Anna Smaschnowa

Anna Smaschnowa
Anna Smaschnowa 2006 at Wimbledon
Nation:	Israel
Birthday:	July 16, 1976
Size:	157 cm
1st professional season:	1991
Resignation:	2007
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 2,274,431
singles
Career record:	401: 304
Career title:	12 WTA , 7 ITF
Highest ranking:	15 (February 3, 2003)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	31:45
Highest ranking:	275 (July 10 2006)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Anna Smaschnowa ( Russian Анна Смашнова , born July 16, 1976 in Minsk , Soviet Union ) is a former Israeli tennis player .

Career

At the age of six, Smaschnowa, who preferred clay courts, began playing tennis. At the age of ten she was the number one Soviet junior woman. At the age of 14, she won the national junior championship in 1989.

In 1990 Freddy Krivine, the founder of the Israel Tennis Center, convinced the Smaschnowa family to emigrate to Israel. In 1991 Anna Smaschnowa won the French Open for Juniors in Paris. In 1995 and 1998 she reached the round of 16 there.

She won a total of 12 individual titles on the WTA Tour , and on February 3, 2003, she achieved her best ranking in the world rankings with rank 15 .

In 2007 Smaschnowa announced her retirement from professional tennis after the Wimbledon tournament .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 11, 1993	gain	ITF	sand	Isabel Cueto	6: 3, 6: 1
2.	November 23, 1997	Jaffa	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Tzipora Obziler	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	April 12, 1998	Athens	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Rita Kuti-Kis	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
4th	May 17, 1998	postage	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6: 2, 6: 2
5.	October 4, 1998	Santa Clara	ITF $ 75,000	Hard court	Amy Frazier	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
6th	June 13, 1999	Tashkent	WTA Tier IVb	Hard court	Laurence Courtois	6: 3, 6: 3
7th	October 17, 1999	largo	ITF $ 50,000	Hard court	Marissa Irvin	6: 2, 7: p
8th.	July 23, 2000	Knokke-Heist	WTA Tier IVb	sand	Dominique van Roost	6: 2, 7: 5
9.	January 5, 2002	Auckland	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Tatiana Panova	6: 2, 6: 2
10.	January 12, 2002	Canberra	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Tamarine Tanasu yarn	7: 5, 7: 6 2
11.	June 16, 2002	Vienna	WTA Tier III	sand	Iroda Tulyaganova	6: 4, 6: 1
12.	September 15, 2002	Shanghai	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Anna Kurnikowa	6: 2, 6: 3
13.	August 2, 2003	Sopot	WTA Tier III	sand	Klára Koukalová	6: 2, 6: 0
14th	August 10, 2003	Espoo	WTA Tier IV	sand	Jelena Kostanić	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0
15th	May 22, 2004	Vienna	WTA Tier III	sand	Alicia Molik	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 2
16.	July 17, 2005	Modena	WTA Tier IV	sand	Tathiana Garbin	6: 6 3: 0 task
17th	August 31, 2005	Budapest	WTA Tier IV	sand	Catalina Castaño	6: 2, 6: 2
18th	June 11, 2006	Prostějov	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Romina Oprandi	without a fight
19th	July 30, 2006	Budapest	WTA Tier IV	sand	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6: 1, 6: 3

Web links

Commons : Anna Smashnova  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Anna Smaschnowa (English)
• ITF profile of Anna Smaschnowa (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Anna Smashnova (English)