November 2009Bendigo, AustraliaHard Emelyn Starr Irena Pavlovic
Arina Rodionova		3–6, 6–7
Winner5.9 May 2010Edinburgh, United KingdomClay Amanda Elliott Tímea Babos
Tara Moore		7–6, 6–4
Runner-up3.17 July 2010Woking, United KingdomHard Emelyn Starr Tímea Babos
Emma Laine		2–6, 2–6
Winner6.31 July 2010Chiswick, United KingdomHard Emelyn Starr Anna Fitzpatrick
Jade Windley		6–1, 6–4
Winner7.13 November 2010Loughborough, United KingdomHard Jade Windley Jana Orlova
Petra Krejsová		6–3, 5–7,
Winner8.9 November 2013Loughborough, United KingdomHard Anna Smith Francesca Palmigiano
Camilla Rosatello		6–0, 4–6,
Winner9.15 November 2013Manchester, United KingdomHard Anna Smith Eva Wacanno
Julia Wachaczyk		6–1, 6–4
Runner-up4.7 December 2013Pune, IndiaHard Anna Smith Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Peangtarn Plipuech		5–7, 5–7
Winner10.13 December 2013Navi Mumbai, IndiaHard Anna Smith Oksana Kalashnikova
Diāna Marcinkēviča		6–4, 7–6
Winner11.18 January 2014Glasgow, United KingdomHard Anna Smith Martina Borecká
Tereza Malíková		4–6, 6–2,
Winner12.25 January 2014Sunderland, United KingdomHard Anna Smith Ágnes Bukta
Viktoriya Tomova		6–1, 6–1
Winner13.23 February 2014Nottingham, United KingdomHard Anna Smith Naomi Broady
Renata Voráčová		7–6, 6–4
Runner-up5.28 February 2014Beinasco, ItalyClay Anna Smith Nicole Clerico
Giulia Gatto-Monticone		1–6, 7–5,
Winner14.31 March 2014Edgbaston, United KingdomHard Anna Smith Magda Linette
Amra Sadiković		3–6, 7–5,
Winner15.2 June 2014Nottingham, United KingdomGrass Anna Smith Sharon Fichman
Maria Sanchez		7–6, 4–6,
Winner16.26 July 2014Lexington, United StatesHard Anna Smith Shuko Aoyama
Keri Wong		6–4, 6–4
Winner17.1 February 2015Sunderland, United KingdomHard Anna Smith Justyna Jegiołka
Cornelia Lister		6–3, 6–1
Winner18.4 April 2015Croissy-Beaubourg, FranceHard Anna Smith Julie Coin
Mathilde Johansson		7–6, 7–6
Runner-up6.10 May 2015Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceClay Anna Smith Johanna Konta
Laura Thorpe		6–1, 4–6,
Runner-up7.4 June 2015Eastbourne, United KingdomGrass Anna Smith Shelby Rogers
CoCo Vandeweghe		5–7, 6–7
Winner19.2 April 2016Croissy-Beaubourg, FranceHard Anna Smith Lenka Kunčíková
Karolína Stuchlá		6–4, 6–1
Winner20.3 September 2016Guiyang, ChinaHard Anna Smith Wei Zhanlan
Zhao Qianqian		6–4, 3–6,
Winner21.11 November 2016Bratislava, SlovakiaHard Anna Smith Quirine Lemoine
Eva Wacanno		6–3, 6–2
Winner22.4 February 2017Glasgow, United KingdomHard Anna Smith Laura-Ioana Andrei
Petra Krejsová		6–3, 6–2
Winner23.19 August 2017Vancouver, CanadaHard Jessica Moore Desirae Krawczyk
Giuliana Olmos		6–1, 7–5

Fed Cup participation

Doubles: 13 (10–3)