Alycia Moulton

Alycia Ann Moulton

Moulton playing in 1983
Country  United States
Residence Menlo Park, California
Born February 18, 1961
Sacramento, California
Turned pro 1978
Retired 1988
Singles
Career record 134–124
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 18 (November 26, 1984)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (1983)
French Open 2R (1983)
Wimbledon 3R (1985, 1987)
US Open 4R (1985)
Doubles
Career record 144–115
Career titles 5
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 former professional tennis player. She won the Junior U.S. Open title and was runner-up in Junior Wimbledon.

Moulton 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 Virginia Slims of New Jersey 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 Federation Cup and 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. The two lived in different cities during this time. 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)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 0
Olympic Games 0
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. November 6, 1982 Hong Kong Clay Sweden Catrin Jexell 3-6, 5-7
Winner 2. February 28, 1983 Ridgewood, USA Hard Sweden Catrin Jexell 6-4, 6-2
Runner-up 3. June 13, 1983 Birmingham, England Grass United States Billie Jean King 0-6, 5-7
Winner 4. July 19, 1983 Newport, Rhode Island, USA Grass United States Kimberly Shaefer 6-3, 6-2
Runner-up 5. August 26, 1984 Canadian Open, Canada Hard United States Chris Evert-Lloyd 2-6, 6-7

Doubles 11 (5-6)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 0
Tier III 0
Tier IV & V 0
Olympic Games 0
Titles by Surface
Hard 3
Clay 1
Grass 0
Carpet 1
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. November 6, 1982 Hong Kong Clay United States Laura Du Pont South Africa Jennifer Mundel
South Africa Yvonne Vermaak
6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Runner-up 2. March 6, 1983 Nashville, Tennessee, USA Hard United States Paula Smith South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank
United States Candy Reynolds
4-6, 6-7
Winner 3. May 1, 1983 Atlanta, Georgia, USA Hard United States Sharon Walsh United States Rosie Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6-3, 7-6
Runner-up 4. June 13, 1983 Birmingham, England Grass United States Elise Burgin South Africa Beverly Mould
Australia Liz Smylie
3-6, 4-6
Runner-up 5. January 15, 1984 Oakland, California, USA Carpet United States Rosie Casals United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
2-6, 3-6
Winner 6. October 28, 1984 Brighton, England Carpet United States Paula Smith United States Barbara Potter
United States Sharon Walsh
6-7, 6-3, 7-5
Runner-up 7. June 16, 1985 Birmingham, England Grass United States Elise Burgin United States Terry Holladay
United States Sharon Walsh
4-6, 7-5, 3-6
Runner-up 8. April 30, 1986 Phoenix, Arizona, USA Hard United States Linda Gates United States Susan Mascarin
United States Betsy Nagelsen
3-6, 7-5, 4-6
Winner 9. July 28, 1986 Berkeley, California, USA Hard United States Beth Herr United States Amy Holton
South Africa Elna Reinach
6-1, 6-2
Winner 10. August 3, 1986 San Diego, California, USA Hard United States Beth Herr United States Elise Burgin
South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank
5-7, 6-2, 6-4
Runner-up 11. October 12, 1986 Zurich, Switzerland Carpet United States Lori McNeil West Germany Steffi Graf
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini
6-1, 4-6, 4-6

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