Anna Smith
Anna Smith playing at the Wimbledon Qualifying Tournament 2013 |
Country (sports) |
Great Britain |
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Residence |
Sanderstead, Surrey |
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Born |
(1988-08-14) 14 August 1988 Redhill, Surrey |
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Turned pro |
2004 |
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Plays |
Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
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Prize money |
US$ 205,140 |
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Singles |
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Career record |
211–174 |
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Career titles |
0 WTA, 5 ITF |
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Highest ranking |
No. 262 (9 August 2010) |
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Grand Slam Singles results |
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Wimbledon |
Q2 (2008) |
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Doubles |
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Career record |
216–141 |
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Career titles |
0 WTA, 24 ITF |
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Highest ranking |
No. 68 (1 February 2016) |
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Current ranking |
No. 68 (8 February 2016) |
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Grand Slam Doubles results |
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Australian Open |
3R (2016) |
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Wimbledon |
2R (2015) |
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US Open |
1R (2015) |
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Mixed doubles |
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Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results |
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Wimbledon |
3R (2010) |
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Last updated on: 8 February 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, 24 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]
Apparel
Smith wears Nike clothing.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Winner — Legend |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Tier II / Premier (0–0) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1) |
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Titles by Surface |
Hard (0–0) |
Grass (0–0) |
Clay (0–1) |
Carpet (0–0) |
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ITF circuit finals
Singles: 10 (5–5)
Finals by category |
$100,000 tournaments (0/0) |
$75,000 tournaments (0/0) |
$50,000 tournaments (0/0) |
$25,000 tournaments (0/1) |
$15,000 tournaments (0/0) |
$10,000 tournaments (5/4) |
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Finals by surface |
Hard (4/3) |
Clay (0/1) |
Grass (1/1) |
Carpet (0/0) |
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Outcome |
No |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score in the final |
Runner-up |
1. |
000000002006-08-01-00001 August 2006 |
Ilkley, Great Britain |
Grass |
Anna Fitzpatrick |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner |
1. |
000000002006-09-19-000019 September 2006 |
Nottingham, Great Britain |
Hard |
Georgie Gent |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
2. |
000000002007-03-06-00006 March 2007 |
Hamilton, New Zealand |
Hard |
Erika Sema |
3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up |
3. |
000000002007-09-18-000018 September 2007 |
Nottingham, Great Britain |
Hard |
Pauline Wong |
5–7, 2–6 |
Winner |
2. |
000000002008-08-12-000012 August 2008 |
Cumberland, Great Britain |
Hard |
Rebecca Marino |
6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
Winner |
3. |
000000002009-07-07-00007 July 2009 |
Felixstowe, Great Britain |
Grass |
Tímea Babos |
7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
4. |
000000002010-03-24-000024 March 2010 |
