# Anna Smith (tennis)

Anna Smith (born 14 August 1988) is a British former professional tennis player.
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.

## Early and personal life

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

## Career
### 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 the final of 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.

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments
* Premier M & Premier 5
* Premier (0–1)
* International (1–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–2)
* Grass (0–1)
* Clay (1–2)
* Carpet (0–0)
| 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 |

## WTA Challenger finals
### 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 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–3)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (1–1)
| 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)

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $15,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (28–11)
* Clay (0–5)
* Grass (1–0)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 3 August 2005 | ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom | Hard | Rebecca Llewellyn | Rushmi Chakravarthi Paula Marama | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 6 April 2006 | GB Pro-Series Bath, UK | Hard (i) | Melissa Berry | Lindsay Cox Anna Hawkins | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 8 November 2006 | ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Anna Hawkins | Holly Richards Elizabeth Thomas | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 7 May 2007 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | Hard | Roxane Vaisemberg | Korina Perkovic İpek Şenoğlu | 6–7$^{(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)}$, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 22 September 2009 | GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK | Hard (i) | Johanna Larsson | Kristina Barrois Yvonne Meusburger | 6–3, 4–6, [7–10] |
| Runner-up | 7. | 29 September 2009 | ITF Helsinki, Finland | Hard (i) | Johanna Larsson | Emma Laine Melanie South | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 7 October 2009 | GB Pro-Series Barnstaple, UK | Hard (i) | Johanna Larsson | Kelly Anderson Emma Laine | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 13 January 2010 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK | Hard (i) | Victoria Larrière | Nicole Clerico Liana-Gabriela Ungur | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 2 February 2010 | ITF Sutton, UK | Hard (i) | Naomi Cavaday | Eirini Georgatou Valeria Savinykh | 5–7, 6–2, [8–10] |
| Winner | 9. | 27 March 2010 | ITF Jersey, UK | Hard (i) | Maret Ani | Jarmila Gajdošová Melanie South | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 10. | 10 July 2010 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | Hard | Melanie Klaffner | Year Campos-Molina Leticia Costas | 6–3, 2–6, [10–7] |
| Winner | 11. | 31 July 2010 | ITF Vigo, Spain | Hard | Anaïs Laurendon | Sofia Kvatsabaia Justine Ozga | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 12. | 6 November 2010 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | Hard (i) | Anne Keothavong | Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak | 5–7, 6–1, [10–6] |
| Runner-up | 9. | 19 January 2013 | GB Pro-Series Glasgow, UK | Hard (i) | Francesca Stephenson | Tara Moore Melanie South | 6–7$^{(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 |

## Grand Slam performance timeline
### Doubles

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2–3 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2–3 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1–8 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 5–15 |

## Fed Cup participation

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 |
| 2015 Fed Cup | Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 5 February 2015 | Budapest, Hungary | Turkey | Hard (i) | Jocelyn Rae | Başak Eraydın Pemra Özgen | W | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2015 Fed Cup | Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 6 February 2015 | Budapest, Hungary | Ukraine | Hard (i) | 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 |
| 2016 Fed Cup | Europe/Africa Zone Group I | 5 February 2016 | Eilat, Israel | Georgia | Hard | Jocelyn Rae | Oksana Kalashnikova Sofia Shapatava | L | 2–6, 4–6 |