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Anne Hobbs

GBR Age 67 167 cm / 5'6" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1976–1989

Anne Hobbs represented the United Kingdom on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 35. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 171–163 and 8 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

35 (Jul 9, 1984)

Elo peak

1839 (80th percentile)

Singles record

171–163 (51.2%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$510,610

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Anne Hobbs's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Patricia Hy Boulais	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 26, 1989*	R64	Schenectady	WTA 250	Hard
Sabine Hack #105	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 1989*	R32	Estoril	WTA 250	Clay
Chris Evert #4	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1989*	R32	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Gisele Miro	5-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 30, 1989*	R64	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Michelle Jaggard Lai	6-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 1989*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Anne Hobbs's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jo Durie	5	4	9	May 28, 1986	H2H
Yvonne Vermaak	4	3	7	Jun 15, 1984	H2H
Lesley Charles	3	3	6	Jun 11, 1981	H2H
Susan Leo	4	1	5	Jun 10, 1987	H2H
Pam Shriver	0	5	5	Jan 1, 1987	H2H

Singles Titles (8)

Anne Hobbs singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1977	17	2	—	—	—	2	—	Copenhagen, Port Elizabeth
1978	18	1	—	—	—	1	—	Liverpool
1980	20	2	—	—	—	2	—	Lee-On-Solent, Manchester
1982	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Manchester
1983	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Indianapolis Indoors
1985	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	ASB Classic
Total		8	—	—	—	8	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Anne Hobbs career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1976	16	7	7	14	50.0%	—	—
1977	17	6	6	12	50.0%	—	—
1978	18	23	13	36	63.9%	—	—
1979	19	12	11	23	52.2%	—	—
1980	20	26	18	44	59.1%	—	—
1981	21	22	18	40	55.0%	—	—
1982	22	8	13	21	38.1%	—	—
1983	23	18	19	37	48.7%	—	—
1984	24	14	14	28	50.0%	46	59
1985	25	13	12	25	52.0%	63	63
1986	26	6	14	20	30.0%	40	99
1987	27	14	11	25	56.0%	100	42
1989	29	2	7	9	22.2%	230	231
Career		171	163	334	51.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Anne Hobbs career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1976	16	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	4	10	60.0%	7	7	14	50.0%
1977	17	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	6	6	12	50.0%
1978	18	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	23	13	36	63.9%
1979	19	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	12	11	23	52.2%
1980	20	2	4	6	33.3%	13	4	17	76.5%	1	3	4	25.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	26	18	44	59.1%
1981	21	1	3	4	25.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	10	6	16	62.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	22	18	40	55.0%
1982	22	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	1	5	6	16.7%	8	13	21	38.1%
1983	23	7	3	10	70.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	7	11	36.4%	18	19	37	48.6%
1984	24	1	4	5	20.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	14	14	28	50.0%
1985	25	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	11	6	17	64.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	13	12	25	52.0%
1986	26	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	14	20	30.0%
1987	27	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	10	7	17	58.8%	1	2	3	33.3%	14	11	25	56.0%
1989	29	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%
Career	—	19	31	50	38.0%	34	36	70	48.6%	71	50	121	58.7%	28	41	69	40.6%	171	163	334	51.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Anne Hobbs career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	24	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1985	25	0	5	5	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	0	2	100.0%	3	9	12	25.0%
1986	26	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	11	14	21.4%
1987	27	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	10	9	19	52.6%
1989	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
Career		1	12	13	7.7%	5	13	18	27.8%	9	15	24	37.5%	5	2	7	71.4%	20	42	62	32.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 62/334 (18.6%) of Anne Hobbs's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Anne Hobbs advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1976	16	1551	106.9	—	—	—	—	+100	—	—	50.0%	-0.13	1–3 (25%)	—	—	+2.73
1977	17	1576	107.0	—	—	—	—	+110	-77	—	44.8%	-0.31	4–1 (80%)	0–1	—	+2.78
1978	18	1721	124.8	—	—	—	—	-11	—	-74	59.5%	+0.81	8–4 (67%)	5–3 (63%)	105.9	+1.66
1979	19	1750	138.1	—	—	—	—	-72	—	-19	50.0%	-0.20	3–3 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	99.4	-1.77
1980	20	1753	133.2	—	—	—	—	-138	-53	-44	57.4%	+0.63	7–6 (54%)	3–5 (38%)	99.6	-0.64
1981	21	1824	132.2	—	—	—	—	-130	-98	-23	51.6%	+0.07	10–5 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	104.7	-2.46
1982	22	1727	117.1	—	—	—	—	-111	-94	+66	43.4%	-0.13	4–7 (36%)	2–3 (40%)	95.7	-0.55
1983	23	1751	128.8	—	—	—	—	-65	-56	+26	47.7%	-0.24	7–5 (58%)	4–4 (50%)	100.4	+0.51
1984	24	1736	125.9	—	—	—	—	-108	-51	+108	50.7%	-0.03	7–8 (47%)	4–1 (80%)	102.3	+0.66
1985	25	1777	133.9	—	—	—	—	-156	—	+124	51.9%	-0.06	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.18
1986	26	1680	122.2	—	—	—	—	-135	-60	+222	32.6%	-1.09	3–3 (50%)	0–2	—	-1.37
1987	27	1714	125.8	—	—	—	—	-121	—	+119	53.6%	+0.21	4–4 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	97.9	+1.62
1989	29	1610	99.4	—	—	—	—	-110	—	+183	30.4%	-1.52	2–3 (40%)	0–1	—	+1.08
Career		1839	133.0	—	—	—	—	-75	-67	+52	50.1%	+0.01	62–54 (53%)	27–30 (47%)	100.0	+1.22

