Anne Hobbs

British tennis player

Anne Hobbs
Singles
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	New York, USA
Born	(1959年08月21日) 21 August 1959 (age 65) Nottingham, England
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	166,045ドル
Career record	39–51
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 33 (30 November 1981)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1987)
French Open	4R (1983)
Wimbledon	4R (1981, 1984)
US Open	4R (1987)
Doubles
Career record	71–45
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 6 (17 September 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1983)
French Open	SF (1983)
Wimbledon	SF (1983)
US Open	F (1984)
Mixed doubles
Career record	15–18 (45%)
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	F (1987)
Wimbledon	QF (1984)
US Open	QF (1983)
Last updated on: 11 June 2011.

Anne Hobbs (born 21 August 1959 in Nottingham) is a British former professional tennis player.

Early life

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She started with Wilmslow Tennis Club.^[1]

She lived at Alderley Edge.^[2]

Tennis career

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Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989.^[3] She was ranked as the top British player for periods during her 12-year career and achieved a best WTA ranking of 33 in singles and 6 in doubles.

Although primarily a doubles specialist, reaching the final of the Australian Open in 1983 and the US Open in 1984 with Wendy Turnbull and the Australian Open Mixed Doubles in 1987 with Andrew Castle, she won singles titles at Indianapolis in 1983 and in Auckland in 1985 and the British Closed in 1985.

She had singles victories over Virginia Wade, Rosie Casals, Jo Durie, Carling Bassett, and Zina Garrison. She works as a tennis coach and consultant in the area of sports psychology.^[4]

WTA Tour finals

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Singles (2–0)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/0)
Uncategorised (2/0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1/0)
Clay (0/0)
Grass (1/0)
Carpet (0/0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	14 February 1983	50,000ドル	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	United States Ginny Purdy	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Winner	15 December 1985	50,000ドル	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Australia Louise Field	6–3, 6–1

Doubles (8–12)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0/2)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/0)
Uncategorised (8/10)

Finals by surface
Hard (2/2)
Clay (1/5)
Grass (4/4)
Carpet (1/1)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	10 December 1978	75,000ドル	Sydney, Australia	Grass	New Zealand Judy Chaloner	Australia Kerry Reid Australia Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	8 November 1981	50,000ドル	Hong Kong	Clay	Australia Susan Leo	United States Ann Kiyomura United States Sharon Walsh	3–6, 4–6
Winner	13 June 1982	100,000ドル	Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	United Kingdom Jo Durie	United States Rosie Casals Australia Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–2
Winner	23 May 1983	150,000ドル	Berlin, Germany	Carpet	United Kingdom Jo Durie	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch West Germany Eva Pfaff	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Runner-up	19 June 1983	150,000ドル	Eastbourne, Great Britain	Grass	United Kingdom Jo Durie	United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver	1–6, 0–6
Winner	21 August 1983	200,000ドル	Toronto, Canada	Hard	United States Andrea Jaeger	South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank United States Candy Reynolds	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Winner	20 November 1983	150,000ドル	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Australia Wendy Turnbull	United States Pam Shriver United States Sharon Walsh	6–3, 6–4
Winner	27 November 1983	150,000ドル	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Australia Wendy Turnbull	Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Czechoslovakia Helena Suková	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	12 December 1983	Grand Slam	Australian Open, Australia	Grass	Australia Wendy Turnbull	United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	23 January 1984	50,000ドル	Denver, United States	Hard	Netherlands Marcella Mesker	United States Sherry Acker United States Candy Reynolds	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	29 January 1984	100,000ドル	Marco Island, United States	Clay	United States Andrea Jaeger	Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Czechoslovakia Helena Suková	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	16 April 1984	200,000ドル	Hilton Head, United States	Clay	United States Sharon Walsh	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	22 April 1984	250,000ドル	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec	United States Kathy Jordan United States Anne Smith	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	23 April 1984	200,000ドル	Orlando, United States	Clay	Australia Wendy Turnbull	West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková	0–6, 6–1, 3–6
Winner	20 May 1984	150,000ドル	Berlin, Germany	Clay	United States Candy Reynolds	United States Kathy Horvath Romania Virginia Ruzici	6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(13–11)
Runner-up	9 September 1984	Grand Slam	US Open, United States	Hard	Australia Wendy Turnbull	United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	20 May 1985	75,000ドル	Melbourne, Australia	Carpet	United States Kathy Jordan	United States Pam Shriver Australia Liz Smylie	2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Winner	15 December 1985	50,000ドル	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	United States Candy Reynolds	United States Lea Antonoplis Argentina Adriana Villagrán	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	19 July 1987	150,000ドル	Newport, United States	Grass	United States Kathy Jordan	United States Gigi Fernández United States Lori McNeil	6–7^(5–7), 5–7
Runner-up	30 August 1987	150,000ドル	Mahwah, United States	Hard	Australia Liz Smylie	United States Gigi Fernández United States Lori McNeil	3–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles (0–1)

