Lauren Embree

Lauren Embree Biography

Lauren Embree (born January 10, 1991) is an American professional tennis player.

Born in Naples, Florida, Embree made her USTA Pro Circuit debut at the age of 16. As a junior, she has competed in the 2006 U.S. Open Junior championships and reached the round of 16 at the 2009 Australian Open Junior Championships.

Embree graduated from Lely High School in Naples in 2009, and in May of the same year, she qualified as a wild card for the 2009 French Open, her first participation in a Grand Slam tournament. She lost to Nadia Petrova in the first round, and turned down a 15,000 prize to remain an amateur.

She accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Roland Thornqvist's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2009 to 2013. Embree was a key member of the Gators' national championship teams that won the NCAA women's tennis tournament in 2011 and 2012. She graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in sports management in 2014.

Upon going pro, Lauren signed with athletic apparel brand Athletic DNA and became their first female pro.

ITF finals (7-10)

Singles (2-7)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2-5)
Clay (0-2)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	June 19, 2007	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Jelena Pandi?	4-6 1-6
Winner	1.	June 23, 2008	Wichita, United States	Hard	Jamie Hampton	6-3 6-4
Winner	2.	July 29, 2013	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Miyu Kato	3-6 6-1 3-1 ret.
Runner-up	2.	June 30, 2014	Todi, Italy	Clay	Alice Savoretti	3-6 3-6
Runner-up	3.	August 31, 2014	San Luis Potos, Mexico	Hard	Marcela Zacaras	3-6, 6-3, 1-6
Runner-up	4.	September 13, 2014	Redding, United States	Hard	Jennifer Brady	2-6 1-6
Runner-up	5.	October 6, 2014	Rock Hill, United States	Hard	CiCi Bellis	4-6, 0-6
Runner-up	6.	June 21, 2015	Sumter, United States	Hard	Mayo Hibi	4-6, 6-3, 4-6
Runner-up	7.	11 June 2017	Bethany Beach, United States	Clay	Danielle Collins	1-6, 0-6

Doubles (5-3)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (4-3)
Clay (1-0)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 2, 2012	Denver, United States	Hard	Nicole Gibbs	Marie-ve Pelletier Shelby Rogers	3-6, 6-3, [10-12]
Runner-up	2.	July 1, 2013	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Robin Anderson	Naomi Broady Storm Sanders	3-6 4-6
Winner	1.	September 9, 2013	Redding, United States	Hard	Robin Anderson	Jacqueline Cako Allie Kiick	6-4 5-7 10-7
Winner	2.	September 13, 2014	Redding, United States	Hard	Jennifer Brady	Alexandra Facey Kat Facey	6-3, 6-2
Winner	3.	October 24, 2015	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6-2, 4-6, [11-9]
Runner-up	3.	November 2, 2015	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Misa Eguchi Eri Hozumi	6-7^(13-15), 6-1, [12-14]
Winner	4.	November 14, 2015	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Natela Dzalamidze Hiroko Kuwata	7-5, 6-3
Winner	5.	February 11, 2017	Manacor, Spain	Clay	Alexa Guarachi	Jaeda Daniel Quinn Gleason	6-1, 7-5

Lauren Embree

Lauren Embree Biography

ITF finals (7-10)

Singles (2-7)

Doubles (5-3)

See also