Robin Anderson (tennis)

Robin Anderson
Full nameRobin Kimberly Anderson
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceMatawan, New Jersey
Born (1993-04-12) April 12, 1993
Long Branch, New Jersey
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUCLA
Prize money$649,659
Singles
Career record307–223
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 137 (June 6, 2022)
Current rankingNo. 375 (May 19, 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French OpenQ2 (2019)
WimbledonQ2 (2016, 2022)
US OpenQ2 (2019, 2021)
Doubles
Career record160–111
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 181 (May 7, 2022)
Current rankingNo. 238 (May 19, 2025)
Last updated on: May 19, 2025.

Robin Kimberly Anderson (born April 12, 1993) is an American tennis player.[1][2]

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.[2] 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.[3][4]

Professional

Anderson reached her first WTA 125 singles final at the 2021 Midland Tennis Classic, losing to top seed Madison Brengle.[5][6]

She received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 Australian Open on her Grand Slam tournament debut, after winning the USTA's Australian Open Wildcard Challenge,[7][8] but lost in the first round to Sam Stosur.[9]

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.[10][11]


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) Madison Brengle 2–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W60 tournaments (2–2)
W50 tournaments (0–2)
W25/35 tournaments (3–7)
W10 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–10)
Clay (0–1)
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 Bojana Bobusic 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 2013 ITF Redding, United States 25,000 Hard Adriana Pérez 6–2, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Aug 2015 Landisville Challenge, United States 25,000 Hard Naomi Broady 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 1–3 Feb 2016 Midland Tennis Classic, United States 100,000 Hard (i) Naomi Broady 7–6(6), 0–6, 2–6
Win 2–3 Sep 2017 ITF Redding, United States 25,000 Hard Chanel Simmonds 6–1, 6–4
Loss 2–4 Aug 2018 ITF Fort Worth, United States 25,000 Hard Maria Mateas 3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–5 Sep 2018 ITF Lubbock, United States 25,000 Hard Rebecca Marino 4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–6 Mar 2019 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France W60 Hard (i) Vitalia Diatchenko 2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–7 Oct 2019 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada W60 Hard (i) Indy de Vroome 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 2–8 Feb 2021 ITF Orlando, United States W25 Hard Katie Swan 1–6, 3–6
Win 3–8 Jun 2021 ITF Madrid, Spain W25 Hard Olivia Gadecki 6–3, 6–7(3), 7–6(8)
Win 4–8 May 2022 ITF Orlando Pro, United States W60 Hard Sachia Vickery 7–5, 6–4
Win 5–8 Oct 2022 Toronto Challenger, Canada W60 Hard (i) Jang Su-jeong 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–9 Nov 2023 ITF Lousada, Portugal W25 Hard (i) Arina Rodionova 6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–10 Mar 2024 ITF Solarino, Italy W35 Carpet Viktória Hrunčáková 2–6, 3–6
Loss 5–11 Jul 2024 Dallas Summer Series, United States W50 Hard (i) Clervie Ngounoue 6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Win 6–11 Sep 2024 ITF San Rafael, United States W35 Hard Ashley Kratzer 7–6(6), 6–2
Loss 6–12 May 2025 ITF Pelham, United States W50 Clay Gabriela Lee 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 24 (11 titles, 13 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W80 tournaments (1–0)
W50/60/75 tournaments (4–8)
W40 tournaments (0-2)
W25/35 tournaments (6–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–8)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2013 Sacramento Challenger, US 50,000 Hard Lauren Embree Naomi Broady
Storm Sanders
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2013 ITF Redding, US 25,000 Hard Lauren Embree Jacqueline Cako
Allie Kiick
6–4, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss 1–2 Jul 2015 ITF El Paso, US 25,000 Hard Maegan Manasse Jennifer Brady