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Finals by surface
Hard (0/0)
Clay (0/0)
Grass (0/1)
Carpet (0/0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	25 January 1987	Grand Slam	Australian Open, Australia	Grass	United Kingdom Andrew Castle	United States Sherwood Stewart United States Zina Garrison	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 2–6

Performance timelines

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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.

( * ) Received a bye in the first round.

Singles

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Tournament	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	W–L
Australian Open	A / A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	3R	NH	4R	A	A	7–4
French Open	A	A	2R	2R	2R*	1R	4R	2R	1R	3R	A	A	A	8–8
Wimbledon	2R*	1R	2R	2R*	4R	2R*	1R	4R	2R	3R	2R	A	3R	13–12
US Open	A	3R*	2R*	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	4R	A	A	7–9
Year-end Ranking	–	61	82	41	34	104	46	59	40	99	42	–	229	N/A

Doubles

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Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	W–L
Australian Open	A	F	A	SF	NH	QF	A	A	9–3
French Open	3R*	SF	3R	3R	2R	A	A	A	10–5
Wimbledon	2R	SF*	2R	1R	1R	3R	A	1R	7–7
US Open	A	QF	F	3R	1R	SF	A	1R	14–6
Year-end Ranking	–	–	15	20	36	18	–	99	N/A

Mixed doubles

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Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	F	A	A	4–1
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	2R*	1R	1R	QF	2R	3R	1R	A	2R	7–11
US Open	A	A	2R	1R	A	QF	2R	A	1R	1R	A	A	4–6

