Alycia Moulton


Alycia Moulton 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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.November 1, 1982Hong Kong Open, Hong KongClay Catrin Jexell3–6, 5–7
Winner1.February 21, 1983Ridgewood Open, USACarpet Catrin Jexell6–4, 6–2
Runner-up2.June 6, 1983Birmingham Classic, EnglandGrass Billie Jean King0–6, 5–7
Winner2.July 11, 1983Virginia Slims of Newport, USAGrass Kimberly Shaefer6–3, 6–2
Runner-up3.August 20, 1984Canadian Open, CanadaHard Chris Evert-Lloyd2–6, 6–7

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.November 1, 1982Hong KongClay Laura duPont Jennifer Mundel
Yvonne Vermaak
6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up1.February 28, 1983NashvilleCarpet Paula Smith Rosalyn Fairbank
Candy Reynolds
4–6, 6–7
Winner2.April 25, 1983AtlantaHard Sharon Walsh Rosemary Casals
Wendy Turnbull
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up2.January 9, 1984OaklandCarpet Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
2–6, 3–6
Winner3.October 22, 1984BrightonCarpet Paula Smith Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh
6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up3.June 10, 1985BirminghamGrass Elise Burgin Terry Holladay
Sharon Walsh
4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Runner-up4.March 24, 1986PhoenixHard Linda Gates Susan Mascarin
Betsy Nagelsen
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner4.July 21, 1986BerkeleyHard Beth Herr Amy Holton
Elna Reinach
6–1, 6–2
Winner5.July 28, 1986San DiegoHard Beth Herr Elise Burgin
Rosalyn Fairbank
5–7, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up5.October 6, 1986ZürichCarpet Lori McNeil Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini
6–1, 4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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.