Alycia Moulton

Alycia Ann Moulton
	Moulton playing in 1983
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Menlo Park, California
Born	February 18, 1961 (age 63); Sacramento, California
Turned pro	1982
Retired	1988
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$468,748
Singles
Career record	134–124
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 18 (November 26, 1984)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1983)
French Open	2R (1983)
Wimbledon	3R (1985, 1987)
US Open	4R (1985)
Doubles
Career record	147–114
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 28 (May 25, 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1983, 1985)
French Open	QF (1983, 1986)
Wimbledon	QF (1982)
US Open	QF (1984)

Alycia Moulton (born February 18, 1961) is a retired American tennis player.

Career

Moulton won the U.S. Junior Championships in 1979 and was runner-up at the Wimbledon Junior Championships in 1979. She was active on the professional tour from 1978 to 1988. Her powerful game brought her two singles titles in 1983 and five doubles titles. She reached a career-high ranking of 18 in singles in November 1984, and won the Ridgewood Open and the Virginia Slims of Newport, Rhode Island.

Moulton achieved immediate success on the WTA Tour after graduating from Stanford University, where as team captain and four-time All-American, she was an NCAA singles, doubles and team champion.^[1] She was selected to represent the United States in Wightman Cup, and played doubles with Chris Evert, defeating Great Britain in that competition.

Moulton served two terms on the board of directors of the Women's Tennis Association. She has been inducted into the Sacramento Hall of Fame, the Stanford University Hall of Fame and the Northern California Tennis Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Moulton was born in Sacramento. Her father, Lee Moulton, is an inventor and engineer born in 1923. Her mother, Eleanor Moulton is a small business owner born in 1932. Alycia has one brother, Gregory Moulton, a computer scientist and founder of Avamar Technologies. After her tennis career, Moulton started a real estate development company. This led her to attend law school at the University of California at Davis. After graduating she was married briefly to George Artz, a computer scientist and lifelong friend. Moulton worked for Congressman and former California State Senator, Mike Thompson. She is a real estate attorney and now resides in Menlo Park, California.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (2–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (1–1)
Clay (0–1)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Nov 1982	Hong Kong Open	Clay	Catrin Jexell	3–6, 5–7
Win	1.	Feb 1983	Ridgewood Open, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Catrin Jexell	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	Jun 1983	Birmingham Classic, UK	Grass	Billie Jean King	0–6, 5–7
Win	2.	Jul 1983	Virginia Slims of Newport, U.S.	Grass	Kimberly Shaefer	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3.	Aug 1984	Canadian Open	Hard	Chris Evert-Lloyd	2–6, 6–7^(3–7)

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, other (6–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Grass (1–1)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (1–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Nov 1982	Hong Kong Open	Clay	Laura duPont	Jennifer Mundel Yvonne Vermaak	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	1.	Febr 1983	VS Nashville, U.S.	Carpet	Paula Smith	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	4–6, 6–7
Win	2.	Apr 1983	Atlanta Open, U.S.	Hard	Sharon Walsh	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Loss	2.	Jan 1984	Stanford Classic, U.S.	Carpet	Rosemary Casals	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	2–6, 3–6
Win	3.	Aug 1984	Virginia Slims of Newport, U.S.	Grass	Paula Smith	Lea Antonoplis Beverly Mould	7–5, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	4.	Oct 1984	Brighton International, UK	Carpet	Paula Smith	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	3.	Jun 1985	Birmingham Classic, UK	Grass	Elise Burgin	Terry Holladay Sharon Walsh	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	4.	Mar 1986	VS Phoenix, U.S.	Hard	Linda Gates	Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	5.	Jul 1986	Berkeley Open, U.S.	Hard	Beth Herr	Amy Holton Elna Reinach	6–1, 6–2
Win	6.	Jul 1986	San Diego Open, U.S.	Hard	Beth Herr	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	5.	Oct 1986	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Carpet	Lori McNeil	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	NH	2R	A	0 / 5
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	3R	2R	3R	A	0 / 8
US Open	1R	2R	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	4R	2R	1R	A	0 / 10
SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 26
Year-end ranking	91	70	114	88	38	31	19	35	34	51	NR

References

^ Johnson, Roy S. (September 2, 1985). "Moulton's studies continue on court". The New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2015.

External links

Alycia Moulton at the Women's Tennis Association
Alycia Moulton at the International Tennis Federation

[1] Johnson, Roy S. (September 2, 1985). "Moulton's studies continue on court". The New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2015.

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