Anna Smith (tennis)
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Country (sports) |
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Residence | Sanderstead, Surrey |
Born |
Redhill, Surrey | 14 August 1988
Turned pro | 2004 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 237,446 |
Singles | |
Career record | 211–174 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 262 (9 August 2010) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 231–154 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 26 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 67 (22 February 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 84 (19 September 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2016) |
French Open | 2R (2016) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2015) |
US Open | 1R (2015) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 3R (2010, 2016) |
Last updated on: 19 September 2016. |
Anna Smith (born 14 August 1988) is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won five International Tennis Federation (ITF) singles titles, 25 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010.
Personal life
Smith was born in Redhill, Surrey, to Robert and Gunilla Smith and started playing tennis at the age of 10 years. Aside from tennis, her other passions are shopping and football. She is coached by Rob Antoun.[1]
Career
Junior (2003–2006)
Smith first competed as a junior in February 2003 and her last junior tournament was in June 2006 in the qualifying draw for the Wimbledon juniors. She had limited success as a singles player; she reached only one final (in April 2006 at the Sutton ITF Junior Tournament where she was beaten by Naomi Broady) and did not reach the quarterfinals in any other tournament she played.[2]
She had significantly more success as a junior doubles competitor, winning three titles at the Donnybrook Junior International, the Wrexham ITF Tournament and the Nottingham ITF. She also reached two more finals, four semifinals and one quarterfinal.[2]
Over the three years of her junior career she reached a career-high combined ranking of world no. 665 and accumulated win-loss records of 8–13 in singles and 24–10 in doubles.[2]
2004–2006
Smith played her first professional match in July 2004, courtesy of a wild card into the qualifying draw of the $10,000 ITF tournament in Felixstowe, United Kingdom. She lost in the final round to Lena Keothavong, the younger sister of top-100 player Anne Keothavong, 6–4 6–4. She then lost in the qualifying stages of the $10,000 ITF tournament in Manchester before going to Bolton and winning two matches to qualify for the $10,000 ITF tournament held there. In her first main draw match of her career, she lost to a fellow Brit Elizabeth Thomas in straight sets. She finished 2004 without a world ranking.[3]
In April 2005, Smith lost in the final round of qualifying for the $10,000 ITF in Porto Santo, Portugal, but was given a chance in the main draw as a lucky loser. She played well in this tournament before having to withdraw in the quarterfinals. August brought two more quarterfinal losses for Smith, the first in the $10,000 Wrexham ITF tournament and the second in the $10,000 Nottingham ITF tournament. Her final tournament of the year was the $10,000 ITF event in Sunderland, where she also reached the quarterfinals. She finished 2005 ranked world no. 660.[3]
April and May 2006 saw good form from Smith; in April she reached the first ITF semifinal of her career in Bath and the following month she reached yet another quarterfinal, this one in Bournemouth. In August, she cruised her way to the first final of her career, not dropping a single set before falling in the final to Anna Fitzpatrick of the United Kingdom. She managed to reach the quarterfinals as a qualifier in her very next tournament (ITF $10,000 Wrexham) before losing to Natasha Khan from the United Kingdom in three sets. In September, she won her first professional title at the $10,000 ITF event in Nottingham beating fellow Brit, Georgie Stoop, in the final. The rest of the year saw limited success for Smith and she finished the season with a ranking of world no. 516.[3]
2007–2008
In March 2007, she reached the third final of her career at a $10,000 ITF event in Hamilton where she lost to Japan's Erika Sema in two sets. She got no more notable results until August that year when she hit another good patch. She managed to reach the semifinal of the $10,000 ITF event in London before making a run to the final of the $10,000 event in Nottingham where she lost to Pauline Wong. She then immediately followed this up by qualifying for and reaching the quarterfinals of the $25,000 event in Nottingham. The rest of the year was spent on the ITF tour but she lost before the quarterfinals in every tournament. Her end-of-year ranking was world no. 449.[3]
2008 started disappointingly for Smith as she only managed to reach one ITF quarterfinal before entering the qualifying event for Wimbledon where she won one match (against Julie Coin of France) before losing in the second round. Later that year she won the second ITF title of her career, this time at the $10,000 event in London. She beat Rebecca Marino in the final. She then reached the semifinals in Limoges, France – another $10,000 event. In October, she reached the quarterfinals of a $50,000 home event in Barnstaple, losing to Lina Stančiūtė 6–2 6–7(8) 7–6(1). Her year-end ranking was world no. 373.[3]
2009
Smith's 2009 season did not begin well. She won only one match out of her first eleven before going on to take the $10,000 ITF title in Felixstowe in July, beating Heather Watson in the semifinals and Tímea Babos in the final, 7–5 3–6 6–4. In her next tournament, a $10,000 ITF in Frinton, she again came up against Watson in the semifinals but was defeated in straight sets. After this she reached only one more quarterfinal for the rest of the year where she lost to Sofia Shapatava as a lucky loser, 2–6 7–6(0) 6–7(5). By the end of 2009 her singles ranking had fallen to world no. 441.[3]
