Annabel Croft | | Country | England | | Residence | Kingston upon Thames[1] | | Date of birth | July 12, 1966 (1966-07-12) (age 41) | | Place of birth | Farnborough, Greater London | | Height | | | Weight | | | Turned pro | | | Retired | 1988 | | Plays | | | Career prize money | $201,254 | | Singles | | Career record: | 49-68 | | Career titles: | 1 | | Highest ranking: | 24 (December 31 1985) | | Grand Slam results | | Australian Open | 2nd round 1984 and 1985 | | French Open | 2nd round 1986 | | Wimbledon | 3rd round 1984 | | US Open | 3rd round 1986 | | Doubles | | Career record: | 13-36 | | Career titles: | 0 | | Highest ranking: | 126 (December 21 1986) | | Infobox last updated on: N/A. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
Kingston upon Thames, part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, is an ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned, and is now a lively suburb of London. ...
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| Annabel Croft (born 12 July 1966 in Farnborough, England) is a former tennis player and television presenter. Her tennis career really took off after she won Junior Wimbledon in 1984. is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...
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Since retiring from tennis, she has turned to television presenting, with such shows as Treasure Hunt and Interceptor. In 2005, she appeared in the ITV programme Celebrity Wrestling and went on to win it. This article is about the UK television game show. ...
Interceptor was a United Kingdom game show created by Jacques Antoine and produced by Chatsworth Television for Thames Television in 1989, and shown on the ITV network during that summer, with the last episode airing on January 1, 1990. ...
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Biography
Tennis career After winning the Wimbledon and Australian Open girls' tournaments in 1984, Croft won the Virginia Slims of San Diego tournament in 1985, beating Wendy Turnbull in the final in straight sets.[2] In December 1985, she achieved a world ranking of 21.[1] She played for Great Britain in the Fed Cup in 1985 and 1986, and in the Wightman Cup from 1983 to 1986.[1] Wendy Turnbull (November 26, 1952) was an Australian professional female tennis player. ...
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wanted to generate international interest in womens tennis the way Davis Cup did for mens. ...
After tennis Annabel retired from professional tennis at the age of twenty-one. Immediately after her retirement, Annabel became the new face of Channel 4’s prime time show Treasure Hunt, following Anneka Rice's successful run. This was followed by her own show on ITV1 show Interceptor.[3] This article is about the British television station. ...
This article is about the UK television game show. ...
Anneka Rice (born Anne Rice[1], 4 October 1958 in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan) is a Welsh television presenter. ...
ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ...
Interceptor was a United Kingdom game show created by Jacques Antoine and produced by Chatsworth Television for Thames Television in 1989, and shown on the ITV network during that summer, with the last episode airing on January 1, 1990. ...
In 2003 she was involved in coverage of Wimbledon Tennis Championship for the BBC, Radio 5 Live and GMTV. She has appeared on UK lifestyle TV shows such as The Wright Stuff, The Entertainment Show, GMTV, Out and About and This Morning.[1] Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Championships, Wimbledon (commonly referred to as Wimbledon) is the oldest tennis championship in the world. ...
The Wright Stuff is a British television chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, and currently airing on Five each weekday at 9:00am. ...
GMTV (Good Morning Television) is the national ITV breakfast television contractor,[1] broadcasting in the United Kingdom. ...
Out and About is an album by Cherish the Ladies that was released in 1993 on the Green Linnet label. ...
This Morning logo (ITV1) This Morning is a British, ITV1 daytime television programme that started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ...
She has successfully completed the New York Marathon. The New York City Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run through the five boroughs of New York City. ...
Personal life Croft is married to Mel Coleman, a former international yachtsman and current investment banker. The couple live near Wimbledon with their three children, Amber, 13,wonderful and fantastic Charlie, 11, and Lily, 9.[4] A modern yacht A yacht (From Dutch Jacht meaning hunt) was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries. ...
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Croft is active in raising awareness of child obesity, and is a supporter of children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent.[5] CLIC Sargent is a cancer charity in the United Kingdom, of which Cherie Booth is a patron. ...
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Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...
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External links The Womens Tennis Association, formed in 1973, is the principal organizing body of womens professional tennis. ...
The Fed Cup (until 1995 Federation Cup) is the most important tennis tournament for female national teams, very similar to the mens Davis Cup. ...
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