Anne White (born September 28, 1961) is an American former professional tennis player from Charleston, West Virginia. She is most famous for wearing a white body suit at Wimbledon in 1985.
Early life White attended John Adams Junior High School. She then graduated from George Washington High School in Charleston, West Virginia, and went on to become a two-time All-American tennis player at the University of Southern California.
Family background Anne's father, Pete White, played basketball for Clendenin High School. She is not related to Robin White, a contemporary on the WTA tour.
1985 Wimbledon Championships White, who was playing fifth seed Pam Shriver in the first round at Wimbledon in 1985 on an outer court, warmed up in a tracksuit. When she took the tracksuit off to start play, she revealed that she was wearing a white, one-piece, lycra body suit, which attracted a lot of attention from the crowd and the photographers. With the match tied at one set all, play was stopped for the day because of bad light, and the tournament referee, Alan Mills, told her to wear more appropriate clothing the next day. She did so, and lost the third set, but the incident was widely reported. She was later quoted as saying, "I had no idea it would be so controversial."
Results White won her only singles title at Phoenix, Arizona, on March 9, 1987, beating the top seeded Dianne Balestrat in the final. She reached the semifinals of the women's doubles in the 1984 U.S. Open and in 1985 in the French Open.
Career earnings and prize money White claims that her career earnings are more than a million dollars (possibly including endorsements and other monies). According to official WTA records, her career prize money is $411,022 ranking her at 605th all time as of 8/1/2016.
Career finals
Singles (1 title, 1 runner up)
ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jun 1984 Edgbaston Cup, UK Grass Pam Shriver 6–7(2–7), 3–6Win 1–1 Mar 1987 Virginia Slims of Arizona, US Hard Dianne Balestrat 6–2, 6–1
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Career SRAustralian OpenA 2R1R 2R 1RA NHA 0 / 4French Open A3R3R3R4R3R1R A 0 / 6WimbledonA 1R3R2R1R1R1R2R 0 / 7U.S. Open 2R 2R 2R 4R 3R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 8SR0 / 10 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 2 0 / 25
References
External links Official website
Sunday Times article 18 April, 2010