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{{short description|American tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name = Leigh-Anne Thompson
|name = Leigh-Anne Thompson
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|residence =
|residence =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|01|08}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|01|08}}
|birth_place = [[Newport News, Virginia]], USA
|birth_place = [[Newport News, Virginia]], U.S.
|turnedpro = February 1982
|turnedpro = February 1982
|retired = 1988
|retired = July 1988
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney =
|careerprizemoney =
|singlesrecord =
|singlesrecord = 42–68
|singlestitles = 3
|singlestitles = 1
|highestsinglesranking = No. 27 (August 15, 1983)
|highestsinglesranking = No. 27 (August 15, 1983)
|AustralianOpenresult =
|AustralianOpenresult =
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|Wimbledonresult = 1R ([[1982 Wimbledon Championships|1982]])
|Wimbledonresult = 1R ([[1982 Wimbledon Championships|1982]])
|USOpenresult = 3R ([[1981 US Open (tennis)|1981]], [[1985 US Open (tennis)|1985]])
|USOpenresult = 3R ([[1981 US Open (tennis)|1981]], [[1985 US Open (tennis)|1985]])
|doublesrecord =
|doublesrecord = 3–19
|doublestitles =
|doublestitles = 0
|highestdoublesranking =
|highestdoublesranking =
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult =
|updated = July 23, 2015
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1982)
|WimbledonDoublesresult =
|USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1982)
|OthertournamentsDoubles =
|WTAChampionshipsDoublesresult=
}}
}}


'''Leigh-Anne Thompson''' (born January 8, 1964, in [[Newport News, Virginia]]) is a retired American professional [[tennis player]].
'''Leigh-Anne Thompson''' (born January 8, 1964) is a retired American professional [[tennis player]].


==Career==
==Career==
Thompson turned professional in February 1982.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|title=Virginian Upsets Miss Bunge|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/30/sports/virginian-upsets-miss-bunge.html|accessdate=23 July 2015|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 30, 1982}}</ref> During her career, she defeated highly ranked players such as [[Andrea Jaeger]], [[Helena Suková]], [[Bettina Bunge]], and [[Catarina Lindqvist]]. She won 3 singles titles and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 27 in 1983. She retired in 1988.
Thompson turned professional in February 1982.<ref>{{cite news|title=Virginian Upsets Miss Bunge|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/30/sports/virginian-upsets-miss-bunge.html|accessdate=23 July 2015|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 30, 1982}}</ref> She had career wins over [[Andrea Jaeger]], [[Helena Suková]], [[Bettina Bunge]], and [[Catarina Lindqvist]]. She won 1 singles title and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 27 in 1983. She retired in 1988.


==WTA Tour finals==
==WTA Tour finals==
===Singles: 8 (5–3)===
===Singles: 3 (1–2)===
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!Winner — Legend
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#e5d1cb|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
|style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
|-
|-
|bgcolor=#FFFF99|WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
|style="background:#ffc;"|WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
|-
|-
| Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (5–3)
| Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (1–2)
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|}
|
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
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!Titles by Surface
!Titles by surface
|-
|-
|Hard (2–0)
|Hard (1–1)
|-
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|-
|Clay (3–2)
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|-
|Carpet (0–1)
|Carpet (0–1)
|}
|}
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style=font-size:95%;" width="850"
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
!Result
!Outcome
!No.
!No.
!Date
!Date
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!Score
!Score
|- bgcolor=
|- bgcolor=
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 1.
| January 1982
| April 11, 1977
| [[:fr:Tournoi de tennis de Montréal|Montreal]]
| [[Port Washington, New York|Port Washington]]
| Carpet (I)
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean King]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Glynis Coles]]
| 6–1, 6–1
| 6–4, 6–4
|- bgcolor=
|- bgcolor=
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 2.
| February 1982
| September 19, 1977
| [[:fr:Tournoi de tennis de Nashville|Nashville]]
| [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]]
| Carpet (i)
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Renée Richards]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Eva Pfaff]]
| 6–4, 6–1
| 6–3, 7–5
|- bgcolor=
|- bgcolor=
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.
| 1.
| August 1982
| January 30, 1978
| [[:fr:Tournoi de tennis d'Ogden|Ogden]]
| [[1982 Volvo Women's Cup|Mahwah]]
| Hard (I)
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[:fr:Carrie Meyer|Carrie Meyer]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bettina Bunge]]
| 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–3
| 6–3, 6–4
|- bgcolor=
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 2.
| February 27, 1978
| [[:fr:Tournoi de tennis de Fort Lauderdale|Fort Lauderdale]]
| Clay
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lesley Hunt]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|- bgcolor=
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 3.
| September 18, 1978
| [[WTA Montreal|Montreal]]
| Hard (I)
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Françoise Dürr]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|- bgcolor=
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 4.
| October 30, 1978
| [[WTA Argentine Open|Buenos Aires]]
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[:fr:Emilse Raponi|Emilse Raponi]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|- bgcolor=
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 3.
| May 14, 1979
| [[WTA Austrian Open|Vienna]]
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]]
| 6–1, 6–1
|- bgcolor=
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 5.
| May 21, 1979
| [[German Open (WTA)|Berlin]]
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Regina Maršíková]]
| 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–0
|}
|}


