Alycia Moulton

Alycia Moulton (born February 18, 1961) is a retired American tennis player.

Career

Moulton won the U.S. Junior Championships in 1979 and was runner-up at the Wimbledon Junior Championships in 1979. She was active on the professional tour from 1978 to 1988. Her powerful game brought her two singles titles in 1983 and five doubles titles. She reached a career-high ranking of 18 in singles in November 1984, and won the Ridgewood Open and the Virginia Slims of Newport, Rhode Island.

Moulton achieved immediate success on the WTA Tour after graduating from Stanford University, where as team captain and four-time All-American, she was an NCAA singles, doubles and team champion. She was selected to represent the United States in Wightman Cup, and played doubles with Chris Evert, defeating Great Britain in that competition.

Moulton served two terms on the board of directors of the Women's Tennis Association. She has been inducted into the Sacramento Hall of Fame, the Stanford University Hall of Fame and the Northern California Tennis Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Moulton was born in Sacramento. Her father, Lee Moulton, is an inventor and engineer born in 1923. Her mother, Eleanor Moulton is a small business owner born in 1932. Alycia has one brother, Gregory Moulton, a computer scientist and founder of Avamar Technologies. After her tennis career, Moulton started a real estate development company. This led her to attend law school at the University of California at Davis. After graduating she was married briefly to George Artz, a computer scientist and lifelong friend. Moulton worked for Congressman and former California State Senator, Mike Thompson. She is a real estate attorney and now resides in Menlo Park, California.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, other (2–3)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (1–1) Clay (0–1) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1982	Hong Kong Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Catrin Jexell	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Feb 1983	Ridgewood Open, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Catrin Jexell	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Jun 1983	Birmingham Classic, UK	Grass	Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King	0–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Jul 1983	Virginia Slims of Newport, U.S.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Kimberly Shaefer	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Aug 1984	Canadian Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Evert-Lloyd	2–6, 6–7(3–7)

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, other (6–5)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Grass (1–1) Clay (1–0) Carpet (1–3)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1982	Hong Kong Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Laura duPont	Template:Flagicon Jennifer Mundel Template:Flagicon Yvonne Vermaak	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Febr 1983	VS Nashville, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Paula Smith	Template:Flagicon Rosalyn Fairbank Template:Flagicon Candy Reynolds	4–6, 6–7
Win	2–1	Apr 1983	Atlanta Open, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	2–2	Jan 1984	Stanford Classic, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver	2–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Aug 1984	Virginia Slims of Newport, U.S.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Paula Smith	Template:Flagicon Lea Antonoplis Template:Flagicon Beverly Mould	7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Win	4–2	Oct 1984	Brighton International, UK	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Paula Smith	Template:Flagicon Barbara Potter Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	4–3	Jun 1985	Birmingham Classic, UK	Grass	Template:Flagicon Elise Burgin	Template:Flagicon Terry Holladay Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	4–4	Mar 1986	VS Phoenix, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Linda Gates	Template:Flagicon Susan Mascarin Template:Flagicon Betsy Nagelsen	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	5–4	Jul 1986	Berkeley Open, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Beth Herr	Template:Flagicon Amy Holton Template:Flagicon Elna Reinach	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–4	Jul 1986	San Diego Open, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Beth Herr	Template:Flagicon Elise Burgin Template:Flagicon Rosalyn Fairbank	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	6–5	Oct 1986	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	NH	2R	A	0 / 5
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	3R	2R	3R	A	0 / 8
US Open	1R	2R	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	4R	2R	1R	A	0 / 10
SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 26
Year-end ranking	91	70	114	88	38	31	19	35	34	51	NR

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