Anne Smith

Anne Smith

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Anne Smith


nickname =
country = USA
residence =
datebirth = birth date and age|1959|7|1
placebirth = Dallas, Texas, United States
height = height|ft=5|in=5
weight = convert|58.9|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 1978
retired = 1992
plays = Right; one-handed backhand
careerprizemoney = US$1,165,074
singlesrecord = 224–186
singlestitles =
highestsinglesranking = 12 (May 1, 1982)
AustralianOpenresult = QF (1982)
FrenchOpenresult = 4th Round (1981, 1982)
Wimbledonresult = QF (1982)
USOpenresult = QF (1981)
doublesrecord = 223–100
doublestitles =
highestdoublesranking = 1 (October 1, 1981)
updated = May 25, 2007

Anne Smith (born July 1, 1959, in Dallas, Texas, U.S.) is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was World No. 1 in 1980 and 1981. Her highest singles ranking was World No. 12 in 1982. Smith is the author of "Grand Slam: Coach Your Mind to Win in Sports, Business & Life", with a foreword by Billie Jean King, and "The MACH 4 Mental Training System: A Handbook for Athletes, Coaches and Parents". Smith is a licensed psychologist in Texas, Massachusetts, and Arizona; a licensed specialist in school psychology in Texas; and a certified school psychologist in Arizona. She received a doctor of philosophy degree in educational psychology at The University of Texas and a bachelor of arts in psychology at Trinity University. She has been the coach of the WTT Boston Lobsters team since 2005.

Grand Slam record

*Australian Open
**Women's Doubles champion: 1981 (with Kathy Jordan)

*French Open
**Women's Doubles champion: 1980 (with Jordan), 1982 (with Martina Navratilova)
**Women's Doubles runner-up: 1983 (with Jordan)
**Mixed Doubles champion: 1980 (with Billy Martin), 1984 (with Dick Stockton)

*Wimbledon
**Women's Doubles champion: 1980 (with Jordan)
**Women's Doubles runner-up: 1981, 1982, 1984 (with Jordan)
**Mixed Doubles champion: 1982 (with Kevin Curren)

*U.S. Open
**Women's Doubles champion: 1981 (with Jordan)
**Mixed Doubles champion: 1981, 1982 (with Curren)

Grand Slam women's doubles finals

Wins (5)

Other wins

Anne Smith was the first American woman to win the French Open junior singles title in 1977. Additionally, she was on the WTA Doubles Team of the Year in 1980, of which she partnered Kathy Jordan. She was a member of the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup teams. She was also the 35-and-over doubles champion at the U.S. Open in 1997, and at Wimbledon in 1996 and 1997. She was the winner of the Orange Bowl Junior International Tournament in 1977.

Awards and Accomplishments

*Mary Lowdon Award (Texas) -1974–1977
*Maureen Connolly Brinker Sportsmanship Award (Memphis, TN) -1976
*Most Promising Player award by Seventeen (magazine) – 1976
*Winner Seventeen Magazine Tournament of Champions – 1977
*Winner Maureen Connolly Brinker Outstanding Junior Girl Award (Philadelphia) -1977
*Enshrined into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1993
*Mental Training Coach for Harvard University Women’s Tennis Team – 2005–2006
*Inducted into the Trinity University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999
*35-and-Over Wimbledon Doubles Champion in 1996 & 1997
*Appointed Member of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Sport Science Committee 2001, 2002
*Coach of the WTT Boston Lobsters – 2005, 2006, 2007

External links

* [http://www.annesmithtennis.com The Official Dr. Anne Smith Website]
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