Anne Mall (born December 10, 1974) is a former professional
tennis player from the United States. In
Fed Cup, however, she played for
Ireland.
Biography
The daughter of Ben and Peggy Mall, she is originally from
Libertyville, Illinois
Libertyville is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a northern suburb of Chicago. It is located west of Lake Michigan on the Des Plaines River. The 2020 census population was 20,579. It is part of Libertyville Township, Lake ...
. In 1988 the family moved to
Orange County, California and she attended
Dana Hills High School.
Mall debuted on the
WTA Tour as a 16 year old in 1991, partnering
Lindsay Davenport in the doubles at San Diego. At the
1991 US Open she upset top seed
Kristin Godridge
Kristin Godridge (born 7 February 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia who competed on the WTA Tour from 1987 to 1996.
Career
Godridge achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 79 in September 1991. Her highest doubles ran ...
in the first round of the girls' singles, en route to a spot in the final, which she lost to Czechoslovakian player
Karina Habšudová.
In 1993, she began touring professionally. With WTA Tour match-wins over
Katrina Adams,
Laura Glitz
Laura Glitz (born May 17, 1967) is an American former professional tennis player.
Biography
Growing up in York, Pennsylvania, Glitz was the PIAA state singles champion in 1984, while a student at York Suburban High School.
Glitz played college ...
,
Catalina Cristea,
Audra Keller and
Paola Suárez, her ranking reached a career best 139 in the world in August, 1994. She was granted a wild card into the main draw of the women's singles at the
1994 US Open and was drawn up against world number one
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...
on
Louis Armstrong Stadium in the opening round, losing to the German 2–6, 1–6.
Initially retiring from professional tennis in 1997, Mall studied for a degree at
UCSD, before making a comeback at the age of 29. In 2004 she won five ITF doubles titles. She began representing the
Ireland Fed Cup team
The Ireland Fed Cup team represents Ireland in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Ireland. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group III.
History
Ireland competed in its first Fed Cup in 1964. Their best resul ...
in 2005, having qualified through her Irish born grandmother. She featured in four ties in 2005, then another two in 2008.
After retiring from tennis for a second time, Mall began a career in real estate and currently runs her own real estate brokerage in Chicago, Illinois.
ITF finals
Singles (2–2)
Doubles (7–1)
References
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1974 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Irish female tennis players
American people of Irish descent
Tennis people from Illinois
University of California, San Diego alumni
21st-century American women