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Anna Fitzpatrick
British tennis player

Anna Fitzpatrick

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British tennis player
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Age
35 years
Residence
Sheffield
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Biography

Anna Fitzpatrick (born 6 April 1989) is a professional British tennis player.

Personal life

Fitzpatrick attended St Thomas of Canterbury, Sheffield St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield and Woodhouse Grove School, in Apperley Bridge, City of Bradford. She has three older brothers named Chris, Peter and Michael, who are all keen tennis players themselves and who are very supportive of their sister. Growing up, she played her tennis at Beauchief Tennis Club and at Graves Tennis Centre. She enjoys learning languages, scuba-diving, reading and music, especially Rihanna and Beyoncé. She also enjoys reading and watching Harry Potter. Within the tennis world, she admires Roger Federer, Pat Rafter and Mansour Bahrami.

Playing style

Anna likes to play aggressively, coming to the net as often as possible. When at the back of the court she is always looking for opportunities to attack and often tries to serve and volley to change the pace of the match. According to Anna, her volley is "what [her] whole game is built on" and her least favourite surface is clay.

Career

Junior (2003–2007)

Anna's first match on the junior ITF circuit came in July 2003 and her last in June 2007. During her four-year junior tennis career, she did not reach any tournament finals but reached the semi-finals of three tournaments, one of which was the 2007 Wimbledon girls' tournament where she lost to eventual champion, Urszula Radwańska, 6–7(3) 3–6. She also lost in the quarterfinals of a total of five tournaments. Her win-loss record for singles competition was 25–26.

As a junior doubles competitor, Fitzpatrick won one tournament (partnering Jade Curtis) and was a runner-up in another. She was also a semi-finalist four times and lost in the quarterfinals in nine tournaments. One of the tournaments in which Anna became a quarterfinalist was in the 2007 Wimbledon girls' doubles tournament with Jade Curtis. She ended her junior career with a doubles win-loss record of 27–28. Her career-high combined singles and doubles ranking was world No.180 (achieved 9 July 2007).

2004–2006

Anna Fitzpatrick played her first professional match on the adult ITF circuit in September 2004 when she attempted to qualify for the $10,000 event in Manchester. She lost in the second round of qualifying. Her only other tournament during 2004 was the $10,000 ITF in Bolton where she also lost in round two of qualifying. She finished 2004 without a world ranking.

2005 saw Anna play in a total of eleven ITF tournaments. She lost in round two in two tournaments, the first round in three and the qualifying stages a total of six times. Her very first year-end ranking was world No.1102.

In 2006, Fitzpatrick made very little progress on the ITF circuit until August when she won her first ever ITF title in the $10,000 event in Ilkley without losing a set in the entire tournament. She beat fellow British teen, Anna Smith, in the final, 6–4 6–3. She carried this momentum over into her next tournament (Wrexham $10,000) where she reached the semi-finals and she also made a run into the final of her next tournament, the $10,000 ITF in London. She was beaten by Nadja Roma, 3–6 3–6, in the final. She finished the season with her ranking at world No.676.

2007

In March 2007, Anna reached the third ITF singles final of her career in Sunderland $10,000 where she lost to Gaelle Widmer in straight sets, 4–6 1–6. In April she became a quarterfinalist in the $10,000 event in Bath and one month later she lost in the quarterfinals of a $25,000 event in Antalya as a qualifier. June saw Fitzpatrick make her debut on the WTA tour when she was given a wild card into the qualifying draw of the DFS Classic. She faced American, Lilia Osterloh, in the first round and was unable to capitalise on her one set lead, eventually losing, 7–5 3–6 1–6.

Nevertheless, she earned a wild card into the qualifying event for Wimbledon one week later by winning two matches in the LTA wild card play-offs. She managed to beat Junri Namigata, a player ranked 278 places above her, in the first round of the qualifying tournament with a score of 7–5 6–0. The No.8 seed in the qualifying tournament, Mathilde Johansson, proved too much for Fitzpatrick in round two and Anna lost, 1–6 2–6. In July, Anna reached the semi-finals of a $10,000 event in Calgary (where she won the doubles tournament to give her the first doubles title of her career) and in September she reached the semi-finals of another $10,000 ITF, this one in Nottingham. She did not pass the second round in any other ITF tournaments that season and finished the year with a ranking of world No.383.

2008

In April 2008, Fitzpatrick reached her first ITF quarterfinal of the year in Toluca, a $10,000 tournament. Just two weeks later she reached her second of the year, this one in Irapuato $25,000. In June, the first of four consecutive wild cards allowed her direct entry into the main draw of the $50,000 ITF event in Surbiton where she lost to Georgie Stoop in round one. Her second wild card of June entered her into the main draw of the DFS Classic, a tier III tournament. She was beaten by Melanie South, 4–6 4–6, in round one. Wild card number three allowed her access into the qualifying draw of the International Women's Open where world No.62, Ekaterina Makarova, beat her in straight sets, 6–7(4) 3–6. Her fourth of four consecutive wild cards gave her entry into the qualifying draw of Wimbledon where she was beaten by Yuliana Fedak from Ukraine. In early August, Anna injured her foot while playing in an ITF in Portugal. The injury turned out to be a stress fracture in her left foot and it put her out of action for the rest of the season and as a result, she ended the season ranked world No.424.

