Hannah Collin

Hannah Collin
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	18 February 1982 (age 39); Thames Ditton, Surrey
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2005
Prize money	$95,816
Singles
Career record	178–137
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 217 (16 July 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
Doubles
Career record	52–69
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 335 (23 July 2001)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2001, 2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–2

Hannah Collin (born 18 February 1982) is an English former professional tennis player.

Collin competed at her home Grand Slam, Wimbledon, on three consecutive occasions from 2000 to 2002 and also for Great Britain in the Europe/Africa Zone at the 2000 edition of the Fed Cup.

Considered to be one of Britain's most promising young players in the 1990s, at a time when British tennis was doing particularly poorly, she reached the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon juniors' tournament, and was the national 14, 16 and 18 year old age group champion.^[1]

She played her first match on the ITF circuit in 1997 and her final professional match at the Wimbledon qualifying event in 2005. During her career, she reached a total of seven ITF singles finals (winning three) and managed to notch up a victory over former British number one, Sam Smith.^[2] She also managed to beat Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters.

ITF Circuit finals[]

Singles (3–4)[]

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	10 September 2000	Mollerussa, Spain	Carpet		6–2, 6–3
Winner	2.	18 September 2000	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Olivia Sanchez	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	3 December 2000	Arad, Israel	Hard	Daniela Klemenschits	5–3, 4–0, 4–0
Runner-up	4.	20 July 2002	Frinton, United Kingdom	Grass	Alberta Brianti	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	5 August 2002	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard	Anne Keothavong	0–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Runner-up	6.	23 September 2002	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anne Keothavong	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	7.	17 August 2003	London, United Kingdom	Hard	İpek Şenoğlu	4–6, 4–6

Doubles (2–7)[]

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 April 1998	Brest, France	Hard		Ségolène Berger Sophie Georges	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	24 July 1999	Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Tina Hergold	Surina de Beer Tzipora Obziler	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	24 April 2000	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Zsófia Gubacsi	Selima Sfar Lorna Woodroffe	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	10 September 2000	Mollerussa, Spain	Carpet	Jolanda Mens		5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	30 August 2003	Coimbra, Portugal	Hard	Neuza Silva	Paula Marama Danielle Steinberg	4–6, 6–7
Winner	6.	5 July 2004	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Anna Hawkins	Helen Crook Karen Paterson	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	14 September 2004	Manchester, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Hawkins	Emma Laine Essi Laine	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	19 October 2004	Bolton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Anna Hawkins	Sarah Borwell Emily Webley-Smith	5–7, 6–1, 2–6
Winner	9.	28 November 2004	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Hard	Karen Paterson	Ivana Abramović Maria Abramović	6–4, 2–6, 6–2

Performance timelines[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles[]

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	W–L	SR
Australian Open	Absent								0–0	0 / 0
French Open	Absent								0–0	0 / 0
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	1R	A	A	Q1	0–3	0 / 3
US Open	Absent								0–0	0 / 0
Year-end ranking	531	360	283	278	324	420	528	695

Doubles[]

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	W–L	SR
Australian Open	Absent								0–0	0 / 0
French Open	Absent								0–0	0 / 0
Wimbledon	Q1	Absent		1R	Absent		1R	Q1	0–2	0 / 2
US Open	Absent								0–0	0 / 0
Year-end ranking	402	402	408	386	418	642	443	509

Fed Cup[]

Date	Venue	Surface	Round	Opponent	Final match score	Match	Opponents	Rubber score
2000 Federation Cup Main Draw
18–19 Jul 2000	Murcia	Clay	RR	Israel	1–2	Singles	Tzipi Obziler	6–1, 6–1 (W)
				Israel	1–2	Doubles (with Julie Pullin)	Obziler/Rosen	6–3, 4–6, 1–6 (L)
				Luxembourg	1–2	Singles	Claudine Schaul	3–6, 3–6 (L)

Post-retirement life[]

After retiring, Collin became a tennis coach. She is currently a coach at the All England Club at Wimbledon.^[3]

References[]

^ "Tennis: Hannah begins a long haul". Independent.co.uk. 15 November 1998.
^ "Hannah's level head leads to new heights: Ronald Atkin discovers why it has been a good year for Collin". The Independent. 5 November 2000. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^ "The Tennis Circus | Team - Danny Sapsford leads a team of past and present British tennis pros, providing affordable, star-studded tennis coaching days at clubs, schools and businesses around the UK".

External links[]

Hannah Collin at the Women's Tennis Association
Hannah Collin at the International Tennis Federation
Hannah Collin at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "Tennis: Hannah begins a long haul". Independent.co.uk. 15 November 1998.

[2] "Hannah's level head leads to new heights: Ronald Atkin discovers why it has been a good year for Collin". The Independent. 5 November 2000. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

[3] "The Tennis Circus | Team - Danny Sapsford leads a team of past and present British tennis pros, providing affordable, star-studded tennis coaching days at clubs, schools and businesses around the UK".

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