Ilke Gers

Ilke Gers (born 26 October 1981) is a visual artist and a retired tennis player from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Ilke Gers
Country (sports) New Zealand
Born (1981-10-26) 26 October 1981
New Zealand
Turned pro2000
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$30,137
Official websitehttp://www.ilkegers.info/
Singles
Career record93–101
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 382 (13 May 2002)
Doubles
Career record60–64
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 167 (2 February 2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–5
Last updated on: 1 April 2017.

Art career

Ilke Gers works with installation, performance and publications that bring movement, behaviour, social and spatial conditions into play. She studied at the Werkplaats Typografie, and was a resident at the Jan van Eyck Academie from 2014-2015. Her work has been presented at LLS Paleis, Antwerp; the Biënnale Van België, Ghent; Kunsthal Rotterdam; De Appel, Amsterdam; 019, Ghent; De Fabriek, Eindhoven; Beursschouwburg, Brussels; D21 – Kunstraum, Leipzig. She is part of Action Publishing Collective, based in Rotterdam.

Tennis career

Ilke Gers is a former New Zealand professional female tennis player. Gers has won two doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 13 May 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 382. On 2 February 2004, she peaked at world number 167 in the doubles rankings.

Ilke Gers retired from tennis 2004.

Playing for New Zealand at the Fed Cup, Gers has a win–loss record of 4–5.[1]

ITF finals (2–8) Singles (0–1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 29 January 2002 $10,000 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Adriana Szili 2–6, 2–6

Doubles (2–7)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 1 July 2001 $10,000 Edmond, United States Hard Tracey O'Connor Michelle Dasso
Julie Ditty
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 28 January 2003 $10,000 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Chuang Chia-jung Lauren Breadmore
Kristen van Elden
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 3 March 2003 $10,000 Warrnambool, Australia Grass Chuang Chia-jung Monique Adamczak
Madita Suer
4–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 17 March 2003 $10,000 Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Chuang Chia-jung Sarah Borwell
Bree Calderwood
6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 24 March 2003 $10,000 Albury, Australia Grass Chuang Chia-jung Nicole Sewell
Andrea van den Hurk
6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 10 June 2003 $25,000 Allentown, United States Hard Surina De Beer Adria Engel
Kelly McCain
6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 17 June 2003 $10,000 Dallas, United States Hard Surina De Beer Stephanie Hazlett
Julia Scaringe
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 6. 20 October 2003 $25,000 Cardiff, Great Britain Hard Surina De Beer Claire Curran
İpek Şenoğlu
4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up 7. 16 November 2003 $25,000 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Napaporn Tongsalee Trudi Musgrave
Abigail Spears
2–6, 2–6

Fed Cup participation Singles

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2002 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
R/R 4 March 2002 Guangzhou, China South Korea Hard Cho Yoon-jeong L 4–6, 2–6
5 March 2002 Chinese Taipei Janet Lee L 4–6, 2–6
6 March 2002 India Rushmi Chakravarthi W 6–1, 6–0
7 March 2002 Indonesia Angelique Widjaja L 4–6, 1–6
2003 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
R/R 24 April 2003 Tokyo, Japan China Hard Sun Tiantian L 1–6, 2–6

Doubles

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2001 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
R/R 9 April 2001 Kaohsiung, Taiwan South Korea Hard Leanne Baker Choi Jin-young
Chung Yang-jin
W 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
11 April 2001 India Leanne Baker Rushmi Chakravarthi
Nirupama Sanjeev
W 7–6(7–2), 7–6(10–8)
13 April 2001 Pacific Oceania Leanne Baker Davilyn Godinet
Irene Mani
W 6–0, 6–1
2003 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
R/R 22 April 2003 Tokyo, Japan Japan Hard Shelley Stephens Saori Obata
Ai Sugiyama
L 0–6, 1–6

ITF Junior Results Doubles (1/0)

Legend
Junior Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5
Outcome No. Date Tournament Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 18 July 1999 Jetsave New Zealand 18 & Under Indoor Championships Auckland, New Zealand Hard Tracey O'Connor Eden Marama
Paula Marama
6–4, 7–5

References

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