Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Thames Ditton, Surrey | 18 February 1982
Turned pro | 1997 |
Retired | 2005 |
Prize money | $95,816 |
Singles | |
Career record | 178–137 (56.5%) |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 217 (16 July 2001) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (2000, 2001, 2002) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 52–69 (43.0%) |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 335 (23 July 2001) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (2001, 2004) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 1–2 |
Hannah Collin (born 18 February 1982) is an English former professional tennis player.
Collin competed at her home Grand Slam, Wimbledon, on three consecutive occasions from 2000 to 2002 and also for Great Britain in the Europe/Africa Zone at the 2000 edition of the Fed Cup.
Considered to be one of Britain's most promising young players in the 1990s, at a time when British tennis was doing particularly poorly, she reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon juniors' tournament, and was the national 14, 16 and 18 year old age group champion. [1]
She played her first match on the ITF Women's Circuit in 1997 and her final professional match at the Wimbledon qualifying event in 2005. During her career, she reached a total of seven ITF singles finals (winning three) and managed to notch up a victory over former British number one, Sam Smith. [2] She also managed to beat Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters.
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 10 September 2000 | Mollerussa, Spain | Carpet | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 18 September 2000 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 3 December 2000 | Arad, Israel | Hard | ![]() | 5–3, 4–0, 4–0 |
Runner-up | 4. | 20 July 2002 | Frinton, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() | 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 5 August 2002 | Bath, United Kingdom | Hard | ![]() | 0–6, 6–7(5) |
Runner-up | 6. | 23 September 2002 | Sunderland, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() | 0–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 17 August 2003 | London, United Kingdom | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 5 April 1998 | Brest, France | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 0–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 24 July 1999 | Dublin, Ireland | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–4, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 24 April 2000 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 10 September 2000 | Mollerussa, Spain | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 30 August 2003 | Coimbra, Portugal | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 6. | 5 July 2004 | Felixstowe, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 7. | 14 September 2004 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 19 October 2004 | Bolton, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 6–1, 2–6 |
Winner | 9. | 28 November 2004 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | W–L | SR |
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Australian Open | Absent | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | |||||||
French Open | Absent | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | |||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | 0–3 | 0 / 3 |
US Open | Absent | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | |||||||
Year-end ranking | 531 | 360 | 283 | 278 | 324 | 420 | 528 | 695 |
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | W–L | SR |
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Australian Open | Absent | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | |||||||
French Open | Absent | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | |||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 | Absent | 1R | Absent | 1R | Q1 | 0–2 | 0 / 2 | ||
US Open | Absent | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | |||||||
Year-end ranking | 402 | 402 | 408 | 386 | 418 | 642 | 443 | 509 |
2000 Federation Cup Main Draw | ||||||||
Date | Venue | Surface | Round | Opponent | Final match score | Match | Opponents | Rubber score |
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18–19 Jul 2000 | Murcia | Clay | RR | ![]() | 1–2 | Singles | Tzipi Obziler | 6–1, 6–1 (W) |
Doubles (with Julie Pullin) | Obziler/Rosen | 6–3, 4–6, 1–6 (L) | ||||||
![]() | 1–2 | Singles | Claudine Schaul | 3–6, 3–6 (L) |
After retiring, Collin became a tennis coach. She is currently a coach at the All England Club at Wimbledon. [3]
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