Alycia Moulton (born February 18, 1961) is a retired American tennis player.
Career Moulton won the U.S. Junior Championships in 1979 and was runner-up at the Wimbledon Junior Championships in 1979. She was active on the 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 in November 1984, and won the Ridgewood Open and the Virginia Slims of Newport, Rhode Island.
Moulton achieved immediate success on the WTA Tour after graduating from Stanford University, where as team captain and four-time All-American, she was an NCAA singles, doubles and team champion. She was selected to represent the United States in Wightman Cup, and played doubles with Chris Evert, defeating Great Britain in that 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.
Personal life 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. Alycia has one brother, Gregory Moulton, a computer scientist and founder of Avamar Technologies. After her tennis career, Moulton started a real estate development company. This led her to attend UC Davis School of Law. 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 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)WTA Tour Championships (0–0)Virginia Slims, Avon, other (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Grass (1–1)Clay (0–1)Carpet (1–0) ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 1982 Hong Kong Open Clay Catrin Jexell 3–6, 5–7Win 1–1 Feb 1983 Ridgewood Open, U.S. Carpet (i) Catrin Jexell 6–4, 6–2Loss 1–2 Jun 1983 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass Billie Jean King 0–6, 5–7Win 2–2 Jul 1983 Virginia Slims of Newport, U.S. Grass Kimberly Shaefer 6–3, 6–2Loss 2–3 Aug 1984 Canadian Open Hard Chris Evert-Lloyd 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)WTA Tour Championships (0–0)Virginia Slims, Avon, other (6–5) Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Grass (1–1)Clay (1–0)Carpet (1–3) ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Nov 1982 Hong Kong Open Clay Laura duPont Jennifer Mundel Yvonne Vermaak 6–2, 4–6, 7–5Loss 1–1 Feb 1983 VS Nashville, U.S. Carpet Paula Smith Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds 4–6, 6–7Win 2–1 Apr 1983 Atlanta Open, U.S. Hard Sharon Walsh Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull 6–3, 7–6(7–1)Loss 2–2 Jan 1984 Stanford Classic, U.S. Carpet Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 2–6, 3–6Win 3–2 Aug 1984 Virginia Slims of Newport, U.S. Grass Paula Smith Lea Antonoplis Beverly Mould 7–5, 7–6(7–2)Win 4–2 Oct 1984 Brighton International, UK Carpet Paula Smith Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh 6–7, 6–3, 7–5Loss 4–3 Jun 1985 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass Elise Burgin Terry Holladay Sharon Walsh 4–6, 7–5, 3–6Loss 4–4 Mar 1986 VS Phoenix, U.S. Hard Linda Gates Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen 3–6, 7–5, 4–6Win 5–4 Jul 1986 Berkeley Open, U.S. Hard Beth Herr Amy Holton Elna Reinach 6–1, 6–2Win 6–4 Jul 1986 San Diego Open, U.S. Hard Beth Herr Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank 5–7, 6–2, 6–4Loss 6–5 Oct 1986 Zurich Open, Switzerland 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 SRAustralian Open A A A A2R3R1R1R NH2R A0 / 5French Open A A A A A2R1R A1R A A0 / 3Wimbledon A2R1R A2R1R2R3R2R3R A0 / 8US Open1R2R1R3R3R2R1R4R2R1R A0 / 10SR0 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 10 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 0 0 / 26Year-end ranking917011488383119353451NR
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