Els Veentjer-Spruyt Explained

Els Veentjer-Spruyt
Fullname:Elsie Veentjer-Spruyt
Birth Date:7 December 1943
Plays:Right-handed
Wimbledonresult:1R (1965, 1966)
Wimbledondoublesresult:3R (1965)
Wimbledonmixedresult:2R (1965)

Elsie Veentjer-Spruyt (born Elsie Spruyt; 7 December 1943) is a Dutch former tennis player.[1]

A three-time national doubles champion, Veentjer-Spruyt featured in the main draw of four Wimbledon Championships during the 1960s. Her best result was a third round appearance in women's doubles with Trudy Groenman in 1965. She never won a Wimbledon singles match, although in 1967 she received a bye and then default to be drawn against Billie Jean King in the third round, but was deemed unfit and couldn't take to the court.[2]

Veentjer-Spruyt was a member of the Dutch 1966 Federation Cup team, defeated in the quarter-finals by Australia.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Tennis Okker wint "indoor" kampioenschap . Dutch Australian Weekly . 18 March 1966 . 11. Dutch.
  2. News: In Last Eight . . 30 June 1967.
  3. News: U.S. Women Win Tennis Matches . . 13 May 1966.