Matt Anger

Matt Anger
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Clyde Hill, WA, USA
Born	June 20, 1963 (age 60); Walnut Creek, CA, United States
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	1991
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$484,631
Singles
Career record	82–106
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 23 (24 February 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1983, 1985, 1987)
French Open	2R (1987)
Wimbledon	4R (1986)
US Open	4R (1986)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	1R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	59–72
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 53 (20 April 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1987)
French Open	1R (1987)
Wimbledon	3R (1988)
US Open	2R (1988)
	Last updated on: 13 January 2022.

Last updated December 19, 2023

Matt Anger (born June 20, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. He is now the head men's tennis coach at the University of Washington.

Professional tennis career

Anger grew up in Pleasanton, California, and played at Amador Valley High School.^[1] He went on to be named the national 16-and-under singles champion in 1979 and to win the 1981 junior Wimbledon boys' singles title, resulting in a No. 1 ranking in the world by Tennis Magazine. He played collegiate tennis at USC from 1982 to 1984.^[2] He was a three-time All-American in these three years and was a Pac-10 singles finalist in 2003. In the same year, he led the USC Trojans to a third-place NCAA finish. The next season, he won the Pac-10 doubles championship, was a Pac-10 singles semifinalist, and helped USC win the Pac-10 conference championship. After this season, he turned to professional tennis.

The right-handed Anger reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on February 24, 1986, when he became the world No. 23. He won one singles (Johannesburg in 1985) and two doubles titles (Tokyo outdoor in 1986 and Brisbane in 1987) during his career.

Retirement from the Tour

Anger retired from the tour in 1991 and is currently the men's tennis coach at the University of Washington. He resides in Clyde Hill, Washington with his wife, Kristin, and children, Maddie and Ben.

Coaching career

Anger initially joined the coaching staff at the University of Southern California. He then moved to the University of Washington where he became the head coach in 1995. He is heading into his 24th season in 2018. He is the most successful coach in Washington history with 371 wins. His teams have missed the NCAA championships only twice and have had five runs to the NCAA round of 16 since 2001.

Anger and his team have had a winning record in 21 of 22 seasons. He was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 2005 when the team won its first-ever Pac-10 title. Six singles players have earned All-American honors under his coaching and 11 have earned year-end top-50 rankings. Additionally, player Alex Vlaški won the 2003 All-American Championships - the first title for a Husky since 1924 - under his coaching.

Anger was inducted into the USTA Northern California Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005 and the ITA Hall of Fame in 2014.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1981	Wimbledon	Grass	Pat Cash	7–6, 7–5

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1985	Johannesburg, South Africa	Grand Prix	Hard	Brad Gilbert	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Nov 1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Grand Prix	Hard	Amos Mansdorf	3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–0)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1986	Tokyo, Japan	Grand Prix	Hard	Ken Flach	Jimmy Arias Greg Holmes	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–0	Oct 1987	Brisbane, Australia	Grand Prix	Hard	Kelly Evernden	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	7–6, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1990	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Marius Barnard	Jeff Brown Scott Melville	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 1990	Guam, Guam	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Castle	Steve Devries Ted Scherman	1–6, 6–3, 6–7

Performance timelines

**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	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	3R	2R	3R	A	3R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5	7–5	58%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	A	A	2R	4R	3R	1R	1R	A	Q1	0 / 5	6–5	55%
US Open	A	A	1R	A	A	4R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	6–2	5–4	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 15	17–15	53%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–4	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 13	5–13	28%

Doubles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	1R	Q3	A	A	Q3	A	2R	3R	1R	A	Q1	0 / 4	3–4	43%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–4	3–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 11	5–11	31%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–4	2–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 11	5–11	31%

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References

↑ "Washington Huskies". Washington Huskies. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
↑ "Matt Anger Bio". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

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[1] "Washington Huskies". Washington Huskies. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[2] "Matt Anger Bio". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

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