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. 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 Singles: 2 (1–1) 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) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss $10,000 Basingston, Great Britain Hard 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Doubles: 18 (8–10) 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) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss $5,000 Amersfoort, Netherlands Clay Simone Schilder 1–6, 6–4, 0–6Win $10,000 Croydon, Great Britain Carpet (i) Digna Ketelaar Simone Schilder 7–6, 2–6, 7–5Loss $10,000 Vereeniging, South Africa Hard Katie Rickett 4–6, 1–6Loss $10,000 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Katie Rickett 4–6, 6–7Loss $25,000 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Katie Rickett 4–6, 2–6Loss $10,000 Queens, Great Britain Hard Ilse de Ruysscher Jo Louis 1–6, 7–5, 4–6Win $10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain Clay 6–3, 6–2Loss $25,000 Eastbourne, Great Britain Hard (i) Anne Simpkin 4–6, 4–6Win $10,000 Bangkok, Thailand Hard 7–6, 1–6, 7–5Win $10,000 Croydon, Great Britain Carpet (i) 6–3, 2–6, 7–5Loss $10,000 Norwich, Great Britain Carpet (i) Anne Simpkin 4–6, 6–2, 1–6Loss $10,000 Basingstoke, Great Britain Hard Virginia Humphreys-Davies Caroline Billingham 5–7, 6–3, 4–6Win $25,000 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay 7–5, 6–0Loss $10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain Hard Colette Hall 2–6, 4–6Win $10,000 Basingston, Great Britain Hard 3–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss $100,000 China Open, Beijing, China Hard (i) Chen Li-Ling Fang Li 0–6, 2–6Win $50,000 Southampton, Great Britain Carpet (i) 6–4, 4–6, 6–3Win $25,000 Rockford, United States Hard 6–2, 6–3
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