Jill Craybas

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jill Craybas
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 4, 1974(1974-07-04)
Age	50
Birthplace	Providence
Country	United States
Horoscope	Cancer

Jill Craybas Biography

Jill Craybas is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on July 4, 1974 in Providence, United States. Jill N. Craybas (born July 4 1974) is an American former professional tennis player. Since to the 2000 US Open to the 2011 US Open, Craybas competed in 45 consecutive Grand Slam main draws; her most successful performance came at her participation in the 2005 Wimbledon Championships where she made it to the fourth round, with wins against Marion Bartoli and Serena Williams. At the time of her retirement in 2013 she was among the most senior athletes on the WTA Tour at 39 years old, as well as the longest-running after turning professional in the year 1996.

Craybas is most well-known for her win over Serena Williams in the 3rd round of Wimbledon. Craybas defeated Williams 7-6, 6-3, but lost to Serena’s younger sister and eventual champion Venus Williams 6-0, 6-2.

On March 25, 2006, Craybas once again served up an early round defeat of a top seeded player. This time it was second-seeded Kim Clijsters in the second round of the NASDAQ-100 Open tournament. After having led in both the first and third sets, Clijsters eventually lost by a score of 7–5, 3–6, 7–5. It was Clijsters earliest ever exit from the NASDAQ-100, and Clijsters was the defending champion.

She began 2007 by reaching the semifinals of a Tier IV event in Auckland, New Zealand. She beat all of her opponents in straight sets before bowing out to Russian Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 7–5. She next took part in the Tier II event in Sydney, where she lost in the last round of qualifying to Russian Vera Dushevina 6–1, 3–6, 6–1. At the first Grand Slam tournament of the year at the Australian Open, she suffered a first-round loss to the tenth-seeded Nicole Vaidišová 6–4, 5–7, 6–1. Craybas bounced back into winning form at her next tournament in the U.S., at an ITF tournament in Midland, Michigan. As the top- seeded, she beat all of her opponents in straight sets until a hard-fought 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 victory over second-seeded and fellow American Laura Granville. Because of her lower ranking, she suffered in tough draws, not going further than the second round of any tournament since.

Craybas has graduated from University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications 1996. She has stated on numerous occasions that she wants to get into film or television production after her professional career is over. She was admitted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as the “Gator Great” in 2008.

Jill Craybas Net Worth

Jill Craybas is one of the richest Tennis Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jill Craybas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Craybas was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She was awarded an athletic scholarship that allowed her to attend an institution called the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played with coach Andy Brandi’s Florida Gators women’s tennis team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) as well as Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 1993 until 1996. In 1996, as a senior she won the NCAA singles women’s tennis championship. She was awarded the 1995-96 edition of the Honda Sports Award for Tennis which recognized her as the most outstanding female tennis athlete of the season.

Craybas began her professional career in 1996. She has only won just one WTA trophy in The Tokyo Japan Open. She defeated Silvija Talaja to win the title, despite being 4-0 down during the 3rd set. In 2006, Craybas reached one quarterfinal at Hobart as an eighth seed. She lost to the unseeded Italian Mara Santangelo in three sets. Craybas has also made it to the finals of an Tier III event in Memphis and a fourth-round appearance during an Tier I event in Key Biscayne, Florida and a additional quarterfinal appearance at Stanford in the latter part of July.

By that time Craybas, then a veteran on the tour, was thought to be playing the best tennis of her life. However, after having a successful start to 2006, she fell short of what was expected of her from her dramatically impressive start, losing to lower-ranked opponents in first rounds or having difficult first round draws against the top players in the world.

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Facts & Trivia

Jill Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jill Craybas celebrates birthday on July 4 of every year.