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Leigh Anne Thompson

USA Age 62 WTA Tour years active: 1981–1986

Leigh Anne Thompson represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Leigh Anne Thompson finished with a career record of 42–73 and one singles title. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

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Elo peak

1793 (74th percentile)

Singles record

42–73 (36.5%)

Singles titles

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 →

Leigh Anne Thompson's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Patty Fendick #81	3-6 6-7(6)	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1986*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Nathalie Tauziat #72	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 20, 1986*	R64	Mahwah	WTA 250	Hard
Mercedes Paz #112	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 1, 1986*	R16	Indianapolis	WTA 250	Clay
Vicki Nelson	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 30, 1986*	R32	Indianapolis	WTA 250	Clay
Mary Lou Piatek	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 29, 1986*	R64	Indianapolis	WTA 250	Clay

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Leigh Anne Thompson's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Mary Lou Piatek	1	2	3	Apr 29, 1986	H2H
Marcella Mesker	1	2	3	Feb 28, 1986	H2H
Catarina Lindqvist Ryan	1	2	3	Sep 2, 1985	H2H
Sandy Collins	2	1	3	Aug 29, 1985	H2H
Joanne Russell	1	2	3	Mar 7, 1985	H2H

Titles (1)

Leigh Anne Thompson titles by season and category
Season	Age	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
1982	18	1	—	—	—	1	—	Mahwah
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Leigh Anne Thompson career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1981	17	4	5	9	44.4%	—	—
1982	18	20	23	43	46.5%	—	—
1983	19	7	17	24	29.2%	—	—
1984	20	0	8	8	0.0%	—	—
1985	21	6	11	17	35.3%	—	—
1986	22	5	9	14	35.7%	—	—
Career		42	73	115	36.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Leigh Anne Thompson 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 %
1981	17	2	2	4	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
1982	18	7	2	9	77.8%	7	8	15	46.7%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	9	15	40.0%	20	23	43	46.5%
1983	19	1	4	5	20.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%	7	17	24	29.2%
1984	20	0	5	5	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	8	8	0.0%
1985	21	6	9	15	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	11	17	35.3%
1986	22	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%	5	9	14	35.7%
Career	—	16	25	41	39.0%	13	20	33	39.4%	0	5	5	0.0%	13	22	35	37.1%	42	73	115	36.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Leigh Anne Thompson 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	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1986	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	9	12	25.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 12/115 (10.4%) of Leigh Anne Thompson's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Leigh Anne Thompson 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
1981	17	1543	110.4	—	—	—	—	+61	+27	—	47.6%	0.00	1–2 (33%)	1–1	—	+0.41
1982	18	1765	135.1	—	—	—	—	+1	-160	-227	45.7%	-0.04	5–5 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	100.7	-0.61
1983	19	1715	134.4	—	—	—	—	+4	-84	—	38.8%	-0.96	0–5 (0%)	1–1	—	-2.18
1984	20	1590	92.8	—	—	—	—	+12	-27	—	11.1%	-2.33	0–2	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.15
1985	21	1594	115.3	—	—	—	—	+21	—	—	36.8%	-0.66	2–4 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.16
1986	22	1556	101.1	—	—	—	—	-8	-18	—	43.8%	-0.53	2–4 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	95.1	+1.93
Career		1793	126.6	—	—	—	—	+9	-96	-227	40.5%	-0.53	10–22 (31%)	9–13 (41%)	89.9	-0.39

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Leigh Anne Thompson Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1981	17	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1982	18	R64	R128	R64	2–3 (40%)
1983	19	R128	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1984	20	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1985	21	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1986	22	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	6–9 (40%)

WTA 500

Leigh Anne Thompson WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	NAP	SDG	AME	BER	CAN	CHA	HIL	LOS	W-L Win %
1982	18	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	1–2 (33%)
1984	20	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	0–3 (0%)
1985	21	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1986	22	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–8 (20%)

WTA 250

Leigh Anne Thompson WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	DAL	EAS	HKG	HOU	NAP	NWP	QUE	TKY	WAS	AME	AUS	BEC	BIR	BOC	BRI	CHI	DEE	DET	FAY	POR	FOR	HAR	HIL	LUG	MAH	MAR	MIN	OAK	OKL	ORA	ORL	PAL	PAL	PER	PHI	RIC	TAM	WIC	WOR	W-L Win %
1981	17	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1982	18	—	R64	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	R64	—	QF	R32	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	R64	R16	W	—	—	R32	—	F	—	—	—	R32	R32	SF	—	—	—	17–18 (49%)
1983	19	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	R64	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	7–15 (32%)
1984	20	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1985	21	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	3–7 (30%)
1986	22	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	5–7 (42%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	9–4 (69%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	34–54 (39%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

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Career-high date

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First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

No ranking history available.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Leigh Anne Thompson?: Leigh Anne Thompson is 62 years old, born on January 8, 1964.
Which country does Leigh Anne Thompson represent?: Leigh Anne Thompson represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Leigh Anne Thompson won?: Leigh Anne Thompson has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Leigh Anne Thompson won?: TennisDB does not group any of Leigh Anne Thompson's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Leigh Anne Thompson won?: Leigh Anne Thompson has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Mahwah in 1982.
What is Leigh Anne Thompson's career win-loss record?: Leigh Anne Thompson has a career WTA singles record of 42 wins and 73 losses (36.5%).
Which seasons of Leigh Anne Thompson's career appear in TennisDB?: Leigh Anne Thompson appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1981 through 1986.
On which surface does Leigh Anne Thompson have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Leigh Anne Thompson's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 39.4% (13–20).
Who has Leigh Anne Thompson faced most often?: Leigh Anne Thompson's most frequent opponent is Mary Lou Piatek, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.