4) Lisa Raymond: Born August 10, 1973, Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has 11 Grand Slam titles to her name: 6 in women's doubles and 5 in mixed doubles.
On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was fifteenth in October 1997.
Earning more than US$9 million in prize money in her career, Raymond has reached the quarterfinals in singles at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon. Raymond has beaten players like Venus Williams, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Monica Seles, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis.
She also is one of the few players to win a career Grand Slam in doubles. She is also a mixed partner of Mike Bryan, with whom she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, her lone medal to date.
Regarded as one of the best doubles and mixed-doubles player in the present day women's tennis, Raymond has 11 Grand Slam titles to her name.
Raymond openly acknowledges her lesbianism, and was in a long relationship with her former doubles partner Rennae Stubbs.
According to Raymond, “I came out because I knew that there would be life after tennis, and being gay and playing tennis is not a big deal. There have been a lot of women in sports that have come out, and it's not seen as anything ‘wow'.”
