Anna Smashnova
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| Country (sports) |
 Israel
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|---|---|
| Born |
July 16, 1976 Minsk, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | January 1, 1991 |
| Retired | July 2007 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $2,274,431 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 401–304 |
| Career titles | 12 WTA, 7 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 15 (February 3, 2003) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1995, 2003, 2005) |
| French Open | 4R (1995, 1998) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2000) |
| US Open | 3R (1994) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 31–45 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 275 (July 10, 2006) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2006, 2007) |
| French Open | 1R (2005, 2006) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2005, 2006) |
| US Open | 2R (2005) |
Anna Smashnova (Hebrew: אנה סמשנובה, Russian: Анна Смашнова; born July 16, 1976) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. She retired from professional tennis after Wimbledon 2007.
Smashnova, who has been noted as having a great last name for a tennis player, reached her career-high singles ranking of world number 15 in 2003. She was in 13 finals, and won 12 of them. In addition, she won a junior Grand Slam championship. She speaks three languages: Russian, English, and Hebrew.
Born to a Russian Jewish family, Smashnova began playing when she was six. She became the number 1 junior in the Soviet Union at the age of 10. She won the girls' Soviet Union youth championship in 1989 at the age of 14. Her family moved to Israel in 1990, after Freddy Krivine, one of the founders of the Israel Tennis Centers, invited her to immigrate. Smashnova then trained at the Israel Tennis Centers. In 1991, she won the girl's singles title at the French Open.
Smashnova was named Tennis Magazine/Rolex Watch Female Rookie of the Year in 1994. At the 1994 French Open she upset world number 5 Jana Novotná, 6–4, 6–2. At the US Open in 1994 she upset world number 14 Lori McNeil in straight sets. She reached the fourth round of the French Open in 1995 and 1998.
At the 1996 Australian Open she upset world number 15 Natasha Zvereva in three sets. She won her first top-level WTA tour singles title in 1999 at Tashkent. She won her second career title on July 24, 2000, winning the Sanex Trophy in Belgium. Smashnova defeated Anna Kournikova in straight sets in her semifinal match, and went on to win the final against top-seed Dominique van Roost.
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