2009

Fitzpatrick returned to the ITF circuit in March 2009. In her very first tournament since injuring her foot, Anna partnered Stefania Boffa to win the title at the $10,000 ITF in Bath. She and Boffa again joined forced in Anna's next tournament, the $25,000 ITF in Jersey, where they reached the semi-finals. She made her first real impact in singles in July when she reached a $10,000 ITF quarterfinal before immediately going on to reach the final of another $10,000 ITF. She beat the fourth, fifth and sixth seeds before losing to Heather Watson, 6–4 4–6 2–6, in the final. In August, Anna played her final tournament of 2009 (a $10,000 ITF in London) where she was beaten by compatriot, Jocelyn Rae, in the semi-finals. During this tournament, her foot injury worsened once again and forced her out until March/April 2010. As a result of this, Anna's year-end singles ranking for 2009 was world No.761.

ITF circuit finals

Singles (3–4)

Finals by category
$100,000 tournaments (0/0)
$75,000 tournaments (0/0)
$50,000 tournaments (0/0)
$25,000 tournaments (0/0)
$15,000 tournaments (0/0)
$10,000 tournaments (3/4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2/3)
Clay (0/0)
Grass (1/1)
Carpet (0/0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner000000002006-08-01-00001 August 2006ITF $10,000Ilkley, United KingdomGrassUnited Kingdom Anna Smith6–4, 6–3
Runner-up000000002006-08-22-000022 August 2006ITF $10,000Cumberland, United KingdomHardSweden Nadja Roma3–6, 3–6
Runner-up000000002007-03-14-000014 March 2007ITF $10,000Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i)Switzerland Gaelle Widmer4–6, 1–6
Runner-up000000002009-07-14-000014 July 2009ITF $10,000Frinton, United KingdomGrassUnited Kingdom Heather Watson6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Winner000000002010-11-03-00003 November 2010ITF $10,000Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Samantha Murray6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up000000002010-11-10-000010 November 2010ITF $10,000Loughborough, United KingdomHard (i)Switzerland Lara Michel2–6, 2–6
Winner000000002011-01-19-000019 January 2011ITF $10,000Wrexham, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Jade Windley6–7(3–7), 6–3, 7–5

Doubles (19–13)

