Danielle Marie Lao (born May 28, 1991) is an inactive American tennis player.
She achieved a career-high singles ranking of 152 by the WTA on April 1, 2019, and has won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
In 2013, she co-authored a top-selling tennis book with Rick Limpert called The Invaluable Experience. In the book, Lao takes readers through her college tennis career and shows why playing a sport in college might be the best decision you could ever make.
Career Juniors and college years Lao won the 2008 USTA National Open. She competed for the USC Trojans where she was a two-time All-American and team captain.
Professional Lao plays primarily on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best performance came at the Stockton Challenger when she reached the final of the $60k tournament, before losing in two close sets to fellow American Madison Brengle.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Tournament201720182019202020212022Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAQ3Q3Q1A0–0 French OpenAQ1Q1AQ1A0–0 WimbledonAAQ3NH1RQ30–1 US Open1R1RQ1AQ1Q10–2Win–loss0–10–10–00–00–10–00–3WTA 1000Indian Wells OpenAAQ1NHAA0–0Career statisticsYear-end ranking238170183217259253$533,319
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) Legend$60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Apr 2015León Challenger, Mexico15,000Hard Aleksandrina Naydenova3–6, 6–3, 7–5Win2–0Jun 2015ITF Baton Rouge, United States25,000Clay Brooke Austin7–5, 6–3Loss2–1Feb 2017ITF Surprise, United States25,000Hard Caroline Dolehide3–6, 1–6Loss2–2May 2017ITF Changwon, South Korea25,000Hard Gabriella Taylor2–6, 2–6Loss2–3Oct 2018Stockton Challenger, US60,000Hard Madison Brengle5–7, 6–7(10–12)Win3–3Mar 2021ITF Newport Beach, US25,000Hard Claire Liu6–2, 4–6, 6–2Loss3–4May 2022ITF Nottingham, UK25,000Hard Sonay Kartal1–6, 0–6Win4–4Jul 2022ITF Roehampton, UK25,000Hard Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove7–5, 6–4
Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups) Legend$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (1–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Feb 2014Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States25,000 Hard Keri Wong Samantha Crawford Xu Yifan 6–3, 2–6, [10–12]Win 1–1 Apr 2014ITF Pelham, US25,000 Clay Keri Wong Dia Evtimova Ilona Kremen 1–6, 6–4, [10–7]Loss 1–2 May 2014ITF Raleigh, US25,000 Clay Keri Wong Hsu Chieh-yu Alexandra Mueller 3–6, 3–6Loss 1–3 Jun 2014ITF El Paso, US25,000 Hard Hsu Chieh-yu Jamie Loeb Ashley Weinhold 6–4, 4–6, [13–15]Loss 1–4 Oct 2014ITF Florence, US25,000 Hard Keri Wong Jamie Loeb Sanaz Marand 3–6, 6–7(5)Win 2–4 Apr 2015León Challenger, Mexico15,000 Hard Maria Fernanda Alves Kim Grajdek Mayo Hibi 5–7, 7–6(5), [10–4]Loss 2–5 Jun 2015ITF Sumter, US25,000 Hard Jacqueline Cako Alexandra Mueller Ashley Weinhold 7–5, 5–7, [6–10]Loss 2–6 Jul 2015Stockton Challenger, US50,000 Hard Kaitlyn Christian Jamie Loeb Sanaz Marand 3–6, 4–6Win 3–6 Feb 2016ITF Surprise, US25,000 Hard Jacqueline Cako Emina Bektas Sarah Lee 6–2, 4–6, [10–8]Loss 3–7 Aug 2016ITF Fort Worth, US25,000 Hard Jacqueline Cako Hsu Chieh-yu Chanel Simmonds 0–6, 4–6
References
External links
Official website USC Trojans profile