Anne White
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Anne White is a former professional United States
tennis player from Charleston, West Virginia
. She is most famous for wearing a white body suit at Wimbledon in 1985
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in Charleston, West Virginia, and went on to become a two-time All-American tennis player at the University of Southern California
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High School.
in the first round at Wimbledon in 1985
on an outer court, warmed up in a tracksuit. When she took the tracksuit off to start play, she revealed that she was wearing a white, one-piece, lycra
body suit, which attracted a lot of attention from the crowd and the photographers. With the match tied at one set all, play was stopped for the day because of bad light, and the umpire, Alan Mills, told her to wear more appropriate clothing the next day. She did so, and lost the third set, but the incident was widely reported. She was later quoted as saying, "I had no idea it would be so controversial."
on March 9, 1987, beating the top seeded Dianne Balestrat
in the final. She reached the semifinals of the women's doubles in the 1984 U.S. Open and in 1985 in the French Open. She claimed that her career earnings were more than a million dollars.
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
United States
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tennis player from Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...
. She is most famous for wearing a white body suit at Wimbledon in 1985
1985 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
Martina Navrátilová defeated Chris Evert 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...
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Early life
White attended John Adams Junior High School. She then graduated from George Washington High SchoolGeorge Washington High School (Charleston, West Virginia)
George Washington High School is a public high school in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. GWHS opened in 1965 to accommodate students in South Hills and Loudendale ostensibly because Charleston High School was overcrowded. Prior to this time students in Charleston were divided between Charleston...
in Charleston, West Virginia, and went on to become a two-time All-American tennis player at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
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Family background
Anne's father, Pete White, played basketball for ClendeninClendenin, West Virginia
Clendenin is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia along the Elk River. The population was 1,227 at the 2010 census. Clendenin was incorporated in 1904 and named for the Clendenins, an early pioneer family in the Kanawha River Valley. Charleston, WV retains the namesake of George Clendenin's...
High School.
Wimbledon 1985
White, who was playing fifth seed Pam ShriverPam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...
in the first round at Wimbledon in 1985
1985 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles
Martina Navrátilová defeated Chris Evert 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...
on an outer court, warmed up in a tracksuit. When she took the tracksuit off to start play, she revealed that she was wearing a white, one-piece, lycra
Spandex
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body suit, which attracted a lot of attention from the crowd and the photographers. With the match tied at one set all, play was stopped for the day because of bad light, and the umpire, Alan Mills, told her to wear more appropriate clothing the next day. She did so, and lost the third set, but the incident was widely reported. She was later quoted as saying, "I had no idea it would be so controversial."
Results
White won her only singles title at Phoenix, ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
on March 9, 1987, beating the top seeded Dianne Balestrat
Dianne Fromholtz
Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Balestrat began playing tennis at the age of 7. She left school at the age of 16 to play in international tournaments...
in the final. She reached the semifinals of the women's doubles in the 1984 U.S. Open and in 1985 in the French Open. She claimed that her career earnings were more than a million dollars.
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | NH | A | 0 / 4 |
| French Open | A | 3R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 |
| Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 7 |
| U.S. Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881... |
2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 8 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 25 |
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.