# Alycia Moulton

Alycia Moulton (born February 18, 1961) is a retired American tennis player.

## Career

Moulton won the U.S. Junior Championships in 1979 and was runner-up at the Wimbledon Junior Championships in 1979. She was active on the professional tour from 1978 to 1988. Her powerful game brought her two singles titles in 1983 and five doubles titles. She reached a career-high ranking of 18 in singles in November 1984, and won the Ridgewood Open and the Virginia Slims of Newport, Rhode Island.
Moulton achieved immediate success on the WTA Tour after graduating from Stanford University, where as team captain and four-time All-American, she was an NCAA singles, doubles and team champion. She was selected to represent the United States in Wightman Cup, and played doubles with Chris Evert, defeating Great Britain in that competition.
Moulton served two terms on the board of directors of the Women's Tennis Association. She has been inducted into the Sacramento Hall of Fame, the Stanford University Hall of Fame and the Northern California Tennis Hall of Fame.

## Personal life

Moulton was born in Sacramento. Her father, Lee Moulton, is an inventor and engineer born in 1923. Her mother, Eleanor Moulton is a small business owner born in 1932. Alycia has one brother, Gregory Moulton, a computer scientist and founder of Avamar Technologies. After her tennis career, Moulton started a real estate development company. This led her to attend law school at the University of California at Davis. After graduating she was married briefly to George Artz, a computer scientist and lifelong friend. Moulton worked for Congressman and former California State Senator, Mike Thompson. She is a real estate attorney and now resides in Menlo Park, California.

## WTA Tour finals
### Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
* Virginia Slims, Avon, other (2–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Grass (1–1)
* Clay (0–1)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Nov 1982 | Hong Kong Open | Clay | Catrin Jexell | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1. | Feb 1983 | Ridgewood Open, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Catrin Jexell | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2. | Jun 1983 | Birmingham Classic, UK | Grass | Billie Jean King | 0–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 2. | Jul 1983 | Virginia Slims of Newport, U.S. | Grass | Kimberly Shaefer | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3. | Aug 1984 | Canadian Open | Hard | Chris Evert-Lloyd | 2–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |

### Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
* Virginia Slims, Avon, other (6–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Grass (1–1)
* Clay (1–0)
* Carpet (1–3)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | Nov 1982 | Hong Kong Open | Clay | Laura duPont | Jennifer Mundel Yvonne Vermaak | 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1. | Febr 1983 | VS Nashville, U.S. | Carpet | Paula Smith | Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 2. | Apr 1983 | Atlanta Open, U.S. | Hard | Sharon Walsh | Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Loss | 2. | Jan 1984 | Stanford Classic, U.S. | Carpet | Rosemary Casals | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3. | Aug 1984 | Virginia Slims of Newport, U.S. | Grass | Paula Smith | Lea Antonoplis Beverly Mould | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| Win | 4. | Oct 1984 | Brighton International, UK | Carpet | Paula Smith | Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh | 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3. | Jun 1985 | Birmingham Classic, UK | Grass | Elise Burgin | Terry Holladay Sharon Walsh | 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Mar 1986 | VS Phoenix, U.S. | Hard | Linda Gates | Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen | 3–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | Jul 1986 | Berkeley Open, U.S. | Hard | Beth Herr | Amy Holton Elna Reinach | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 6. | Jul 1986 | San Diego Open, U.S. | Hard | Beth Herr | Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank | 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5. | Oct 1986 | Zurich Open, Switzerland | Carpet | Lori McNeil | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | 6–1, 4–6, 4–6 |

## Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | Career SR |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | NH | 2R | A | 0 / 5 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 |
| Wimbledon | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | 0 / 8 |
| US Open | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 10 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 26 |
| Year-end ranking | 91 | 70 | 114 | 88 | 38 | 31 | 19 | 35 | 34 | 51 | NR |