Anne Minter

Anne Minter
Country (sports)  Australia
Residence Victoria, Australia
Born (1963-04-03) 3 April 1963
Victoria, Australia
Turned pro 1981
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $US682,839[1]
Singles
Career record 258–245
Career titles 4 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 23 (4 July 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open QF (1988)
French Open 3R (1987)
Wimbledon 4R (1991, 1988)
US Open 3R (1984, 1988, 1989)
Doubles
Career record 108–187
Career titles 2 ITF
Highest ranking No. 68 (19 March 1990)

Anne Minter (born 3 April 1963)[1] is a former tennis player from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[2] She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour: 1987 Taipei, Singapore;[3] 1988 Puerto Rico; 1989 Taipei.[1] Minter was a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open in 1988, beating fourth seed Pam Shriver in the R16 when the tournament moved to the hard court surface at Melbourne Park.[4] She twice reached the R16 at Wimbledon, upsetting ninth seed Hana Mandlíková in the third round in 1988.[5] She reached her highest individual ranking in her professional career on 4 July 1988, when she became the 23rd top player in the world.[1] On 19 March 1990 she reached her highest doubles ranking or 68. Her playing career spanned 11 years from 1981 until 1992. Minter's win-loss record for singles stands at 258–245.

Fed Cup

Minter made her Fed Cup debut for Australia in 1981 and played successively until 1989 only missing 1982–1983.[6] Her debut came with a win in doubles in the 1st Round of the World Group over the team from the Philippines.[6] In 1984 Minter lead Australia to the final of the World Group where Australia lost narrowly 2–1 to Czechoslovakia.[6] Minter was the only winner from the team, winning her singles.[6] Again the following year, Minter was influential in heading the Australian team into the semi-finals, this time unsuccessful against a strong US team.[6] For the next three years Minter headed the Australian team to successive quarter-finals losing to Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Germany respectively.[6] In 1989 Minter and the Australians were back at the top and narrowly lost in the semi-finals to a strong Spanish side with Minter losing in three sets to an in form Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.[6] This was also to be Anne Minter's last appearance as an Australian player.[6] By this time her record stood at 20 wins and 6 losses.[1] In singles it was a 16–6 winning record and a 4–0 in doubles.

Olympics

Anne Minter played in the 1988 Seoul Olympics reaching the second round.[7]

Grand Slams

Anne Minter's debut in all Grand Slams with the exception of Wimbledon came in 1981. Minter regularly progressed through to the second and third rounds of Grand Slams with her best result being a quarter- final.

Australian Open

Her best performance was in the 1988 Australian Open saw her reach the quarter-finals.[1][4] Her only absence at the tournament was in 1986.

French Open

Minter's best result was at 1987 French Open when she progressed to third round of the tournament.

Wimbledon

At Wimbledon, Minter's results were the best reaching the third round on numerous occasions and the fourth round twice.[1]

US Open

Minter experienced mixed results at the US Open with a number of first round losses and reached the third round three times.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 7 (4–3)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 2
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 25 September 1983 Kansas City, Missouri, USA Hard Australia Elizabeth Sayers 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 3 March 1985 Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA Hard United States Robin White 7–6, 2–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 26 April 1987 Taipei Carpet West Germany Claudia Porwik 6–4, 6–1
Winner 4. 3 May 1987 Singapore Hard United States Barbara Gerken 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 9 August 1987 San Diego, USA Hard Italy Raffaella Reggi 0–6, 4–6
Winner 6. 16 October 1988 San Juan, Puerto Rico Hard Argentina Mercedes Paz 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner 7. 30 April 1989 Taipei Hard United States Cammy MacGregor 6–1, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles 1 (1–0)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 0
Titles by Surface
Hard 1
Clay 0
Grass 0
Carpet 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
Winner 1. 9 September 1984 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Hard Australia Elizabeth Minter United States Heather Crowe
United States Robin White		 6–1, 6–2

Mixed doubles 1 (0–1)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 0
Titles by Surface
Hard 0
Clay 0
Grass 0
Carpet 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 10 June 1984 French Open, France Clay Australia Laurie Warder United States Dick Stockton
United States Anne Smith		 2–6, 4–6

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Profiles:Anne Minter". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  2. ↑ AIS at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Molik downed in Budapest final". ABC. 21 April 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  4. 1 2 Quayle, Emma (26 January 2005). "Molik here to stay: former stars". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "Mandlikova upset by Anne Minter". Reading Eagle. 24 June 1988. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Anne Minter". Fed Cup. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "Anne Minter". SR/Olympic sports. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

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