Tennis Anna Smith

Anna Smith

Anna Smith playing at the 2016 French Open
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	Sanderstead, London, England
Born	(1988-08-14) 14 August 1988 (age 35) Redhill, Surrey, England
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2004
Retired	2019
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$405,594
Singles
Career record	211–175 (54.7%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 262 (9 August 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q2 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	287–203 (58.6%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 29 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 46 (21 May 2018)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2016)
French Open	2R (2016, 2017)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	1R (2015, 2017)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2010, 2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–1

She won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Smith, who specialised in doubles, was coached by Dave Sammel at TeamBath.

She was born in Redhill, Surrey, to Robert and Gunilla Smith and started playing tennis at the age of ten.

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.

She had significantly more success as a junior doubles competitor, winning three titles at the Donnybrook Junior International, the Wrexham and the Nottingham ITF event. She also reached two more finals, four semifinals and one quarterfinal.

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.

2004–2007

Smith played her first professional match in July 2004, courtesy of a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the $10k tournament in Felixstowe, England. Following two wins, she lost in the final round of qualifying to Lena Keothavong, the younger sister of top-100 player Anne Keothavong. Smith then lost in the qualifying stages of the $10k tournament in Manchester before going to Bolton and winning two matches to qualify for the $10k tournament held there. In her first main draw match of her career, she lost to a fellow British Elizabeth Thomas. She finished 2004 without a world ranking.

In April 2005, Smith lost in the final round of qualifying for the $10k 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 $10k Wrexham tournament and the second in the $10k Nottingham tournament. The Wrexham event also saw her claim her first professional title as she won the doubles in partnership with Rebecca Llewellyn. Her final tournament of the year was the $10k event in Sunderland, where she also reached the quarterfinals. She finished 2005 ranked world No. 660.

April and May 2006 saw good form from Smith; in April, she reached the first ITF Circuit semifinal of her career in Bath, Somerset and the following month she reached the quarterfinals in Bournemouth. In August, she reached the first singles final of her career in Ilkley, not dropping a single set en route. She was beaten in the title match by Anna Fitzpatrick. Smith managed to reach the quarterfinals as a qualifier in her very next tournament ($10k Wrexham). In September, she won her first professional singles title at the $10k event in Nottingham beating compatriot Georgie Stoop in the final. The rest of the year saw limited success for Smith in singles, though she did win a doubles title in Redbridge with Anna Hawkins.

In March 2007, Smith reached the third singles final of her career at a $10k event in Hamilton, New Zealand, where she lost to Erika Sema. She got no more notable results until August that year when she hit another good patch, reaching the semifinal of the $10k event in London before losing to Martina Babáková. Smith and Babáková also won the doubles in London. In her next tournament, a $10k event in Nottingham, Smith reached the final which she lost to Pauline Wong. She then immediately followed this up by qualifying for and reaching the quarterfinals of the $25k event, also held in Nottingham. The rest of the year was spent on the ITF Circuit but she lost before the quarterfinals in every tournament. Her end-of-year ranking was world No. 449.

2008

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 $10k event in London. She beat Rebecca Marino in the final. She then reached the semifinals in Limoges, France – another $10k event. In October, she reached the quarterfinals of a $50k home event in Barnstaple before losing to Lina Stančiūtė. Her year-end ranking was 373.

2009

In her new season she won only one match out of her first eleven, before going on to take the title in Felixstowe in July, beating Heather Watson in the semifinals and Tímea Babos in the final. In her next tournament, another $10k 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 in Koksijde where she lost to Sofia Shapatava. By the end of 2009, her singles ranking had fallen to No. 441.

2017

Smith won her first WTA Tour title when she and Nicole Melichar beat Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson in Nuremberg.

2018

In February, Smith was selected for the Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I matches in Estonia. Playing doubles with Katie Boulter, they won both of their dead pool rubbers against Estonia and Portugal. With Great Britain in the playoffs, Johanna Konta and Heather Watson won their singles matches against Hungary, Great Britain progressed to the World Group II Play-offs, and the doubles match was not played.

