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Annabel Croft (born 12 July 1966 in Farnborough
Farnborough, London

Farnborough is a settlement in the London Borough of Bromley. It is a suburban development located 13.4 miles south east of Charing Cross....
, England) is a former tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 player and current television presenter. Her tennis career never really took off after she won Junior Wimbledon in 1984.

Since retiring from tennis, she has turned to television presenting, with such shows as Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt (UK game show)

Treasure Hunt was a popular UK game show, based on the format of the French show La Chasse au Tr?sor, created by Jacques Antoine. It appeared on Channel 4 between 28 December 1982 and 18 May 1989 and was revived by BBC Two between 16 December 2002 and 2 August 2003....
 and Interceptor
Interceptor (TV series)

Interceptor was a United Kingdom game show created by Jacques Antoine and produced by Chatsworth Television for Thames Television in 19 July, 1989, and shown on the ITV network during that summer, with the last episode airing on 1 January, 1990....
. In 2005, she appeared in the ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 programme Celebrity Wrestling
Celebrity Wrestling

Celebrity Wrestling was a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in 2005. It involved two teams of celebrities, competing against each other in wrestling style events....
 and went on to win it.

r winning the Wimbledon and Australian Open girls' tournaments in 1984, Croft won the Virginia Slims of San Diego tournament in 1985, beating Wendy Turnbull
Wendy Turnbull

Wendy Turnbull, Order of the British Empire, is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her footspeed around the court....
  in the final in straight sets.






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Annabel Croft (born 12 July 1966 in Farnborough
Farnborough, London

Farnborough is a settlement in the London Borough of Bromley. It is a suburban development located 13.4 miles south east of Charing Cross....
, England) is a former tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 player and current television presenter. Her tennis career never really took off after she won Junior Wimbledon in 1984.

Since retiring from tennis, she has turned to television presenting, with such shows as Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt (UK game show)

Treasure Hunt was a popular UK game show, based on the format of the French show La Chasse au Tr?sor, created by Jacques Antoine. It appeared on Channel 4 between 28 December 1982 and 18 May 1989 and was revived by BBC Two between 16 December 2002 and 2 August 2003....
 and Interceptor
Interceptor (TV series)

Interceptor was a United Kingdom game show created by Jacques Antoine and produced by Chatsworth Television for Thames Television in 19 July, 1989, and shown on the ITV network during that summer, with the last episode airing on 1 January, 1990....
. In 2005, she appeared in the ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 programme Celebrity Wrestling
Celebrity Wrestling

Celebrity Wrestling was a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in 2005. It involved two teams of celebrities, competing against each other in wrestling style events....
 and went on to win it.

Biography


Tennis career

After winning the Wimbledon and Australian Open girls' tournaments in 1984, Croft won the Virginia Slims of San Diego tournament in 1985, beating Wendy Turnbull
Wendy Turnbull

Wendy Turnbull, Order of the British Empire, is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her footspeed around the court....
  in the final in straight sets. In December 1985, she achieved a world ranking of 21. She played for Great Britain
Great Britain Fed Cup team

The Great Britain Fed Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Lawn Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I....
 in the Fed Cup in 1985 and 1986, and in the Wightman Cup
Wightman Cup

The Wightman Cup was a team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 through 1989 between teams from the United States and Great Britain....
 from 1983 to 1986.

After tennis

Annabel retired from professional tennis at the age of twenty-one, tired of the relentless travel and keen to start a family. Immediately after her retirement, Annabel became the new face of Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
’s prime time show Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt (UK game show)

Treasure Hunt was a popular UK game show, based on the format of the French show La Chasse au Tr?sor, created by Jacques Antoine. It appeared on Channel 4 between 28 December 1982 and 18 May 1989 and was revived by BBC Two between 16 December 2002 and 2 August 2003....
, following Anneka Rice
Anneka Rice

Anneka Rice is a British television presenter.She changed her name to Anneka when she joined the British actors union British Actors' Equity Association, as her birth-name had already been registered with that organisation....
's successful run. This was followed by her own show on ITV1
ITV1

ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
, Interceptor
Interceptor (TV series)

Interceptor was a United Kingdom game show created by Jacques Antoine and produced by Chatsworth Television for Thames Television in 19 July, 1989, and shown on the ITV network during that summer, with the last episode airing on 1 January, 1990....
.

In 1990 Croft released her own fitness video entitled Annabel Croft's Shape Tape.

She has been involved in coverage of Wimbledon Tennis Championship
The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....
 for the BBC, Radio 5 Live and GMTV, and has also worked for Sky Sports
Sky Sports

Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK's main satellite television pay-TV company, BSkyB....
 and Eurosport
Eurosport

Eurosport is a European sports satellite and cable television network, available in 54 countries and broadcasting in 20 different languages. It is owned and operated by the TF1 Group....
 as a tennis pundit. She has appeared on UK lifestyle TV shows such as The Wright Stuff
The Wright Stuff

The Wright Stuff is a United Kingdomtelevision chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, andcurrently airing on Five each weekday at 9:00am. It is repeated later on at 11:00am on Fiver....
, The Entertainment Show, GMTV
GMTV

GMTV is the national ITV breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It is owned by GMTV Ltd, comprising ITV plc and The Walt Disney Company ....
, Out and About
Out and About

Out and About is an album by Cherish the Ladies that was released in 1993 on the Green Linnet Records label....
 and This Morning
This Morning (TV series)

This Morning is a United Kingdom daytime television programme created by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV1. It first aired from Granada's Albert Dock Studios in Liverpool on 3 October 1988....
.

She has successfully completed the New York Marathon.

She also speaks fluent Arabic.

Personal life

Croft is married to Mel Coleman, a former international yachtsman and current investment banker. The couple live in Coombe, a prestigious area in the Kingston
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a London borough in south-west London, England. The main town in the borough is Kingston upon Thames, but it covers a wider area also including places such as Surbiton, Chessington, New Malden and Tolworth....
 borough of London located near Wimbledon
Wimbledon, London

Wimbledon is a suburb of London, part of the London Borough of Merton and located south west of Charing Cross.For most of the past one hundred years, Wimbledon has been internationally known as the home of the The Championships, Wimbledon....
 with their three children, Amber, 14, Charlie, 12, and Lily, 10.

Croft is active in raising awareness of child obesity, and is a supporter of children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent
CLIC Sargent

CLIC Sargent is a cancer charitable organization in the United Kingdom, of which Cherie Blair is a patron. It was formed by the merger of Sargent Cancer Care for Children and Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood and specializes in providing support for children....
.

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