==Grand Slam singles tournament timeline==
==Grand Slam singles tournament timeline==
{{performance key|short=yes|active=no}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Tournament !! [[1981 WTA Tour|1981]] !! [[1982 WTA Tour|1982]] !! [[1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1983]] !! [[1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1984]] !! [[1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1985]] !! [[1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1986]] !! [[1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series|1987]] !! [[1988 WTA Tour|1988]] !! Career SR
! Tournament !! 1976 !! colspan=2|1977 !! 1978 !! 1979 !! 1980 !! 1981 !! Career SR
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Australian Open]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Australian Open]]
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|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| NH
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[French Open]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[French Open]]
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center" colspan=2| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1982 French Open – Women's singles|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1983 French Open – Women's singles|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |'''0 / 3'''
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |'''0 / 2'''
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1982 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1R]]
|align="center" colspan=2| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
|align="center"| A
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|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|align="center"| A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1981 US Open – Women's singles|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;" colspan=2|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1982 US Open – Women's singles|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1983 US Open – Women's singles|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1984 US Open – Women's singles|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1985 US Open – Women's singles|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1986 US Open – Women's singles|1R]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |'''0 / 4'''
|align="center"|A
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |'''0 / 6'''
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |SR
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" |SR
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" colspan=2| 0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''0 / 8'''
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0
| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | '''0 / 9'''
|-
|-
|colspan=12 align=left|Career Statistics
|align=left|Year-end ranking
|align="center" |63
|-
|align=left|Year end Ranking
|align="center" |31
|align="center"| NR
|align="center" |56
|align="center" colspan=2|60
|align="center" |215
|align="center" |26
|align="center" |94
|align="center" |18
|align="center" |111
|align="center" |43
|align="center" |NR
|align="center" |NR
|align="center" |NR
|
|}
|}

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{wta|id=8158}}
* {{WTA|}}
* {{ITF}}
*{{ITF female profile|number=20000951}}


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| NAME = Thompson, Leigh-Anne
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American tennis player
| DATE OF BIRTH = January 8, 1964
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Newport News, Virginia]], United States
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
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[[Category:People from Newport News, Virginia]]
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[[Category:21st-century American women]]

Latest revision as of 10:39, 14 December 2023

Leigh-Anne Thompson
Country (sports) United States
Born (1964-01-08) January 8, 1964 (age 60)
Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
Turned proFebruary 1982
RetiredJuly 1988
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record42–68
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 27 (August 15, 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1982)
Wimbledon1R (1982)
US Open3R (1981, 1985)
Doubles
Career record3–19
Career titles0
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (1982)
US Open2R (1982)

Leigh-Anne Thompson (born January 8, 1964) is a retired American professional tennis player.

Career[edit]

Thompson turned professional in February 1982.[1] She had career wins over Andrea Jaeger, Helena Suková, Bettina Bunge, and Catarina Lindqvist. She won 1 singles title and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 27 in 1983. She retired in 1988.

WTA Tour finals[edit]

Singles: 3 (1–2)[edit]

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. January 1982 Montreal Hard (i) United Kingdom Glynis Coles 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 2. February 1982 Nashville Carpet (i) West Germany Eva Pfaff 6–3, 7–5
Winner 1. August 1982 Mahwah Hard West Germany Bettina Bunge 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline[edit]

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.
Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Career SR
Australian Open A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0
French Open A 2R 1R A A A A A 0 / 2
Wimbledon A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1
US Open 3R 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R A A 0 / 6
SR 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 9
Year-end ranking 63 31 56 215 94 111 NR NR

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Virginian Upsets Miss Bunge". The New York Times. August 30, 1982. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

External links[edit]

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