Anne White

Infobox Tennis biography
playername = Anne White


country = USA
residence = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
datebirth = birth date and age|1961|09|28
placebirth = Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
height = 5ft11in
weight =
turnedpro =
plays = right-handed
careerprizemoney = $
singlesrecord = 109–115
singlestitles = 1
highestsinglesranking = No. 19
AustralianOpenresult = 2nd round 1981 1983
FrenchOpenresult = 4th round 1984
Wimbledonresult = 3rd round 1982
USOpenresult = 4th round 1983
doublesrecord = 136–108
doublestitles = 8
highestdoublesranking = No. 9
updated =

Anne White (born September 28, 1961) is a former professional United States tennis player from Charleston, West Virginia. She is most famous for wearing a white body suit at Wimbledon in 1985. [cite web
last = Spurr
first = Linda
title = Women's fashion hits the courts
work = BBC News
publisher = BBC
date = 1998-06-19
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/wimbledon_98/behind_the_scenes/114681.stm
accessdate =2008-04-24 ] [cite web
last = Atkin
first = Ronald
title = Fashion at Wimbledon
work = Event Guide - History - Other Features
publisher = All England Lawn Tennis Club
url = http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/history/fashion.html
accessdate = ]

Early life

White attended John Adams Junior High School.cite web
last = Simms
first = J.T.
title = Women have long sports history
publisher = Daily Mail
date = 1999-07-06
url = http://dailymail.com/static/specialsections/lookingback/lb07061.htm
accessdate =2008-04-24 ] She then graduated from George Washington High School in Charleston, West Virginia, and went on to become a two-time All-American tennis player at the University of Southern California. [cite web
last = WVSPN.com Staff
title = WVSPN Hall of Fame - Anne White
work = West Virginia Sports on the Net
publisher = WVSPN.com
date = 2001-04-24
url = http://www.thememberandme.com/ann_white.pdf
format = pdf
accessdate =2008-04-24 ]

Family Background

Anne's father, Pete White, played basketball for Clendenin High School.

Wimbledon 1985

White, who was playing fifth seed Pam Shriver in the first round at Wimbledon in 1985 on an outer court, warmed up in a tracksuit. When she took the tracksuit off to start play, she revealed that she was wearing a white, one-piece, lycra body suit, which attracted a lot of attention from the crowd and the photographers. With the match tied at one set all, play was stopped for the day because of bad light, and the umpire, Alan Mills, told her to wear more appropriate clothing the next day. She did so, and lost the third set, but the incident was widely reported. [cite web
last = Crawford
first = Sue
title = Centre caught; Mink Skirts to Purple Knickers .. The Girls Who
publisher = Sunday Mirror
date = 2001-06-01
url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20010610/ai_n14528799
accessdate =2008-04-24 ] [cite web
last = Elliott
first = Josh
title = Anne White With an unintentional fashion statement, she left her mark on tennis
work = SI Vault
publisher = Time Inc.
date = 2000-07-31
url = http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1019841/index.htm
accessdate =2008-04-24 ] [cite web
last = Henderson
first = Jon
title = Too Sexy for the All England Club
work = Observer Sport Monthly
publisher = Guardian News and Media Limited
date = 2002-06-09
url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,727705,00.html
accessdate =2008-04-24 ] She was later quoted as saying, "I had no idea it would be so controversial." [cite web
last = Graham
first = Janet
title = What Ever Happened to Anne White and the Original Catsuit
publisher = Tennis Life Magazine
date = May 2003
url = http://www.tennislifemagazine.com/ed2003/MayJune03/mayjune03-anne.html
accessdate =2008-04-24 ]

Results

White won her only singles title at Phoenix, Arizona on March 9 1987, beating the top seeded Dianne Balestrat in the final. [cite web
title = Phoenix, Arizona
work = Women's Tennis Archives
publisher = Tennis Corner
url = http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=w&action=draw&tourid=19870309PHO&drawtype=S
accessdate =2008-04-24 ] She reached the semifinals of the women's doubles in the 1984 U.S. Open and in 1985 in the French Open. She claimed that her career earnings were more than a million dollars.

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

External links

*wta|id=230022
*ITF female profile|number=20001249

References