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2014	Bastad Open, Sweden	International	Clay	Jocelyn Rae	Andreja Klepač   María Teresa Torró Flor	1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2015	Nottingham Open, UK	International	Grass	Jocelyn Rae	Raquel Kops-Jones   Abigail Spears	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss	0–3	Sep 2016	Japan Women's Open	International	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Shuko Aoyama   Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–3	May 2017	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Nicole Melichar	Kirsten Flipkens   Johanna Larsson	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	1–4	Oct 2017	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Nicole Melichar	Tímea Babos   Andrea Hlaváčková	2–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss	1–5	Apr 2018	Istanbul Open, Turkey	International	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Liang Chen   Zhang Shuai	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2016	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Elise Mertens   Mandy Minella	4–6, 4–6

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2006	ITF Ilkley, United Kingdom	10,000	Grass	Anna Fitzpatrick	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2006	ITF Nottingham, UK	10,000	Hard	Georgie Gent	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Mar 2007	ITF Hamilton, New Zealand	10,000	Hard	Erika Sema	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1–3	Sep 2007	ITF Nottingham, UK	10,000	Hard	Pauline Wong	5–7, 2–6
Win	2–3	Aug 2008	ITF Cumberland, UK	10,000	Hard	Rebecca Marino	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win	3–3	Jul 2009	ITF Felixstowe, UK	10,000	Grass	Tímea Babos	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Mar 2010	ITF Jersey, UK	25,000	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–5	May 2013	ITF Edinburgh, UK	10,000	Clay	Laetitia Sarrazin	5–7, 7–6, 2–6
Win	4–5	Nov 2013	GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK	10,000	Hard (i)	Klaartje Liebens	6–3, 7–5
Win	5–5	Mar 2014	ITF Heraklion, Greece	10,000	Hard	Xenia Knoll	6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 45 (29 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	3 August 2005	ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Rebecca Llewellyn	Rushmi Chakravarthi   Paula Marama	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	6 April 2006	GB Pro-Series Bath, UK	Hard (i)	Melissa Berry	Lindsay Cox   Anna Hawkins	3–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	8 November 2006	ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Hawkins	Holly Richards   Elizabeth Thomas	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	7 May 2007	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Roxane Vaisemberg	Korina Perkovic   İpek Şenoğlu	6–7(1), 4–6
Winner	3.	23 August 2007	ITF Cumberland, United Kingdom	Hard	Martina Babáková	Anna Hawkins   Karen Paterson	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	16 January 2008	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Martina Babáková   Iveta Gerlová	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	3.	5 February 2008	ITF Sutton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	12 February 2008	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Neda Kozić   Ivana Lisjak	6–0, 7–5
Winner	6.	23 September 2008	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Sarah Borwell   Courtney Nagle	7–6(6), 6–4
Runner-up	4.	20 April 2009	ITF Bari, Italy	Clay	Johanna Larsson	Irina Buryachok   Renata Voráčová	7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	5.	10 August 2009	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Johanna Larsson	Shannon Golds   Nicole Kriz	6–7(3), 2–6
Runner-up	6.	22 September 2009	GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Kristina Barrois   Yvonne Meusburger	6–3, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	7.	29 September 2009	ITF Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Emma Laine   Melanie South	3–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	7 October 2009	GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Kelly Anderson   Emma Laine	7–5, 6–4
Winner	8.	13 January 2010	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	Victoria Larrière	Nicole Clerico   Liana-Gabriela Ungur	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	2 February 2010	ITF Sutton, UK	Hard (i)	Naomi Cavaday	Eirini Georgatou   Valeria Savinykh	5–7, 6–2, [8–10]
Winner	9.	27 March 2010	ITF Jersey, UK	Hard (i)	Maret Ani	Jarmila Gajdošová   Melanie South	7–5, 6–4