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Anne Hobbs Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1977	17	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	18	—	—	R128	R32	1–2 (33%)
1979	19	—	R32	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1980	20	—	R32	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1981	21	R32	R64	R16	R128	4–4 (50%)
1982	22	—	R128	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1983	23	R32	R16	R128	R128	4–4 (50%)
1984	24	—	R64	R16	R128	4–3 (57%)
1985	25	R16	R128	R64	R32	5–4 (56%)
1986	26	—	R32	R32	R128	4–3 (57%)
1987	27	R16	—	R64	R16	7–3 (70%)
1989	29	—	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		7–4 (64%)	8–8 (50%)	13–12 (52%)	7–9 (44%)	35–33 (51%)

WTA 500

Anne Hobbs WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BRI	SDG	PAN	AME	BER	CAN	HIL	SYD	SYD	W-L Win %
1978	18	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	4–3 (57%)
1979	19	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	2–2 (50%)
1980	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1981	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	3–2 (60%)
1982	22	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1983	23	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	4–3 (57%)
1984	24	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	R64	R32	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1985	25	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1986	26	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	27	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	2–2 (50%)
1989	29	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		4–2 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	21–22 (49%)

WTA 250

Anne Hobbs WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	CIN	DAL	EAS	EST	HKG	MAD	MC	MEL	NAP	NWP	QUE	TKY	WAS	ABE	AME	AMS	AUS	BIR	BOS	BOU	BRE	BRI	CHI	CHI	CHR	COP	DEN	DET	POR	GUI	HAM	HIL	HIL	HON	ILK	KEY	LEE	LEN	LIN	LIV	LUG	MAH	MAN	MAR	MIN	MON	NEW	NIC	OAK	ORL	PAL	PER	PER	PER	PIT	POR	SCH	SEA	SIN	SOU	SOU	SUR	SUT	TAI	TAM	TOR	WOR	W-L Win %
1976	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	7–7 (50%)
1977	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–5 (55%)
1978	18	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	18–8 (69%)
1979	19	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	8–6 (57%)
1980	20	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	W	R16	—	—	—	R64	W	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23–14 (62%)
1981	21	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	15–12 (56%)
1982	22	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–10 (41%)
1983	23	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R64	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10–12 (45%)
1984	24	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–7 (50%)
1985	25	—	W	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
1986	26	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–10 (17%)
1987	27	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	5–6 (45%)
1989	29	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–5 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	4–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	12–11 (52%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–4 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	10–5 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	4–9 (31%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	10–3 (77%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–0 (100%)	1–2 (33%)	1–4 (20%)	12–1 (92%)	1–2 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	115–108 (52%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 9, 1984

First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Anne Hobbs ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	24	47	54	48	43	50	47	35	36	41	46	45	59
1985	25	—	63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	26	42	50	52	62	65	51	51	47	58	64	62	99
1987	27	94	72	69	67	66	65	75	66	50	49	41	42
1988	28	48	69	67	70	72	116	129	132	132	—	—	—
1989	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	229	228	230	234	229	231
1990	30	231	231	229	243	239	237	583	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Anne Hobbs's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Yvonne Vermaak	RSA	#38	1,892	488	239	249	49.0%	$497,124	5	1973–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Rene Uys	RSA	#39	1,719	96	47	49	49.0%	$84,568	2	1979–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Susan Mascarin	USA	#32	1,797	255	113	142	44.3%	$260,633	1	1979–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Petra Huber	AUT	#37	1,737	137	58	79	42.3%	$161,735	2	1982–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Marcella Mesker	NED	#31	1,791	237	103	134	43.5%	$337,812	1	1979–1988	Rivalries	Match log
Terry Holladay	USA	#39	1,942	378	179	199	47.4%	$241,905	1	1970–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Beth Herr	USA	#31	1,766	235	107	128	45.5%	$391,346	1	1981–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Betsy Nagelsen	USA	#25	1,890	590	266	324	45.1%	$1,016,519	6	1972–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Wendy White	USA	#28	1,856	350	161	189	46.0%	$573,859	1	1978–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Linda Wild	USA	#23	1,815	281	135	146	48.0%	$1,237,931	5	1972–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Ann Henricksson	USA	#36	1,755	357	147	210	41.2%	$632,777	0	1980–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Etsuko Inoue	JPN	#26	1,803	253	120	133	47.4%	$292,859	2	1980–1990	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Anne Hobbs?: Anne Hobbs is 67 years old, born on August 21, 1959.
Which country does Anne Hobbs represent?: Anne Hobbs represents United Kingdom in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Anne Hobbs?: Anne Hobbs is 167 cm / 5'6".
Is Anne Hobbs left-handed or right-handed?: Anne Hobbs plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Anne Hobbs won?: Anne Hobbs has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Anne Hobbs won?: TennisDB does not group any of Anne Hobbs's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Anne Hobbs won?: Anne Hobbs has won 8 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Auckland in 1985.
What is Anne Hobbs' highest WTA ranking?: Anne Hobbs' career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 35, first achieved on July 9, 1984.
What is Anne Hobbs' career win-loss record?: Anne Hobbs has a career WTA singles record of 171 wins and 163 losses (51.2%).
How much career prize money has Anne Hobbs earned?: Anne Hobbs has earned at least $510,610 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Anne Hobbs's career appear in TennisDB?: Anne Hobbs appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1976 through 1989.
On which surface does Anne Hobbs have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Anne Hobbs's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 58.7% (71–50).
Who has Anne Hobbs faced most often?: Anne Hobbs' most frequent opponent is Jo Durie, with a head-to-head record of 5–4 across 9 meetings.