Lucie Ahl


Lucie Ahl is a tennis coach and a former professional tennis player. She was briefly the British No.1, holding the position for 9 non-consecutive weeks between 30 July 2001 and 5 May 2002. She reached her highest singles ranking of world No.161 on 1 April 2002.
In her career, Ahl won a total of 15 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit and also participated on the WTA Tour. She had career wins over ITF & WTA Tour players Sandra Cacic and Rene Simpson.
Her best Grand Slam performance came at the 2000 Wimbledon Championships, where she defeated Austrian Barbara Schwartz in round one to capture the first and only win of her career in Grand Slam competition. Ahl also represented Great Britain at the Fed Cup on one occasion, winning all three of her rubbers and thus remaining undefeated in Fed Cup action.
Brother Daniel was ranked number 1 on the ITF world over 35 ratings in 2007

ITF circuit finals

Singles (9–7)

ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner5 7 1993ITF $10,000Frinton, United KingdomGrass Julie Pullin6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up3 10 1994ITF $10,000Nottingham, Great BritainCarpet Anne-Gaëlle Sidot4–6, 2–6
Runner-up6 February 1995ITF $10,000Sheffield, United KingdomHard Olga Ivanova3–6, 4–6
Winner11 8 1996ITF $10,000Southsea, United KingdomGrass Cindy Watson6–3, 6–3
Winner29 9 1996ITF $10,000Telford, United KingdomHard Julie Pullin6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up25 3 1997ITF $10,000Warrnambool, AustraliaGrass Shirli-Ann Siddall3–6, 3–6
Runner-up4 5 1997ITF $10,000Hatfield, Great BritainClay Shirli-Ann Siddall2–6, 0–6
Runner-up25 4 1998ITF $10,000Bournemouth, Great BritainClay Joanne Ward6–7, 4–6
Runner-up11 7 1998ITF $10,000Felixstowe, Great BritainGrass Mareze Joubert5–7, 3–6
Winner18 07 1998ITF $10,000Frinton, Great BritainGrass Lisa McSheaW/O
Winner26 07 1998ITF $25,000Dublin, IrelandCarpet Petra Mandula7–6, 6–3
Winner18 4 1999ITF $25,000Cagnes-sur-Mer, FranceHard Virginie Razzano4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Winner25 7 1999ITF $25,000Dublin, IrelandCarpet Julia Lutrova6–1, 6–3
Winner30 7 2000ITF $25,000Dublin, IrelandCarpet Mareze Joubert6–2, 6–4
Winner15 10 2000ITF $25,000Welwyn, Great BritainHard Antonella Serra Zanetti4–2, 4–2, 4–1
Runner-up15 7 2001ITF $25,000Felixstowe, Great BritainGrass Roberta Vinci5–7, 5–7

Doubles (6–9)

ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentScore
Winner11 5 1992ITF $10,000Dublin, IrelandHard Julie Salmon Gina Niland
Siobhán Nicholson
7–5, 7–5
Runner-up31 7 1995ITF $10,000Ilkley, United KingdomClay Joanne Ward Jasmine Choudhury
Louise Latimer
6–1, 2–6, 2–6
Winner18 2 1996ITF $10,000Sheffield, United KingdomHard Joanne Ward Julie Pullin
Lorna Woodroffe
7–6, 6–3
Runner-up12 5 1996ITF $10,000Lee-on-Solent, United KingdomClay Joanne Ward Shirli-Ann Siddall
Amanda Wainwright
5–7, 1–6
Runner-up14 7 1996ITF $10,000Felixstowe, United KingdomClay Shirli-Ann Siddall Surina de Beer
Katia Roubanova
2–6, 4–6
Winner21 7 1996ITF $10,000Frinton, United KingdomGrass Shirli-Ann Siddall Amy Jensen
Anita Kurimay
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up04 8 1996ITF $10,000Ilkley, United KingdomGrass Shirli-Ann Siddall Surina de Beer
Katia Roubanova
1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Winner11 8 1996ITF $10,000Southsea, United KingdomGrass Shirli-Ann Siddall Louise Latimer
Lorna Woodroffe
6–2, 7–6
Runner-up4 5 1997ITF $10,000Hatfield, United KingdomClay Jessica Steck Shirli-Ann Siddall
Joanne Ward
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Winner4 10 1997ITF $10,000Nottingham, United KingdomHard Joanne Ward Karen Cross
Lizzie Jelfs
6–2, 7–6
Runner-up11 7 1998ITF $10,000Felixstowe, United KingdomGrass Amanda Wainwright Lisa McShea
Trudi Musgrave
4–6, 6–7
Runner-up18 7 1998ITF $10,000Frinton, United KingdomGrass Amanda Wainwright Lizzie Jelfs
Mareze Joubert
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up16 7 2000ITF $25,000Felixstowe, United KingdomGrass Natalia Egorova Trudi Musgrave
Lorna Woodroffe
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up03 11 2002ITF $25,000Nottingham, United KingdomHard Selima Sfar Kim Grant
Lilia Osterloh
1–6, 2–6
Winner20 4 2003ITF $25,000Biarritz, FranceClay Selima Sfar Yuliya Beygelzimer
Anna Zaporozhanova
6–1, 6–1

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Fed Cup