Annelize Naudé

Annelize Naudé (born 1 January 1977) is a Dutch professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 13 in January 2006, and has won five WISPA tour titles as well as having been the runner-up nine times since 1996.

Annelize Naudé

Nickname(s)	Nudie
Country	Netherlands
Residence	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Born	(1977-01-01) 1 January 1977 Kempton Park, South Africa
Turned Pro	1996
Retired	2010
Plays	Right Handed
Coached by	Liz Irving
Racquet used	Harrow
Website	[1]
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 13 (January 2006)
Last updated: March 2017.

Professional career

Naudé's international squash career began in 1996; her world ranking after her first year was No. 53. She climbed up the rankings to No. 36 two years later, but her rankings then fell to a career low of No. 86 in May 2000. Her ranking rose again to No. 25 in late 2001, and she reached No. 20 a year later. She achieved her career best ranking of No. 13 four years later, in January 2006.

Naudé reached her first final in an international tournament in 1999 in the Danish Open, but she was subsequently defeated by Pamela Nimmo. Naudé won her first professional title in 2002, also in the Danish Open, when she beats Senga Macfie in the final which lasts in five sets 3–9, 4–9, 9–5, 9–3, 9–4. She then had to wait for two years for her second title, this time in the Swiss Open, beating Laura-Jane Lengthorn in the final. Naudé then lost to former world No. 1 Vanessa Atkinson in the final of Mexican Open.

Naudé appeared in her 12th WISPA World Tour final at the Internationaux de Creteil in France; she then won the match by beating England’s Lauren Siddall to her fourth title of her career.

Personal life

Naudé grew up in South Africa before moving to the Netherlands. She was based at Kempton Park Country Club, and was coached in her early days by Phillip Schelbusch and Jean Grainger, which took her to national titles at various junior levels before she moved to Amsterdam and eventually took on Dutch nationality and become a fixture in their national team.

Annelize is currently busy following her other passion in life, music. Since retiring from squash at the end of 2010, she is a qualified audio engineer and well established dj.

Career statistics

Listed as the following:-

Professional Tour Titles (5)

All Results for Annelize Naudé in WISPA World's Tour tournament

Legend WISPA Platinum Series (0) WISPA Gold Series (0) WISPA Silver Series (0) WISPA Tour Series (5)

Titles by Major Tournaments World Open (0) British Open (0) Hong Kong Open (0) Qatar Classic (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	20 February 2002	Danish Open	Senga Macfie	3–9, 4–9, 9–5, 9–3, 9–4
2.	14 March 2004	Swiss Open	Laura-Jane Lengthorn	9–6, 9–5, 9–7
3.	24 February 2008	De Creteil	Lauren Siddall	9–2, 8–10, 9–3, 9–4
4.	15 March 2009	Eindhoven Open	Victoria Lust	11–2, 11–2, 11–6
5.	19 September 2009	Squashshine Open	Kanzy Emad El Defrawy	13–15, 11–6, 11–8, 11–6

WISPA Tour Finals (runner-up) (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	21 February 1999	Danish Open	Pamela Nimmo	5–9, 10–8, 9–2, 9–7
2.	29 October 2000	Springside Open	Carol Owens	9–1, 9–2, 9–2
3.	17 June 2001	Singapore Open	Shelley Kitchen	9–7, 9–4, 9–2
4.	8 March 2004	Finnish Open	Tegwen Malik	9–2, 9–5, 9–6
5.	5 September 2004	Mexican Open	Vanessa Atkinson	9–4, 9–1, 9–2
6.	6 February 2005	Kuala Lumpur Open	Nicol David	9–4, 9–2, 9–0
7.	16 April 2005	Irish Open	Madeline Perry	9–4, 2–9, 7–9, 9–4, 9–6
8.	3 July 2007	NSC Super Satellite No. 2	Rebecca Chiu	10–8, 9–2, 9–1
9.	16 December 2009	Flowerbulb Open	Emma Beddoes	11–8, 11–2, 11–6

External links

• Annelize Naudé at WISPA (archived)
• Annelize Naudé at Squash Info
• Official Website