Anne Simpkin

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Anne Simpkin
Full nameAnne Simpkin Meredith
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Born (1969-04-02) 2 April 1969 (age 54)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$45,000
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 200 (17 July 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 1R (1988, 1989, 1990)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 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.

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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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.23 April 1988 Queens, United KingdomClay Flag of the United States.svg Ann Grossman 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up1.29 August 1988 Corsica, FranceClay Flag of France.svg Maïder Laval 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.11 January 1988 Moulins, FranceClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Caroline Billingham Flag of France.svg Karine Quentrec
Flag of France.svg Nathalie Herreman
3–6, 3–6
Winner1.29 February 1988 Rocafort, SpainClay Flag of Austria.svg Bettina Diesner Flag of Spain.svg Elena Guerra
Flag of Spain.svg Rosa Bielsa
6–3, 6–2
Winner2.23 April 1988 Queens, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Tacon Flag of Ireland.svg Lesley O'Halloran
Flag of Denmark.svg Lone Vandborg
4–6, 6–2, 7–6
Winner3.8 May 1988 Bournemouth, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Tacon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sally Godman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexandra Niepel
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up2.15 May 1988 Bath, United KingdomClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Tacon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sally Godman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexandra Niepel
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.3 October 1988 Eastbourne, Great BritainHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Valda Lake Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carin Bakkum
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Simone Schilder
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up4.25 February 1991 Norwich, United KingdomCarpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Valda Lake Flag of Germany.svg Anke Marchl
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dorien Wamelink
4–6, 6–2, 1–6

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References

  1. "Tennis Abstract: Anne Meredith WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com.
  2. "Tennis Roundup : Graf, Sanchez Paired to Meet at Wimbledon". Los Angeles Times . 21 June 1989.