Anna Smith (tennis)

Infobox Tennis biography
playername = Anna Smith


country = GBR
residence = Sanderstead, Surrey, England
datebirth = birth date and age|1988|08|14
placebirth = Redhill, Surrey, England
height =
weight =
turnedpro =
plays = right handed, double handed backhand
careerprizemoney = $44,415
singlesrecord = 93-81
singlestitles = 0 (2 ITF)
highestsinglesranking = No. 360 (August 25 2008)
AustralianOpenresult =
FrenchOpenresult =
Wimbledonresult =
USOpenresult =
doublesrecord = 53-43
doublestitles = 0 (6 ITF)
highestdoublesranking = No. 185 (06 October 2008)
updated = 06 October 2008

Anna Smith is a professional tennis player who represents Great Britain. She has won two ITF singles titles, six ITF doubles titles and reached a career high ranking of 360 in singles on 25 August 2008. She is currently the British number 9 and ranked 396 as of 06 October 2008.

Personal Life

Anna was born in Redhill, Surrey in 1988 to Robert and Gunilla Smith and started playing tennis at the age of 10 years old. Aside from tennis, her other passions are shopping and football. She is coached by Rob Antoun. [cite web |url=http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/player.asp?player=100040953 |title=SMITH, Anna (GBR) |publisher=www.itftennis.com]

Career

2004

Smith played her first professional match courtesy of a wild card into the qualifying draw of the $10,000 ITF tournament in Felixstowe, England. She lost in the final round to Lena Keothavong, 6-4 6-4. She then lost in the first round of the $10,000 ITF in Manchester before going to Bolton and winning two matches to qualify for the $10,000 ITF held there. In her first main draw match of her career, she lost to a fellow Brit Elizabeth Thomas in straight sets.cite web |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/players/playerprofiles/PlayerActivity.asp?PlayerID=312799 |title=Singles Results - Anna Smith GBR |publisher=www.sonyericssonwtatour.com]

2005

In April 2005, Anna 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 quarter-finals. August brought two more quarter-final 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 quarter-finals. she finished 2005 ranked 660.

2006

April and May of 2006 saw good form from Anna; in April she reached the first ITF semi-final of her career in Bath and the following month she reached yet another quarter-final, 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 Great Britain. She managed to reach the quarter-finals as a qualifier in her very next tournament (ITF $10,000 Wrexham) before losing to Natasha Khan from Great Britain 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 so limited success for Smith and she finished the season with a ranking of 516.

2007

In March of 2007 she reached the third final of her career at a $10,000 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 semi-final 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 quarter-finals of the $25,000 event in Nottingham. The rest of the year was spent on the ITF tour but she didn't reach any more quarter-final, semi-final or final matches. Her end of year ranking was 449.

2008

2008 started disappointingly for Smith as she only managed to reach one ITF quarter-final 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, 6-3 3-6 7-5. She then reached the semis in Limoges, France - another $10,000 event.

Career Highlights

Titles

ingles

Doubles

External links

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*ITF female profile|number=100040953|name=Anna Smith

References