The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Hall of Honor
- Induction:
- 2022
- Class:
- 1988
One of the top players from an era that helped launch the rich and storied tradition of Texas Women’s Tennis, Anne Grousbeck Matta was a three-time ITA All-American in singles who helped lead the Longhorns to four-straight NCAA Championship tournaments and four Southwest Conference team titles. The four-year letterwinner from 1985-88 was one of the premier players from the early years of fellow Hall of Honor inductee and legendary Longhorn coach Jeff Moore. Grousbeck Matta reached the finals of the National Indoors tournament in singles and doubles (with partner and fellow Hall of Honor inductee Beverly Bowes) during her junior season in 1987. In the fall of her senior year, she claimed the singles title at the ITCA All-American tournament and achieved the No. 1 singles ranking in the country. Grousbeck Matta was the No. 5-ranked singles player in the ITCA final national rankings as a senior in 1988, ranked among the top-25 players in the country her final three years and also was part of the No. 33-ranked doubles duo with teammate Diana Dopson as a sophomore in 1986. She advanced to the quarterfinals of NCAA singles competition in 1988 and the round of 16 in 1986. Grousbeck Matta also led UT to four SWC Championships. That included regular season league titles in 1985 and 1987, a share of the crown in 1988, and the first-ever conference tournament championship in 1988. She helped the Longhorns post top-20 rankings in the final ITCA Poll all four years, including a No. 4 ranking as a freshman in 1984-85. UT posted a 24-3 record and was a perfect 8-0 in the SWC during her freshman campaign, and was 29-3 in conference matches during her career. Her first three seasons at Texas came during an era when only an elite group of the top-16 teams in the country made the NCAA Championship tournament, at which time, Grousbeck Matta helped the Longhorns make it to the national postseason all three years. UT would finish each of those years tied for ninth at the NCAA Championship. The team MVP as a senior when the NCAA Tournament expanded to 24 teams, she led the Longhorns to nationals that year as well. A graduate of Boston’s Noble and Greenough School, she graduated from UT with a degree in English in 1988 and spent five seasons on the professional tennis circuit after that. During her pro career, she competed in doubles competition at Wimbledon, the French Open and the Australian Open.
