Anne Simpkin

Anne Simpkin
Full name	Anne Simpkin Meredith
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	2 April 1969 (age 55)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$45,000
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 200 (17 July 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	1R (1988, 1989, 1990)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 164 (14 August 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1989, 1990)
Wimbledon	1R (1988, 1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (1990)

Anne Simpkin Meredith (born 2 April 1969) is a British former professional tennis player.

A right-handed player from Leicestershire, Simpkin reached a career best ranking of 200 in the world while competing on the professional tour.^[1]

Simpkin featured as a wildcard in the singles main draw at Wimbledon on three occasions. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at Eastbourne in 1989, where she had a first round win over Julie Salmon, before losing in the second round to Mary Joe Fernandez.^[2] She won one singles and three doubles titles on the ITF circuit.

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	23 April 1988	Queens, United Kingdom	Clay	Ann Grossman	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	29 August 1988	Corsica, France	Clay	Maïder Laval	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 January 1988	Moulins, France	Clay	Caroline Billingham	Karine Quentrec Nathalie Herreman	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	29 February 1988	Rocafort, Spain	Clay	Bettina Diesner	Elena Guerra Rosa Bielsa	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	23 April 1988	Queens, United Kingdom	Clay	Joy Tacon	Lesley O'Halloran Lone Vandborg	4–6, 7–2, 7–6
Winner	3.	8 May 1988	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Joy Tacon	Sally Godman Alexandra Niepel	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	15 May 1988	Bath, United Kingdom	Clay	Joy Tacon	Sally Godman Alexandra Niepel	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	3 October 1988	Eastbourne, Great Britain	Hard	Valda Lake	Carin Bakkum Simone Schilder	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	25 February 1991	Norwich, United Kingdom	Carpet	Valda Lake	Anke Marchl Dorien Wamelink	4–6, 6–2, 1–6