Full name | Anne Simpkin Meredith |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | 2 April 1969 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $45,000 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 200 (17 July 1989) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1988, 1989, 1990) |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 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.
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.
Legend |
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$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 23 April 1988 | Queens, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 1. | 29 August 1988 | Corsica, France | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 3–6 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 11 January 1988 | Moulins, France | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1. | 29 February 1988 | Rocafort, Spain | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2. | 23 April 1988 | Queens, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 |
Win | 3. | 8 May 1988 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 2. | 15 May 1988 | Bath, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3. | 3 October 1988 | Eastbourne, Great Britain | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 4. | 25 February 1991 | Norwich, United Kingdom | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
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