Anne Smith

Playing career

Anne Smith was born in Dallas on 1 July 1959. She lettered in football in the fifth grade before taking up tennis, won twenty national junior titles and in 1977 became the first American girl to win the French junior title. She turned professional in July 1978 to play World Team Tennis for the Boston Lobsters.

With Kathy Jordan she won the French and Wimbledon doubles in 1980, the US Open in 1981 and the Australian Open, then played on grass at Kooyong, in December 1981, completing a career Grand Slam in women's doubles as a team. She won the 1982 French doubles with Martina Navratilova and five major mixed titles: the French with Billy Martin in 1980 and Dick Stockton in 1984, and the US Open in 1981 and 1982 and Wimbledon in 1982 with Kevin Curren. She was ranked No. 1 in doubles in 1980 and 1981, and reached No. 12 in singles in 1982, with quarter-finals at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open.

She played until 1991, then returned to Texas, finished a psychology degree at Trinity University and took a doctorate in educational psychology at the University of Texas. She became a licensed psychologist, coached the Boston Lobsters from 2005 to 2007, worked as mental training consultant to Harvard's women's team and wrote two books on the mental game. At 46, in 2005, she came back to compete on the tour.

On grass

Every grass title: 5

Show every title, tournament by tournament

Wimbledon
1980	Women's doubles	with Kathy Jordan
1982	Mixed doubles	with Kevin Curren
Eastbourne
1980	Women's doubles	with Kathy Jordan
Australian Championships
1981	Women's doubles Australian Open	with Kathy Jordan
National Panasonic Open
1982	Women's doubles	with Billie Jean King

Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions

"My passion and love for the game are still there; and I do not want to look back ever and ask myself why I didn’t try."