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 (age 47)
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 edit

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 edit

Singles: 14 (8–6) edit

$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   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) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
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 edit

  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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