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Robin Anderson
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Anderson at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Full name Robin Kimberly Anderson
Country (sports)  United States
Residence Matawan, New Jersey
Born (1993-04-12) April 12, 1993 (age 31)
Long Branch, New Jersey
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College UCLA
Prize money $629,664
Singles
Career record 293–209 (58.37%)
Career titles 6 ITF
Highest ranking No. 137 (June 6, 2022)
Current ranking No. 255 (October 14, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2022)
French Open Q2 (2019)
Wimbledon Q2 (2016, 2022)
US Open Q2 (2019, 2021)
Doubles
Career record 140–99 (58.58%)
Career titles 10 ITF
Highest ranking No. 181 (May 7, 2022)
Current ranking No. 288 (October 14, 2024)

Robin Kimberly Anderson (born April 12, 1993) is an American tennis player.

Personal life

Anderson's parents are Denom and Trudy Anderson, and she has two siblings, Matthew and Samantha.

Career

College

Anderson attended UCLA from 2011 to 2015, where she was on the tennis team each year, leading the Bruins to the NCAA championship in 2014. She won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best collegiate female tennis player in 2014, and earned the award as well in the following year, 2015.

Professional

She received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 Australian Open on her Grand Slam debut, after winning the USTA's Australian Open Wildcard Challenge. Partnering Dalayna Hewitt, Anderson was runner-up at the 2024 W75 Calgary National Bank Challenger, losing to Kayla Cross and Maribella Zamarripa in a champions tiebreak in the final.

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2021 Midland Tennis Classic,
United States
Hard (i) United States Madison Brengle 2–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W60 tournaments (2–2)
W50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (3–7)
W10 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–10)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2011 Landisville Tennis Challenge,
United States
10,000 Hard Australia Bojana Bobusic 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 2013 ITF Redding, US 25,000 Hard Venezuela Adriana Pérez 6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Aug 2015 Landisville Challenge, US 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Naomi Broady 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 1–3 Feb 2016 Midland Tennis Classic, US 100,000 Hard (i) United Kingdom Naomi Broady 7–6(6), 0–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Sep 2017 ITF Redding, US 25,000 Hard South Africa Chanel Simmonds 6–1, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Aug 2018 ITF Fort Worth, US 25,000 Hard United States Maria Mateas 3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–5 Sep 2018 ITF Lubbock, US 25,000 Hard Canada Rebecca Marino 4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–6 Mar 2019 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France 60,000 Hard (i) Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–7 Oct 2019 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Netherlands Indy de Vroome 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 2–8 Feb 2021 ITF Orlando, US W25 Hard United Kingdom Katie Swan 1–6, 3–6
Win 3–8 Jun 2021 ITF Madrid, Spain W25 Hard Australia Olivia Gadecki 6–3, 6–7(3), 7–6(8)
Win 4–8 May 2022 ITF Orlando Pro, US W60 Hard United States Sachia Vickery 7–5, 6–4
Win 5–8 Oct 2022 Toronto Challenger, Canada W60 Hard (i) South Korea Jang Su-jeong 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–9 Nov 2023 ITF Lousada, Portugal W25 Hard (i) Australia Arina Rodionova 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–10 Mar 2024 ITF Solarino, Italy W35 Carpet Slovakia Viktória Hrunčáková 2–6, 3–6
Loss 5–11 Jul 2024 Dallas Summer Series, US W50 Hard (i) United States Clervie Ngounoue 6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Win 6–11 Sep 2024 ITF San Rafael, US W35 Hard United States Ashley Kratzer 7–6(6), 6–2

Doubles: 21 (10 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W80 tournaments (1–0)
W50/60/75 tournaments (3–8)
W40 tournaments (0-1)
W25/35 tournaments (6–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–8)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2013 Sacramento Challenger, US 50,000 Hard United States Lauren Embree United Kingdom Naomi Broady
Australia Storm Sanders
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2013 ITF Redding, US 25,000 Hard United States Lauren Embree United States Jacqueline Cako
United States Allie Kiick
6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 1–2 Jul 2015 ITF El Paso, US 25,000 Hard United States Maegan Manasse United States Jennifer Brady
Chile Alexa Guarachi
6–3, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss 1–3 Jun 2016 Surbiton Trophy, UK 50,000 Grass Australia Alison Bai United States Sanaz Marand
United States Melanie Oudin
4–6, 5–7
Loss 1–4 Jul 2016 Stockton Challenger, US 50,000 Hard United States Maegan Manasse Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
2–6, 3–6
Win 2–4 Jan 2017 ITF Daytona Beach, US 25,000 Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina Poland Paula Kania
Poland Katarzyna Piter
6–4, 6–1
Win 3–4 June 2018 ITF Bethany Beach, US 25,000 Clay United States Maegan Manasse United States Quinn Gleason
United States Sanaz Marand
2–6, 7–6(6), [10–3]
Win 4–4 Mar 2019 ITF Osaka, Japan 25,000 Hard United States Maegan Manasse Japan Risa Ushijima
Japan Minori Yonehara
7–6(2), 6–3
Loss 4–5 Jun 2019 Bella Cup Toruń, Poland 60,000 Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina Spain Rebeka Masarova
Slovakia Rebecca Šramková
4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss 4–6 Jun 2019 Manchester Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass Romania Laura Ioana Paar China Duan Yingying
China Zhu Lin
4–6, 3–6
Win 5–6 Aug 2019 Lexington Challenger, US 60,000 Hard France Jessika Ponchet United States Ann Li
United States Jamie Loeb
7–6(4), 6–7(5), [10–7]
Win 6–6 Nov 2019 Toronto Challenger, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) France Jessika Ponchet Canada Mélodie Collard
Canada Leylah Fernandez
7–6(7), 6–2
Win 7–6 Oct 2020 ITF Cherbourg, France W25 Hard (i) France Jessika Ponchet United Kingdom Harriet Dart
United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 8–6 Oct 2021 ITF Le Neubourg, France W80+H Hard France Amandine Hesse France Estelle Cascino
United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey
6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss 8–7 Oct 2021 ITF Florence, US W25 Hard Australia Elysia Bolton United Kingdom Emily Appleton
Japan Yuriko Miyazaki
3–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Loss 8–8 Jan 2023 Canberra International, Australia W60 Hard United States Hailey Baptiste Irina Khromacheva
Anastasia Tikhonova
4–6, 5–7
Loss 8–9 May 2023 ITF Pelham, US W60 Clay Australia Elysia Bolton United States Makenna Jones
United States Jamie Loeb
4–6, 5–7
Loss 8–10 Jun 2023 ITF Palma del Río, Spain W40 Hard Australia Elysia Bolton Venezuela Andrea Gámiz
United States Sofia Sewing
3–6, 2–6
Loss 8–11 Oct 2023 Georgia's Rome Open, US W60 Hard (i) Mexico Fernanda Contreras Gómez United States Sofia Sewing
Anastasia Tikhonova
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 9–11 Oct 2023 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada W60 Hard (i) United States Dalayna Hewitt Canada Mia Kupres
Denmark Johanne Svendsen
6–1, 6–4
Win 10–11 Sep 2024 ITF San Rafael, US W35 Hard United States Alana Smith United States Makenna Jones
United States Jamie Loeb
7–5, 6–2
Loss 10–12 Oct 2024 Calgary Challenger, Canada W75 Hard (i) United States Dalayna Hewitt Canada Kayla Cross
United States Maribella Zamarripa
7–6(3), 5–7, [10–12]
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