Jocelyn Rae (born 20 February 1991) is a British former tennis player.
Rae has a career-high doubles ranking of 67 by the WTA, achieved on 22 February 2016. In her career, she 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 (qualifying through her Stirlingshire-born father).Jocelyn Rae: Golden girl content to end tennis playing career on a high, BBC Sport, 18 January 2018 She was coached by former professional tennis player and fellow Scot, Karen Paterson. She is openly lesbian.
Career Junior (2006–2009) Rae played her first match on the ITF Junior 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 (two with Hannah James and one with Amanda Elliott) 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 Tour doubles final at the Swedish Open, partnering Anna Smith.
In April 2015, Rae won a $50k tournament in Croissy-Beaubourg, France, partnering Anna Smith. In June 2015, she lost the WTA doubles final of the Nottingham Open.
Jocelyn Rae announced her retirement from professional tour in December 2017.
Post-retirement life After returning, Rae worked as an academy coach at the National Tennis Academy.
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups) Winner - LegendTier I / Premier M & Premier 5Tier II / PremierTier III, IV & V / International (0–4)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Grass (0–2)Clay (0–1)
ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Jul 2014 Båstad Open, Sweden Clay Anna Smith Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor 1–6, 1–6Loss Jun 2015 Nottingham Open, UK Grass Anna Smith Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–3, 3–6, [9–11]Loss Sep 2016 Japan Women's Open Hard Anna Smith Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya 3–6, 3–6Loss Jun 2017 Nottingham Open, UK Grass Laura Robson Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders 4–6, 6–4, [4–10]
ITF Circuit finals Singles (1–1) Legend$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–1) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 31 August 2009 Cumberland, United Kingdom Hard Jade Windley 1–6, 1–6Win 1. 12 October 2009 Mytilini, Greece Hard Jade Windley 6–2, 6–1
Doubles (23–7) Legend$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$15,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (19–4)Clay (1–2)Grass (3–1) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 15 September 2008 Kawana Waters, Australia Hard Emelyn Starr Alexis Prousis Robin Stephenson 6–4, 4–6, [10–4]Win 2. 6 July 2009 Felixstowe, UK Grass Jade Windley Dalila Jakupović Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic 6–1, 6–0Win 3. 13 July 2009 Frinton, UK Grass Jade Windley Anna Fitzpatrick Emelyn Starr 6–3, 7–5Win 4. 4 September 2009 Cumberland, UK Hard Jade Windley Lucia Kovarčíková Monika Tumova 6–4, 6–0Loss 1. 12 October 2009 Mytilini, Greece Hard Jade Windley Olga Brózda Justyna Jegiołka 4–6, 4–6Loss 2. 30 November 2009 Bendigo International, Australia Hard Emelyn Starr Irena Pavlovic Arina Rodionova 3–6, 6–7(3)Win 5. 9 May 2010 Edinburgh, UK Clay Amanda Elliott Tímea Babos Tara Moore 7–6(5), 6–4Loss 3. 17 July 2010 Woking, UK Hard Emelyn Starr Tímea Babos Emma Laine 2–6, 2–6Win 6. 31 July 2010 Chiswick, UK Hard Emelyn Starr Anna Fitzpatrick Jade Windley 6–1, 6–4Win 7. 13 November 2010 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK Hard (i) Jade Windley Jana Orlova Petra Krejsová 6–3, 5–7, [10–4]Win 8. 9 November 2013 Loughborough, UK Hard (i) Anna Smith Francesca Palmigiano Camilla Rosatello 6–0, 4–6, [10–3]Win 9. 15 November 2013 Manchester, UK Hard (i) Anna Smith Eva Wacanno Julia Wachaczyk 6–1, 6–4Loss 4. 7 December 2013 Pune, India Hard Anna Smith Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech 5–7, 5–7Win 10. 