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She now commentates on the game, predominantly for the BBC, ITV, Sky Sports, BT Sport and Eurosport and Amazon Prime[1] as well as in Australia on the Australian Open which she has been a part of for 11 years with the Seven Network and as of 2019 the Nine Network.[2]Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Tennis career[edit]ITF finals[edit]Singles (3\u20134)[edit]Doubles (5\u20132)[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Early life[edit]Smith was born in Epping, Essex and was educated at Bancroft’s School. She took three years out of tennis to attend the University of Exeter where she attained an upper second class Honours degree in history.[1]Tennis career[edit]Smith competed on the WTA Tour from 1990 to 1992 and from 1995 to 2000. Her highest achievement was in reaching the fourth round at the Wimbledon Championships in 1998, when she beat Anne-Ga\u00eblle Sidot, Mariana D\u00edaz Oliva and former champion Conchita Mart\u00ednez before losing to eventual runner up Nathalie Tauziat. In so doing she picked up an ankle injury that required her to have two operations and spend four months in plaster; this effectively ended her career. She peaked at No. 55 in the WTA rankings before the injury curtailed her climb up the rankings.[1]At the Australian Open, she competed in the first round of the women’s doubles competition in 1992 (with Ilana Berger), and reached the second round in 1999.[1]At the French Open at Roland Garros, she competed in the first round in 1991 and 1999.[1]At Wimbledon, she competed eight times and reached the fourth round in 1998.[1]At the US Open, she competed in the first round in 1998 and reached the second round in 1997.At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics she reached the second round.Smith won a silver medal in the mixed doubles at the 1995 Universiade (World University Games) in Fukuoka, Japan, partnering Paul Robinson. She also reached the quarterfinals in the singles.[1]She won the ITF tournaments at Nottingham in 1995 (singles and doubles) and Frinton-on-Sea in 2000. She represented Britain in the Fed Cup and European Cup in 1991 and from 1996 to 1999. She was unbeaten in her five singles matches in the 1997 Fed Cup.[1]ITF finals[edit]Singles (3\u20134)[edit]$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsOutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up1.24 April 1989Sutton, United KingdomClay Kimiko Date2\u20136, 1\u20136Runner-up2.2 September 1991Arzachena, ItalyHard Katia Piccolini2\u20136, 7\u20136, 4\u20136Runner-up3.4 November 1991Manchester, United KingdomCarpet (i) Amanda Grunfeld6\u20134, 4\u20136, 2\u20136Winner1.2 October 1995Nottingham, United KingdomHard (i) Abigail Tordoff6\u20134, 6\u20132Runner-up4.10 February 1996Sunderland, Great BritainHard (i) Raluca Sandu6\u20134, 5\u20137, 4\u20136Winner2.8 February 1999Rockford, United StatesHard (i) Miroslava Vavrinec6\u20134, 6\u20134Winner3.23 July 2000Frinton-on-Sea, United KingdomGrass Helen Crook6\u20133, 6\u20130Doubles (5\u20132)[edit]OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner1.13 August 1990Bras\u00edlia, BrazilClay Sofie Albinus Luciana Tella  Andrea Vieira7\u20136(7\u20132), 4\u20136, 6\u20133Winner2.11 February 1991Key Biscayne, United StatesHard Penny Barg Rene Simpson  Hellas ter Riet7\u20135, 6\u20132Winner3.25 September 1995Telford, United KingdomHard (i) Jane Wood Kaye Hand  Anna-Karin Svensson4\u20136, 7\u20136(8\u20136), 6\u20133Runner-up1.2 October 1995Nottingham, United KingdomHard (i) Jane Wood Sofia Fin\u00e9r  Annica Lindstedt6\u20137(7\u20139), 5\u20137Winner4.2 August 1998Salt Lake City, United StatesHard Mariaan de Swardt Liezel Horn  Karin Kschwendt6\u20132, 6\u20132Runner-up2.25 October 1998Welwyn, United KingdomCarpet (i) Louise Pleming Laurence Courtois  Tina Kri\u017ean6\u20137, 4\u20136Winner5.21 February 1999Midland, United StatesHard (i) Liezel Horn Kirstin Freye  Sonya Jeyaseelan7\u20136(8\u20136), 0\u20136, 7\u20135References[edit]External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/samantha-smith-tennis-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Samantha Smith (tennis) – Wikipedia"}}]}]