Tessy van de Ven (born 8 July 1983) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Tessy van de Ven
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1983-07-08) 8 July 1983 (age 40)
Woerden, Netherlands
Prize money$33,986
Singles
Career record104–93 (52.8%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 304 (22 November 2004)
Doubles
Career record62–44 (58.5%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 314 (3 May 2004)

Born in Woerden, van de Ven spent her career on the ITF Circuit, playing her first tournament in 2000.[1]

She had her best year on tour in 2004 when she won three of her four ITF singles titles and represented the Netherlands in two Fed Cup ties, partnering Anousjka van Exel in doubles rubbers against Ukraine and South Africa.[2]

ITF Circuit finals edit

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 26 January 2003 ITF Hull, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–7(4), 3–6
Winner 2. 25 August 2003 ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands Clay   Sandra Martinović 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 3. 28 September 2003 ITF Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard   Sofia Arvidsson 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 29 August 2004 ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands Clay   Gaëlle Widmer 6–3, 6–3
Winner 5. 17 October 2004 ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Margit Rüütel 4–6, 6–0, 6–3
Winner 6. 24 October 2004 ITF Bolton, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Karen Nugent 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 22 July 2001 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay   Suzanne van Hartingsveldt   Irina Nossenko
  Aleksandra Vučenović
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 3 February 2002 ITF Tipton, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Suzanne van Hartingsveldt   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 24 March 2002 ITF Amiens, France Clay (i)   Natalia Gussoni   Yuliya Beygelzimer
  Marianna Yuferova
2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Winner 4. 3 June 2002 ITF Poznań, Poland Clay   Jolanda Mens   Celeste Contín
  Ana Lucía Migliarini de León
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 5. 5 August 2002 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay   Leslie Butkiewicz   Elke Clijsters
  Jaslyn Hewitt
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 29 September 2002 ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Suzanne van Hartingsveldt   Yvonne Doyle
  Elsa O'Riain
4–6, 4–6
Winner 7. 6 July 2003 ITF Heerhugowaard, Netherlands Clay   Suzanne van Hartingsveldt   Kika Hogendoorn
  Vladimíra Uhlířová
6–4, 2–0 ret.
Winner 8. 25 August 2003 ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands Clay   Suzanne van Hartingsveldt   Jolanda Mens
  Anouk Sterk
6–2, 6–2
Winner 9. 16 August 2004 ITF Enschede, Netherlands Clay   Susanne Trik   Daniela Klemenschits
  Sandra Klemenschits
4–6, 6–0, 6–4

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Tennis titles for outsiders Van de Ven and Logtens". Volkskrant. 15 December 2003.
  2. ^ "Wachten op de volgende tennisgeneratie". Volkskrant. 23 April 2004.

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