24 Facts About Emily Webley-Smith

Emily Webley-Smith was born on 14 July 1984 and is a British professional tennis player.

Emily Webley-Smith has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No 240, achieved on 7 November 2011.

Emily Webley-Smith has a best WTA doubles ranking of No 113, set on 2 November 2015.

Emily Webley-Smith has reached the second round of her home Grand Slam, Wimbledon, on one occasion in 2004.

Emily Webley-Smith was born in 1984 in Thornbury, Avon, which is in South Gloucestershire.

Emily Webley-Smith's mother, Jane, is a PE teacher and her father, Mike, an amateur footballer and cricketer.

Emily Webley-Smith was unable to compete on the tour for six months.

Emily Webley-Smith had treatment on the ankle again and returned, with limited success, to competitive tennis in spring 2006 before having surgery for a third time to remove fluid from her ankle.

Emily Webley-Smith began recovering well before septicaemia left her unable to walk for five weeks.

Emily Webley-Smith returned full-time to the circuit in August 2006.

Emily Webley-Smith played her first junior ITF tournament in February 1998 and her last in July 2002.

Emily Webley-Smith competed at Wimbledon juniors a total of four times; in 1999,2000 and 2001 she lost in the qualifying stages but in 2002 she reached the second round of the main draw.

Emily Webley-Smith played in the main draw of her final ITF tournament of the year as a lucky loser but was again beaten in round one.

Emily Webley-Smith only reached one quarterfinal in 2002, at the $10k London event in August.

Emily Webley-Smith played her first professional match since breaking her ankle in 2002 in April at the qualifying event for the $10k tournament in Bournemouth where she lost in the second round.

Emily Webley-Smith ended the year with a singles ranking of world No 469.

Emily Webley-Smith spent the rest of the year on the ITF Circuit but did not progress past the second round in any tournament she played.

Emily Webley-Smith began the 2005 season well on home ground by reaching the semifinals of the $10k tournament in Tipton where she had to retire during her semifinal match against fellow Briton, Katie O'Brien.

Emily Webley-Smith continued competing on the ITF Circuit for the first half of the year and reached the quarterfinal stages in two more $10k tournaments, in Tampico, Tamaulipas and Ho Chi Minh City.

Emily Webley-Smith's year-end ranking for 2005 was world No 385.

Emily Webley-Smith spent much of the 2006 season out of action due to suffering from septicaemia as a result of her long-term ankle problems which began in 2002.

Emily Webley-Smith spent the first three months competing in lower ITF tournaments.

Emily Webley-Smith reached only one more quarterfinal that year, in Wrexham.

Emily Webley-Smith then headed to Indonesia for a series of three tournaments but in the third of these she injured her wrist and was forced to retire in round one.