Anna Fitzpatrick
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Anna Fitzpatrick is a professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. She is the British number 12 with a world ranking of No.384 (as of 4 July 2011). She trains at Hallamshire Tennis and Squash Club and plays right-handed. Her career-high ranking is world no. 318 (achieved 16 June 2008). So far in her career she has won 3 ITF
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

 singles titles and thirteen ITF doubles titles. She was the British national under-15 champion in 2004, and British under-18 runner-up in 2007, aged 17.

Personal life

Fitzpatrick attended St Thomas of Canterbury, Sheffield St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield
St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield
St Mary's Roman Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, comprehensive school in Upper Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, that specialises in the teaching of languages....

 and Woodhouse Grove School
Woodhouse Grove School
Woodhouse Grove School is an independent, coeducational, day and boarding public school and Sixth Form college in Apperley Bridge, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England for children aged between 11 and 18...

, near Leeds. She has 3 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
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

 and Beyoncé. She also enjoys reading and watching Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

. Within the tennis world, she admires Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...

, Pat Rafter and Mansour Bahrami
Mansour Bahrami
Mansour Bahrami is a professional tennis player. He has held dual French and Iranian nationality since 1989.-Early life:...

.

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 in order 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
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

.

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 semifinals of three tournaments, one of which was the 2007 Wimbledon girls' tournament
2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles
-Seeds:-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...

 where she lost to eventual champion, Urszula Radwańska
Urszula Radwanska
Urszula Radwańska is a Polish tennis player and a younger sister of Agnieszka Radwańska. She reached her career high ranking of World No. 62 on 10 August 2009.-Tennis career:...

, 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 semifinalist 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
2007 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles
-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below. Players in bold are still in the competition. The players no longer in the tournament are listed with the round in which they exited.-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...

 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
2004 WTA Tour
The 2004 WTA Tour was the 32nd season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2004, and concluded on November 13, 2004, after 60 events....

 when she attempted to qualify for the $10,000 event in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

. 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
2006 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour...

 until August when she won her first ever ITF title in the $10,000 event in Ilkley
Ilkley
Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the north of England. Ilkley civil parish includes the adjacent village of Ben Rhydding and is a ward within the metropolitan borough of Bradford. Approximately north of Bradford, the town lies mainly on the south bank of the River Wharfe...

 without losing a set in the entire tournament. She beat fellow British teen, Anna Smith
Anna Smith (tennis)
Anna Smith is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International Tennis Federation singles titles, 12 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010. Smith is currently the British number 9 with a ranking...

, in the final, 6-4 6-3. She carried this momentum over into her next tournament (Wrexham
Wrexham
Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...

 $10,000) where she reached the semifinals 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
2007 WTA Tour
The 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 35th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 1, 2007, and concluded on November 11, 2007 after 61 events. Two new events were added to the schedule for the 2007 season: the Barcelona KIA and Gastein Ladies. It also...

, Anna reached the third ITF
2007 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour...

 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
Antalya
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...

 as a qualifier. June saw Fitzpatrick make her debut on the WTA tour when she was given a wild card
Wild card (sports)
The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 into the qualifying draw of the DFS Classic
2007 DFS Classic - Singles
Vera Zvonareva was the defending champion but did not compete that year.Jelena Janković won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 against Maria Sharapova.-Seeds:...

. She faced American, Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh is a tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in August 1997....

, 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
2007 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
Amélie Mauresmo was the defending champion but was knocked out in the fourth round by Nicole Vaidišová.23rd seed Venus Williams defeated Marion Bartoli in the final, 6–4, 6–1...

 one week later by winning two matches in the LTA
Lawn Tennis Association
The Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.As the governing body, the LTA is responsible for the coaching and development of junior players, offering courses and qualifications on coaching, as well as the...

 wild card play-offs. She managed to beat Junri Namigata
Junri Namigata
Junri Namigata is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 105, which she reached on February 28, 2011. Her career high doubles ranking is 109, set on April 14, 2008. U- Singles 12 :- Doubles 22 :...

