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Who is Lindsay Davenport?

Lindsay Davenport was born on the 8th June 1976 in Palos Verdes, California. She is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments, an Olympic gold medal in singles, and over $us21 million in prize money. She is one of only four women (the others being Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Chris Evert) since 1975 who has been the year-end World No. 1 at least four times. Lindsay finished 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005 as the top ranked player. Her game is built largely around her ground strokes, service return, and serve, which are considered to be among the most powerful and cleanly struck in the history of women's tennis. Her devastating return of second service is frequently taken well inside the baseline. Lack of court speed is perhaps her greatest weakness, mainly because of her size. At slightly over 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m), she is the tallest woman ever to win a Grand Slam singles title. However, she has worked to overcome this by losing weight, overhauling her conditioning program, and by becoming mentally stronger. She is an advocate for the mental game. Her father was an Olympic athlete, competing at the 1988 Summer Games in Mexico City.