Anne Hobbs (born 21 August 1959 in
Nottingham
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) is a British former professional
tennis
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player.
Tennis career
Hobbs represented Great Britain in the
Wightman Cup
The Wightman Cup was an annual team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 through 1989 (except during World War II) between teams from the United States and Great Britain.
History
U.S. player Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wanted to generate ...
and
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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
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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
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,
Rosie Casals
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,
Jo Durie
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,
Carling Bassett
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, and
Zina Garrison
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. She works as a tennis coach and consultant in the area of sports psychology.
Anne Hobbs Tennis
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WTA Tour finals
Singles (2–0)
Doubles (8–12)
Mixed doubles (0–1)
Performance timelines
( * ) ''Received a bye in the first round.''
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
Fed Cup
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
English female tennis players
English expatriates in the United States
English tennis coaches
Sportspeople from New York City
Sportspeople from Nottingham
British female tennis players
Tennis people from Nottinghamshire