Anne Smith (tennis)

Not to be confused with Anna Smith (tennis).

Anne Smith

Anne Smith in 2007
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Born	(1959-07-01) July 1, 1959 (age 65) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Turned pro	1978
Retired	1991
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,163,494
Singles
Career record	203–175
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 11 (July 1, 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1982)
French Open	4R (1981, 1982)
Wimbledon	QF (1982)
US Open	QF (1981)
Doubles
Career record	416–168
Career titles	38
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1980 & 1981)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1981)
French Open	W (1980, 1982)
Wimbledon	W (1980)
US Open	W (1981)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	5
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1991)
French Open	W (1980, 1984)
Wimbledon	W (1982)
US Open	W (1981, 1982)

Anne Smith (born July 1, 1959) is an educational psychologist and a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was world No. 1 in 1980 and 1981. Her highest singles ranking was world No. 11 in 1980.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1980	French Open	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Ivanna Madruga Adriana Villagrán	6–1, 6–0
Win	1980	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	1981	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win	1981	US Open	Hard	Kathy Jordan	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–3
Win	1981	Australian Open	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 7–5
Win	1982	French Open	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1982	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1983	French Open	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	1984	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 5 (5–0)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1980	French Open	Clay	Billy Martin	Stanislav Birner Renáta Tomanová	2–6, 6–4, 8–6
Win	1981	US Open	Hard	Kevin Curren	Steve Denton JoAnne Russell	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	1982	Wimbledon	Grass	Kevin Curren	John Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	1982	US Open	Hard	Kevin Curren	Barbara Potter Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win	1984	French Open	Clay	Dick Stockton	Anne Minter Laurie Warder	6–2, 6–4

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1982	New York City	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Singles 4 (0–4)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Virginia Slims (0/2)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/1)
Tier IV & V (0/1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1982	Washington, D.C., US	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 1987	Indianapolis, US	Hard (i)	Halle Cioffi	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(10–12)
Loss	0–3	Oct 1988	New Orleans, US	Hard	Chris Evert	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Feb 1991	Oklahoma City, US	Hard (i)	Jana Novotná	6–3, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles 69 (32–37)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (5/4)
WTA Championships (0/1)
Virginia Slims (23/31)
Tier I (1/0)
Tier II (1/0)
Tier III (0/1)
Tier IV & V (2/0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	12 March 1978	Dallas	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	Evonne Goolagong Betty Stöve	6–3, 7–6
Loss	1.	1 October 1978	Atlanta	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	8 October 1978	Phoenix	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin Betty Stöve	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win	2.	12 November 1978	Oldsmar	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	7–6, 6–3
Loss	3.	18 February 1979	Los Angeles	Hard (i)	Martina Navratilova	Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	3.	4 March 1979	Dallas	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	7–6, 6–2
Win	4.	12 August 1979	Indianapolis	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Penny Johnson Paula Smith	6–1, 6–0
Loss	4.	29 September 1979	Atlanta	Carpet	Ann Kiyomura	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 4–6
Win	5.	28 October 1979	Tampa	Hard	Virginia Ruzici	Ilana Kloss Betty-Ann Stuart	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Win	6.	25 November 1979	Brighton	Carpet	Ann Kiyomura	Ilana Kloss Laura duPont	6–2, 6–1
Loss	5.	2 December 1979	Melbourne	Grass	Dianne Fromholtz	Billie Jean King Wendy Turnbull	3–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	10 February 1980	Los Angeles	Hard (i)	Kathy Jordan	Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova	6–7, 2–6
Loss	7.	24 February 1980	Detroit	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	7.	13 April 1980	Hilton Head	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Candy Reynolds Paula Smith	6–2, 6–1
Win	8.	7 June 1980	French Open	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Ivanna Madruga Adriana Villagrán	6–1, 6–0
Win	9.	21 June 1980	Eastbourne	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Pam Shriver Betty Stöve	6–4, 6–1
Win	10.	5 July 1980	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	11.	20 July 1980	Montreal	Hard	Pam Shriver	Ann Kiyomura Greer Stevens	3–6, 6–6 ret.
Loss	8.	27 July 1980	Richmond	Carpet	Pam Shriver	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	12.	10 August 1980	Indianapolis	Clay	Paula Smith	Virginia Ruzici Renáta Tomanová	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	13.	21 September 1980	Las Vegas	Hard (i)	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	9.	28 September 1980	Atlanta	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	3–6, 1–6
Loss	10.	5 October 1980	Minneapolis	Carpet	Paula Smith	Ann Kiyomura Candy Reynolds	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	14.	26 October 1980	Brighton	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Betty Stöve	6–3, 7–5
Loss	11.	9 November 1980	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Kathy Jordan	Hana Mandlíková Betty Stöve	4–6, 5–7
Loss	12.	16 November 1980	Tampa	Hard	Paula Smith	Rosemary Casals Candy Reynolds	6–7, 5–7
Win	15.	25 January 1981	Cincinnati	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	13.	15 March 1981	Dallas	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 4–6
Loss	14.	21 June 1981	Eastbourne	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–6, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	15.	3 July 1981	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	16.	16 August 1981	Richmond	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	17.	23 August 1981	Toronto	Hard	Candy Reynolds	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–7, 6–7
Win	16.	12 September 1981	US Open	Hard	Kathy Jordan	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–3
Win	17.	25 October 1981	Brighton	Carpet	Barbara Potter	Mima Jaušovec Pam Shriver	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	18.	1 November 1981	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Barbara Potter	Mima Jaušovec Martina Navratilova	4–6, 1–6
Loss	19.	29 November 1981	Sydney	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	18.	5 December 1981	Australian Open	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 7–5
Win	19.	10 January 1982	Washington, D.C.	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	20.	17 January 1982	Cincinnati	Carpet	Pam Shriver	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	2–6, 6–7
Loss	21.	24 January 1982	Seattle	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	5–7, 4–6
Loss	22.	14 February 1982	Kansas City	Carpet	Mary-Lou Piatek	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Win	20.	7 March 1982	Los Angeles	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–3, 7–5
Win	21.	20 March 1982	Boston	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	7–6, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	23.	28 March 1982	New York City	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 3–6
Loss	24.	18 April 1982	Fort Worth	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5–7, 3–6
Loss	25.	2 May 1982	Orlando	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	3–6, 3–6
Win	22.	5 June 1982	French Open	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–4
Loss	26.	20 June 1982	Eastbourne	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Loss	27.	3 July 1982	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 1–6
Loss	28.	24 October 1982	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Candy Reynolds	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	2–6, 3–6
Win	23.	21 November 1982	Brisbane	Grass	Billie Jean King	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	6–3, 6–4
Loss	29.	10 January 1983	Washington, D.C.	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–4, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	30.	20 February 1983	Chicago	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1–6, 2–6
Loss	31.	20 March 1983	Boston	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Jo Durie Ann Kiyomura	3–6, 1–6
Loss	32.	3 April 1983	Tokyo	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh	1–6, 1–6
Win	24.	24 April 1983	Orlando	Clay	Billie Jean King	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6–3, 1–6, 7–6
Loss	33.	4 June 1983	French Open	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Win	25.	22 April 1984	Amelia Island	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Anne Hobbs Mima Jaušovec	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	34.	7 July 1984	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Win	26.	31 March 1985	Palm Beach Gardens	Clay	JoAnne Russell	Laura Arraya Gabriela Sabatini	1–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	35.	26 January 1986	Wichita	Carpet	JoAnne Russell	Kathy Jordan Candy Reynolds	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win	27.	9 March 1986	Hershey	Carpet	Candy Reynolds	Sandy Collins Kim Sands	7–6(10–8), 6–1
Win	28.	5 October 1986	New Orleans	Carpet	Candy Reynolds	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	36.	2 November 1986	Indianapolis	Hard (i)	Candy Reynolds	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	5–4 ret.
Win	29.	18 February 1990	Chicago	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Nathalie Tauziat	6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–3
Loss	37.	22 July 1990	Newport	Grass	Patty Fendick	Lise Gregory Gretchen Magers	6–7(7–9), 1–6
Win	30.	12 August 1990	Albuquerque	Hard	Meredith McGrath	Mareen Louie-Harper Wendy White	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win	31.	4 November 1990	Oakland	Carpet	Meredith McGrath	Rosalyn Fairbank Robin White	2–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win	32.	24 February 1991	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Meredith McGrath	Katrina Adams Jill Hetherington	6–2, 6–4

