Anna Fitzpatrick

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Anna Fitzpatrick
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Residence Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Born (1989-04-06) 6 April 1989 (age 35)
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro 2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$96,813
Singles
Career record163–154
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 318 (16 June 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon Q2 (2007)
Doubles
Career record155–125
Career titles19 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 215 (12 May 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2007, 2008)

Anna Fitzpatrick (born 6 April 1989) is a British former professional tennis player.

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Personal life

Fitzpatrick attended St Thomas of Canterbury school in Sheffield, St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield and Woodhouse Grove School in Apperley Bridge, City of Bradford. She has three older brothers. Growing up, she played tennis at Beauchief Tennis Club and at Graves Tennis Centre.

Playing style

Fitzpatrick liked to play aggressively, coming to the net as often as possible. When at the back of the court she was looking for opportunities to attack, and often tried to serve and volley to change the pace of the match. According to Fitzpatrick, her volley was "what [her] whole game is built on" [1] and her least favourite surface is clay. [2]

Career

Junior (2003–2007)

Fitzpatrick's first match on the junior ITF circuit came in July 2003 and her last in June 2007. During her four-year junior tennis career, she did not reach any tournament finals but reached the semi-finals of three tournaments, one of which was the 2007 Wimbledon girls' tournament where she lost to eventual champion, Urszula Radwańska, 6–7(3), 3–6. She also lost in the quarterfinals of a total of five tournaments. Her win–loss record for singles competition was 25–26. [3]

As a junior doubles competitor, Fitzpatrick won one tournament (partnering Jade Curtis) and was a runner-up in another. She was also a semi-finalist four times and lost in the quarterfinals in nine tournaments. One of the tournaments in which Fitzpatrick became a quarterfinalist was in the 2007 Wimbledon girls' doubles tournament with Jade Curtis. She ended her junior career with a doubles win–loss record of 27–28. Her career-high combined singles and doubles ranking was world No. 180 (achieved 9 July 2007). [3]

2004–2006

Fitzpatrick played her first professional match on the adult ITF Circuit in September 2004 when she attempted to qualify for the $10k event in Manchester. She lost in the second round of qualifying. Her only other tournament during 2004 was the $10k in Bolton where she also lost in round two of qualifying. She finished 2004 without a world ranking. [4]

2005 saw Fitzpatrick play in a total of eleven ITF tournaments. She lost in round two in two tournaments, the first round in three and the qualifying stages a total of six times. Her first year-end ranking was world No. 1102. [4]

In 2006, Fitzpatrick made very little progress on the ITF Circuit until August when she won her first ever ITF title in the $10k event in Ilkley without losing a set in the entire tournament. She beat fellow British teen, Anna Smith, in the final, 6–4, 6–3. She carried this momentum over into her next tournament (Wrexham $10k) where she reached the semi-finals and she also made a run into the final of her next tournament, the $10k in London. She was beaten by Nadja Roma, 3–6, 3–6, in the final. She finished the season with her ranking at world No. 676. [4]

2007

In March 2007, Fitzpatrick reached the third ITF singles final of her career in Sunderland $10k where she lost to Gaëlle Widmer in straight sets, 4–6, 1–6. In April she became a quarterfinalist in the $10,000 event in Bath and one month later she lost in the quarterfinals of a $25k event in Antalya as a qualifier. June saw Fitzpatrick make her debut on the WTA Tour when she was given a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the DFS Classic. She faced American, Lilia Osterloh, in the first round and was unable to capitalise on her one set lead, eventually losing, 7–5, 3–6, 1–6.

