Anne White

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Anne White
Anne White at Wimbledon 1986.jpg
White at Wimbledon 1986
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Born (1961-09-28) September 28, 1961 (age 63)
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record109–115
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 19 (17 March 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1981 1983)
French Open 4R (1984)
Wimbledon 3R (1982)
US Open 4R (1983)
Doubles
Career record136–108
Career titles8
Highest rankingNo. 9 (14 March 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1983, 1984)
French Open SF (1985)
Wimbledon 3R (1984, 1985)
US Open SF (1984)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon QF (1982, 1985)

Anne White (born September 28, 1961) is an American former professional tennis player from Charleston, West Virginia. She is most famous for wearing a white body suit at Wimbledon in 1985. [1] [2]

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Early life

White attended John Adams Junior High School. [3] She then graduated from George Washington High School in Charleston, West Virginia, and went on to become a two-time All-American tennis player at the University of Southern California. [4]

Family background

Anne's father, Pete White, played basketball for Clendenin High School. [3]

1985 Wimbledon Championships

White, who was playing fifth seed Pam Shriver in the first round at Wimbledon in 1985 on an outer court, warmed up in a tracksuit. When she took the tracksuit off to start play, she revealed that she was wearing a white, one-piece, lycra body suit, which attracted a lot of attention from the crowd and the photographers. With the match tied at one set all, play was stopped for the day because of bad light, and the tournament referee, Alan Mills, told her to wear more appropriate clothing the next day. She did so, and lost the third set, but the incident was widely reported. [5] [6] [7] She was later quoted as saying, "I had no idea it would be so controversial." [8]

Results

White won her only singles title at Phoenix, Arizona, on March 9, 1987, beating the top seeded Dianne Balestrat in the final. She reached the semifinals of the women's doubles in the 1984 U.S. Open and in 1985 in the French Open.

Career earnings and prize money

White claims that her career earnings are more than a million dollars (possibly including endorsements and other monies). [3] According to official WTA records, her career prize money is $411,022 ranking her at 605th all time as of 8/1/2016. [9]

Career finals

Singles (1 title, 1 runner up)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.17 June 1984 Edgbaston Cup, United KingdomGrass Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver 6–7, 3–6
Winner2.9 March 1987 Virginia Slims of Arizona, United StatesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dianne Balestrat 6–2, 6–1

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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.
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Career SR
Australian Open A 2R 1R 2R 1R ANHA0 / 4
French Open A 3R 3R 3R 4R 3R 1R A0 / 6
Wimbledon A 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 7
U.S. Open 2R 2R 2R 4R 3R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 8
SR0 / 10 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 25

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