Vanessa Webb is a Canadian former professional

Professional

A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...

 tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player. She has 11 ITF

ITF Women's Circuit

The ITF Women's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. It serves as the developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association...

 Singles titles, 20 ITF Doubles titles and has reached one WTA Doubles final in Kuala Lumpur

Wismilak International

The Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Bali, Indonesia from 2001 to 2008. The tournament was played on outdoor hardcourts. In 2009 the tournament was replaced with the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions....

 in 2000.

Vanessa has made the second round of the Australian Open

Australian Open

The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

 in 2003, which is her best singles Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...

 performance. She has also reached the first round of the French Open (in 2003) and the US Open (in 1998 & 2000). In doubles, Vanessa has made the second rounds of the French Open (in 2001,'02,'03 & '04) and the Wimbledon Championships (in 2003). She made the first rounds of the Australian Open (in 2000,'03) and US Open (in 1999, 2000). She has also made the first round of mixed doubles at the Wimbledon Championhips in 2003.

After retiring from tennis, Vanessa's enthusiasm has led her to a successful new career with Parthenon Group, a Boston

Boston

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-based consulting firm, where she is putting her academic and vocational training to work by helping the branch in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, which is where Vanessa currently resides.