Fitzpatrick earned a wildcard into the qualifying event for Wimbledon one week later by winning two matches in the LTA Wildcard Play-offs. She managed to beat Junri Namigata, a player ranked 278 places above her, in the first round of the qualifying tournament with a score of 7–5, 6–0. The No. 8 seed in the qualifying tournament, Mathilde Johansson, proved too much for Fitzpatrick in round two and Fitzpatrick lost, 1–6, 2–6. [5] In July, she reached the semifinals of a $10k event in Calgary (where she won the doubles tournament to give her the first doubles title of her career) and in September she reached the semifinals of another $10k event, this one in Nottingham. She did not pass the second round in any other ITF tournaments that season and finished the year with a ranking of world No. 383. [4]

2008

In April 2008, Fitzpatrick reached her first ITF quarterfinal of the year in Toluca, a $10k tournament. Just two weeks later she reached her second of the year, this one in Irapuato $25k. In June, the first of four consecutive wildcards allowed her direct entry into the main draw of the $50k event in Surbiton where she lost to Georgie Stoop in round one. Her second wild card of June entered her into the main draw of the DFS Classic, a Tier III tournament. She was beaten by Melanie South, 4–6, 4–6, in round one. Wild card number three allowed her access into the qualifying draw of the International Women's Open where world No. 62, Ekaterina Makarova, beat her in straight sets, 6–7(4), 3–6. Her fourth of four consecutive wild cards gave her entry into the qualifying draw of Wimbledon where she was beaten by Yuliana Fedak from Ukraine. In early August, Fitzpatrick injured her foot while playing in an ITF in Portugal. The injury turned out to be a stress fracture in her left foot and it put her out of action for the rest of the season and as a result, she ended the season ranked world No. 424. [4]

2009

Fitzpatrick returned to the ITF Circuit in March 2009. In her first tournament since injuring her foot, she partnered Stefania Boffa to win the title at the $10k tournament in Bath. She and Boffa again joined forced in their next tournament, the $25k in Jersey, where they reached the semifinals. She made her first real impact in singles in July when she reached a $10k quarterfinal before immediately going on to reach the final of another $10k. She beat the fourth, fifth and sixth seeds before losing to Heather Watson, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, in the final. In August, Fitzpatrick played her final tournament of 2009 (a $10k in London) where she was beaten by compatriot, Jocelyn Rae, in the semifinals. During this tournament, her foot injury worsened once again and forced her out until March/April 2010. As a result of this, Fitzpatrick's year-end singles ranking for 2009 was 761. [4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (3–4)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Grass (1–1)
ResultDateTierTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1 August 200610,000 Ilkley, United KingdomGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Smith 6–4, 6–3
Loss22 August 200610,000 Cumberland, United KingdomHard Flag of Sweden.svg Nadja Roma 3–6, 3–6
Loss14 March 200710,000 Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gaëlle Widmer 4–6, 1–6
Loss14 July 200910,000 Frinton, United KingdomGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Heather Watson 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win3 November 201010,000 Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samantha Murray 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Loss10 November 201010,000 Loughborough, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lara Michel 2–6, 2–6
Win19 January 201110,000 Wrexham, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley 6–7(3), 6–3, 7–5

Doubles (19–13)

