Anne Smith (born July 1, 1959) is an educational psychologist and a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was world No. 1 in 1980 and 1981. Her highest singles ranking was world No. 11 in 1980.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 9 (5–4)
Mixed doubles: 5 (5–0)
Year-End Championships finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
WTA Tour finals
Singles 4 (0–4)
Doubles 69 (32–37)
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
Education
She received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Trinity University and a PhD. in educational psychology from The University of Texas.
Career
Smith is a licensed psychologist in Texas and Massachusetts. She was director of the Learning Center at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. She was the coach of the WTT Boston Lobsters team in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
Smith is the author of Grand Slam: Coach Your Mind to Win in Sports, Business & Life, with a foreword by Billie Jean King, and The MACH 4 Mental Training System: A Handbook for Athletes, Coaches and Parents.
On August 22, 2012, Smith appeared in an episode of Storage Wars: Texas where she appraised the value of a tennis racket restringing machine that had been won in an auction of a storage unit.
Honors and awards
- Mary Lowdon Award (Texas) -1974–1977
- Maureen Connolly Brinker Sportsmanship Award (Memphis, Tennessee) -1976
- Most Promising Player award by Seventeen – 1976
- Winner Seventeen Magazine Tournament of Champions – 1977
- Winner Maureen Connolly Brinker Outstanding Junior Girl Award (Philadelphia) -1977
- Enshrined into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1993
- Mental Training Coach for Harvard University Women's Tennis Team – 2005–2006
- Inducted into the Trinity University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999
- 35-and-Over Wimbledon Doubles Champion in 1996 & 1997
- Appointed Member of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Sport Science Committee 2001, 2002,2018,2019
- Coach of the WTT Boston Lobsters – 2005, 2006, 2007
- Received the International Tennis Hall of Fame Educational award - 2017
References
External links
- The Official Dr. Anne Smith Website
- Anne Smith at the Women's Tennis Association
- Anne Smith at the International Tennis Federation
- Anne Smith at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
