Ada Bakker (born 8 April 1948) is a former Dutch female tennis player who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. During her career Bakker played in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, namely the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Her most successful Grand Slam was Wimbledon where she reached the third round of the singles event in 1968, 1970, and 1971.[1] Her best doubles result was reaching the quarterfinal of the 1968 Australian Open.[2]

Ada Bakker
Full nameAda de Laive Bakker
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1948-04-08) 8 April 1948 (age 76)
Singles
Career titles0
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1968)
Wimbledon3R (1968, 1970, 1971)
US Open1R (1971)
Doubles
Career titles0
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1968)
Wimbledon3R (1968)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (1968)
Wimbledon1R (1967, 1969)
Team competitions
Fed CupSF (1969, 1974)
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Tennis
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tokyo Women's Doubles
Silver medal – second place 1967 Tokyo Women's Singles
Gold medal – first place 1970 Turin Women's Doubles
Ada Bakker

She competed in the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo and won the women's doubles gold medal with Astrid Suurbeek. She also reached the final of the singles event which she lost to Nell Truman.

In 1969 and 1974 Bakker was a member of the Dutch Federation Cup team which reached the semifinals on both occasions. In total she played seven Federation Cup matches, all of them in doubles, of which she won five.[3]

Career finals

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Doubles (2 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1968 Auckland, New Zealand Grass   Astrid Suurbeek   Kerry Melville
  Gail Sherriff
0–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 1969 Bournemouth, England Hard   Marijke Jansen   Margaret Court
  Judy Tegart
1–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ "Wimbledon players archive – Ada Bakker". AELTC.
  2. ^ "Australian Open – Results archive – Ada Bakker". Tennis Australia.
  3. ^ "Fed Cup – Player profile – Ada Bakker". ITF.
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