Finals by category
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (5–3)
$10,000 tournaments (14–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–10)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–2)
ResultDateTierTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Loss2 August 200610,000 Ilkley, United KingdomGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joanna Craven Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danielle Brown
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elizabeth Thomas
2–6, 1–6
Loss14 May 200725,000 Antalya, TurkeyClay Flag of Montenegro.svg Ana Veselinović Flag of Germany.svg Korina Perkovic
Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Şenoğlu
6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Win23 July 200710,000 Calgary, CanadaHard Flag of Montenegro.svg Ana Veselinović Flag of Argentina.svg Soledad Esperón
Flag of Argentina.svg Agustina Lepore
6–4, 6–3
Loss26 September 200725,000 Nottingham, United KingdomHard Flag of Montenegro.svg Ana Veselinović Flag of Finland.svg Emma Laine
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Caroline Maes
3–6, 7–6(4), [6–10]
Win19 February 200825,000 Clearwater, United StatesHard Flag of Montenegro.svg Ana Veselinović Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei
Flag of Japan.svg Seiko Okamoto
6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Win26 February 200825,000 Fort Walton Beach, United StatesHard Flag of Montenegro.svg Ana Veselinović Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nicole Thyssen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Pauline Wong
6–3, 7–6(4)
Win29 April 200825,000 Coatzacoalcos, MexicoHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Hawkins Flag of Argentina.svg María Irigoyen
Flag of Argentina.svg Agustina Lepore
6–2, 6–2
Loss20 May 200810,000 Landisville, United StatesHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefania Boffa Flag of the United States.svg Audra Cohen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Heidi El Tabakh
6–2, 6–2
Loss8 July 200825,000 Valladolid, SpainHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefania Boffa Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Heidi El Tabakh
Flag of the United States.svg Story Tweedie-Yates
2–6, 4–6
Win19 March 200910,000 Bath, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefania Boffa Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Veronika Chvojková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Vaňková
6–1, 6–1
Win7 April 200910,000 Antalya, TurkeyHard Flag of Denmark.svg Hanne Skak Jensen Flag of Georgia.svg Sofia Kvatsabaia
Flag of Russia.svg Avgusta Tsybysheva
7–6(3), 2–6, [10–7]
Loss14 July 200910,000 Frinton, United KingdomGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Emelyn Starr Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jocelyn Rae
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley
3–6, 5–7
Loss17 March 201010,000 Bath, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Curtis Flag of Denmark.svg Malou Ejdesgaard
Flag of Poland.svg Katarzyna Piter
3–6, 2–6
Win21 June 201010,000 Alcobaça, PortugalHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mélanie Gloria
Flag of Mexico.svg Daniela Múñoz Gallegos
6–2, 6–1
Loss28 July 201010,000 Chiswick, United KingdomHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jocelyn Rae
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Emelyn Starr
1–6, 4–6
Win3 November 201010,000 Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Amanda Elliott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tara Moore
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Francesca Stephenson
6–2, 6–3
Win19 January 201110,000Wrexham, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of Norway.svg Ulrikke Eikeri
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nicola George
6–1, 6–0
Loss8 February 201110,000 Vale do Lobo, PortugalHard Flag of Norway.svg Ulrikke Eikeri Flag of Spain.svg Rocio de la Torre Sánchez
Flag of Spain.svg Olga Sáez Larra
w/o
Win10 May 201110,000 Heraklion, GreeceHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samantha Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Amanda Elliott
Flag of Austria.svg Nicole Rottmann
6–3, 6–2
Loss17 May 201110,000 Rethymno, GreeceHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of Russia.svg Alexandra Artamonova
Flag of Latvia.svg Diāna Marcinkēviča
2–6, 3–6
Win24 July 201125,000Wrexham, United KingdomHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Melanie South
Flag of Slovakia.svg Lenka Wienerová
6–2, 4–6, [10–3]
Win10 September 201110,000 Madrid, SpainHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of Spain.svg Rocio de la Torre Sánchez
Flag of Spain.svg Georgina García Pérez
1–6, 6–0, [10–8]
Win9 January 201210,000 Glasgow, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samantha Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexandra Walker
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lisa Whybourn
6–2, 6–3
Win27 February 201225,000 Wellington, New ZealandHard Flag of South Africa.svg Chanel Simmonds Flag of South Korea.svg Han Sung-hee
Flag of Japan.svg Yurina Koshino
6–3, 6–4
Loss30 April 201210,000 Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jiaxiang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jiajing
4–6, 4–6
Win5 November 201210,000 Loughborough, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of Denmark.svg Karen Barbat
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lara Michel
6–2, 6–2
Win12 November 201210,000 Edgbaston, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martina Kubiciková
Flag of Slovakia.svg Chantal Škamlová
6–2, 6–3
Win4 March 201310,000 Sutton, United KingdomHard (i) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martina Borecká
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Krejsová
4–6, 7–6(7), [12–10]
Win22 April 201310,000 Bournemouth, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jade Windley Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elyne Boeykens
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karolina Wlodarczak
6–4, 6–1
Win13 May 201310,000 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptHard Flag of Montenegro.svg Ana Veselinović Flag of Turkey.svg Başak Eraydın
Flag of Turkey.svg Melis Sezer
2–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss20 May 201310,000Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptHard Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kamila Kerimbayeva Flag of Italy.svg Camilla Rosatello
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Aiwen
4–6, 3–6
Loss29 July 201310,000 Nottingham, United KingdomHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daneika Borthwick Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Melanie South
4–6, 2–6

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