Chanda Rubin

Playing career

Rubin was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, in February 1976, the daughter of a judge, Edward Rubin, and a teacher, Bernadette. She won the Wimbledon girls' singles in 1992, reached No. 2 in the junior rankings and turned professional in 1991. In 1995 she was the WTA's most improved player; in 1996 she reached the Australian Open semi-finals, won the doubles there with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and rose to No. 6 in singles. She beat the world No. 1 Martina Hingis at Indian Wells in 1999 and Serena Williams in Los Angeles in 2002, ending a 21-match winning run.

Injuries interrupted her career: a broken bone in her right hand in 1996 and repeated left knee surgery from 2001. She came back to win at Eastbourne in 2002 and 2003, the second her last title, and returned to No. 6 in 2003. She played for the United States in the Fed Cup and at the 1996 and 2004 Olympics, and played her last match in October 2006. She graduated cum laude from the Harvard Extension School in 2013, became a commentator for Tennis Channel, and entered the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Black Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019.

On grass

Every grass title: 2

Show every title, tournament by tournament

Eastbourne
2002	Women's singles
2003	Women's singles

Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions

"This is the first time I've come back and defended a title and it feels good"