Patty Van Acker

Patty Van Acker (born 21 October 1976) is a former tennis player from Belgium.

Patty Van Acker
Country (sports) Belgium
Born (1976-10-21) 21 October 1976
Bruges, Belgium
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$102,675
Singles
Career record221–177
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 146 (10 May 1999)
Doubles
Career record92–91
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 195 (29 July 2002)

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
Runner-up 1. 8 May 1995 ITF Le Touquet, France Clay France Amélie Cocheteux 2–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 24 July 1995 ITF Heerhugowaard, Netherlands Clay Czech Republic Zuzana Lešenarová 6–4, 6–2
Winner 2. 7 August 1995 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Belgium Caroline Wuillot 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Winner 3. 7 April 1996 ITF Moulins, France Hard France Isabelle Taesch 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 12 May 1996 ITF Le Touquet, France Clay Italy Germana Di Natale 3–6, 6–7
Winner 4. 23 June 1996 ITF Klosters, Switzerland Clay Germany Kerstin Taube 6–2, 6–2
Winner 5. 26 January 1997 ITF Båstad, Sweden Hard Sweden Anna-Karin Svensson 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 10 May 1998 ITF Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy Hard Germany Meike Fröhlich 4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner 6. 31 May 1998 ITF San Severino, Italy Clay Slovenia Maja Matevžič 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 14 June 1998 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Czech Republic Magdalena Zděnovcová 6–1, 6–7, 4–6
Winner 7. 9 August 1998 ITF Paderborn, Germany Clay Sweden Maria Wolfbrandt 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 30 August 1998 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium Clay Argentina Luciana Masante 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 8. 20 August 2000 ITF London, England Hard South Africa Mareze Joubert 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 6. 24 March 2002 ITF Cholet, France Clay Germany Sandra Klösel 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 13 (5–8)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 12 June 1995 ITF Bossonnens, Switzerland Clay Netherlands Debby Haak Netherlands Stephanie Gomperts
Netherlands Henriëtte van Aalderen
6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 11 May 1996 ITF Le Touquet, France Clay Russia Anna Linkova France Nathalie Herreman
France Karine Quentrec
1–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 23 June 1996 ITF Klosters, Switzerland Clay Netherlands Debby Haak Germany Silke Frankl
Austria Ursula Svetlik
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 6 October 1996 ITF Lerida, Spain Clay Netherlands Amanda Hopmans Germany Kirstin Freye
Austria Barbara Schwartz
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 25 January 1997 ITF Bastad, Sweden Hard (i) Sweden Anna-Karin Svensson Sweden Annica Lindstedt
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragana Zarić
7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Winner 3. 19 July 1997 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Netherlands Amanda Hopmans Spain Alicia Ortuño
Israel Hila Rosen
7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 9 April 2000 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) France Stéphanie Foretz Germany Vanessa Henke
Germany Syna Schmidle
7–6(7–2), 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 17 February 2001 ITF Sutton, England Hard (i) Netherlands Amanda Hopmans Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Germany Lydia Steinbach
0–6, 4–6
Winner 4. 23 September 2001 ITF Glasgow, Scotland Hard (i) Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Sweden Helena Ejeson
Czech Republic Eva Erbová
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 23 March 2002 ITF Cholet, France Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Belgium Caroline Maes
Czech Republic Gabriela Navrátilová
1–4 ret.
Runner-up 7. 13 April 2002 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer France Caroline Dhenin
France Émilie Loit
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 8. 22 June 2002 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Australia Nicole Sewell
Australia Samantha Stosur
4–6, 3–6
Winner 5. 30 June 2002 ITF Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz Netherlands Susanne Trik
Australia Kristen van Elden
7–5, 6–3

References

  1. "Tennis". The Morning Call. 15 July 1999. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. "Benelux Open Antwerp". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 17, 2000. p. 39. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. "Trainers - Challenge" (in Dutch). challengetennis.be. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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