Nannie de Villiers explained

Nannie de Villiers (born Esmé de Villiers, 5 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player who represented South Africa. She was born in neighbouring Namibia but moved at a young age.

De Villiers made her début in 1993, at the small ITF Johannesburg tournament. She also played her next event in her native country, in Pretoria, winning the doubles event. Although she officially retired in 2003, she made a minor-comeback in 2007, entering the Cape Town event, losing in the first round singles and reaching the semifinals doubles. She never surpassed the singles qualifying stages at a Grand Slam tournament.

Despite never winning a WTA Tour singles title, she won four on the ITF Circuit, and 22 doubles titles there.

De Villiers retired from professional tennis in 2007.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
align=center colspan=2 style="background:#f3e6d7;"	Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (1–1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Jan 2001	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 6–7(2)
Win	Jan 2002	Canberra International, Australia	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti	6–2, 6–3
Loss	Sep 2002	Waikoloa Championships, US	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Meilen Tu María Vento-Kabchi	6–1, 2–6, 3–6

ITF finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	9 May 1994	ITF Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Claire Taylor	6–2, 6–2
Loss	2.	1 August 1994	ITF Munich, Germany	Clay	Angela Kerek	6–7(5), 3–6
Win	3.	22 August 1994	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Catrin Müller	7–6(1), 6–4
Loss	4.	13 April 1997	ITF Warwick, Australia	Grass		2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	5.	21 April 1997	ITF Dalby, Australia	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	7–5, 7–6
Loss	6.	28 April 1997	ITF Kooralbyn, Australia	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	2–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	31 May 1997	Bundaberg, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	4–6, 2–6
Win	8.	13 July 1997	ITF Easton, United States	Hard	Karin Miller	6–3, 6–3

Doubles : 41 (22–19)

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Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	27 September 1993	ITF Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Lucinda Gibbs	Janine Humphreys Cindy Summers	6–1, 6–2
Win	2.	27 March 1994	Nairobi, Kenya	Hard	Cara Black	Sybille Seyfried Magüi Serna	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3.	8 August 1994	Paderborn, Germany	Clay	Carmiña Giraldo	Nora Kovařčíková Simona Nedorostová	2–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	15 August 1994	Bergisch, Germany	Clay	Carmiña Giraldo	Sabine Gerke Elisabeth Habeler	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	31 October 1994	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Ana Paula Zannoni	Virág Csurgó Petra Mandula	4–6, 5–7
Loss	6.	7 November 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Virág Csurgó Petra Mandula	3–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	4 December 1995	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Katalin Marosi	Vanessa Menga Luciana Tella	3–6, 2–6
Win	8.	31 March 1996	Albury, Australia	Grass	Danielle Jones	Tomoe Hotta Angie Marik	7–6, 6–3
Win	9.		Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Joanne Limmer Lisa McShea	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win	10.		Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Joanne Ward Lorna Woodroffe	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	11.	4 April 1997	Corowa, Australia	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Trudi Musgrave Jane Taylor	4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	12.	26 April 1997	Dalby, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Jenny-Ann Fetch Renee Reid	6–0, 6–3
Win	13.	3 May 1997	Kooralbyn, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Jenny-Ann Fetch Renee Reid	6–7(4), 6–1, 6–3
Win	14.	10 May 1997	Hope Island, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Jenny-Ann Fetch Renee Reid	6–4, 6–4
Loss	15.	17 May 1997	Caboolture, Australia	Clay	Lisa McShea	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	4–6, 5–7
Loss	16.	24 May 1997	Gympie, Australia	Clay	Lisa McShea	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Win	17.	31 May 1997	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Lisa McShea	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win	18.	7 June 1997	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Lisa McShea	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win	19.	13 July 1997	Easton, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Marissa Catlin Karin Miller	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Win	20.	5 October 1997	Santa Clara, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Rachel McQuillan Nana Smith	7–6(3), 7–6(5)
Loss	21.	19 October 1997	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Kristine Kunce Rachel McQuillan	5–7, 4–6
Win	22.	23 November 1997	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Aleksandra Olsza Jessica Steck	6–4, 6–3
Loss	23.	30 November 1997	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	6–3, 7–5
Loss	24.	22 February 1998	Rochester, United States	Hard (i)	Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	4–6, 4–6
Win	25.	17 May 1998	Haines City, United States	Clay	Jessica Steck	Maureen Drake Renata Kolbovic	6–3, 6–2
Loss	26.	4 October 1998	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Janette Husárová	María Fernanda Landa Seda Noorlander	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Loss	27.	1 November 1998	Austin, United States	Hard	Liezel Horn	Maureen Drake Lindsay Lee-Waters	1–6, 1–6
Loss	28.	4 April 1999	Claremont, United States	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Rachel McQuillan Nana Smith	2–6, 3–6
Win	29.	16 May 1999	Midlothian, United States	Clay	Jessica Steck	Erika deLone Annabel Ellwood	6–4, 6–0
Loss	30.	3 October 1999	Santa Clara, United States	Hard	Nicole Pratt	Debbie Graham Nana Smith	4–6, 4–6
Win	31.	20 February 2000	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Rika Hiraki	Surina De Beer Tzipora Obziler	6–1, 1–6, 6–1
Loss	32.	1 May 2000	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Surina De Beer	Shinobu Asagoe Yuka Yoshida	3–6, 1–6
Loss	33.	1 October 2000	Saga, Japan	Carpet	Eva Krejčová	Amanda Augustus Amy Jensen	4–6, 3–6
Win	34.	20 October 2000	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Kerry-Anne Guse Rachel McQuillan	3–5, 4–2, 5–3, 4–1
Win	35.	26 November 2000	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	7–6(1), 6–3
Win	36.	3 December 2000	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Evie Dominikovic Amanda Grahame	6–2, 6–2
Win	37.	10 December 2000	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Evie Dominikovic Amanda Grahame	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	38.	21 October 2001	Southampton, United Kingdom	Hard (İ)	Irina Selyutina	Lubomira Bacheva Elena Tatarkova	7–6(5), 2–6, 6–2
Loss	39.	28 October 2001	Dallas, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi	6–7(4), 2–6
Win	40.	4 November 2001	Hayward, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Amanda Augustus Abigail Spears	6–0, 7–5
Loss	41.	9 June 2002	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Irina Selyutina	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	2–6, 2–6