Anne Hobbs
Nation:
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Birthday:
August 21, 1959
Size:
167 cm
1st professional season:
1977
Resignation:
1987
Playing hand:
Right
Prize money:
$ 166,045
singles
Career record:
39:51
Career title:
2 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking:
33 (November 30 1981)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Double
Career record:
71:45
Career title:
8 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking:
6 (September 17 1984)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )
Anne Hobbs (born August 21, 1959 in Nottingham ) is a former British tennis player .
Career
Anne Hobbs won a total of two singles and eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour in her tennis career . She also played for Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and the Federation Cup .
She and her doubles partner Wendy Turnbull reached the finals of a Grand Slam tournament twice . In 1983 they lost the final of the Australian Open against the pairing Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver 4: 6, 7: 6, 2: 6 and in 1984 the final of the US Open also against Navrátilová / Shriver 2: 6, 4: 6.
In 1987 she reached the final of the Australian Open in mixed at the side of Andrew Castle , in which she lost to Zina Garrison and Sherwood Stewart 3: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 3.
Tournament victories
singles
Double
No.
date
competition
category
Topping
Partner
Final opponents
Result
1.
June 13, 1982
United Kingdom Birmingham
WTA
race
United Kingdom Jo Durie
United States Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull Australia
6: 3, 6: 2
2.
May 23, 1983
Germany Federal Republic Berlin
WTA
sand
United Kingdom Jo Durie
Germany Federal Republic Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff Germany Federal Republic
6: 4, 7: 6
3.
August 21, 1983
United Kingdom Eastbourne
WTA
race
United States Andrea Jaeger
South Africa 1961 Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds United States
6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 5
4th
November 20, 1983
Australia Brisbane
WTA
race
Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Pam Shriver Sharon Walsh United States
6: 3, 6: 4
5.
November 27, 1983
Australia Sydney
WTA
race
Australia Wendy Turnbull
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandliková Helena Suková Czechoslovakia
6: 4, 6: 3
6th
January 23, 1984
United States Denver
WTA
Hard court
Netherlands Marcella Mesker
United States Sherry Acker Candy Reynolds United States
6: 2, 6: 3
7th
May 20, 1984
Germany Federal Republic Berlin
WTA
sand
United States Candy Reynolds
United States Kathy Horvath Virginia Ruzici Romania 1965
6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 6
8th.
December 15, 1985
New Zealand Auckland
WTA
race
United States Candy Reynolds
United States Lea Antonoplis Adriana Villagrán Argentina
6: 1, 6: 3
Web links
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