, 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
Mathilde Johansson
Mathilde Johansson is a Swedish-born female tennis player who lives in and competes for France.She made her WTA Tour main draw debut at the 2005 French Open, losing to sixth-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round...

, proved too much for Fitzpatrick in round two and Anna lost, 1-6 2-6. In July, Anna reached the semifinals of a $10,000 event in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

 (where she won the doubles tournament to give her the first doubles title of her career) and in September she reached the semifinals of another $10,000 ITF, this one in Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

. 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
2008 WTA Tour
The 2008 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 36th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2007, and concluded on November 9, 2008 after 59 events.The season was characterised by its frequent changes in the No...

, Fitzpatrick reached her first ITF
2008 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is a tier below the WTA Tour...

 quarterfinal of the year in Toluca
Toluca
Toluca, formally known as Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of Mexico State as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. It is the center of a rapidly growing urban area, now the fifth largest in Mexico. It is located west-southwest of Mexico City and only about 40 minutes by car to the...

, 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
Surbiton
Surbiton, a suburban area of London in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is situated next to the River Thames, with a mixture of Art-Deco courts, more recent residential blocks and grand, spacious 19th century townhouses blending into a sea of semi-detached 20th century housing estates...

 where she lost to Georgie Stoop
Georgie Stoop
Georgina "Georgie" Gent is an English, AEGON Award winning professional tennis player coached by Damien Roberts. She is currently the British no. 10 and ranked at no. 299 in the world . She has won two ITF singles titles, two ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no...

 in round one. Her second wild card of June entered her into the main draw of the DFS Classic
2008 DFS Classic - Singles
Jelena Janković was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.Kateryna Bondarenko won in the final 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, against Yanina Wickmayer.-Seeds:The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round....

, a tier III tournament
WTA Tier III Events
The WTA Tier III tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis third-level tournaments held from 1988 to 2008. The line-up of events varied over the years due to tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled...

. She was beaten by Melanie South
Melanie South
Melanie Jayne South is an English tennis player. She is currently the British number 7 and ranked 310 in the world...

, 4-6 4-6, in round one. Wild card number three allowed her access into the qualifying draw of the International Women's Open
2008 International Women's Open - Singles
Justine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.Agnieszka Radwańska won in the final 6–4, 6–7, 6–4, against Nadia Petrova.-Seeds:The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round....

 where world No.62, Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...

, 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
2008 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
Venus Williams was the defending champion, and won in the final 7–5, 6–4, against her sister Serena Williams.-Seeds:# Ana Ivanović # Jelena Janković # Maria Sharapova ...

 where she was beaten by Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Leonidivna Fedak is a female tennis player from Ukraine.On September 18, 2006, Fedak reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 63.-WTA Tour Titles :-Performance timeline:-External links:...

 from Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. 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
2009 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to...

 circuit in March 2009
2009 WTA Tour
The 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour was the 37th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 5, 2009, and concluded on November 8, 2009 after 56 events....

. In her very first tournament since injuring her foot, Anna partnered Stefania Boffa
Stefania Boffa
Stefania Boffa is a tennis player from Switzerland. She has a career singles high of 307, and a doubles ranking of 194. She has played for the Swiss fed cup team once in 2006.-Singles titles :-Doubles titles :- External links :...

 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 semifinals. 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
Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson is a British female tennis player. Born in Guernsey, she trains and resides at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, USA. Watson has won one major title at the 2009 US Open Juniors, two senior ITF titles and won gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She has...

, 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
Jocelyn Rae
Jocelyn Rae is a Scottish tennis player with a career-high singles ranking of 450 and a doubles high of world 209. Thus far in her career she has won one International Tennis Federation title in singles and six in doubles. Together with Colin Fleming, she won the gold medal in the mixed doubles at...

, in the semifinals. 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.