Alexa Guarachi
6–3, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss 1–3 Jun 2016 Surbiton Trophy, UK 50,000 Grass Alison Bai Sanaz Marand
Melanie Oudin
4–6, 5–7
Loss 1–4 Jul 2016 Stockton Challenger, US 50,000 Hard Maegan Manasse Kristýna Plíšková
Alison Van Uytvanck
2–6, 3–6
Win 2–4 Jan 2017 ITF Daytona Beach, US 25,000 Clay Anhelina Kalinina Paula Kania
Katarzyna Piter
6–4, 6–1
Win 3–4 June 2018 ITF Bethany Beach, US 25,000 Clay Maegan Manasse Quinn Gleason
Sanaz Marand
2–6, 7–6(6), [10–3]
Win 4–4 Mar 2019 ITF Osaka, Japan 25,000 Hard Maegan Manasse Risa Ushijima
Minori Yonehara
7–6(2), 6–3
Loss 4–5 Jun 2019 Bella Cup Toruń, Poland 60,000 Clay Anhelina Kalinina Rebeka Masarova
Rebecca Šramková
4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss 4–6 Jun 2019 Manchester Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass Laura Ioana Paar Duan Yingying
Zhu Lin
4–6, 3–6
Win 5–6 Aug 2019 Lexington Challenger, US 60,000 Hard Jessika Ponchet Ann Li
Jamie Loeb
7–6(4), 6–7(5), [10–7]
Win 6–6 Nov 2019 Toronto Challenger, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Jessika Ponchet Mélodie Collard
Leylah Fernandez
7–6(7), 6–2
Win 7–6 Oct 2020 ITF Cherbourg, France W25 Hard (i) Jessika Ponchet Harriet Dart
Sarah Beth Grey
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 8–6 Oct 2021 ITF Le Neubourg, France W80+H Hard Amandine Hesse Estelle Cascino
Sarah Beth Grey
6–3, 7–6(2)
Loss 8–7 Oct 2021 ITF Florence, US W25 Hard Elysia Bolton Emily Appleton
Yuriko Miyazaki
3–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Loss 8–8 Jan 2023 Canberra International, Australia W60 Hard Hailey Baptiste Irina Khromacheva
Anastasia Tikhonova
4–6, 5–7
Loss 8–9 May 2023 ITF Pelham, US W60 Clay Elysia Bolton Makenna Jones
Jamie Loeb
4–6, 5–7
Loss 8–10 Jun 2023 ITF Palma del Río, Spain W40 Hard Elysia Bolton Andrea Gámiz
Sofia Sewing
3–6, 2–6
Loss 8–11 Oct 2023 Georgia's Rome Open, US W60 Hard (i) Fernanda Contreras Gómez Sofia Sewing
Anastasia Tikhonova
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 9–11 Oct 2023 Challenger de Saguenay, Canada W60 Hard (i) Dalayna Hewitt Mia Kupres
Johanne Svendsen
6–1, 6–4
Win 10–11 Sep 2024 ITF San Rafael, US W35 Hard Alana Smith Makenna Jones
Jamie Loeb
7–5, 6–2
Loss 10–12 Oct 2024 Calgary Challenger, Canada W75 Hard (i) Dalayna Hewitt Kayla Cross
Maribella Zamarripa
7–6(3), 5–7, [10–12]
Loss 10–13 Mar 2025 Vacaria Open, Brazil W50 Clay (i) Alicia Herrero Liñana Michaela Bayerlová
Miriana Tona
7–6(4), 6–7(5), [7–10]
Win 11–13 Mar 2025 Vacaria Open, Brazil W75 Clay (i) Alicia Herrero Liñana Despina Papamichail
Julia Riera
7–5, 6–4

References

  1. ^ "Robin Anderson - Tennis Explorer". www.tennisexplorer.com. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Robin Anderson - Women's Tennis". UCLA. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "UCLA's Anderson Named 2014 Honda Sport Award Winner for Tennis". UCLA. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "Robin Anderson of UCLA Repeats as Honda Sport Award Winner for Tennis". CWSA. June 11, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Brengle triumphs in all-American final over Anderson, wins second WTA 125 title in Midland". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  6. ^ Shane, Dave (November 8, 2021). "Brengle wins second championship in Midland". Huron Daily Tribune. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  7. ^ "Introducing the 2022 Australian Open's Grand Slam debutantes". Women's Tennis Association.
  8. ^ "Robin Anderson wins Australian Open Wild Card Challenge". USTA. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  9. ^ "Sam Stosur achieves Australian Open feat for the first time in 19 years to keep farewell tour alive". Nine. January 18, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  10. ^ "Canada's Rebecca Marino crowned Calgary National Bank Challenger champ". calgaryherald. Calgary Herald. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  11. ^ "Marino, Cross Victorious at Calgary National Bank Challenger". Tennis Canada. October 21, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.