ANNE SMITH
Updated 117 days ago
Anne Smith, Ph.D., won her place in the history books of all-time winners with 10 Grand Slam championships in doubles and mixed doubles from 1980 to 1984. She is one of only 20 women in the history of the Open Era of tennis who have won 10 or more Grand Slam titles-and most of those were by women before 1950. She has won three US Open titles, two Wimbledon titles, four French Open titles and one Australian Open title. She has been a member of the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup teams. She was ranked No.1 in the world in doubles in 1980 and 1981 and reached a career-high No.11 in singles in 1980. Anne was a member of three World TeamTennis Championship Teams - the Boston Lobsters, the San Antonio Racquets, and the Dallas Stars. She went on to win the 35-and-over women's doubles at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon in 1997... As a junior, Anne was No.1 in Texas from the 12s through the 18s. When she was 15, she was No.1 in Texas in both 16 and 18 singles. At age 17, Anne went to Paris and..