Anna Aleksandrovna Smashnova (, ; born July 16, 1976) is a Soviet-born Israeli former tennis player. She retired from professional tour after Wimbledon 2007.
Smashnova reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 in 2003. She reached 13 finals, and won 12 of them. In addition, she won a junior Grand Slam title, the 1991 French Open girls' singles championship.
Early life
Smashnova, born in Minsk, is of Russian-Jewish descent. Her father Sasha is an engineer, and her mother is Zina. She has a brother, Yura, who is a software analyst. Smashnova graduated from American International High School outside Tel Aviv in 1995.
Tennis career
Smashnova began playing tennis when she was six. She became the No. 1 junior in the Soviet Union at the age of ten. She was the number one junior in the Soviet Union from age ten until she moved to Israel at age 14. In 1991, she won the girls' singles title at the French Open at age 14.
She had a breakthrough in 2002, winning four titles and beating 11 players ranked in the top 20, including Jelena Dokić, Justine Henin, and Kim Clijsters. In January 2002, Smashnova defeated Tatiana Panova at the Auckland Open and top-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn at the Canberra Classic. In March 2002, she upset world No. 13, Meghann Shaughnessy, at Indian Wells. In April, she defeated world No. 7, Justine Henin in Miami, and world No. 9, Jelena Dokić in Charleston. In May at the German Open, she upset world No. 3, Kim Clijsters, and world No. 14, Daniela Hantuchová, both in three sets. As it turned out, she lost in the first round to German Martina Müller by the "double bagel" scoreline, 0–6, 0–6.
WTA career finals
Singles: 13 (12 titles, 1 runner-up)
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| Tier IV, V (9–1)
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!style="width:200px"|Tournament
!Surface
!style="width:180px"|Opponent
!style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#66CCFF;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1–0
| Jun 1999
| Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan
| Hard
| Laurence Courtois
| 6–3, 6–3
|- style="background:#66CCFF;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2–0
| Jul 2000
| Knokke-Heist Open, Belgium
| Clay
| Dominique van Roost
| 6–2, 7–5
|- style="background:#66CCFF;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3–0
| Jan 2002
| Auckland Open, New Zealand
| Hard
| Tatiana Panova
| 6–2, 6–2
|- style="background:#66CCFF;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 4–0
| Jan 2002
| Canberra International, Australia
| Hard
| Tamarine Tanasugarn
| 7–5, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 5–0
| Jun 2002
| Austrian Open
| Clay
| Iroda Tulyaganova
| 6–4, 6–1
|- style="background:#66CCFF;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6–0
| Sep 2002
| Shanghai Open, China
| Hard
| Anna Kournikova
| 6–2, 6–3
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 7–0
| Aug 2003
| Sopot Open, Poland
| Clay
| Klára Zakopalová
| 6–2, 6–0
|- style="background:#66CCFF;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 8–0
| Aug 2003
| Nordic Light Open, Finland
| Clay
| Jelena Kostanić
| 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 9–0
| May 2004
| Austrian Open
| Clay
| Alicia Molik
| 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
|- style="background:#66CCFF;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 10–0
| Jul 2005
| Internazionali di Modena, Italy
| Clay
| Tathiana Garbin
| 6–6 ret.
|- style="background:#66CCFF;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 11–0
| Aug 2005
| Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary
| Clay
| Catalina Castaño
| 6–2, 6–2
|- style="background:#66CCFF;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 12–0
| Jul 2006
| Budapest Grand Prix
| Clay
| Lourdes Domínguez Lino
| 6–1, 6–3
|- style="background:#66CCFF;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 12–1
| Aug 2006
| Forest Hills Classic, U.S.
| Hard
| Meghann Shaughnessy
| 6–1, 0–6, 4–6
|}
ITF Circuit finals
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| $100,000 tournaments
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| $75,000 tournaments
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| $50,000 tournaments
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| $25,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| $10,000 tournaments
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Singles: 17 (7–10)
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!Result
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1.
