Anna Smith (tennis)
Anna Smith is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won five International Tennis Federation (ITF) singles titles, 24 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010.
Personal life
Smith was born in Redhill, Surrey, in 1988 to Robert and Gunilla Smith and started playing tennis at the age of 10 years. Aside from tennis, her other passions are shopping and football. She is coached by Rob Antoun.
Career
Junior (2003–2006)
Smith first competed as a junior in February 2003 and her last junior tournament was in June 2006 in the qualifying draw for the Wimbledon juniors. She had limited success as a singles player; she reached only one final (in April 2006 at the Sutton ITF Junior Tournament where she was beaten by Naomi Broady) and did not reach the quarterfinals in any other tournament she played.
She had significantly more success as a junior doubles competitor, winning three titles at the Donnybrook Junior International, the Wrexham ITF Tournament and the Nottingham ITF. She also reached two more finals, four semifinals and one quarterfinal.