Els Veentjer-Spruyt

Elsie Veentjer-Spruyt (born Elsie Spruyt; 7 December 1943) is a Dutch former tennis player.[1]

Els Veentjer-Spruyt
Full nameElsie Veentjer-Spruyt
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1943-12-07) 7 December 1943
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (1965, 1966)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1965)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1965)

A three-time national doubles champion, Veentjer-Spruyt featured in the main draw of four Wimbledon Championships during the 1960s. Her best result was a third round appearance in women's doubles with Trudy Groenman in 1965. She never won a Wimbledon singles match, although in 1967 she received a bye and then default to be drawn against Billie Jean King in the third round, but was deemed unfit and couldn't take to the court.[2]

Veentjer-Spruyt was a member of the Dutch 1966 Federation Cup team, defeated in the quarter-finals by Australia.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Tennis Okker wint "indoor" kampioenschap". Dutch Australian Weekly (in Dutch). 18 March 1966. p. 11.
  2. "In Last Eight". Evening Standard. 30 June 1967.
  3. "U.S. Women Win Tennis Matches". The Miami Herald. 13 May 1966.
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