Fed Cup

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Date	Venue	Surface	Round	Opponents	Final match score	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
World Group
27 Nov – 3 Dec 1978	Kooyong Club, Melbourne, Australia	Grass (O)	R1	Spain	3–0	Doubles (with Michelle Tyler)	Álvarez/Perea	8–6, 2–6, 6–2 (W)
27 Nov – 3 Dec 1978	Kooyong Club, Melbourne, Australia	Grass (O)	SF	United States	0–3	Doubles (with Sue Barker)	Casals/King	6–1, 3–6, 4–6 (L)
30 Apr – 6 May 1979	Madrid, Spain	Clay (O)	QF	Czechoslovakia	0–3	Doubles (with Michelle Tyler)	Mandlíková/Tomanová	6–8, 5–7 (L)
19–25 Jul 1982	Santa Clara, United States	Hard (O)	R1	Italy	2–1	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Murgo/Simmonds	6–4, 6–3 (W)
			R2	Israel	3–0	Doubles (with Virginia Wade)	Bialistozky/Binyamini	6–2, 6–1 (W)
			QF	Czechoslovakia	1–2	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Budařová/Suková	6–2, 4–6, 6–3 (W)
17–24 Jul 1983	Zürich, Switzerland	Clay (O)	R1	Luxembourg	3–0	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Huberty/Wolter	6–0, 6–0 (W)
			R2	Brazil	3–0	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Medrado/Monteiro	6–3, 6–2 (W)
			QF	West Germany	1–2	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Bunge/Pfaff	3–6, 6–4, 10–8 (W)
15–22 Jul 1984	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (O)	R1	Bulgaria	0–3	Singles	Katerina Maleeva	4–6, 6–3, 2–6 (L)
			R1	Bulgaria	0–3	Doubles (with Amanda Brown)	K. Maleeva/Maleeva-Fragniere	6–7, 5–7 (L)
			R2 * (Consolation)	Hungary	2–1	Singles	Andrea Ritecz	2–6, 6–7 (L)
			QF (Consolation)	Canada	2–1	Singles	Claudine Pelletier	5–7, 6–2, 4–6 (L)
			SF (Consolation)	Brazil	1–2	Doubles (with Amanda Brown)	Medrado/Monteiro	5–7, 5–7 (L)
6–14 Oct 1985	Nagoya, Japan	Hard (O)	R1	West Germany	3–0	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Betzner/Keppeler	6–4, 3–6, 6–1 (W)
			R2	Japan	2–1	Singles	Masako Yanagi	7–5, 3–6, 2–6 (L)
			R2	Japan	2–1	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Inoue/Yanagi	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–2 (W)
			QF	Bulgaria	1–2	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	K. Maleeva/Maleeva-Fragniere	5–4, ret. (W)
20–27 Jul 1986	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Clay (O)	R1	Denmark	0–3	Singles	Lone Vandborg	6–3, 5–7, 3–6 (L)
			R1	Denmark	0–3	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Moller/Scheuer-Larsen	2–6, 6–7^(1–7) (L)
			R2 * (Consolation)	Finland	3–0	Singles	Maija Suonpaa	6–2, 6–0 (W)
			R2 * (Consolation)	Finland	3–0	Doubles (with Annabel Croft)	Suonpaa/Thorén	6–0, 6–1 (W)
			QF (Consolation)	Indonesia	3–0	Singles	Yayuk Basuki	7–5, 7–5 (W)
			QF (Consolation)	Indonesia	3–0	Doubles (with Annabel Croft)	Anggarkusuma/Basuki	6–2, 4–6, 6–2 (W)
			SF (Consolation)	Hungary	3–0	Singles	Réka Szikszay	6–3, 6–2 (W)
			SF (Consolation)	Hungary	3–0	Doubles (with Annabel Croft)	Inoue/Szikszay	2–1, ret. (W)
			F (Consolation)	Soviet Union	2–1	Singles	Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 7–5 (W)
			F (Consolation)	Soviet Union	2–1	Doubles (with Annabel Croft)	Egorova/Cherneva	2–6, 1–6 (L)
26 Jul – 2 Aug 1987	Vancouver, Canada	N/A	R1	Chile	3–0	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Espinoza/Miranda	6–1, 6–0 (W)
			R2	Italy	2–1	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Cecchini/Reggi-Concato	6–7, 7–5, 6–4 (W)
			QF	United States	0–3	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Burgin/Garrison	5–7, 5–7 (L)
1–9 Oct 1989	Tokyo, Japan	Hard (O)	R1	Indonesia	3–0	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Anggarkusuma/Basuki	7–5, 6–3 (W)
1–9 Oct 1989	Tokyo, Japan	Hard (O)	R2	Austria	1–2	Doubles (with Jo Durie)	Paulus/Schwarz	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3 (W)

References

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^ Wilmslow Advertiser Thursday 28 February 1980, page 38
^ Wilmslow Advertiser Thursday 2 July 1981, page 1
^ About Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs Tennis
^ Anne Hobbs Tennis

External links

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Anne Hobbs at the Women's Tennis Association Edit this at Wikidata
Anne Hobbs at the International Tennis Federation Edit this at Wikidata
Anne Hobbs at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived) Edit this at Wikidata

v t e British female national Superstars champions
1970s	1977: Gillian Gilks 1979: Val Robinson
1980s	1980: Anne Hobbs 1981: Val Robinson
2000s	2003: Zoë Baker / Lesley McKenna 2004: Denise Lewis
2010s	2012: Helen Glover

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