Ilze Hattingh Explained

Ilze Hattingh (born 22 April 1996) is a South African former professional tennis player.

Born in Durban, Hattingh was introduced to tennis at the age of seven. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was ranked as high as world No. 49, which she achieved in January 2013. She has held the position as South Africa's junior number one girl tennis player on multiple occasions.

On the ITF Women's Circuit, she reached one $10k semifinal in singles, in Potchefstroom in December 2012. She also made her debut for the South Africa Fed Cup team in 2012.

Career

2013

Hattingh began her 2013 campaign with back to back junior tournaments in Australia, the Grade-1 Loy Yang Power Traralgon International and the Australian Open, but lost in the first round of both. She then continued her training before resuming competitive play at three back to back Grade 2's in her home country, starting on 18 February. She reached semifinals of all three in singles, and claimed one doubles title alongside Madrie Le Roux. The strong performance boosted her junior ranking up to a career high of world No. 49.

In May, Hattingh was given a wildcard for the main draw of a $50k tournament in Johannesburg, but was knocked out by eventual finalist Chanel Simmonds in round one.

Hattingh returned to the ITF Junior Circuit in June, playing a Grade-1 event in Germany as the 15th seed. Following a bye in the first round, she reached the semifinals with the loss of one set, and but lost to Iryna Shymanovich on 15 June for a place in the final. This is the deepest she has gone into a Grade-1 draw. Ilze then proceeded to play four more junior tournaments in Europe, including Wimbledon, but didn't achieve much success, losing in qualifying at Wimbledon and failing to reach the quarterfinals of any other tournament.

At the end of the 2013 season, Hattingh competed in four consecutive $10k events in Sharm El Sheikh. As a qualifier, she reached the quarterfinals of two of the singles tournaments and was runner-up at one doubles tournament with close friend Madrie Le Roux. The professional breakthrough earned Ilze her first WTA singles and doubles rankings.

2017

Hattingh joined the Arizona State University tennis programme in the United States where she plays mainly at the No. 2 position.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	8 June 2014	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Clothilde de Bernardi	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	5 July 2015	La Possession, Réunion	Hard	Marie Bouzková	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 17 (10–7)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (10–7) Clay (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 November 2013	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Arabela Rabaner Fernandez Liudmila Vasilyeva	0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	31 May 2014	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Michelle Sammons Chanel Simmonds	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	7 June 2014	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Agata Baranska Stephanie Kent	w/o
Runner-up	4.	13 June 2014	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Michelle Sammons Chanel Simmonds	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	26 July 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Alina Mikheeva Linda Prenkovic	6–1, 7–6
Winner	2.	6 September 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Michelle Sammons	Gai Ao Rishika Sunkara	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	14 September 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Michelle Sammons	Anna Morgina Yana Sizikova	3–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Winner	3.	21 September 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Arantxa Andrady	Anna Morgina Yana Sizikova	7–6, 6–2
Winner	4.	14 February 2015	Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Michelle Sammons	Nicoleta-Cătălina Dascălu Julia Stamatova	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	20 June 2015	Grand-Baie, Mauritius	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Marie Bouzková Rosalie van der Hoek	3–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	27 June 2015	Grand-Baie, Mauritius	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Snehadevi S Reddy Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	3 July 2015	La Possession, Réunion	Hard	Pauline Payet	Caitlin Herb Tanisha Rohura	6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	19 September 2015	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Chantal Škamlová	Agata Baranska Wang Yan	7–6(3), 3–6, [10–2]
Runner-up	7.	14 November 2015	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Francesca Stephenson Erika Vogelsang	4–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	21 November 2015	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Katharina Hering Naomi Totka	6–1, 7–6(5)
Winner	9.	20 February 2016	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Oana Georgeta Simion Julia Terziyska	6–1, 6–2
Winner	10.	12 November 2016	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Valeria Bhunu Linnea Malmqvist	6–1, 6–2

Fed Cup participation

Singles

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
	R/R	18 April 2012	Cairo, Egypt	Denmark	Clay	Mai Grage	align=center bgcolor=98fb98	W	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–0
		19 April 2012		Finland		Johanna Hyöty	align=center bgcolor=98fb98	W	6–2, 6–1
		20 April 2012		Montenegro		Vladica Babic	align=center bgcolor=98fb98	W	6–2, 6–4
	P/O	21 April 2012		Turkey		Pemra Özgen	align=center bgcolor=ffa07a	L	4–6, 2–6
	R/R	4 February 2016	Eilat, Israel	Great Britain	Hard	Katie Swan	L	3–6, 0–6
	P/O					Anna Bondár	L	0–6, 1–6
	R/R	19 April 2017	Šiauliai, Lithuania	Norway	Hard (i)	Malene Helgø	L	1–6, 1–6
		20 April 2017		Slovenia		Dalila Jakupović	L	1–6, 3–6
		21 April 2017		Sweden		Cornelia Lister	L	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
	P/O					Mai El Kamash	L	5–7, 6–1, 2–6

Doubles

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Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
	R/R	4 February 2015	Tallinn, Estonia	Egypt	Hard (i)	Michelle Sammons	Ola Abou Zekry Sandra Samir	align=center bgcolor=98fb98	W	6–4, 6–3
		6 February 2015		Bosnia and Herzegovina		Michelle Sammons	Jelena Simić Jasmina Tinjić	L	4–6, 2–6
	R/R	3 February 2016	Eilat, Israel	Georgia	Hard	Michelle Sammons	Ekaterine Gorgodze Oksana Kalashnikova	L	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
	R/R	20 April 2017	Šiauliai, Lithuania		Hard (i)	Madrie Le Roux	Dalila Jakupović Andreja Klepač	L	2–6, 6–4, 0–6