Anne Simpkin
{{short description|British tennis player}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Anne Simpkin
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| fullname = Anne Simpkin Meredith
| country_represented = {{GBR}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|2|df=yes}}
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| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $45,000
| singlesrecord =
| singlestitles =
| highestsinglesranking = No. 200 (17 July 1989)
| Wimbledonresult = 1R (1988, 1989, 1990)
| doublesrecord =
| doublestitles =
| highestdoublesranking = No. 164 (14 August 1989)
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1989, 1990)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1988, 1990)
| WimbledonMixedresult = 1R (1990)
}}
Anne Simpkin Meredith (born 2 April 1969) is a British former professional tennis player.
A right-handed player from Leicestershire, Simpkin reached a career best ranking of 200 in the world while competing on the professional tour.{{cite web |title=Tennis Abstract: Anne Meredith WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis |url=http://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/wplayer.cgi?p=AnneMeredith |website=www.tennisabstract.com}}
Simpkin featured as a wildcard in the singles main draw at Wimbledon on three occasions. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at Eastbourne in 1989, where she had a first round win over Julie Salmon, before losing in the second round to Mary Joe Fernandez.{{cite news |title=Tennis Roundup : Graf, Sanchez Paired to Meet at Wimbledon |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-21-sp-2323-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=21 June 1989}} She won one singles and three doubles titles on the ITF circuit.
ITF finals
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| $25,000 tournaments |
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| $10,000 tournaments |
=Singles: 2 (1–1)=
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| Result
! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Opponent ! Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 23 April 1988 | Queens, United Kingdom | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Ann Grossman | 6–4, 7–5 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 29 August 1988 | Corsica, France | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Maïder Laval | 2–6, 3–6 |
=Doubles: 7 (3–4)=
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| Result
! No. ! Date ! Tournament ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 11 January 1988 | Moulins, France | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Caroline Billingham | {{flagicon|FRA}} Karine Quentrec | 3–6, 3–6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f8ff"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 29 February 1988 | Rocafort, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|AUT}} Bettina Diesner | {{flagicon|ESP}} Elena Guerra | 6–3, 6–2 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 23 April 1988 | Queens, United Kingdom | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Joy Tacon | {{flagicon|IRL}} Lesley O'Halloran | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 8 May 1988 | Bournemouth, United Kingdom | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Joy Tacon | {{flagicon|GBR}} Sally Godman | 6–3, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 15 May 1988 | Bath, United Kingdom | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Joy Tacon | {{flagicon|GBR}} Sally Godman | 3–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 3 October 1988 | Eastbourne, Great Britain | Hard | {{flagicon|GBR}} Valda Lake | {{flagicon|NED}} {{sortname|Carin|Bakkum}} | 4–6, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 25 February 1991 | Norwich, United Kingdom | Carpet | {{flagicon|GBR}} Valda Lake | {{flagicon|GER}} Anke Marchl | 4–6, 6–2, 1–6 |
References
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External links
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- {{ITF}}
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Category:English female tennis players
Category:British female tennis players