Lindsay Davenport: tennis mumWhen, in December 2006, Lindsay Davenport announced an indefinite leave of absence from the women’s Tour, few observers expected to see her back. But she is. Nine years after her Wimbledon triumph, the Centre Court is waiting to salute Davenport’s return.
It seemed so unlikely at the end of 2006. The three-time Grand Slam winner had not only turned the milestone age of 30 that year, but a long held personal dream was about to be fulfilled — she was joyfully pregnant.
Just two days after her 31st birthday in June last year, Davenport gave birth by caesarean to a son, Jagger (“nothing to do with the Rolling Stones, although people think it is!”).
But anyone who imagined a quiet progress into a world of nappies and increasing numbers of small children for herself and husband of five years Jon Leach, had it all wrong.
Davenport made a return to tennis in August. The portents were not promising after a first round doubles defeat in New Haven, but that taste was enough to tell Davenport she wanted more.
Less than a year after announcing her indefinite leave, the former world number one returned with interest, winning 13 of her first 14 singles matches.
She notched up victories over Jelena Jankovic, Daniela Hantuchova and Elena Dementieva on her way to two titles. By winning Bali when ranked 234 she became the fourth lowest-ranked woman in history to win a Tour singles title. But she was not even the first mother to win a title in 2007 — Sabine Bammer took that accolade in Pattaya City.
Now Davenport had what the Americans call ‘the big mo’ — momentum. By February she had collected titles in Auckland and Memphis, bringing her career tally to 55.
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