Anna Smith (tennis)

Anna Smith

Anna Smith playing at the 2016 French Open
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Sanderstead, Surrey
Born	(1988-08-14) 14 August 1988 Redhill, Surrey
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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 July 2014	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Jocelyn Rae	Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	14 June 2015	Aegon Nottingham Open, Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Jocelyn Rae	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	3.	16 September 2016	Japan Women's Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	20 November 2016	Open de Limoges, Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Elise Mertens Mandy Minella	4–6, 4–6

ITF circuit finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

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: 42 (27–15)

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
Winner	26.	03 September 2016	Guiyang, China	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Wei Zhanlan Zhao Qianqian	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner	27.	11 November 2016	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno	6–3, 6–2

References

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

Women's Tennis Association: Top British female doubles tennis players as of 5 December 2016
1. Naomi Broady (64 ) 2. Heather Watson (72 ) 3. Anna Smith (73 ) 4. Jocelyn Rae (82 ) 5. Johanna Konta (108 )
6. Tara Moore (159 1) 7. Emily Webley-Smith (220 ) 8. Amanda Carreras (301 24) 9. Freya Christie (377 3) 10. Harriet Dart (399 2)