Anne Simpkin Meredith (born 2 April 1969) is a British former professional tennis player.
A right-handed player from Leicestershire, Simpkin reached a career best ranking of 200 in the world while competing on the professional tour.
Simpkin featured as a wildcard in the singles main draw at Wimbledon on three occasions. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at Eastbourne in 1989, where she had a first round win over Julie Salmon, before losing in the second round to Mary Joe Fernandez. She won one singles and three doubles titles on the ITF circuit.
ITF finals Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Singles: 2 (1–1) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreWin 1. 23 April 1988 Queens, United Kingdom Clay Ann Grossman 6–4, 7–5Loss 1. 29 August 1988 Corsica, France Clay Maïder Laval 2–6, 3–6
Doubles: 7 (3–4) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 1. 11 January 1988 Moulins, France Clay Caroline Billingham Karine Quentrec Nathalie Herreman 3–6, 3–6Win 1. 29 February 1988 Rocafort, Spain Clay Bettina Diesner Elena Guerra Rosa Bielsa 6–3, 6–2Win 2. 23 April 1988 Queens, United Kingdom Clay Joy Tacon Lesley O'Halloran Lone Vandborg 4–6, 6–2, 7–6Win 3. 8 May 1988 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Joy Tacon Sally Godman Alexandra Niepel 6–3, 6–3Loss 2. 15 May 1988 Bath, United Kingdom Clay Joy Tacon Sally Godman Alexandra Niepel 3–6, 2–6Loss 3. 3 October 1988 Eastbourne, Great Britain Hard Valda Lake 4–6, 4–6Loss 4. 25 February 1991 Norwich, United Kingdom Carpet Valda Lake Anke Marchl Dorien Wamelink 4–6, 6–2, 1–6
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