| 25 November 1991
| ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel
| Hard
| Tessa Price
| 4–6, 3–6
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2.
| 11 July 1993
| ITF Erlangen, Germany
| Clay
| Isabel Cueto
| 6–3, 6–1
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 3.
| 29 November 1993
| Ramat HaSharon, Israel
| Hard
| Petra Thorén
| 3–6, 3–6
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 4.
| 2 June 1997
| ITF Tashkent, Uzbekistan
| Hard
| Angélica Gavaldón
| 3–6, 2–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 5.
| 14 July 1997
| ITF Getxo, Spain
| Clay
| Ségolène Berger
| 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6.
| 17 November 1997
| ITF Jaffa, Israel
| Hard
| Tzipora Obziler
| 6–3, 6–2
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 7.
| 6 October 1997
| ITF Indian Wells, United States
| Hard
| Miho Saeki
| 1–6, 4–6
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 8.
| 29 March 1998
| ITF Woodlands, United States
| Hard
| Elena Pampoulova
| 6–2, 1–6, 5–7
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 9.
| 12 April 1998
| ITF Athens, Greece
| Clay
| Rita Kuti-Kis
| 1–6, 6–2, 6–2
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 10.
| 4 May 1997
| ITF Cardiff, Great Britain
| Clay
| Květa Peschke
| 5–7, 4–6
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 11.
| 17 May 1998
| ITF Porto, Portugal
| Clay
| Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
| 6–2, 6–2
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 12.
| 4 October 1998
| ITF Santa Clara, United States
| Hard
| Amy Frazier
| 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 13.
| 3 October 1999
| ITF Santa Clara, United States
| Hard
| Cara Black
| 2–6, 1–6
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 14.
| 17 October 1999
| ITF Largo, United States
| Hard
| Marissa Irvin
| 7–6<sup>(2)</sup>, 6–1
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 15.
| 9 September 2001
| ITF Fano, Italy
| Clay
| Zuzana Ondrášková
| 6–3, 1–6, 5–7
|- bgcolor="#f7e98e"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 16.
| 16 September 2001
| ITF Bordeaux, France
| Clay
| Lubomira Bacheva
| 6–4, 1–6, 0–6
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 17.
| 11 June 2006
| ITF Prostějov, Czech Republic
| Clay
| Romina Oprandi
| w/o
|}
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
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!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1.
| 20 April 1997
| ITF Bari, Italy
| Clay
| Tzipora Obziler
| Sandra Načuk <br/> Dragana Zarić
| 4–6, 2–6
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2.
| 17 November 1997
| ITF Jaffa, Israel
| Hard
| Tzipora Obziler
| Nataly Cahana <br/> Maaike Koutstaal
| 2–6, 1–6
|}
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' singles: 1 (1 title)
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!Year
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!Score
|- style="background:#ebc2af;"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Win
|1991
|French Open
|Clay
| Inés Gorrochategui
|2-6, 7–5, 6–1
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Head-to-head records
Smashnova's win–loss records against certain players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher is as follows:
<small>Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.</small>
- Martina Hingis 0–2
- Dominique Monami 2–0
- Lindsay Davenport 0–4
- Flavia Pennetta 4–0
- / Karina Habšudová 0–2
- / Jelena Dokić 1–3
- Ai Sugiyama 1–3
- Anna Kournikova 2–3
- Jennifer Capriati 0–2
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0–1
- Elena Dementieva 2–1
- Daniela Hantuchová 3–2
- Nadia Petrova 1–1
- Dinara Safina 1–0
- Anastasia Myskina 1–1
- Amélie Mauresmo 1–6
- Kim Clijsters 1–1
- // Monica Seles 0–2
- Nicole Vaidišová 0–1
- Jelena Janković 1–1
- Venus Williams 0–3
- Serena Williams 0–2
- Justine Henin 1–2
- Maria Sharapova 0–2
See also
- List of select Jewish tennis players
References
External links
- Anna Smashnova at the Jewish Virtual Library
- Anna Smashnova at JewsInSports.org (archived)