Jersey, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Johanna Larsson |
2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
5. |
000000002013-04-29-000029 April 2013 |
Edinburgh, Great Britain |
Clay |
Laetitia Sarrazin |
5–7, 7–6, 2–6 |
Winner |
4. |
000000002013-11-10-000010 November 2013 |
Loughborough, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Klaartje Liebens |
6–3, 7–5 |
Winner |
5. |
000000002014-03-17-000017 March 2014 |
Heraklion, Greece |
Hard |
Xenia Knoll |
6–1, 6–3 |
Doubles: 40 (25–15)
Finals by category |
$100,000 tournaments (0/0) |
$75,000 tournaments (2/1) |
$50,000 tournaments (3/0) |
$25,000 tournaments (8/9) |
$15,000 tournaments (0/0) |
$10,000 tournaments (9/3) |
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Finals by surface |
Hard (20/9) |
Clay (0/4) |
Grass (1/0) |
Carpet (0/0) |
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Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents in the final |
Score |
Winner |
1. |
000000002005-08-03-00003 August 2005 |
Wrexham, Great Britain |
Hard |
Rebecca Llewellyn |
Rushmi Chakravarthi Paula Marama |
6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up |
1. |
000000002006-04-06-00006 April 2006 |
Bath, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Melissa Berry |
Lindsay Cox Anna Hawkins |
3–6, 2–6 |
Winner |
2. |
000000002006-11-08-00008 November 2006 |
Redbridge, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Anna Hawkins |
Holly Richards Elizabeth Thomas |
6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
2. |
000000002007-05-07-00007 May 2007 |
Antalya, Turkey |
Hard |
Roxane Vaisemberg |
Korina Perkovic İpek Şenoğlu |
6–7(1–7), 4–6 |
Winner |
3. |
000000002007-08-23-000023 August 2007 |
Cumberland, Great Britain |
Hard |
Martina Babaková |
Anna Hawkins Karen Paterson |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner |
4. |
000000002008-01-16-000016 January 2008 |
Sunderland, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Johanna Larsson |
Martina Babaková Iveta Gerlová |
6–1, 3–6, [10–3] |
Runner-up |
3. |
000000002008-02-05-00005 February 2008 |
Sutton, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Johanna Larsson |
Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká |
3–6, 3–6 |
Winner |
5. |
000000002008-02-12-000012 February 2008 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Hard (i) |
Johanna Larsson |
Neda Kozić Ivana Lisjak |
6–0, 7–5 |
Winner |
6. |
000000002008-09-23-000023 September 2008 |
Shrewsbury, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Johanna Larsson |
Sarah Borwell Courtney Nagle |
7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Runner-up |
4. |
000000002009-04-20-000020 April 2009 |
Bari, Italy |
Clay |
Johanna Larsson |
Irina Buryachok Renata Voráčová |
7–5, 2–6, [5–10] |
Runner-up |
5. |
000000002009-08-10-000010 August 2009 |
Koksijde, Belgium |
Clay |
Johanna Larsson |
Shannon Golds Nicole Kriz |
6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Runner-up |
6. |
000000002009-09-22-000022 September 2009 |
Shrewsbury, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Johanna Larsson |
Kristina Barrois Yvonne Meusburger |
6–3, 4–6, [7–10] |
Runner-up |
7. |
000000002009-09-29-000029 September 2009 |
Helsinki, Finland |
Hard (i) |
Johanna Larsson |
Laine, EmmaEmma Laine South, MelanieMelanie South |
3–6, 3–6 |
Winner |
7. |
000000002009-10-07-00007 October 2009 |
Barnstaple, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Johanna Larsson |
Kelly Anderson Laine, EmmaEmma Laine |
7–5, 6–4 |
Winner |
8. |
000000002010-01-13-000013 January 2010 |
Glasgow, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Larrière, VictoriaVictoria Larrière |
Clerico, NicoleNicole Clerico Ungur, Liana-GabrielaLiana-Gabriela Ungur |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
8. |
000000002010-02-02-00002 February 2010 |
Sutton, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Cavaday, NaomiNaomi Cavaday |
Georgatou, EiriniEirini Georgatou Savinykh, ValeriaValeria Savinykh |
5–7, 6–2, [8–10] |
Winner |
9. |
000000002010-03-25-000025 March 2010 |
