Anne Keothavong
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| Country (sports) |
 United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Residence | South-west London, UK |
| Born |
16 September 1983 Hackney, London, UK |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 2001 |
| Retired | 2013 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$1,257,965 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 418–312 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA (20 ITF) |
| Highest ranking | No. 48 (23 February 2009) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2011) |
| French Open | 1R (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2004, 2008, 2011, 2012) |
| US Open | 3R (2008) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 106–157 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA (8 ITF) |
| Highest ranking | No. 94 (18 April 2011) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2009) |
| French Open | 1R (2009) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2008) |
| US Open | 1R (2008) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2008) |
| Last updated on: 11 April 2015. | |
Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a retired Laotian-British tennis player. She announced her retirement on 24 July 2013. During her career she won a total of 20 International Tennis Federation singles titles, 8 ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved 23 February 2009). She also reached the semifinals of six International tournaments on the main tour and the semifinals of one Premier tournament.
Anne was British Number 1 at the WTA year-end rankings 5 times 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 Great Britain, and she is second (alongside Elena Baltacha) to Virginia Wade's record for most Fed Cup ties played for Great Britain with 39.
After her retirement Keothavong became a member of BT Sport's tennis coverage team, alongside Martina Navratilova and fellow British ex-number one Sam Smith.
Anne Keothavong was born in Hackney in London, to parents who had fled from their wartorn home country of Laos in the 1970s. Her father, Somsak, encouraged her to play short tennis from an early age. Her mother's name is Vathana and she has two brothers: James, who is a tennis umpire, and Mark. She also has a sister, Lena. Keothavong married Andrew Bretherton on 28 February 2015.
At the age of seven, Keothavong took up tennis at Hackney Downs and Highbury Fields. Her preferred surface is hard, though she has also enjoyed success on clay, carpet and grass.
Keothavong played her first match on the junior ITF tour in February 1996, at age 12, and her last in August 2001. In singles she won one title at the LTA Junior International Tournament – Bisham Abbey where she beat compatriot Elena Baltacha in the final. She also reached a total of three semifinals (one of which was at the 2001 Wimbledon girls' tournament where she was beaten by Dinara Safina, the future world no.1, who like Anne, went on to reach a higher ranking in seniors than in juniors) and ten quarterfinals.
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