WTA career finals
Doubles: 4 (4 runners-up)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 20 July 2014 | Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 June 2015 | Aegon Nottingham Open, Nottingham, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, [9–11] |
Runner-up | 3. | 16 September 2016 | Japan Women's Open, Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 20 November 2016 | Open de Limoges, Limoges, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
ITF circuit finals
Singles: 10 (5–5)
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Outcome | No | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1. | 1 August 2006 | Ilkley, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 19 September 2006 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 6 March 2007 | Hamilton, New Zealand | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 18 September 2007 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 12 August 2008 | Cumberland, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
Winner | 3. | 7 July 2009 | Felixstowe, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 24 March 2010 | Jersey, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 29 April 2013 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 7–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 10 November 2013 | Loughborough, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 5. | 17 March 2014 | Heraklion, Greece | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Doubles: 42 (27–15)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | 3 August 2005 | Wrexham, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 1. | 6 April 2006 | Bath, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 8 November 2006 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 7 May 2007 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(1–7), 4–6 |
Winner | 3. | 23 August 2007 | Cumberland, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 4. | 16 January 2008 | Sunderland, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–1, 3–6, [10–3] |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 February 2008 | Sutton, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 12 February 2008 | Stockholm, Sweden | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–0, 7–5 |
Winner | 6. | 23 September 2008 | Shrewsbury, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 20 April 2009 | Bari, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 2–6, [5–10] |
Runner-up | 5. | 10 August 2009 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 22 September 2009 | Shrewsbury, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 7. | 29 September 2009 | Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 7. | 7 October 2009 | Barnstaple, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 13 January 2010 | Glasgow, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 8. | 2 February 2010 | Sutton, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–2, [8–10] |
Winner | 9. | 25 March 2010 | Jersey, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 10. | 6 July 2010 | Valladolid, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, [10–7] |
Winner | 11. | 27 July 2010 | Vigo, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 12. | 1 November 2010 | Nantes, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–1, [10–6] |
Runner-up | 9. | 14 January 2013 | Glasgow, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 29 April 2013 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 22 July 2013 | Wrexham, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 13. | 29 July 2013 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 14. | 9 November 2013 | Loughborough, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–0, 4–6, [10–3] |
Winner | 15. | 15 November 2013 | Manchester, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 12. | 7 December 2013 | Pune, India | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 16. | 13 December 2013 | Navi Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Winner | 17. | 19 January 2014 | Glasgow, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, [10–4] |
Winner | 18. | 26 January 2014 | Sunderland, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 19. | 23 February 2014 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Runner-up | 13. | 28 February 2014 | Beinasco, Italy | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 7–5, [11–13] |
Winner | 20. | 31 March 2014 | Edgbaston, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
Winner | 21. | 8 June 2014 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5] |
Winner | 22. | 26 July 2014 | Lexington, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4 6–4 |
Winner | 23. | 1 February 2015 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 24. | 4 April 2015 | Croissy-Beaubourg, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(5) 7–6(2) |
Runner-up | 14. | 4 May 2015 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1 4–6 [5–10] |
Runner-up | 15. | 5 June 2015 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
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5–7 6–7(1) |
Winner | 25. | 2 April 2016 | Croissy-Beaubourg, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 26. | 03 September 2016 | Guiyang, China | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
Winner | 27. | 11 November 2016 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
References
- ↑ "SMITH, Anna (GBR)". www.itftennis.com.
- 1 2 3 Anna Smith at http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Activity:SMITH, Anna (GBR)". www.itftennis.com.
External links
- Anna Smith at the Women's Tennis Association
- Anna Smith at the International Tennis Federation
- Anna Smith at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
- Anna Smith at the Lawn Tennis Association