Patty Van Acker
Country (sports) | Belgium |
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Born | Bruges, Belgium | 21 October 1976
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $102,675 |
Singles | |
Career record | 221–177 |
Career titles | 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 146 (10 May 1999) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 92–91 |
Career titles | 5 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 195 (29 July 2002) |
Patty Van Acker (born 21 October 1976) is a former tennis player from Belgium.
Biography[]
A right-handed player from Bruges, Van Acker turned professional at the age of 18.
She made her WTA Tour main-draw singles debut at the 1999 Internazionali di Palermo, as a lucky loser from the qualifiers.[1] At the 2000 Antwerp Open, she featured as a wildcard in the main draw.[2] In her career, she won eight singles titles and five doubles titles ITF Circuit. She reached a highest singles ranking of 146 in the world.
Van Acker now works as a tennis trainer at the Challenger Tennis Academy in Aartrijke.[3]
ITF Circuit finals[]
Singles: 14 (8–6)[]
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 8 May 1995 | ITF Le Touquet, France | Clay | Amélie Cocheteux | 2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 1. | 24 July 1995 | ITF Heerhugowaard, Netherlands | Clay | Zuzana Lešenarová | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 7 August 1995 | ITF Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | Caroline Wuillot | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 3. | 7 April 1996 | ITF Moulins, France | Hard | Isabelle Taesch | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 12 May 1996 | ITF Le Touquet, France | Clay | Germana Di Natale | 3–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 4. | 23 June 1996 | ITF Klosters, Switzerland | Clay | Kerstin Taube | 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 5. | 26 January 1997 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | Hard | Anna-Karin Svensson | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 3. | 10 May 1998 | ITF Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy | Hard | Meike Fröhlich | 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Winner | 6. | 31 May 1998 | ITF San Severino, Italy | Clay | Maja Matevžič | 7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 4. | 14 June 1998 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Clay | Magdalena Zděnovcová | 6–1, 6–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 7. | 9 August 1998 | ITF Paderborn, Germany | Clay | Maria Wolfbrandt | 6–0, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 30 August 1998 | ITF Middelkerke, Belgium | Clay | Luciana Masante | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 8. | 20 August 2000 | ITF London, England | Hard | Mareze Joubert | 6–4, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 6. | 24 March 2002 | ITF Cholet, France | Clay | Sandra Klösel | 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 13 (5–8)[]
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 12 June 1995 | ITF Bossonnens, Switzerland | Clay | Debby Haak | Stephanie Gomperts Henriëtte van Aalderen |
6–7, 6–3, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 1. | 11 May 1996 | ITF Le Touquet, France | Clay | Anna Linkova | Nathalie Herreman Karine Quentrec |
1–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 2. | 23 June 1996 | ITF Klosters, Switzerland | Clay | Debby Haak | Silke Frankl Ursula Svetlik |
6–3, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 6 October 1996 | ITF Lerida, Spain | Clay | Amanda Hopmans | Kirstin Freye Barbara Schwartz |
2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 25 January 1997 | ITF Bastad, Sweden | Hard (i) | Anna-Karin Svensson | Annica Lindstedt Dragana Zarić |
7–6, 6–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 3. | 19 July 1997 | ITF Getxo, Spain | Clay | Amanda Hopmans | Alicia Ortuño Hila Rosen |
7–5, 4–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | 9 April 2000 | ITF Dinan, France | Clay (i) | Stéphanie Foretz | Vanessa Henke Syna Schmidle |
7–6(7–2), 4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 17 February 2001 | ITF Sutton, England | Hard (i) | Amanda Hopmans | Eleni Daniilidou Lydia Steinbach |
0–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 23 September 2001 | ITF Glasgow, Scotland | Hard (i) | Leslie Butkiewicz | Helena Ejeson Eva Erbová |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 23 March 2002 | ITF Cholet, France | Clay | Leslie Butkiewicz | Caroline Maes Gabriela Navrátilová |
1–4 ret. |
Runner-up | 7. | 13 April 2002 | ITF Dinan, France | Clay (i) | Yuliya Beygelzimer | Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit |
3–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 22 June 2002 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Clay | Leslie Butkiewicz | Nicole Sewell Samantha Stosur |
4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 5. | 30 June 2002 | ITF Fontanafredda, Italy | Clay | Leslie Butkiewicz | Susanne Trik Kristen van Elden |
7–5, 6–3 |
References[]
- ^ "Tennis". The Morning Call. 15 July 1999. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Benelux Open Antwerp". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 17, 2000. p. 39. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Trainers - Challenge" (in Dutch). challengetennis.be. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Belgian female tennis players
- Sportspeople from Bruges