Jersey, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Maret Ani |
Jarmila Gajdošová Melanie South |
7–5, 6–4 |
Winner |
10. |
000000002010-07-06-00006 July 2010 |
Valladolid, Spain |
Hard |
Klaffner, MelanieMelanie Klaffner |
Year Campos-Molina Costas-Moreira, LeticiaLeticia Costas-Moreira |
6–3, 2–6, [10–7] |
Winner |
11. |
000000002010-07-27-000027 July 2010 |
Vigo, Spain |
Hard |
Laurendon, AnaïsAnaïs Laurendon |
Sofia Kvatsabaia Ozga, JustineJustine Ozga |
6–3, 6–1 |
Winner |
12. |
000000002010-11-01-00001 November 2010 |
Nantes, France |
Hard (i) |
Keothavong, AnneAnne Keothavong |
Jugić-Salkić, MervanaMervana Jugić-Salkić Jurak, DarijaDarija Jurak |
5–7, 6–1, [10–6] |
Runner-up |
9. |
000000002013-01-14-000014 January 2013 |
Glasgow, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Francesca Stephenson |
Tara Moore Melanie South |
6–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
10. |
000000002013-04-29-000029 April 2013 |
Edinburgh, Great Britain |
Clay |
Francesca Stephenson |
Anett Kontaveit Jessica Ren |
2–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
11. |
000000002013-07-22-000022 July 2013 |
Wrexham, Great Britain |
Hard |
Melanie South |
Kanae Hisami Mari Tanaka |
3–6, 6–7 |
Winner |
13. |
000000002013-07-29-000029 July 2013 |
Nottingham, Great Britain |
Hard |
Melanie South |
Daneika Borthwick Anna Fitzpatrick |
6–4, 6–2 |
Winner |
14. |
000000002013-11-09-00009 November 2013 |
Loughborough, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Jocelyn Rae |
Francesca Palmigiano Camilla Rosatello |
6–0, 4–6, [10–3] |
Winner |
15. |
000000002013-11-15-000015 November 2013 |
Manchester, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Jocelyn Rae |
Eva Wacanno Julia Wachaczyk |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
12. |
000000002013-12-07-00007 December 2013 |
Pune, India |
Hard |
Jocelyn Rae |
Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech |
5–7, 5–7 |
Winner |
16. |
000000002013-12-13-000013 December 2013 |
Navi Mumbai, India |
Hard |
Jocelyn Rae |
Oksana Kalashnikova Diāna Marcinkēviča |
6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Winner |
17. |
000000002014-01-19-000019 January 2014 |
Glasgow, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Jocelyn Rae |
Martina Borecká Tereza Malíková |
4–6, 6–2, [10–4] |
Winner |
18. |
000000002014-01-26-000026 January 2014 |
Sunderland, Great Britain |
Hard (i) |
Jocelyn Rae |
Ágnes Bukta Viktoriya Tomova |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner |
19. |
23 February 2014 |
Nottingham, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
Jocelyn Rae |
Naomi Broady Renata Voráčová |
7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Runner-up |
13. |
28 February 2014 |
Beinasco, Italy |
Clay (i) |
Jocelyn Rae |
Nicole Clerico Giulia Gatto-Monticone |
1–6, 7–5, [11–13] |
Winner |
20. |
31 March 2014 |
Edgbaston, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
Jocelyn Rae |
Magda Linette Amra Sadiković |
3–6, 7–5, [10–4] |
Winner |
21. |
8 June 2014 |
Nottingham, United Kingdom |
Grass |
Jocelyn Rae |
Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez |
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5] |
Winner |
22. |
26 July 2014 |
Lexington, United States |
Hard |
Jocelyn Rae |
Shuko Aoyama Keri Wong |
6–4 6–4 |
Winner |
23. |
1 February 2015 |
Sunderland, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
Jocelyn Rae |
Justyna Jegiołka Cornelia Lister |
6–3, 6–1 |
Winner |
24. |
4 April 2015 |
Croissy-Beaubourg, France |
Hard (i) |
Jocelyn Rae |
Julie Coin Mathilde Johansson |
7-6(5) 7-6(2) |
Runner-up |
14. |
4 May 2015 |
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France |
Clay |
Jocelyn Rae |
Johanna Konta Laura Thorpe |
6-1 4-6 [5-10] |
Runner-up |
15. |
5 June 2015 |
Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
Grass |
Jocelyn Rae |
Shelby Rogers Coco Vandeweghe |
5-7 6-7(1) |
Winner |
25. |
2 April 2016 |
Croissy-Beaubourg, France |
Hard (i) |
Jocelyn Rae |
Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá |
6–4, 6–1 |
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