Annabel Croft

British Tennis Champion, Annabel Croft retired from professional tennis at the age of twenty-one. At 15, she became the youngest Briton to play senior Wimbledon for nearly 100 years.  In 1984 she became junior Wimbledon Champion as well as Junior Australian Open Champion. A year later she collected her first senior tournament trophy in San Diego.

Annabel continues to enjoy long term relationships with many of the leading broadcasters’ tennis output, both as an anchor, presenter, reporter and an all-round sports correspondent.

Every year, Annabel Croft plays an integral role in the coverage of Wimbledon, hosting Live @ Wimbledon and presenting and commentating for BBC  TV and Radio, as well as having done the on court interviews for the Ladies and Men’s Finals from 2023 onwards.

Annabel presents and commentates on the four Grand Slams –  The Australian Open in Melbourne, and The French Open in Paris for 5 Live,  Wimbledon for BBC TV and Radio and The US Open in New York for Amazon Prime Video/ Sky Sports UK. Annabel works on virtually every major tennis tournament throughout the year.

In 2012 she presented the Olympic Tennis Coverage for BBC Radio 5.

In Autumn 2023 Annabel swapped her tennis shoes for dancing
shoes when she took part in the UK’s Strictly Come Dancing and reached the Semi Finals.

Annabel was the face of Channel 4’s Treasure Hunt and ITV’s Interceptor.  She also took part in a series of the award winning Filthy Rich and Homeless for BBC1, where she lived homeless on the streets of London for 9 days. She has also hosted her own series, The Flying Picnic, for Sky Travel.

As a fit, healthy, glamorous mum-of-three, Annabel uses her position to raise awareness of the benefits of Homeopathy and Natural medicines, as well as child obesity in the UK and the issues and causes surrounding it.

Annabel was married to Mel Coleman, a former America’s cup and Admiral’s cup yachtsman.  In 2009, they together launched the Annabel Croft Tennis Academy at the National Tennis Centre. They have two daughters named Amber Rose and Lily and a son, Charlie.

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