Anne Simpkin

Anne Simpkin Meredith (born 2 April 1969) is a British former professional tennis player.

Anne Simpkin
Full nameAnne Simpkin Meredith
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1969-04-02) 2 April 1969
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$45,000
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 200 (17 July 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (1988, 1989, 1990)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 164 (14 August 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1989, 1990)
Wimbledon1R (1988, 1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1990)

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.

ITF finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 23 April 1988 Queens, United Kingdom Clay United States Ann Grossman 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 29 August 1988 Corsica, France Clay France Maïder Laval 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (3–4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 11 January 1988 Moulins, France Clay United Kingdom Caroline Billingham France Karine Quentrec
France Nathalie Herreman
3–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 29 February 1988 Rocafort, Spain Clay Austria Bettina Diesner Spain Elena Guerra
Spain Rosa Bielsa
6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 23 April 1988 Queens, United Kingdom Clay United Kingdom Joy Tacon Republic of Ireland Lesley O'Halloran
Denmark Lone Vandborg
4–6, 6–2, 7–6
Winner 3. 8 May 1988 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay United Kingdom Joy Tacon United Kingdom Sally Godman
United Kingdom Alexandra Niepel
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 15 May 1988 Bath, United Kingdom Clay United Kingdom Joy Tacon United Kingdom Sally Godman
United Kingdom Alexandra Niepel
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 3 October 1988 Eastbourne, Great Britain Hard United Kingdom Valda Lake Netherlands Carin Bakkum
Netherlands Simone Schilder
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 25 February 1991 Norwich, United Kingdom Carpet United Kingdom Valda Lake Germany Anke Marchl
Netherlands Dorien Wamelink
4–6, 6–2, 1–6

References

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