Winner	10.	10 July 2010	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Melanie Klaffner	Year Campos-Molina   Leticia Costas-Moreira	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Winner	11.	31 July 2010	ITF Vigo, Spain	Hard	Anaïs Laurendon	Sofia Kvatsabaia   Justine Ozga	6–3, 6–1
Winner	12.	6 November 2010	Open Nantes Atlantique, France	Hard (i)	Anne Keothavong	Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Darija Jurak	5–7, 6–1, [10–6]
Runner-up	9.	19 January 2013	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	Francesca Stephenson	Tara Moore   Melanie South	6–7(5), 3–6
Runner-up	10.	4 May 2013	ITF Edinburgh, UK	Clay	Francesca Stephenson	Anett Kontaveit   Jessica Ren	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	26 July 2013	ITF Wrexham, UK	Hard	Melanie South	Kanae Hisami   Mari Tanaka	3–6, 6–7
Winner	13.	3 August 2013	ITF Nottingham, UK	Hard	Melanie South	Daneika Borthwick   Anna Fitzpatrick	6–4, 6–2
Winner	14.	9 November 2013	GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Francesca Palmigiano   Camilla Rosatello	6–0, 4–6, [10–3]
Winner	15.	15 November 2013	ITF Manchester, UK	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Eva Wacanno   Julia Wachaczyk	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	6 December 2013	Pune Championships, India	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai   Peangtarn Plipuech	5–7, 5–7
Winner	16.	13 December 2013	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Oksana Kalashnikova   Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–4, 7–6(5)
Winner	17.	18 January 2014	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Martina Borecká   Tereza Malíková	4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Winner	18.	25 January 2014	ITF Sunderland, UK	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Ágnes Bukta   Viktoriya Tomova	6–1, 6–1
Winner	19.	22 February 2014	Nottingham Trophy, UK	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Naomi Broady   Renata Voráčová	7–6(6), 6–4
Runner-up	13.	28 February 2014	ITF Beinasco, Italy	Clay (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Nicole Clerico   Giulia Gatto-Monticone	1–6, 7–5, [11–13]
Winner	20.	4 April 2014	ITF Edgbaston, UK	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Magda Linette   Amra Sadiković	3–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Winner	21.	6 June 2014	Nottingham Trophy, UK	Grass	Jocelyn Rae	Sharon Fichman   Maria Sanchez	7–6(5), 4–6, [10–5]
Winner	22.	26 July 2014	Lexington Challenger, United States	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Shuko Aoyama   Keri Wong	6–4, 6–4
Winner	23.	31 January 2015	ITF Sunderland, UK	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Justyna Jegiołka   Cornelia Lister	6–3, 6–1
Winner	24.	4 April 2015	ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Julie Coin   Mathilde Johansson	7–6(5), 7–6(2)
Runner-up	14.	10 May 2015	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Jocelyn Rae	Johanna Konta   Laura Thorpe	6–1, 4–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	15.	4 June 2015	Eastbourne Trophy, UK	Grass	Jocelyn Rae	Shelby Rogers   CoCo Vandeweghe	5–7, 6–7(1)
Winner	25.	2 April 2016	ITF Croissy-Beaubourg, France	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Lenka Kunčíková   Karolína Stuchlá	6–4, 6–1
Winner	26.	3 September 2016	ITF Guiyang, China	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Wei Zhanlan   Zhao Qianqian	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Winner	27.	11 November 2016	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Quirine Lemoine   Eva Wacanno	6–3, 6–2
Winner	28.	4 February 2017	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Laura Ioana Andrei   Petra Krejsová	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	16.	20 May 2018	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Jessica Moore   Galina Voskoboeva	6–0, 3–6, [7–10]
Winner	29.	29 September 2019	ITF Roehampton, UK	Hard	Samantha Murray	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic   Julia Lohoff	6–4, 6–3

Doubles

Great Britain Fed Cup team

Doubles (4–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2015 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 February 2015	Budapest, Hungary	Liechtenstein	Hard (i)	Jocelyn Rae	Kathinka von Deichmann   Stephanie Vogt	W	6–1, 6–2
		5 February 2015		Turkey		Jocelyn Rae	Başak Eraydın   Pemra Özgen	W	6–2, 6–1
		6 February 2015		Ukraine		Jocelyn Rae	Kateryna Kozlova   Olga Savchuk	W	6–2, 6–1
2016 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I	4 February 2016	Eilat, Israel	South Africa	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Madrie Le Roux   Michelle Sammons	W	6–3, 6–2
		5 February 2016		Georgia		Jocelyn Rae	Oksana Kalashnikova   Sofia Shapatava	L	2–6, 4–6