Anne Keothavong

Anne Keothavong
MBE
Keothavong, 2013 in Fed Cup
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceLondon, England
Born (1983-09-16) 16 September 1983 (age 41)
Hackney, London
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired2013
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,303,091
Singles
Career record418–314
Career titles20 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 48 (23 February 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2011)
French Open1R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Wimbledon2R (2004, 2008, 2011, 2012)
US Open3R (2008)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record106–159
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 94 (18 April 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2009)
French Open1R (2009)
Wimbledon2R (2008)
US Open1R (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2008)
Team competitions
Fed Cup22–22

Anne Viensouk Keothavong MBE (born 16 September 1983) is a British former tennis player. In her career, she won a total of 28 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved February 2009).[1] She also reached the semifinals of six WTA International tournaments, and the semifinals of one Premier tournament.[2] Keothavong was British No. 1 and in 2009 became the first British player to make the WTA top 50 since 1993. In April 2001, aged 17, she became, until Katie Swan in 2016, the youngest player ever to play in the Fed Cup for the British team, and she is second (alongside Elena Baltacha) to Virginia Wade's record for most Fed Cup ties played for the Great Britain with 39.

Keothavong announced her retirement on 24 July 2013.[3] After that, she became a member of BT Sport's tennis coverage team, alongside Martina Navratilova and fellow British ex-number one Sam Smith. In 2017, Keothavong became Fed Cup captain for Great Britain, leading the team to win all four ties played in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. She continued as captain for the 2018 and 2019 Fed Cup, winning promotion in April 2019 to World Group II for the first time in 26 years.[4]

  1. ^ Anne Keothavong at the Women's Tennis Association
  2. ^ "Anne Keothavong is first Briton to reach WTA semi-final on clay for 26 years". The Guardian. London. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Women's rankings". BBC News. 28 February 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Fed Cup: Great Britain promoted to World Group II with play-off win over Kazakhstan". BBC News. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.