Tessy van de Ven explained

Tessy van de Ven
Birth Date:8 July 1983
Birth Place:Woerden, Netherlands
Careerprizemoney:$33,986
Singlestitles:4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 304 (22 November 2004)
Doublestitles:5 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 314 (3 May 2004)

Tessy van de Ven (born 8 July 1983) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Born in Woerden, van de Ven spent her career on the ITF Circuit, playing her first tournament in 2000.[1]

She had her best year on tour in 2004 when she won three of her four ITF singles titles and represented the Netherlands in two Fed Cup ties, partnering Anousjka van Exel in doubles rubbers against Ukraine and South Africa.[2]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.26 January 2003ITF Hull, United KingdomHard (i)6–7(4), 3–6
Winner2.25 August 2003ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, NetherlandsClay Sandra Martinović6–3, 7–5
Runner-up3.28 September 2003ITF Glasgow, United KingdomHard Sofia Arvidsson6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner4.29 August 2004ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, NetherlandsClay Gaëlle Widmer6–3, 6–3
Winner5.17 October 2004ITF Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i) Margit Rüütel4–6, 6–0, 6–3
Winner6. 24 October 2004ITF Bolton, United KingdomHard (i) Karen Nugent6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.22 July 2001ITF Brussels, BelgiumClay Suzanne van Hartingsveldt Irina Nossenko
Aleksandra Vučenović
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up2.3 February 2002ITF Tipton, United KingdomHard (i) Suzanne van Hartingsveldt Yan Zi
Zheng Jie
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up3.24 March 2002ITF Amiens, FranceClay (i) Natalia Gussoni Yuliya Beygelzimer
Marianna Yuferova
2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Winner4.3 June 2002ITF Poznań, PolandClay 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up5.5 August 2002ITF Rebecq, BelgiumClay Leslie Butkiewicz Elke Clijsters
Jaslyn Hewitt
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up6.ITF Sunderland, United KingdomHard (i) Suzanne van Hartingsveldt4–6, 4–6
Winner7.6 July 2003ITF Heerhugowaard, NetherlandsClay Suzanne van Hartingsveldt6–4, 2–0 ret.
Winner8.25 August 2003ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, NetherlandsClay Suzanne van Hartingsveldt Jolanda Mens
Anouk Sterk
6–2, 6–2
Winner9.16 August 2004ITF Enschede, NetherlandsClay Daniela Klemenschits
Sandra Klemenschits
4–6, 6–0, 6–4

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Tennis titles for outsiders Van de Ven and Logtens . Volkskrant . 15 December 2003.
  2. News: Wachten op de volgende tennisgeneratie . Volkskrant . 23 April 2004.