Anna Smith (tennis)

Anna Smith

Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	Sanderstead, Surrey, United Kingdom
Plays	right handed, double handed backhand
Prize money	US$44,415
Singles
Career record	93-81
Career titles	0 (2 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 360 (25 August 2008)
Doubles
Career record	53-43
Career titles	0 (6 ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 185 (6 October 2008)
Last updated on: 6 October 2008.

Anna Smith is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won two International Tennis Federation (ITF) singles titles, six ITF doubles titles, and reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 360 on 25 August 2008. She is currently the British number 9 and ranked World No. 396 as of 6 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.

Career

2004

Smith played her first professional match courtesy of a wild card into the qualifying draw of the $10,000 International Tennis Federation (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 first round 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.

2005

In April 2005, Anna lost in the final round of qualifying for the $10,000 International Tennis Federation (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 660.

2006

April and May of 2006 saw good form from Anna; in April she reached the first International Tennis Federation (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 Kindgom. 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 so limited success for Smith and she finished the season with a World No. 516 ranking.

2007

In March 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 semifinal of the $10,000 International Tennis Federation (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 did not reach the quarterfinals in any tournament. Her end-of-year ranking was World No. 449.

2008

2008 started disappointingly for Smith as she only managed to reach one International Tennis Federation (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 Stanciute 6–2, 6–7(8), 7–6(1).

Career highlights

Titles

Singles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	September 2006	ITF Nottingham $10,000	Hard	Georgie Stoop	6–2, 6–2
2.	August 2008	ITF Cumberland $10,000	Hard	Rebecca Marino	6–3, 3–6, 7–5

Doubles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	August 2005	ITF Wrexham $10,000	Hard	Rebecca Llewellyn	Rushmi Chakravarthi & Paula Marama	6–3, 7–5
2.	November 2006	ITF Redbridge $10,000	Hard	Anna Hawkins	Holly Richards & Elizabeth Thomas	6–3, 6–3
3.	August 2007	ITF Cumberland $10,000	Hard	Martina Babakova	Anna Hawkins & Karen Paterson	6–3, 6–4
4.	January 2008	ITF Sunderland $10,000	Hard	Johanna Larsson	Martina Babakova & Iveta Gerlova	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
5.	February 2008	ITF Stockholm $25,000	Hard	Johanna Larsson	Neda Kozic & Ivana Lisjak	6–0, 7–5
6.	September 2008	ITF Shrewsbury $75,000	Hard	Johanna Larsson	Sarah Borwell & Courtney Nagle	7–6(6), 6–4

Runner-ups

Singles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	August 2006	ITF Ilkley $10,000	Grass	Anna Fitzpatrick	6–4, 6–3
2.	March 2007	ITF Hamilton $10,000	Hard	Erika Sema	6–3, 7–5
3.	September 2007	ITF Nottingham $10,000	Hard	Pauline Wong	7–5, 6–2

Doubles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	April 2006	ITF Bath $10,000	Hard	Melissa Berry	Lindsay Cox & Anna Hawkins	6–3, 6–2
2.	May 2007	ITF Antalya $25,000	Hard	Roxane Vaisemberg	Korina Perkovic & İpek Şenoğlu	7–6(1), 6–4
3.	February 2008	ITF Sutton $25,000	Hard	Johanna Larsson	Andrea Hlaváčková & Lucie Hradecká	6–3, 6–3

External links

• Anna Smith at the Women's Tennis Association