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British tennis player
Valda Lake (born 11 October 1968) is a former tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1983 and retired in 1997 . Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 172 in singles (achieved on 11 April 1988) and number 56 in doubles (achieved on 20 June 1994). During her career, Lake was more successful in doubles than she was in singles, winning eight ITF titles and reaching the final of the 1994 China Open .[ 1] She represented Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta playing doubles with Clare Wood and reaching the quarter-finals before losing to the Gold Medalist American Team- Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández .
She currently lives in Los Angeles and owns an art gallery named "Wallspace" and is a set decorator in TV commercials.
WTA tour and ITF circuit finals [ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I (0–0)
WTA Tier II – IV (0–0)
ITF Circuit (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
10 May 1993
$10,000 Basingston, Great Britain
Hard
Marianne Vallin
2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I (0–0)
WTA Tier II – IV (0–1)
ITF Circuit (8–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–8)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–1)
Outcome
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
21 July 1986
$5,000 Amersfoort, Netherlands
Clay
Kaye Hand
Ingelise Driehuis Simone Schilder
1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Winner
17 November 1986
$10,000 Croydon, Great Britain
Carpet (i)
Clare Wood
Digna Ketelaar Simone Schilder
7–6, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up
1 December 1986
$10,000 Vereeniging, South Africa
Hard
Katie Rickett
Mary Daily Cornelia Lechner
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up
8 December 1986
$10,000 Johannesburg, South Africa
Hard
Katie Rickett
Linda Barnard Mariaan de Swardt
4–6, 6–7
Runner-up
15 December 1986
$25,000 Johannesburg, South Africa
Hard
Katie Rickett
Elna Reinach Monica Reinach
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up
20 April 1987
$10,000 Queens, Great Britain
Hard
Ilse de Ruysscher
Jo Louis Frédérique Martin
1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner
11 May 1987
$10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain
Clay
Andrea Tiezzi
Ilana Berger Titia Wilmink
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up
3 October 1988
$25,000 Eastbourne, Great Britain
Hard (i)
Anne Simpkin
Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder
4–6, 4–6
Winner
18 September 1989
$10,000 Bangkok, Thailand
Hard
Claudine Toleafoa
Paulette Moreno Karin Ptaszek
7–6, 1–6, 7–5
Winner
18 February 1991
$10,000 Croydon, Great Britain
Carpet (i)
Sara Gomer
Claire Wegink Dorien Wamelink
6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up
25 February 1991
$10,000 Norwich, Great Britain
Carpet (i)
Anne Simpkin
Anke Marchl Dorien Wamelink
4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Runner-up
29 April 1991
$10,000 Basingstoke, Great Britain
Hard
Virginia Humphreys-Davies
Caroline Billingham Lesley O'Halloran
5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Winner
16 September 1991
$25,000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Clay
Meike Babel
Ivana Havrlíková Kateřina Šišková
7–5, 6–0
Runner-up
26 April 1993
$10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain
Hard
Colette Hall
Paula Iversen Michele Mair
2–6, 4–6
Winner
10 May 1993
$10,000 Basingston, Great Britain
Hard
Robyn Mawdsley
Sabine Haas Liezel Horn
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up
14 February 1994
$100,000 China Open, Beijing , China
Hard (i)
Kerry-Anne Guse
Chen Li-Ling Fang Li
0–6, 2–6
Winner
26 February 1996
$50,000 Southampton, Great Britain
Carpet (i)
Clare Wood
Laura Golarsa Tina Križan
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Winner
4 March 1996
$25,000 Rockford, United States
Hard
Elly Hakami
Anna Kournikova Ludmila Varmužová
6–2, 6–3