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I /
WTA Premier (0–0)
WTA Tier II – IV /
WTA International (0–0)
ITF Circuit /
ITF Circuit (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner $10,000 Ilkley, Great Britain Grass   Anna Smith
Anna Smith (tennis)
Anna Smith is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International Tennis Federation singles titles, 12 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010. Smith is currently the British number 9 with a ranking...

6–4, 6–3
Runner-up $10,000 Cumberland, London, Great Britain Hard   Nadja Roma 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up $10,000 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard (i)   Gaelle Widmer 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up $10,000 Frinton, Great Britain Grass   6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Winner $10,000 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard (i)   Samantha Murray 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up $10,000 Loughborough
2010 AEGON Pro-Series Loughborough
The 2010 AEGON Pro-Series Loughborough was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...

, Great Britain
Hard (i)   Lara Michel 2–6, 2–6
Winner $10,000 Wrexham, Great Britain Hard (i)   Jade Windley 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 22 (13–9)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Tier I /
WTA Premier (0–0)
WTA Tier II – IV /
WTA International (0–0)
ITF Circuit /
ITF Circuit (13–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (13–6)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up $10,000 Ilkley, Great Britain Grass   Joanna Craven   Danielle Brown
  Elizabeth Thomas
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up $25,000 Antalya, Turkey Clay   Korina Perkovic
 
6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Winner $10,000 Calgary, Canada Hard   Ana Veselinović   Soledad Esperon
  Agustina Lepore
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up $25,000 Nottingham, Great Britain Hard   Ana Veselinović  
 
6–3, 7–6(7–4),
[6–10]
Winner $25,000 Clearwater, Florida, USA Hard   Ana Veselinović  
 
6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Winner $25,000 Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA Hard   Ana Veselinović   Nicole Thyssen
  Pauline Wong
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner $25,000 Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard   Anna Hawkins  
  Agustina Lepore
6–2, 6–2
Winner $10,000 Landisville, Pennsylvania, USA Hard    
 
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up $25,000 Valladolid, Spain Hard    
 
2–6, 4–6
Winner $10,000 Bath, Great Britain Hard (i)     Veronika Chvojkova
  Katerina Vankova
6–1, 6–1
Winner $10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard     Sofia Kvatsabaia
  Avgusta Tsybysheva
7–6(7–3), 2–6,
[10–7]
Runner-up $10,000 Frinton, Great Britain Grass    
  Jade Windley
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up $10,000 Bath, Great Britain Hard (i)   Jade Curtis  
 
3–6, 2–6
Winner $10,000 Alcobaca, Portugal Hard   Jade Windley  
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up $10,000 Chiswick, Great Britain Hard   Jade Windley  
 
1–6, 4–6
Winner $10,000 Sunderland, Great Britain Hard (i)   Amanda Elliott  
  Francesca Stephenson
6–2, 6–3
Winner $10,000 Wrexham, Great Britain Hard (i)   Jade Windley  
  Nicola George
6–1, 6–0
Runner-up $10,000 Vale do Lobo, Portugal Hard     Rocio de la Torre Sánchez
  Olga Saez Larra
W/O
Winner $10,000 Heraklion, Greece Hard   Samantha Murray   Amanda Elliott
  Nicole Rottmann
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up $10,000 Rethymno, Greece Hard   Jade Windley   Alexandra Artamonova
  Diana Marcinkevica
2–6, 3–6
Winner $25,000 Wrexham
2011 AEGON GB Pro-Series Wrexham – Doubles
Tara Moore and Francesca Stephenson were the defending champions, both chose to participate, but both competed with different partners. Moore competed with Malou Ejdesgaard, but they lost in the First Round, meanwhile Stephenson competed with Lucy Brown, but they also lost in the First Round...

, Great Britain
Hard   Jade Windley  
 
6–2, 4–6, [10–3]
Winner $10,000 Madrid, Spain Hard   Jade Windley   Rocio de la Torre Sánchez
  Georgina Garcia Perez
1–6, 6–0, [10–8]

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