Anne Keothavong

Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 94th in the world (as of 4 July 2011). So far in her career she has won a total of 17 International Tennis Federation singles titles, 5 ITF doubles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved 23 February 2009). She has also reached the semifinals of four International tournaments on the main tour and the semifinals of one Premier tournament.

In terms of Grand Slam success, Anne's best result so far came at the 2008 US Open, where she reached the third round. She beat Alexa Glatch in the first round and followed this up with a victory over the No. 25 seed, Francesca Schiavone, a woman ranked 60 places above her. She faced world No. 6, Elena Dementieva, in round three and was defeated. Anne has also managed to reach the second round of Wimbledon on three occasions: in 2004, 2008 and 2011. In 2004 she beat Nicole Pratt in the first round and lost to Maria Sharapova, the No. 13 seed, in straight sets in round...
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