Valda Lake (born 11 October 1968) is a former tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1983 and retired in 1997. Over the course of her career she reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 172 in singles (achieved on 11 April 1988) and number 56 in doubles (achieved on 20 June 1994). During her career, Lake was more successful in doubles than she was in singles, winning eight ITF titles and reaching the final of the 1994 China Open.[1] She represented Great Britain in the Olympics held in Atlanta 1996 playing doubles with Clare Wood and reaching the quarter-finals before losing to the Gold Medalist American Team- Gigi Fernandez and Mary Jo Fernandez. Currently lives in Los Angeles and owns an art gallery "Wallspace" and is a set decorator in TV commercials.
WTA tour and ITF circuit finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| WTA Tier I (0–0) |
| WTA Tier II – IV (0–0) |
| ITF Circuit (0–1) |
|
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (0–1) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
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| Outcome |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
| Runner-up |
10 May 1993 |
$10,000 Basingston, Great Britain |
Hard |
 Marianne Vallin |
2–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Doubles: 18 (8–10)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
| WTA Tier I (0–0) |
| WTA Tier II – IV (0–1) |
| ITF Circuit (8–9) |
|
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (3–8) |
| Clay (2–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (3–1) |
|
| Outcome |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
| Runner-up |
21 July 1986 |
$5,000 Amersfoort, Netherlands |
Clay |
 Kaye D. Hand |
 Ingelise Driehuis
Simone Schilder |
1–6, 6–4, 0–6 |
| Winner |
17 November 1986 |
$10,000 Croydon, Great Britain |
Carpet (i) |
 Clare Wood |
Digna Ketelaar
Simone Schilder |
7–6, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Runner-up |
1 December 1986 |
$10,000 Vereeniging, South Africa |
Hard |
Katie Rickett |
 Mary Daily
 Cornelia Lechner |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up |
8 December 1986 |
$10,000 Johannesburg, South Africa |
Hard |
Katie Rickett |
Linda Barnard
Mariaan de Swardt |
4–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up |
15 December 1986 |
$25,000 Johannesburg, South Africa |
Hard |
Katie Rickett |
Elna Reinach
Monica Reinach |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up |
20 April 1987 |
$10,000 Queens, Great Britain |
Hard |
 Isle de Ruysscher |
Jo Lewis
 Frederique Martin |
1–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Winner |
11 May 1987 |
$10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain |
Clay |
 Andrea Tiezzi |
 Ilana Berger
Titia Wilmink |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up |
3 October 1988 |
$25,000 Eastbourne, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Anne Simpkin |
Carin Bakkum
Simone Schilder |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner |
18 September 1989 |
$10,000 Bangkok, Thailand |
Hard |
 Claudine Toleafoa |
 Paulette Moreno
 Karin Ptaszek |
7–6, 1–6, 7–5 |
| Winner |
18 February 1991 |
$10,000 Croydon, Great Britain |
Carpet (i) |
Sara Gomer |
Claire Wegink
Dorien Wamelink |
6–3, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Runner-up |
25 February 1991 |
$10,000 Norwich, Great Britain |
Carpet (i) |
Anne Simpkin |
Anke Marchl
Dorien Wamelink |
4–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
| Runner-up |
29 April 1991 |
$10,000 Basingstoke, Great Britain |
Hard |
Virginia Humphreys-Davis |
Caroline Billingham
 Lesley O'Halloran |
5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Winner |
16 September 1991 |
$25,000 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Clay |
Meike Babel |
 Ivana Havrlíková
Kateřina Šišková |
7–5, 6–0 |
| Runner-up |
26 April 1993 |
$10,000 Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain |
Hard |
Colette Hall |
 Paula Iversen
Michele Mair |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner |
10 May 1993 |
$10,000 Basingston, Great Britain |
Hard |
 Robyn Mawdsley |
Sabine Haas
Liezel Horn |
3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up |
14 February 1994 |
$100,000 China Open, Beijing, China |
Hard (i) |
Kerry-Anne Guse |
 Li Ling Chen
Fang Li |
0–6, 2–6 |
| Winner |
26 February 1996 |
$50,000 Southampton, Great Britain |
Carpet (i) |
Clare Wood |
 Laura Golarsa
 Tina Križan |
6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Winner |
4 March 1996 |
$25,000 Rockford, United States |
Hard |
Elly Hakami |
 Anna Kournikova
 Ludmila Varmužová |
6–2, 6–3 |
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