Anna Fitzpatrick

Anna Fitzpatrick (born 6 April 1989) is a British former professional tennis player.

Personal life

Template:BLP unreferenced section Fitzpatrick attended St Thomas of Canterbury school in Sheffield, St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield and Woodhouse Grove School in Apperley Bridge, City of Bradford. She has three older brothers. Growing up, she played tennis at Beauchief Tennis Club and at Graves Tennis Centre.

Playing style

Fitzpatrick liked to play aggressively, coming to the net as often as possible. When at the back of the court she was looking for opportunities to attack, and often tried to serve and volley to change the pace of the match. According to Fitzpatrick, her volley was "what [her] whole game is built on" and her least favourite surface is clay.

Career

Junior (2003–2007)

Fitzpatrick'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 semi-finals of three tournaments, one of which was the 2007 Wimbledon girls' tournament where she lost to eventual champion, Urszula Radwańska, 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 semi-finalist four times and lost in the quarterfinals in nine tournaments. One of the tournaments in which Fitzpatrick became a quarterfinalist was in the 2007 Wimbledon girls' doubles tournament 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

Fitzpatrick played her first professional match on the adult ITF Circuit in September 2004 when she attempted to qualify for the $10k event in Manchester. She lost in the second round of qualifying. Her only other tournament during 2004 was the $10k in Bolton where she also lost in round two of qualifying. She finished 2004 without a world ranking.

2005 saw Fitzpatrick 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 first year-end ranking was world No. 1102.

In 2006, Fitzpatrick made very little progress on the ITF Circuit until August when she won her first ever ITF title in the $10k event in Ilkley without losing a set in the entire tournament. She beat fellow British teen, Anna Smith, in the final, 6–4, 6–3. She carried this momentum over into her next tournament (Wrexham $10k) where she reached the semi-finals and she also made a run into the final of her next tournament, the $10k 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, Fitzpatrick reached the third ITF singles final of her career in Sunderland $10k where she lost to Gaëlle 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 $25k event in Antalya as a qualifier. June saw Fitzpatrick make her debut on the WTA Tour when she was given a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the DFS Classic. She faced American, Lilia Osterloh, in the first round and was unable to capitalise on her one set lead, eventually losing, 7–5, 3–6, 1–6.

Fitzpatrick earned a wildcard into the qualifying event for Wimbledon one week later by winning two matches in the LTA Wildcard Play-offs. She managed to beat Junri Namigata, 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, proved too much for Fitzpatrick in round two and Fitzpatrick lost, 1–6, 2–6. In July, she reached the semifinals of a $10k event in Calgary (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 $10k event, this one in Nottingham. 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, Fitzpatrick reached her first ITF quarterfinal of the year in Toluca, a $10k tournament. Just two weeks later she reached her second of the year, this one in Irapuato $25k. In June, the first of four consecutive wildcards allowed her direct entry into the main draw of the $50k event in Surbiton where she lost to Georgie Stoop in round one. Her second wild card of June entered her into the main draw of the DFS Classic, a Tier III tournament. She was beaten by Melanie South, 4–6, 4–6, in round one. Wild card number three allowed her access into the qualifying draw of the International Women's Open where world No. 62, Ekaterina Makarova, 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 where she was beaten by Yuliana Fedak from Ukraine. In early August, Fitzpatrick 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 Circuit in March 2009. In her first tournament since injuring her foot, she partnered Stefania Boffa to win the title at the $10k tournament in Bath. She and Boffa again joined forced in their next tournament, the $25k in Jersey, where they reached the semifinals. She made her first real impact in singles in July when she reached a $10k quarterfinal before immediately going on to reach the final of another $10k. She beat the fourth, fifth and sixth seeds before losing to Heather Watson, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, in the final. In August, Fitzpatrick played her final tournament of 2009 (a $10k in London) where she was beaten by compatriot, Jocelyn Rae, 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, Fitzpatrick's year-end singles ranking for 2009 was 761.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (3–4)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–3) Grass (1–1)

Result	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Template:Flagicon Anna Smith	6–4, 6–3
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Cumberland, United Kingdom	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nadja Roma	3–6, 3–6
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Gaëlle Widmer	4–6, 1–6
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Template:Flagicon Heather Watson	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Samantha Murray	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Lara Michel	2–6, 2–6
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	6–7(3), 6–3, 7–5

Doubles (19–13)

Finals by category $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments (5–3) $10,000 tournaments (14–10)

Finals by surface Hard (18–10) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–2)

