Anne Hobbs

Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1959-08-21)21 August 1959 (age 66) Nottingham, England
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$510,610
Singles
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 inNottingham) is a British former professionaltennis player.

She started with Wilmslow Tennis Club.^[1]

She lived atAlderley Edge.^[2]

Hobbs represented Great Britain in theWightman Cup andFederation 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 withWendy Turnbull and the Australian Open Mixed Doubles in 1987 withAndrew Castle, she won singles titles at Indianapolis in 1983 and in Auckland in 1985 and the British Closed in 1985.

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

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	Feb 1983	$50,000	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Ginny Purdy	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win	Dec 1985	$50,000	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Louise Field	6–3, 6–1

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Loss	Dec 1978	$75,000	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Judy Chaloner	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	Nov 1981	$50,000	Hong Kong	Clay	Susan Leo	Ann Kiyomura Sharon Walsh	3–6, 4–6
Win	Jun 1982	$100,000	Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	Jo Durie	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 6–2
Win	May 1983	$150,000	Berlin, Germany	Carpet	Jo Durie	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	Jun 1983	$150,000	Eastbourne, Great Britain	Grass	Jo Durie	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	1–6, 0–6
Win	Aug 1983	$200,000	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Andrea Jaeger	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Win	Nov 1983	$150,000	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Wendy Turnbull	Pam Shriver Sharon Walsh	6–3, 6–4
Win	Nov 1983	$150,000	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Wendy Turnbull	Hana Mandlíková Helena Suková	6–4, 6–3
Loss	Dec 1983	Grand Slam	Australian Open, Australia	Grass	Wendy Turnbull	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win	Jan 1984	$50,000	Denver, United States	Hard	Marcella Mesker	Sherry Acker Candy Reynolds	6–2, 6–3
Loss	Jan 1984	$100,000	Marco Island, United States	Clay	Andrea Jaeger	Hana Mandlíková Helena Suková	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	Apr 1984	$200,000	Hilton Head, United States	Clay	Sharon Walsh	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková	5–7, 2–6
Loss	Apr 1984	$250,000	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Mima Jaušovec	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	Apr 1984	$200,000	Orlando, United States	Clay	Wendy Turnbull	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Hana Mandlíková	0–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	May 1984	$150,000	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Candy Reynolds	Kathy Horvath Virginia Ruzici	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(13–11)
Loss	Sep 1984	Grand Slam	US Open, United States	Hard	Wendy Turnbull	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	2–6, 4–6
Loss	May 1985	$75,000	Melbourne, Australia	Carpet	Kathy Jordan	Pam Shriver Liz Smylie	2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Win	Dec 1985	$50,000	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Candy Reynolds	Lea Antonoplis Adriana Villagrán	6–1, 6–3
Loss	Jul 1987	$150,000	Newport, United States	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	6–7(5–7), 5–7
Loss	Aug 1987	$150,000	Mahwah, United States	Hard	Liz Smylie	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	3–6, 2–6

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Loss	Jan 1987	Grand Slam	Australian Open, Australia	Grass	Andrew Castle	Sherwood Stewart Zina Garrison	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 2–6

( * )Received a bye in the first round.

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	Spain	3–0	Doubles (withMichelle Tyler)	Álvarez/Perea	8–6, 2–6, 6–2 (W)
			SF	United States	0–3	Doubles (withSue Barker)	Casals/King	6–1, 3–6, 4–6 (L)
30 Apr – 6 May 1979	Madrid, Spain	Clay (O)	QF	Czechoslovakia	0–3	Doubles (withMichelle Tyler)	Mandlíková/Tomanová	6–8, 5–7 (L)
19–25 Jul 1982	Santa Clara, United States	Hard (O)	R1	Italy	2–1	Doubles (withJo Durie)	Murgo/Simmonds	6–4, 6–3 (W)
			R2	Israel	3–0	Doubles (withVirginia Wade)	Bialistozky/Binyamini	6–2, 6–1 (W)
			QF	Czechoslovakia	1–2	Doubles (withJo Durie)	Budařová/Suková	6–2, 4–6, 6–3 (W)
17–24 Jul 1983	Zürich, Switzerland	Clay (O)	R1	Luxembourg	3–0	Doubles (withJo Durie)	Huberty/Wolter	6–0, 6–0 (W)
			R2	Brazil	3–0	Doubles (withJo Durie)	Medrado/Monteiro	6–3, 6–2 (W)
			QF	West Germany	1–2	Doubles (withJo 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)
						Doubles (withAmanda 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 (withAmanda Brown)	Medrado/Monteiro	5–7, 5–7 (L)
6–14 Oct 1985	Nagoya, Japan	Hard (O)	R1	West Germany	3–0	Doubles (withJo Durie)	Betzner/Keppeler	6–4, 3–6, 6–1 (W)
			R2	Japan	2–1	Singles	Masako Yanagi	7–5, 3–6, 2–6 (L)
						Doubles (withJo Durie)	Inoue/Yanagi	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–2 (W)
			QF	Bulgaria	1–2	Doubles (withJo 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)
						Doubles (withJo Durie)	Moller/Scheuer-Larsen	2–6, 6–7(1–7) (L)
			R2* (Consolation)	Finland	3–0	Singles	Maija Suonpaa	6–2, 6–0 (W)
						Doubles (withAnnabel Croft)	Suonpaa/Thorén	6–0, 6–1 (W)
			QF (Consolation)	Indonesia	3–0	Singles	Yayuk Basuki	7–5, 7–5 (W)
						Doubles (withAnnabel Croft)	Anggarkusuma/Basuki	6–2, 4–6, 6–2 (W)
			SF (Consolation)	Hungary	3–0	Singles	Réka Szikszay	6–3, 6–2 (W)
						Doubles (withAnnabel Croft)	Inoue/Szikszay	2–1, ret. (W)
			F (Consolation)	Soviet Union	2–1	Singles	Natalia Zvereva	6–3, 7–5 (W)
						Doubles (withAnnabel Croft)	Egorova/Cherneva	2–6, 1–6 (L)
26 Jul – 2 Aug 1987	Vancouver, Canada	N/A	R1	Chile	3–0	Doubles (withJo Durie)	Espinoza/Miranda	6–1, 6–0 (W)
			R2	Italy	2–1	Doubles (withJo Durie)	Cecchini/Reggi-Concato	6–7, 7–5, 6–4 (W)
			QF	United States	0–3	Doubles (withJo Durie)	Burgin/Garrison	5–7, 5–7 (L)
1–9 Oct 1989	Tokyo, Japan	Hard (O)	R1	Indonesia	3–0	Doubles (withJo Durie)	Anggarkusuma/Basuki	7–5, 6–3 (W)
			R2	Austria	1–2	Doubles (withJo Durie)	Paulus/Schwarz	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 (W)

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