Anna Smith (tennis)

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.^[2]

She had significantly more success as a junior doubles competitor, winning three titles at the Donnybrook Junior International, the Wrexham ITF Tournament and the Nottingham ITF. She also reached two more finals, four semifinals and one quarterfinal.^[2]

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.^[2]

2004–2007

Smith played her first professional match in July 2004, courtesy of a wild card into the qualifying draw of the $10,000 ITF tournament in Felixstowe, United Kingdom. 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 $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. She finished 2004 without a world ranking.^[1]

In April 2005, Smith lost in the final round of qualifying for the $10,000 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. The Wrexham event also saw her claim her first professional title as she won the doubles in partnership with Rebecca Llewellyn. Smith's final tournament of the year was the $10,000 ITF event in Sunderland, where she also reached the quarterfinals. She finished 2005 ranked world no. 660.^[1]

April and May 2006 saw good form from Smith; in April she reached the first ITF semifinal of her career in Bath 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 (ITF $10,000 Wrexham). In September, she won her first professional singles title at the $10,000 ITF event in Nottingham beating fellow Brit, 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 the Redbridge with Anna Hawkins. She finished the season with a ranking of world no. 516.^[1]

In March 2007 Smith reached the third singles final of her career at a $10,000 ITF event in Hamilton, where she lost to Japan's Erika Sema. She got no more notable results until August that year when she hit another good patch, reaching the semifinal of the $10,000 ITF event in London before losing to Martina Babaková. Smith and Babaková also won the doubles in London. In her next tournament, a $10,000 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 $25,000 event, also held in Nottingham. The rest of the year was spent on the ITF tour but she lost before the quarterfinals in every tournament. Her end-of-year ranking was world no. 449.^[1]

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 $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 before losing to Lina Stančiūtė. Her year-end ranking was world no. 373.^[1]

2009

Smith's 2009 season did not begin well. She won only one match out of her first eleven before going on to take the $10,000 ITF title in Felixstowe in July, beating Heather Watson in the semifinals and Tímea Babos in the final. In her next tournament, a $10,000 ITF 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 world no. 441.^[1]

2017

Smith won her first WTA title when she and Nicole Melichar beat Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson in Nuremberg.^[3]

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 play offs, 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.^[4]

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–1) Tier III, IV & V / International (1–4)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–2) Grass (0–1) Clay (1–2) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 July 2014	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Jocelyn Rae	Andreja Klepač María Teresa Torró Flor	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	14 June 2015	Aegon Nottingham Open, Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Jocelyn Rae	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–3, 3–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	3.	16 September 2016	Japan Women's Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jocelyn Rae	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	27 May 2017	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nuremberg, Germany	Clay	Nicole Melichar	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up	4.	20 October 2017	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Nicole Melichar	Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková	2–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Runner-up	5.	29 April 2018	Istanbul Open, Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Xenia Knoll	Liang Chen Zhang Shuai	4–6, 4–6

WTA 125 Series Finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 November 2016	Open de Limoges, Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Renata Voráčová	Elise Mertens Mandy Minella	4–6, 4–6

ITF circuit finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Finals by category $100,000 tournaments (0/0) $75,000 tournaments (0/0) $50,000 tournaments (0/0) $25,000 tournaments (0/1) $15,000 tournaments (0/0) $10,000 tournaments (5/4)

Finals by surface Hard (4/3) Clay (0/1) Grass (1/1) Carpet (0/0)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1 August 2006	Ilkley, Great Britain	Grass	Anna Fitzpatrick	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	19 September 2006	Nottingham, Great Britain	Hard	Georgie Gent	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	6 March 2007	Hamilton, New Zealand	Hard	Erika Sema	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	18 September 2007	Nottingham, Great Britain	Hard	Pauline Wong	5–7, 2–6
Winner	2.	12 August 2008	Cumberland, Great Britain	Hard	Rebecca Marino	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	3.	7 July 2009	Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Tímea Babos	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	24 March 2010	Jersey, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	29 April 2013	Edinburgh, Great Britain	Clay	Laetitia Sarrazin	5–7, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	10 November 2013	Loughborough, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Klaartje Liebens	6–3, 7–5
Winner	5.	17 March 2014	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Xenia Knoll	6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 43 (28–15)

Finals by category $100,000 tournaments (0/0) $75,000 tournaments (2/1) $50,000 tournaments (3/0) $25,000 tournaments (8/9) $15,000 tournaments (0/0) $10,000 tournaments (9/3)

Finals by surface Hard (20/9) Clay (0/4) Grass (1/0) Carpet (0/0)

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

Fed Cup participation: 5 (4–1)

Great Britain Fed Cup team

Doubles: 5 (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