Result	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Template:Flagicon Joanna Craven	Template:Flagicon Danielle Brown Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Thomas	2–6, 1–6
Loss	Template:Dts	25,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ana Veselinović	Template:Flagicon Korina Perkovic Template:Flagicon İpek Şenoğlu	6–1, 1–6, 4–6
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Calgary, Canada	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ana Veselinović	Template:Flagicon Soledad Esperón Template:Flagicon Agustina Lepore	6–4, 6–3
Loss	Template:Dts	25,000	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ana Veselinović	Template:Flagicon Emma Laine Template:Flagicon Caroline Maes	3–6, 7–6(4), [6–10]
Win	Template:Dts	25,000	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ana Veselinović	Template:Flagicon Chan Chin-wei Template:Flagicon Seiko Okamoto	6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	Template:Dts	25,000	Fort Walton Beach, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ana Veselinović	Template:Flagicon Nicole Thyssen Template:Flagicon Pauline Wong	6–3, 7–6(4)
Win	Template:Dts	25,000	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Template:Flagicon Anna Hawkins	Template:Flagicon María Irigoyen Template:Flagicon Agustina Lepore	6–2, 6–2
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Landisville, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stefania Boffa	Template:Flagicon Audra Cohen Template:Flagicon Heidi El Tabakh	6–2, 6–2
Loss	Template:Dts	25,000	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stefania Boffa	Template:Flagicon Heidi El Tabakh Template:Flagicon Story Tweedie-Yates	2–6, 4–6
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Stefania Boffa	Template:Flagicon Veronika Chvojková Template:Flagicon Kateřina Vaňková	6–1, 6–1
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Template:Flagicon Hanne Skak Jensen	Template:Flagicon Sofia Kvatsabaia Template:Flagicon Avgusta Tsybysheva	7–6(3), 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Template:Flagicon Emelyn Starr	Template:Flagicon Jocelyn Rae Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	3–6, 5–7
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Jade Curtis	Template:Flagicon Malou Ejdesgaard Template:Flagicon Katarzyna Piter	3–6, 2–6
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Alcobaça, Portugal	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Mélanie Gloria Template:Flagicon Daniela Múñoz Gallegos	6–2, 6–1
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Chiswick, United Kingdom	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Jocelyn Rae Template:Flagicon Emelyn Starr	1–6, 4–6
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Amanda Elliott	Template:Flagicon Tara Moore Template:Flagicon Francesca Stephenson	6–2, 6–3
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Ulrikke Eikeri Template:Flagicon Nicola George	6–1, 6–0
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Vale do Lobo, Portugal	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ulrikke Eikeri	Template:Flagicon Rocio de la Torre Sánchez Template:Flagicon Olga Sáez Larra	w/o
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Heraklion, Greece	Hard	Template:Flagicon Samantha Murray	Template:Flagicon Amanda Elliott Template:Flagicon Nicole Rottmann	6–3, 6–2
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Rethymno, Greece	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Artamonova Template:Flagicon Diāna Marcinkēviča	2–6, 3–6
Win	Template:Dts	25,000	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Melanie South Template:Flagicon Lenka Wienerová	6–2, 4–6, [10–3]
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Rocio de la Torre Sánchez Template:Flagicon Georgina García Pérez	1–6, 6–0, [10–8]
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Samantha Murray	Template:Flagicon Alexandra Walker Template:Flagicon Lisa Whybourn	6–2, 6–3
Win	Template:Dts	25,000	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chanel Simmonds	Template:Flagicon Han Sung-hee Template:Flagicon Yurina Koshino	6–3, 6–4
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Lu Jiaxiang Template:Flagicon Lu Jiajing	4–6, 4–6
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Loughborough, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Karen Barbat Template:Flagicon Lara Michel	6–2, 6–2
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Edgbaston, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Martina Kubiciková Template:Flagicon Chantal Škamlová	6–2, 6–3
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Sutton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Martina Borecká Template:Flagicon Petra Krejsová	4–6, 7–6(7), [12–10]
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jade Windley	Template:Flagicon Elyne Boeykens Template:Flagicon Karolina Wlodarczak	6–4, 6–1
Win	Template:Dts	10,000	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ana Veselinović	Template:Flagicon Başak Eraydın Template:Flagicon Melis Sezer	2–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kamila Kerimbayeva	Template:Flagicon Camilla Rosatello Template:Flagicon Zhu Aiwen	4–6, 3–6
Loss	Template:Dts	10,000	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Template:Flagicon Daneika Borthwick	Template:Flagicon Anna Smith Template:Flagicon Melanie South	4–6, 2–6

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