Anna Smashnova

Anna Aleksandrovna Smashnova (, ; born July 16, 1976) is a Soviet-born Israeli former tennis player. She retired from professional tour after Wimbledon 2007.

Smashnova reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 in 2003. She reached 13 finals, and won 12 of them. In addition, she won a junior Grand Slam title, the 1991 French Open girls' singles championship.

Early life Smashnova, born in Minsk, is of Russian-Jewish descent. Her father Sasha is an engineer, and her mother is Zina. She has a brother, Yura, who is a software analyst. Smashnova graduated from American International High School outside Tel Aviv in 1995.

Tennis career Smashnova began playing tennis when she was six. She became the No. 1 junior in the Soviet Union at the age of ten. She was the number one junior in the Soviet Union from age ten until she moved to Israel at age 14. In 1991, she won the girls' singles title at the French Open at age 14.

She had a breakthrough in 2002, winning four titles and beating 11 players ranked in the top 20, including Jelena Dokić, Justine Henin, and Kim Clijsters. In January 2002, Smashnova defeated Tatiana Panova at the Auckland Open and top-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn at the Canberra Classic. In March 2002, she upset world No. 13, Meghann Shaughnessy, at Indian Wells. In April, she defeated world No. 7, Justine Henin in Miami, and world No. 9, Jelena Dokić in Charleston. In May at the German Open, she upset world No. 3, Kim Clijsters, and world No. 14, Daniela Hantuchová, both in three sets. As it turned out, she lost in the first round to German Martina Müller by the "double bagel" scoreline, 0–6, 0–6.

WTA career finals Singles: 13 (12 titles, 1 runner-up) Legend Tier I (0–0) Tier II (0–0) Tier III (3–0) Tier IV, V (9–1)

ITF Circuit finals $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles: 17 (7–10) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 25 November 1991 ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Tessa Price 4–6, 3–6Win 2. 11 July 1993 ITF Erlangen, Germany Clay Isabel Cueto 6–3, 6–1Loss 3. 29 November 1993 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Petra Thorén 3–6, 3–6Loss 4. 2 June 1997 ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Angélica Gavaldón 3–6, 2–6Loss 5. 14 July 1997 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Ségolène Berger 6–3, 3–6, 1–6Win 6. 17 November 1997 ITF Jaffa, Israel Hard Tzipora Obziler 6–3, 6–2Loss 7. 6 October 1997 ITF Indian Wells, United States Hard Miho Saeki 1–6, 4–6Loss 8. 29 March 1998 ITF Woodlands, United States Hard Elena Pampoulova 6–2, 1–6, 5–7Win 9. 12 April 1998 ITF Athens, Greece Clay Rita Kuti-Kis 1–6, 6–2, 6–2Loss 10. 4 May 1997 ITF Cardiff, Great Britain Clay Květa Peschke 5–7, 4–6Win 11. 17 May 1998 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Alexia Dechaume-Balleret 6–2, 6–2Win 12. 4 October 1998 ITF Santa Clara, United States Hard Amy Frazier 2–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss 13. 3 October 1999 ITF Santa Clara, United States Hard Cara Black 2–6, 1–6Win 14. 17 October 1999 ITF Largo, United States Hard Marissa Irvin 7–6(2), 6–1Loss 15. 9 September 2001 ITF Fano, Italy Clay Zuzana Ondrášková 6–3, 1–6, 5–7Loss 16. 16 September 2001 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Lubomira Bacheva 6–4, 1–6, 0–6Win 17. 11 June 2006 ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Romina Oprandi w/o

Doubles: 2 (0–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 20 April 1997 ITF Bari, Italy Clay Tzipora Obziler Sandra Načuk Dragana Zarić 4–6, 2–6Loss 2. 17 November 1997 ITF Jaffa, Israel Hard Tzipora Obziler Nataly Cahana Maaike Koutstaal 2–6, 1–6

Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' singles: 1 (1 title)

Head-to-head records Smashnova's win–loss records against certain players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

Martina Hingis 0–2 Dominique Monami 2–0 Lindsay Davenport 0–4 Flavia Pennetta 4–0 / Karina Habšudová 0–2 / Jelena Dokić 1–3 Ai Sugiyama 1–3 Anna Kournikova 2–3 Jennifer Capriati 0–2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0–1 Elena Dementieva 2–1 Daniela Hantuchová 3–2 Nadia Petrova 1–1 Dinara Safina 1–0 Anastasia Myskina 1–1 Amélie Mauresmo 1–6 Kim Clijsters 1–1 // Monica Seles 0–2 Nicole Vaidišová 0–1 Jelena Janković 1–1 Venus Williams 0–3 Serena Williams 0–2 Justine Henin 1–2 Maria Sharapova 0–2