Hannah Collin (born 18 February 1982) is an English former professional tennis player.

Collin competed at her home Grand Slam, Wimbledon, on three consecutive occasions from 2000 to 2002 and also for Great Britain in the Europe/Africa Zone at the 2000 edition of the Fed Cup.

Considered to be one of Britain's most promising young players in the 1990s, at a time when British tennis was doing particularly poorly, she reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon juniors' tournament, and was the national 14, 16 and 18 year old age group champion.

She played her first match on the ITF Women's Circuit in 1997 and her final professional match at the Wimbledon qualifying event in 2005. During her career, she reached a total of seven ITF singles finals (winning three) and managed to notch up a victory over former British number one, Sam Smith. She also managed to beat Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters.

ITF Circuit finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–4)

ResultNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.10 September 2000Mollerussa, SpainCarpetChina Shen Luili6–2, 6–3
Win2.18 September 2000Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i)France Olivia Sanchez6–3, 6–3
Win3.3 December 2000Arad, IsraelHardAustria Daniela Klemenschits5–3, 4–0, 4–0
Loss4.20 July 2002Frinton, United KingdomGrassItaly Alberta Brianti2–6, 4–6
Loss5.5 August 2002Bath, United KingdomHardUnited Kingdom Anne Keothavong0–6, 6–7(5)
Loss6.23 September 2002Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Anne Keothavong0–6, 1–6
Loss7.17 August 2003London, United KingdomHardTurkey İpek Şenoğlu4–6, 4–6

Doubles (2–7)

ResultNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.5 April 1998Brest, FranceHardUnited Kingdom Lydia PerkinsFrance Ségolène Berger France Sophie Georges6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Loss2.24 July 1999Dublin, IrelandCarpetSlovenia Tina HergoldSouth Africa Surina de Beer Israel Tzipora Obziler5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Loss3.24 April 2000Bournemouth, United KingdomClayHungary Zsófia GubacsiTunisia Selima Sfar United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe1–6, 0–6
Loss4.10 September 2000Mollerussa, SpainCarpetNetherlands Jolanda MensSwitzerland Marylene Losey Switzerland Lucia Tallo5–7, 3–6
Loss5.30 August 2003Coimbra, PortugalHardPortugal Neuza SilvaNew Zealand Paula Marama Israel Danielle Steinberg4–6, 6–7
Win6.5 July 2004Felixstowe, United KingdomGrassUnited Kingdom Anna HawkinsUnited Kingdom Helen Crook United Kingdom Karen Paterson6–4, 6–4
Loss7.14 September 2004Manchester, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Anna HawkinsFinland Emma Laine Finland Essi Laine4–6, 4–6
Loss8.19 October 2004Bolton, United KingdomHard (i)United Kingdom Anna HawkinsUnited Kingdom Sarah Borwell United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith5–7, 6–1, 2–6
Win9.28 November 2004San Luis Potosí, MexicoHardUnited Kingdom Karen PatersonCroatia Ivana Abramović Croatia Maria Abramović6–4, 2–6, 6–2

Performance timelines

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH

Singles

Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005W–LSR
Australian OpenAbsent0–00 / 0
French OpenAbsent0–00 / 0
WimbledonQ1Q11R1R1RAAQ10–30 / 3
US OpenAbsent0–00 / 0
Year-end ranking531360283278324420528695

Doubles

Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005W–LSR
Australian OpenAbsent0–00 / 0
French OpenAbsent0–00 / 0
WimbledonQ1Absent1RAbsent1RQ10–20 / 2
US OpenAbsent0–00 / 0
Year-end ranking402402408386418642443509

Fed Cup

DateVenueSurfaceRoundOpponentFinal match scoreMatchOpponentsRubber score
2000 Federation Cup Main Draw
18–19 Jul 2000MurciaClayRRIsrael1–2SinglesTzipi Obziler6–1, 6–1 (W)
Doubles (with Julie Pullin)Obziler/Rosen6–3, 4–6, 1–6 (L)
Luxembourg1–2SinglesClaudine Schaul3–6, 3–6 (L)

Post-retirement life

After retiring, Collin became a tennis coach. She is currently a coach at the All England Club at Wimbledon.

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