_(21012714043).jpg) Shuker at the 2015 US Open. | |
| Country (sports) |  Great Britain |
|---|---|
| Residence | Fleet, Hampshire |
| Born | 28 May 1980 Doha, Qatar |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Plays | Right Handed |
| Official website | https://www.lucyshuker.com/ |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 446–290 |
| Career titles | 31 |
| Highest ranking | No.5 (25 March 2013) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2013, 2017, 2022) |
| French Open | SF (2007) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
| US Open | QF (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Paralympic Games | QF (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 403–221 |
| Career titles | 75 |
| Highest ranking | No.3 (10 June 2013) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (2010, 2013, 2022) |
| French Open | SF (2008, 2009, 2016) |
| Wimbledon | F (2009, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2021) |
| US Open | SF (2013, 2015, 2017) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Masters Doubles | (2016) |
| Paralympic Games |  Silver medal (2020) |
| World Team Cup |  Silver Medals (2013, 2014) Bronze Medals (2012, 2015, 2018, 2019) |
Lucy Jessica Shuker[1] BEM (born 28 May 1980[2]) is a British wheelchair tennis player[3] who is currently the highest ranked woman in the sport in Britain.[4][5] A previous singles and doubles National Champion, Shuker has represented Great Britain at four successive Paralympic Games, twice winning a bronze medal in the women's doubles and is former world doubles champion and World Team Cup silver medallist amongst a number of other national and international successes.
In 2008,[6] she competed in the singles and doubles events for the first time in Wheelchair tennis at the Beijing Paralympics.[7]
Shuker made history at the London 2012 Paralympics alongside fellow Briton Jordanne Whiley when the pair became the first women to win a medal for Great Britain in wheelchair tennis, coming from match point down to secure bronze in the women's doubles event.[8][9]
Shuker and Whiley retained their bronze medal status in the women's wheelchair doubles at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio.[10]
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- ^ "Shuker reaches Sydney last eight". BBC Sport. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
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- ^ "ParalympicsGB | Lucy shuker". ParalympicsGB. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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- ^ Sport, Telegraph (7 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley survive match point to win bronze". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Shuker and Whiley fight back to claim bronze – LTA". www3.lta.org.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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