Anne Hobbs

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

Early life She started with Wilmslow Tennis Club.

She lived at Alderley Edge.

Tennis career Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989. 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.

WTA Tour finals

Singles (2–0)

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) ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin Feb 1983 $50,000 Indianapolis, United States Hard Ginny Purdy 6–4, 6–7, 6–4Win Dec 1985 $50,000 Auckland, New Zealand Grass Louise Field 6–3, 6–1

Doubles (8–12)

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)

Mixed doubles (0–1) Finals by surface Hard (0/0) Clay (0/0) Grass (0/1) Carpet (0/0) ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScoreLoss Jan 1987 Grand Slam Australian Open, Australia Grass Andrew Castle Sherwood Stewart Zina Garrison 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 2–6

Performance timelines

( * ) Received a bye in the first round.

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

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