Finals by category
$100,000 tournaments (0/0)
$75,000 tournaments (0/0)
$50,000 tournaments (0/0)
$25,000 tournaments (5/3)
$15,000 tournaments (0/0)
$10,000 tournaments (14/10)
Finals by surface
Hard (18/10)
Clay (1/1)
Grass (0/2)
Carpet (0/0)
ResultDateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Runner-up000000002006-08-02-00002 August 2006ITF $10,000Ilkley, United KingdomGrassUnited Kingdom Joanna CravenUnited Kingdom Danielle Brown
United Kingdom Elizabeth Thomas
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up000000002007-05-14-000014 May 2007ITF $25,000Antalya, TurkeyClayMontenegro Ana VeselinovićGermany Korina Perkovic
Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Winner000000002007-07-23-000023 July 2007ITF $10,000Calgary, CanadaHardMontenegro Ana VeselinovićArgentina Soledad Esperón
Argentina Agustina Lepore
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up000000002007-09-26-000026 September 2007ITF $25,000Nottingham, United KingdomHardMontenegro Ana VeselinovićFinland Emma Laine
Belgium Caroline Maes
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10]
Winner000000002008-02-19-000019 February 2008ITF $25,000Clearwater, United StatesHardMontenegro Ana VeselinovićChinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Japan Seiko Okamoto
6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Winner000000002008-02-26-000026 February 2008ITF $25,000Fort Walton Beach, United StatesHardMontenegro Ana VeselinovićNetherlands Nicole Thijssen
Netherlands Pauline Wong
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner000000002008-04-29-000029 April 2008ITF $25,000Coatzacoalcos, MexicoHardUnited Kingdom Anna HawkinsArgentina María Irigoyen
Argentina Agustina Lepore
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up000000002008-05-20-000020 May 2008ITF $10,000Landisville, United StatesHardSwitzerland Stefania BoffaUnited States Audra Cohen
Canada Heidi El Tabakh
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up000000002008-07-08-00008 July 2008ITF $25,000Valladolid, SpainHardSwitzerland Stefania BoffaCanada Heidi El Tabakh
United States Story Tweedie-Yates
2–6, 4–6
Winner000000002009-03-19-000019 March 2009ITF $10,000Bath, United KingdomHard (i)Switzerland Stefania BoffaCzech Republic Veronika Chvojková
Czech Republic Kateřina Vaňková
6–1, 6–1
Winner000000002009-04-07-00007 April 2009ITF $10,000Antalya, TurkeyHardDenmark Hanne Skak JensenGeorgia (country) Sofia Kvatsabaia
Russia Avgusta Tsybysheva
7–6(7–3), 2–6,
[10–7]
Runner-up000000002009-07-14-000014 July 2009ITF $10,000Frinton, United KingdomGrassAustralia Emelyn StarrUnited Kingdom Jocelyn Rae
United Kingdom Jade Windley
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up000000002010-03-17-000017 March 2010ITF $10,000Bath, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Jade CurtisDenmark Malou Ejdesgaard
Poland Katarzyna Piter
3–6, 2–6
Winner000000002010-06-21-000021 June 2010ITF $10,000Alcobaça, PortugalHardUnited Kingdom Jade WindleyCanada Mélanie Gloria
Mexico Daniela Múñoz Gallegos
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up000000002010-07-28-000028 July 2010ITF $10,000Chiswick, United KingdomHardUnited Kingdom Jade WindleyUnited Kingdom Jocelyn Rae
Australia Emelyn Starr
1–6, 4–6
Winner000000002010-11-03-00003 November 2010ITF $10,000Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Amanda ElliottUnited Kingdom Tara Moore
United Kingdom Francesca Stephenson
6–2, 6–3
Winner000000002011-01-19-000019 January 2011ITF $10,000Wrexham, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Jade WindleyNorway Ulrikke Eikeri
United Kingdom Nicola George
6–1, 6–0
Runner-up000000002011-02-08-00008 February 2011ITF $10,000Vale do Lobo, PortugalHardNorway Ulrikke EikeriSpain Rocio de la Torre Sánchez
Spain Olga Sáez Larra
W/O
Winner000000002011-05-10-000010 May 2011ITF $10,000Heraklion, GreeceHardUnited Kingdom Samantha MurrayUnited Kingdom Amanda Elliott
Austria Nicole Rottmann
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up000000002011-05-17-000017 May 2011ITF $10,000Rethymno, GreeceHardUnited Kingdom Jade WindleyRussia Alexandra Artamonova
Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
2–6, 3–6
Winner000000002011-07-24-000024 July 2011ITF $25,000Wrexham, United KingdomHardUnited Kingdom Jade WindleyUnited Kingdom Melanie South
Slovakia Lenka Wienerová
6–2, 4–6, [10–3]
Winner000000002011-09-10-000010 September 2011ITF $10,000Madrid, SpainHardUnited Kingdom Jade WindleySpain Rocio de la Torre Sánchez
Spain Georgina García Pérez
1–6, 6–0, [10–8]
Winner000000002012-01-09-00009 January 2012ITF $10,000Glasgow, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Samantha MurrayUnited Kingdom Alexandra Walker
United Kingdom Lisa Whybourn
6–2, 6–3
Winner000000002012-02-27-000027 February 2012ITF $25,000Wellington, New ZealandHardSouth Africa Chanel SimmondsSouth Korea Han Sung-hee
Japan Yurina Koshino
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up000000002012-04-30-000030 April 2012ITF $10,000Jakarta, IndonesiaHardUnited Kingdom Jade WindleyChina Jia Xiang Lu
China Jia-Jing Lu
4–6, 4–6
Winner000000002012-11-05-00005 November 2012ITF $10,000Loughborough, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Jade WindleyDenmark Karen Barbat
Switzerland Lara Michel
6–2, 6–2
Winner000000002012-11-12-000012 November 2012ITF $10,000Edgbaston, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Jade WindleyCzech Republic Martina Kubicikova
Slovakia Chantal Škamlová
6–2, 6–3
Winner000000002013-03-04-00004 March 2013ITF $10,000Sutton, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Jade WindleyCzech Republic Martina Borecka
Czech Republic Petra Krejsova
4–6, 7–6(9–7), [12–10]
Winner000000002013-04-22-000022 April 2013ITF $10,000Bournemouth, United KingdomClayUnited Kingdom Jade WindleyBelgium Elyne Boeykens
Australia Karolina Wlodarczak
6–4, 6–1
Winner000000002013-05-13-000013 May 2013ITF $10,000Sharm el-Sheikh, EgyptHardMontenegro Ana VeselinovićTurkey Başak Eraydın
Turkey Melis Sezer
2–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Runner-up000000002013-05-20-000020 May 2013ITF $10,000Sharm el-Sheikh, EgyptHardKazakhstan Kamila KerimbayevaItaly Camilla Rosatello
China Ai Wen Zhu
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up000000002013-07-29-000029 July 2013ITF $10,000Nottingham, United KingdomHardUnited Kingdom Daneika BorthwickUnited Kingdom Anna Smith
United Kingdom Melanie South
4–6, 2–6
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