Emily Webley-Smith

January 6, 2024
Tennis Player

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Emily Webley-Smith
Full Name Emily Webley-Smith
Occupation Tennis Player
Date Of Birth Jul 14, 1984(1984-07-14)
Age 40
Birthplace Bristol
Country United Kingdom
Horoscope Cancer

Emily Webley-Smith Biography

Name Emily Webley-Smith
Birthday Jul 14
Birth Year 1984
Place Of Birth Bristol
Birth Country United Kingdom
Birth Sign Cancer

Emily Webley-Smith is one of the most popular and richest Tennis Player who was born on July 14, 1984 in Bristol, United Kingdom. Emily Webley Smith was born on the 14th of August 1984 , in Thornbury, Avon, which is now located in South Gloucestershire. The mother of Emily, Jane works as a PE teacher, while her dad, Mike, an amateur player and cricketer. There is also a sister who is named Hannah. Her first exposure into tennis came from playing tennis in her yard and on the grounds of the cricket club which her father was the captain of the club. She is being coached by Jeremy Bates.

The 2001 season started off well for Webley-Smith because in her first tournament of the season she qualified and made it to finals in the event of $10k held in Jersey after being defeated by Anne Keothavong, 6-3, 7-6. However, she failed to maintain her form throughout the remainder of the year and lost in the qualifying rounds of every tournament she played in except for the $10k Sunderland tournament, in which she was again defeated by Keothavong with a score of 7-6, 6-3. She also participated at the start of the final ITF event of the year, claiming to be the lucky loser, only to be again defeated in the first round. She finished the year as in the world’s top ten. 712.

Webley-Smith played her first professional match since breaking her ankle in 2002 in April at the qualifying event for the $10k tournament in Bournemouth where she lost in the second round. In May, she reached two consecutive quarterfinals of $10k events in Spain: Monzón and Almeira. In June, for the first time in her career, she was given a wild card into the DFS Classic qualifying draw, a Tier-III tournament in Birmingham where she was beaten by Bethanie Mattek in straight sets, 6–3, 6–4. She then received another wildcard into Wimbledon qualifying and again lost her first round match, 2–6, 1–6, to Sada Noorlander. Two more consecutive quarterfinal appearances in ITF tournaments immediately followed this, Waco, Texas ($10k) and Vancouver ($25k), and one more in August in a $10k event in London. She ended the year with a singles ranking of world No. 469.

Webley-Smith had a varied year in 2002, with limited success on the ITF circuit but also her first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon where she lost in the first round of qualifying to Nina Dübbers, 1–6, 2–6. She only reached one quarterfinal in 2002, at the $10k London event in August. In October, Emily broke her ankle during a qualifying match for a $25k event in Cardiff and did not compete again that season. Nevertheless, her year-end world ranking rose to world No. 673.

In 2000, she competed in at least six tournaments. She was eliminated at the qualifier rounds of 4 events worth $10k within Great Britain (Bournemouth, Frinton, Hatfield and Sunderland) she also lost the first round of a second (in Glasgow) and was also defeated in the first round in the $250k tournament in Felixstowe by a countywoman, Jane O’Donoghue. 4-6, 3-4.

Emily Webley-Smith Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Tennis Player
House Living in own house.

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

Emily Webley Smith (born 14th July, 1984) is a British professional tennis player from the UK.

Webley-Smith had her first game in the ITF Circuit in October 1999 in a match she was defeated 0-6, 0-6 by Melanie Schnell from Austria. It was her first professional match of 1999.

In doubles, she won three tournaments, was a runner-up in another and also reached one semifinal and seven quarterfinals. Her doubles win-loss record was 22–27 and her career-high ranking was world No. 95 (achieved 30 July 2001).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Height 5 ft 6 in

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Webley-Smith began the 2005 season well on home ground by reaching the semifinals of the $10k tournament in Tipton where she had to retire during her semifinal match against fellow Briton, Katie O’Brien. She continued competing on the ITF Circuit for the first half of the year and reached the quarterfinal stages in two more $10k tournaments, in Tampico, Tamaulipas and Ho Chi Minh City. In June she was given a wild card into the qualifying draw for the Tier III WTA tournament, the DFS Classic where she lost in the first round of the qualifying event. This was followed by a wild card into the qualifying draw of Wimbledon where she was also beaten in the first round, by Meilen Tu, 7–5, 6–3. She reached only one more ITF semifinal that year, in the $25k event in Lagos where she lost, 2–6, 4–6, to Anne Keothavong. Her year-end ranking for 2005 was world No. 385.

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Emily Ranked on the list of most popular Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Emily Webley-Smith celebrates birthday on July 14 of every year.

She spent much of the 2006 season out of action due to suffering from septicaemia as a result of her long-term ankle problems which began in 2002. She was forced to retire in only her second match of the year in February and was unable to compete again until August when she reached the semifinals of a $10k ITF tournament in London and the quarterfinals a $10k tournament in Istanbul. She was beaten by compatriot Naomi Cavaday in either the first or second round in three out of four consecutive $25k tournaments in September, October and November that year. As a result of her injury problems, Webley- Smith’s final ranking of the year fell to world No. 713.

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