Anne Keothavong - Personal Life

Personal Life

Anne Keothavong was born in Hackney in London, to parents who had fled from their wartorn home country of Laos in the 1970s. Her father, Somsak, is an employee in a bank and encouraged all of his children to play short tennis from an early age. Her mother's name is Vathana and she has two brothers: James, who is a tennis umpire, and Mark. Keothavong's younger sister, Lena, also played tennis on the ITF tour briefly with limited success. Keothavong attended Shacklewell Primary School and Kingsland High School and earned seven GCSEs and an A-level in maths.

At the age of seven, Keothavong took up tennis at Hackney Downs and Highbury Fields. Her preferred surface is hard, though she has also enjoyed success on clay, carpet and grass. She is coached by Jeremy Bates and trains at the LTA's National Tennis Centre at Roehampton, South-West London, where her fitness regime is overseen by the LTA's team of trainers and physiotherapists.