Anne Keothavong

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anne Keothavong
Occupation	Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 16, 1983(1983-09-16)
Age	41
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

Anne Keothavong Biography

Anne Keothavong is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on September 16, 1983 in England, United Kingdom. Laotian-British tennis player who took home the title of 20 International Tennis Federation singles titles and eight doubles titles prior to declaring her retirement from tennis in July of 2013. Then she began covering WTA Tour coverage. WTA Tour as a broadcaster through BT Sport.

She beat She defeated Angelique Kerber in an ITF event in Prerov, Czech Republic in November 2006. in an ITF competition held in Prerov, Czech Republic in November of 2006.

Keothavong played her first match on the junior ITF circuit 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 number one, who like Anne, went on to reach a higher ranking in seniors than in juniors) and ten quarterfinals.

Keothavong played her first professional match on the ITF circuit in April 1998, at age 14, when she fell in the first round of qualifying for the $10k tournament in Birmingham. That year she played only two more matches (in the qualifying tournaments for the $10k events in Hatfield, Hertfordshire and Felixstowe) and lost both of them. She finished the year without a world ranking.

She got married to Andrew Bretherton in February 2015. She has three siblings: James, Mark and Lena.

Anne Keothavong Net Worth

Anne Keothavong is one of the richest Tennis Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anne Keothavong 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her birthplace was Hackney, London and began playing tennis at Hackney Downs and Highbury Fields when she was just 7 years old. Her Junior ITF tour debut at the age of 12.

On April 1, 2001 aged 17 years old, She became the youngest athlete ever to ever represent Great Britain at the Fed Cup.

Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a retired British tennis player. During her career she won a total of 28 titles on the ITF Women’s Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved on 23 February 2009). She also reached the semifinals of six WTA International tournaments, and the semifinals of one Premier tournament. Anne was British No. 1 at the year-end rankings five 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Anne Keothavong height 5 ft 9 in Anne weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Anne Keothavong Dating?

According to our records, Anne Keothavong married to Andrew Bretherton. As of December 1, 2023, Anne Keothavong’s is not dating anyone.

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The first tournament of 2003 for Keothavong was the qualifying event for the Hobart International where she lost to Tiffany Dabek in the first round. Keothavong then headed to the Australian Open in order to attempt to qualify and she again lost in the first round to Sandra Klösel. After this she headed to the ITF circuit and won the $25k event in Belfort by defeating Nathalie Viérin in the final. Two weeks later she reached the quarterfinals of a $25k in Redbridge, London and the week after that lost in the final of yet another $25k event in Ostrava. In March she reached the quarterfinals of Redding, California ($25k0) and in April she headed to Portugal to represent Great Britain in the Fed Cup. She won two of her four singles rubbers. May saw Keothavong reach the second round of qualifying for the French Open. In her next tournament (Surbiton $25k) she reached the semifinals but had to withdraw before the match. Keothavong did not compete again until mid-June when she was given a wild card into the main draw of the Hastings Direct International where she was defeated by Japanese veteran, Ai Sugiyama. A second consecutive wild card gave her entry into the main draw of Wimbledon where she had to withdraw during her first round match against Katarina Srebotnik with the score at 2–6, 0–4. After Wimbledon she reached the final round of qualifying for the US Open and lost to Maureen Drake but had no more notable results that year. She finished the year with a singles ranking of world No. 177.

Facts & Trivia

Anne Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Anne Keothavong celebrates birthday on September 16 of every year.

The new season began in the same way as the 2006 for Keothavong; she again started her year by falling in qualifying for the WTA events in the Moorilla Hobart International and the Australian Open. In February she reached two consecutive ITF semifinals in Tipton ($25k) and St. Paul ($50k) before going on to lose in qualifying for the Cellular South Cup and in qualifying for Indian Wells in March. Keothavong again represented her country in the Fed Cup in April and won one of her three singles matches. In May she reached the semifinals of an $25k in Antalya and lost in the second round of the French Open qualifying tournament to María Emilia Salerni. As in 2006, June saw Keothavong lose in the first round of the DFS Classic, the Hastings Direct International and Wimbledon after she was given a wildcard into each of these events. Elena Baltacha was her conqueror in the Hastings Direct whereas Jelena Janković was the victor over Keothavong in Wimbledon.

How many children does Anne Keothavong have?

It is the most heartbreaking part of her story that her cancer diagnosis came just a month later. Keothavong knows that, as Fed Cup captain and the mother to two small children , she is living the future that Baltacha had taken away from her.

Is Anne Keothavong related to James Keothavong?

Early and personal life. 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.

How old is Anne Keothavong?

39 years (September 16, 1983)

How tall is Anne Keothavong?

5′ 9″

Do Wimbledon umpires get paid?

At the 2018 Wimbledon gold badge umpires received £380 a day (around $495). Compared to 2011, they were paid £189 per day for each match officiated.