Lisa McShea (born 29 October 1974) is an Australian former tennis player. She played professionally from 1996 to 2006. As a junior player, McShea won the 1992 Wimbledon Championships doubles title. She was also more successful in doubles during her professional career, winning four WTA Tour and 56 ITF doubles events.
Biography McShea was born in Redcliffe, Queensland to Ed and Lois McShea,WTA Tour: Lisa McShea: Biography and is the oldest of four children. She has a sister, Catherine, and brothers Andrew and Danny.International Tennis Federation: Lisa McShea: Player's Biography Her entire family plays tennis. McShea, who was coached by Paul Campbell, resides in Scarborough, Australia.
McShea played at Grand Slam events in three occasions. She played at the Australian Open in 1994 and 2000, and at Wimbledon in 1999, but was unable to pass the first round. In doubles, her best Grand Slam result was the quarterfinals of the 2001 Wimbledon Championships – along with Rachel McQuillan, she defeated the third seeds Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva en route to the quarterfinals, where they lost to the ninth seeds Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama. At the same tournament, McShea reached the mixed doubles quarterfinals partnering with Bob Bryan.
She played for Australia Fed Cup team once, during the 2004 World Group Playoffs. Partnering with Christina Wheeler, she defeated the doubles team of Thailand. Her highest career rankings are world No. 139 in singles, achieved on 31 July 2000, and No. 32 in doubles, achieved on 17 January 2005.
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendTier I (0–0)Tier II (0–0)Tier III (4–1)Tier IV & V (0–1)
ResultW/L DateChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jun 2000 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass Rachel McQuillan Cara Black Irina Selyutina 6–3, 7–6(5)Loss 1–1 Jan 2004 Canberra Classic, Australia Hard Caroline Dhenin Jelena Kostanić Claudine Schaul 6–4, 7–6(3)Win 2–1 Mar 2004 Mexican Open Clay Milagros Sequera Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová 2–6, 7–6(5), 6–4Win 3–1 May 2004 Strasbourg, France Clay Milagros Sequera Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–1Loss 3–2 Jun 2004 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass Milagros Sequera Maria Kirilenko Maria Sharapova 2–6, 1–6Win 4–2 Jun 2004 Rosmalen Open, Netherlands Grass Milagros Sequera Jelena Kostanić Claudine Schaul 7–6(3), 6–3
ITF finals $75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Singles: 18 (9–9) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 10 October 1993 ITF Ibaraki, Japan Hard (i) Yuka Yoshida 6–3, 2–6, 5–7Win 1. 31 October 1993 ITF Kyoto, Japan Hard Kazue Takuma 6–3, 6–2Win 2. 1 May 1994 ITF Woking, United Kingdom Hard Ingrid Kurta 6–1, 6–4Win 3. 31 May 1997 ITF Bundaberg, Australia Hard Nannie de Villiers 6–4, 6–2Loss 2. 14 March 1998 ITF Wodonga, Australia Grass Alicia Molik 3–6, 2–6Loss 3. 3 May 1998 ITF Bundaberg, Australia Clay Melissa Beadman 4–6, 2–6Loss 4. 10 May 1998 ITF Maryborough, Australia Clay Mira Radu 3–6, 4–6Loss 5. 18 July 1998 ITF Frinton, United Kingdom Grass Lucie Ahl w/oWin 4. 11 October 1998 ITF Dalby, Australia Hard Dawn Buth 7–6(7), 5–7, 6–2Win 5. 18 October 1998 ITF Kooralbyn, Australia Hard Cindy Watson 6–4, 5–7, 7–6Loss 6. 28 February 1999 Bendigo International, Australia Hard Kerry-Anne Guse 1–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss 7. 7 March 1999 ITF Warrnambool, Australia Grass Kerry-Anne Guse 2–6, 6–7(6)Loss 8. 10 March 2002 ITF Warrnambool, Australia Grass Nicole Sewell 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5)Win 6. 17 March 2002 ITF Benalla, Australia Grass Deanna Roberts 7–5, 4–6, 6–4Loss 9. 24 March 2002 ITF Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Beti Sekulovski 6–7(4), 6–1, 4–6Win 7. 31 March 2002 Bendigo International, Australia Grass Svenja Weidemann 6–1, 6–4Win 8. 16 March 2003 ITF Benalla, Australia Grass Sarah Borwell 6–1, 6–4Win 9. 30 March 2003 ITF Albury, Australia Grass Napaporn Tongsalee 6–2, 6–3
Doubles: 84 (56–28)