Helen Crook
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Essex, England | 20 November 1971
Height | 1.75 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right handed |
College | University of South Carolina |
Prize money | $98,388 |
Singles | |
Career record | 140–161 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 257 (16 July 2001) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 192–178 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 11 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 155 (24 May 1999) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (2003) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (2001, 2003) |
Helen Crook (born 20 November 1971) is a British former professional tennis player.
Biography[]
Before turning professional, Crook attended college in the United States, as a journalism student at the University of South Carolina. She formed a doubles partnership in college tennis with another British player, Victoria Davies. The pair made the semifinals of the 1994 NCAA Doubles Championships.[1]
Crook, who was based in Essex, began competing on the international circuit in 1996. All of her WTA Tour and Wimbledon main-draw appearances were in doubles, a format in which she reached No. 155 in the world. She made two WTA Tour doubles quarterfinals, both with regular doubles partner Victoria Davies, at the 1999 Warsaw Cup and the 2001 Birmingham Classic. She featured in the women's doubles at Wimbledon on eight occasions and twice in mixed doubles. Her only grand slam win came when partnering Anna Hawkins at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, with the pair overcoming Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder, before being beaten in the second round by Martina Navratilova and Svetlana Kuznetsova.[2]
She was one of the founders of GB Tennis Girls, an organisation supporting women's tennis.[3]
ITF Circuit finals[]
Singles (0–2)[]
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 17 January 1996 | Miami, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 2. | 23 July 2000 | Frinton-on-Sea, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
3–6, 0–6 |
Doubles (11–15)[]
Outcome | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 11 July 1994 | Frinton-on-Sea, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 10 July 1995 | Felixstowe, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 28 August 1995 | İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 27 January 1996 | İstanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(3), 7–6(4) |
Winner | 5. | 26 April 1996 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 6. | 1 June 1996 | İstanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 4–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 11 July 1997 | Felixstowe, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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5–7, 5–7 |
Winner | 8. | 26 September 1997 | Sunderland, Great Britain | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 6 December 1997 | Pretoria, South Africa | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 10. | 26 March 1998 | Wodonga, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 11. | 19 April 1998 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 12. | 31 July 1998 | Ilkley, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 26 September 1998 | Sunderland, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 14. | 3 October 1998 | Glasgow, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 15. | 2 April 2000 | Pontevedra, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 16. | 23 April 2000 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(7) |
Runner-up | 17. | 14 May 2000 | Tampico, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 18. | 22 July 2000 | Frinton-on-Sea, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 19. | 3 February 2001 | Tipton, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 20. | 20 May 2001 | Edinburgh, Great Britain | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 21. | 10 February 2002 | Redbridge, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 22. | 8 March 2003 | Nuevo Laredo, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 23. | 22 March 2003 | Monterrey, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 24. | 12 April 2003 | Coatzacoalcos, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 25. | 15 February 2004 | Sunderland, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 26. | 11 July 2004 | Felixstowe, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
References[]
- ^ "USC Women's Tennis Gearing Up For NCAA Regionals". CBS Sports Network. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Relentless Navratilova has British pair in awe". The Daily Telegraph. 28 June 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Casting the net in hope of 'filling gaps in system'". The Independent. 26 June 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
External links[]
- 1971 births
- Living people
- British female tennis players
- English female tennis players
- South Carolina Gamecocks women's tennis players
- Tennis people from Essex