Jane O'Donoghue

Jane O'Donoghue (born 29 March 1983) is a retired British tennis player who turned professional in 2000 and played her last match on the pro circuit in 2007.

Her father John is a PE teacher, her mother works in a bank, and her two older brothers, Paul and Mark, both studied at the University of Oxford.

She won one singles title over the course of her four-year career, at the 2001 Japan Open Junior Championships, and she was a semifinalist four times and a quarterfinalist on eight occasions.

[5] O'Donoghue won her only junior doubles title in August 1999 partnering Elena Baltacha.

She also reached three more finals, three semifinals and seven quarterfinals O'Donoghue played her first match on the adult ITF Circuit in September 1998 in the qualifying draw for the $10k in Sunderland.

[6] O'Donoghue started her 2000 season with her first main draw ITF appearance courtesy of a wildcard into the $10k event in Hatfield.

She received a wildcard into the main draw of Wimbledon where she lost to the top seed Venus Williams in the first round.

[6] At Wimbledon, O'Donoghue beat Lindsay Lee-Waters in the first round to give her the first Grand Slam main-draw victory of her career.