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	A	A	A	NH	3R	A	A	A	2R	6–4
French Open	A		A	3R	3R	4R	4R	1R	A	1R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	11–7
Wimbledon	2R		A	2R	2R	2R	QF	A	A	4R	1R	2R	A	A	2R	A	10–9
US Open	2R		4R	4R	1R	QF	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	A	2R	13–9

Doubles

Tournament	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	SF	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A	SF	12–2
French Open	A	A		A	QF	W	QF	W	F	QF	3R	QF	A	A	A	A	A	28–6
Wimbledon	A	1R		A	3R	W	F	F	A	F	1R	3R	QF	A	A	3R	A	26–9
US Open	2R	3R		2R	2R	SF	W	QF	A	A	2R	3R	A	3R	1R	A	3R	25–11

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	A	A	A	A	1R	0–1
French Open	A	QF	W	QF	A	A	W	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	13–3
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	1R	W	A	3R	3R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	8–5
US Open	SF	QF	SF	W	W	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	2R	A	1R	20–7

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Education

She received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Trinity University and a PhD. in educational psychology from The University of Texas. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Smith is a licensed psychologist in Texas and Massachusetts. ^[2] She was director of the Learning Center at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. She was the coach of the WTT Boston Lobsters team in 2005, 2006, and 2007. ^[2]

Smith is the author of Grand Slam: Coach Your Mind to Win in Sports, Business & Life, with a foreword by Billie Jean King, and The MACH 4 Mental Training System: A Handbook for Athletes, Coaches and Parents.

On August 22, 2012, Smith appeared in an episode of Storage Wars: Texas where she appraised the value of a tennis racket restringing machine that had been won in an auction of a storage unit. ^[3]

Honors and awards

• Mary Lowdon Award (Texas) -1974–1977
• Maureen Connolly Brinker Sportsmanship Award (Memphis, Tennessee) -1976
• Most Promising Player award by Seventeen – 1976
• Winner Seventeen Magazine Tournament of Champions – 1977
• Winner Maureen Connolly Brinker Outstanding Junior Girl Award (Philadelphia) -1977
• Enshrined into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1993
• Mental Training Coach for Harvard University Women's Tennis Team – 2005–2006
• Inducted into the Trinity University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999
• 35-and-Over Wimbledon Doubles Champion in 1996 & 1997
• Appointed Member of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Sport Science Committee 2001, 2002,2018,2019
• Coach of the WTT Boston Lobsters – 2005, 2006, 2007
• Received the International Tennis Hall of Fame Educational award - 2017

References

1. "Anne Smith - Trinity University Athletics". www.trinitytigers.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
2. "About | Dr. Anne Smith". Annesmithtennis.com. January 18, 2013. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
3. "Storage Wars: Texas Episode Guide – Season 2 – A&E". Aetv.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.

External links

• The Official Dr. Anne Smith Website
• Anne Smith at the Women's Tennis Association
• Anne Smith at the International Tennis Federation
• Anne Smith at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)