Samantha Smith (tennis): Difference between revisions

| AustralianOpenresult = 2R ([[1999 Australian Open – Women's Singlessingles|1999]])

| FrenchOpenresult = 1R ([[1991 French Open – Women's Singlessingles|1991]], [[1999 French Open – Women's Singlessingles|1999]])

| Wimbledonresult = 4R ([[1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singlessingles|1998]])

| USOpenresult = 2R ([[1997 US Open – Women's Singlessingles|1997]])

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([[1998 Australian Open – Women's Doublesdoubles|1998]])

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R ([[1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doublesdoubles|1996]], [[1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doublesdoubles|1997]], [[1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doublesdoubles|1998]], [[1999 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doublesdoubles|1999]], [[2000 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doublesdoubles|2000]])

'''Samantha Smith''' (born 27 November 1971) is an [[English people|English]] former professional [[tennis]] player, who was the British ladies' No. 1 from 1996 to 1999. She now commentates on the game, predominantly for the [[BBC Sport|BBC]], [[ITV Network|ITV]], [[Sky Sports]], [[BT Sport]] and, [[Eurosport]] and& [[Amazon Prime ]]<ref name="Sam 01">[http://www.celebritytennis.co.uk/Sam%20Smith%20Bio.pdf Sam Smith] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611231421/http://www.celebritytennis.co.uk/Sam%20Smith%20Bio.pdf |date=2009-06-11 }} Biography and Image, Celebrity Tennis</ref> asand wellfor as16 consecutive years since 2009 in Australia on the [[Australian Open]] which she has been a part of for 11 years with the [[Seven Network]] and as ofsince 2019 the [[Nine Network]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2014/12/summer-of-tennis-guide-2.html|title=Summer of Tennis: guide|date=30 December 2014|access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>

Smith was born in [[Epping, Essex|Epping]], [[Essex]] and was educated at [[Bancroft's School]]. She took three years out of tennis to attend the [[University of Exeter]] where she attained an upper second class Honours degree in [[history]].<ref name="Sam 01"/>

At the [[Australian Open]], she competed in the first round of the women's doubles competition in 1992 (with [[Ilana Berger]]), and reached the second round in 1999.<ref name="Sam 01"/><br/>

At [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], she competed eight times and reached the fourth round in 1998.<ref name="Sam 01"/><br />

At the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]], she competed in the first round in 1998 and reached the second round in 1997.<br />

Smith won a [[silver medal]] in the mixed doubles at the [[Tennis at the 1995 Summer Universiade|1995 Universiade]] ([[World University Games]]) in [[1995 Summer Universiade|Fukuoka]], Japan, partnering [[Paul Robinson (tennis)|Paul Robinson]]. She also reached the quarterfinals in the singles.<ref name="Sam 01"/>

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| [[Nottingham]], United KingdomUK

| [[City of Sunderland|Sunderland]], Great BritainUK

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| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Luciana Tella]] <br /> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Andrea Vieira]]

| [[Key Biscayne, Florida|Key Biscayne]], United StatesUS

| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Rene Simpson]] <br /> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Hellas ter Riet]]

| [[Telford]], United KingdomUK

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kaye Hand]] <br /> {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anna-Karin Svensson]]

| [[Nottingham]], United KingdomUK

| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sofia Finér]] <br /> {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annica Lindstedt]]

| [[Salt Lake City]], United StatesUS

| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Liezel Huber|Liezel Horn]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Karin Kschwendt]]

| [[Welwyn]], United KingdomUK

| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Laurence Courtois]] <br /> {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Tina Križan]]

| [[Midland, Michigan|Midland]], United StatesUS

| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kirstin Freye]] <br /> {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sonya Jeyaseelan]]

[[Category:Olympic tennis players offor Great Britain]]

[[Category:UniversiadeSummer World University Games medalists in tennis]]

[[Category:Tennis peopleplayers from Essex]]

[[Category:UniversiadeFISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain]]