Alycia Moulton Biography

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

Career

Moulton won the US Junior Championships in 1979 and was runner-up at the Wimbledon Junior Championships in 1979. She was active on the WTA 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 on November 26, 1984. She won the Ridgewood Open and the Virginia Slims of Newport, Rhode Island.

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

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. Moulton has one brother, Gregory Moulton, a computer scientist and founder of Avamar Technologies. After Moulton"?s tennis career she 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 (2-3)

Winner "? Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0-0) WTA Tour Championships (0-0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (2-3)

Titles by Surface Hard (0-1) Grass (1-1) Clay (0-1) Carpet (1-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	November 1, 1982	Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong	Clay	Catrin Jexell	3-6, 5-7
Winner	1.	February 21, 1983	Ridgewood Open, USA	Carpet	Catrin Jexell	6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	2.	June 6, 1983	Birmingham Classic, England	Grass	Billie Jean King	0-6, 5-7
Winner	2.	July 11, 1983	Virginia Slims of Newport, USA	Grass	Kimberly Shaefer	6-3, 6-2
Runner-up	3.	August 20, 1984	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	Chris Evert-Lloyd	2-6, 6-7(3-7)

Doubles: 10 (5-5)

Winner - Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0-0) WTA Tour Championships (0-0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (5-5)

Titles by Surface Hard (3-1) Grass (0-1) Clay (1-0) Carpet (1-3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	November 1, 1982	Hong Kong	Clay	Laura duPont	Jennifer Mundel Yvonne Vermaak	6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Runner-up	1.	February 28, 1983	Nashville	Carpet	Paula Smith	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	4-6, 6-7
Winner	2.	April 25, 1983	Atlanta	Hard	Sharon Walsh	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6-3, 7-6(7-1)
Runner-up	2.	January 9, 1984	Oakland	Carpet	Rosemary Casals	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	2-6, 3-6
Winner	3.	October 22, 1984	Brighton	Carpet	Paula Smith	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6-7, 6-3, 7-5
Runner-up	3.	June 10, 1985	Birmingham	Grass	Elise Burgin	Terry Holladay Sharon Walsh	4-6, 7-5, 3-6
Runner-up	4.	March 24, 1986	Phoenix	Hard	Linda Gates	Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen	3-6, 7-5, 4-6
Winner	4.	July 21, 1986	Berkeley	Hard	Beth Herr	Amy Holton Elna Reinach	6-1, 6-2
Winner	5.	July 28, 1986	San Diego	Hard	Beth Herr	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	5-7, 6-2, 6-4
Runner-up	5.	October 6, 1986	Zrich	Carpet	Lori McNeil	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6-1, 4-6, 4-6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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	33	19	35	34	51	NR

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.