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Samantha Smith (born 27 November 1971) is an

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former professional

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player, who was the British ladies' No. 1 from 1996 to 1999. She now commentates on the game, predominantly for the

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Sam Smith
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which she has been a part of for 11 years with the

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and as of 2019 the

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Early life

Smith was born in

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and was educated at

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. She took three years out of tennis to attend the

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where she attained an upper second class Honours degree in

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Tennis career

Smith competed on the

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from 1990 to 1992 and from 1995 to 2000. Her highest achievement was in reaching the fourth round at the

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in 1998, when she beat

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and former champion

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before losing to eventual runner up

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. In so doing she picked up an ankle injury that required her to have two operations and spend four months in plaster; this effectively ended her career. She peaked at No. 55 in the WTA rankings before the injury curtailed her climb up the rankings. At the

, she competed in the first round of the women's doubles competition in 1992 (with

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), and reached the second round in 1999. At the

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at Roland Garros, she competed in the first round in 1991 and 1999. At

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, she competed eight times and reached the fourth round in 1998.
At the US Open, she competed in the first round in 1998 and reached the second round in 1997.
At the 1992

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she reached the second round. Smith won a

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in the mixed doubles at the 1995 Universiade (

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) in

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, Japan, partnering Paul Robinson. She also reached the quarterfinals in the singles. She won the ITF tournaments at Nottingham in 1995 (singles and doubles) and Frinton-on-Sea in 2000. She represented

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in the

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and European Cup in 1991 and from 1996 to 1999. She was unbeaten in her five singles matches in the 1997 Fed Cup.

ITF finals

Singles (3–4)

Doubles (5–2)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Samantha 1971 births Living people Alumni of the University of Exeter BBC people British female tennis players English sports broadcasters Olympic tennis players of Great Britain People from Loughton People from Westcliff-on-Sea Tennis commentators Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in tennis English female tennis players Tennis people from Essex Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain People educated at Bancroft's School Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade