Michelle Jackson-Nobrega

Michelle Jackson-Nobrega
Country (sports)	United States
Born	December 28, 1973 (age 51); Brazil
Prize money	$65,659
Singles
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 108 (March 13, 1995)
Doubles
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 107 (October 24, 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (1994)

Michelle Jackson-Nobrega (born 28 December 1973) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Biography

Born in Brazil, Jackson-Nobrega moved back and forth between the United States and her birth country as a child, before her family settled permanently in Florida in the mid 1980s. She attended Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach.^[1]

Jackson-Nobrega reached a best singles ranking of 108 in the world while competing on the professional tour in the 1990s. Her best WTA Tour performance came at the 1994 Lipton Championships in Miami, where she had wins over Caroline Kuhlman and Stephanie Rottier, then took seventh seed Lindsay Davenport to three sets in a third round loss. She made a grand slam main draw appearance at 1994 US Open, partnering Åsa Carlsson in the doubles.^[2]

She represented the United States in tennis at the World Outgames in 2017.^[3]

ITF finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	May 25, 1992	Orlando, United States	Clay	Tami Whitlinger-Jones	6–3, 6–1
Loss	1.	May 8, 1994	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Mariaan de Swardt	3–6, 6–7
Win	2.	October 3, 1994	Rancho Mirage, United States	Hard	Stephanie Reece	6–0, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	May 25, 1992	Orlando, United States	Clay	Trisha Laux	María Vento-Kabchi Sandra Cacic	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	1.	June 15, 1992	St. Simons, United States	Clay	Sandra Cacic	Alysia May Stephanie Reece	3–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Win	2.	January 10, 1994	Misson, United States	Hard	Eleni Rossides	Jackie Moe Kelly Pace	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	May 8, 1994	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Katarzyna Teodorowicz	Liezel Huber Mariaan de Swardt	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3.	July 11, 1994	Evansville, United States	Hard	Shannan McCarthy	Maureen Drake Mélanie Bernard	4–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–3