13 December 2013 Navi Mumbai, India Hard Anna Smith Oksana Kalashnikova Diāna Marcinkēviča 6–4, 7–6(5)Win 11. 18 January 2014 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK Hard (i) Anna Smith Martina Borecká Tereza Malíková 4–6, 6–2, [10–4]Win 12. 25 January 2014 Sunderland, UK Hard (i) Anna Smith Ágnes Bukta Viktoriya Tomova 6–1, 6–1Win 13. 23 February 2014 Nottingham, UK Hard (i) Anna Smith Naomi Broady Renata Voráčová 7–6(6), 6–4Loss 5. 28 February 2014 Beinasco, Italy Clay (i) Anna Smith Nicole Clerico Giulia Gatto-Monticone 1–6, 7–5, [11–13]Win 14. 31 March 2014 Edgbaston, UK Hard (i) Anna Smith Magda Linette Amra Sadiković 3–6, 7–5, [10–4]Win 15. 2 June 2014 Nottingham Trophy, UK Grass Anna Smith Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez 7–6(5), 4–6, [10–5]Win 16. 26 July 2014 Lexington Challenger,United States Hard Anna Smith Shuko Aoyama Keri Wong 6–4, 6–4Win 17. 1 February 2015 Sunderland, UK Hard (i) Anna Smith Justyna Jegiołka Cornelia Lister 6–3, 6–1Win 18. 4 April 2015 Croissy-Beaubourg, France Hard (i) Anna Smith Julie Coin Mathilde Johansson 7–6(5), 7–6(2)Loss 6. 10 May 2015 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Anna Smith Johanna Konta Laura Thorpe 6–1, 4–6, [5–10]Loss 7. 4 June 2015 Eastbourne Trophy, UK Grass Anna Smith Shelby Rogers CoCo Vandeweghe 5–7, 6–7(1)Win 19. 2 April 2016 ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France Hard (i) Anna Smith Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá 6–4, 6–1Win 20. 3 September 2016 Guiyang, China Hard (i) Anna Smith Wei Zhanlan Zhao Qianqian 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]Win 21. 11 November 2016 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Anna Smith Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno 6–3, 6–2Win 22. 4 February 2017 GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK Hard (i) Anna Smith Laura Ioana Andrei Petra Krejsová 6–3, 6–2Win 23. 19 August 2017 Vancouver Open, Canada Hard Jessica Moore Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos 6–1, 7–5
Fed Cup participation Doubles (10–3) EditionRoundDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore2011 Fed CupEurope/Africa Group I2 February 2011 Eilat, Israel SwitzerlandHard Heather Watson Timea Bacsinszky Amra SadikovićW6–4, 6–34 February 2011 Denmark Heather Watson Mai Grage Caroline WozniackiW5–7, 7–5, 7–52014 Fed CupEurope/Africa Zone Group I5 February 2014Budapest, Hungary LatviaHard (i) Heather Watson Diāna Marcinkēviča Jeļena OstapenkoL6–1, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)7 February 2014 Romania Heather Watson Irina-Camelia Begu Monica NiculescuL0–6, 2–62015 Fed CupEurope/Africa Zone Group I4 February 2015Budapest, Hungary LiechtensteinHard (i) Anna Smith Kathinka von Deichmann Stephanie VogtW6–1, 6–25 February 2015 Turkey Anna Smith Başak Eraydın Pemra ÖzgenW6–2, 6–16 February 2015 Ukraine Anna Smith Kateryna Kozlova Olga SavchukW6–2, 6–12016 Fed CupEurope/Africa Zone Group I4 February 2016Eilat, Israel South AfricaHard Anna Smith Madrie Le Roux Michelle SammonsW6–3, 6–25 February 2016 Georgia Anna Smith Oksana Kalashnikova Sofia ShapatavaL2–6, 4–62017 Fed CupEurope/Africa Zone Group I8 February 2017Tallinn, Estonia PortugalHard (i) Laura Robson Michelle Larcher de Brito Inês MurtaW6–2, 6–39 February 2017 Latvia Laura Robson Diāna Marcinkēviča Daniela VismaneW6–0, 6–7(2–7), 6–210 February 2017 Turkey Laura Robson Ayla Aksu Pemra ÖzgenW6–2, 6–2World Group II Play-offs23 April 2017Constanța, Romania RomaniaClay Laura Robson Simona Halep Monica NiculescuW6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
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