Patty Van Acker

Patty Van Acker (born 21 October 1976) is a former tennis player from Belgium.

Patty Van Acker
Country (sports) Belgium
Born (1976-10-21) 21 October 1976
Bruges, Belgium
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$102,675
Singles
Career record221–177
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 146 (10 May 1999)
Doubles
Career record92–91
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 195 (29 July 2002)

Biography

A right-handed player from Bruges, Van Acker turned professional at the age of 18.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw singles debut at the 1999 Internazionali di Palermo, as a lucky loser from the qualifiers.[1] At the 2000 Antwerp Open, she featured as a wildcard in the main draw.[2] In her career, she won eight singles titles and five doubles titles ITF Circuit. She reached a highest singles ranking of 146 in the world.

Van Acker now works as a tennis trainer at the Challenger Tennis Academy in Aartrijke.[3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 8 May 1995 ITF Le Touquet, France Clay Amélie Cocheteux 2–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 24 July 1995 ITF Heerhugowaard, Netherlands Clay Zuzana Lešenarová 6–4, 6–2
Winner 2. 7 August 1995 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay Caroline Wuillot 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Winner 3. 7 April 1996 ITF Moulins, France Hard Isabelle Taesch 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 12 May 1996 ITF Le Touquet, France Clay Germana Di Natale 3–6, 6–7
Winner 4. 23 June 1996 ITF Klosters, Switzerland Clay Kerstin Taube 6–2, 6–2
Winner 5. 26 January 1997 ITF Båstad, Sweden Hard Anna-Karin Svensson 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 10 May 1998 ITF Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy Hard Meike Fröhlich 4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner 6. 31 May 1998 ITF San Severino, Italy Clay Maja Matevžič 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 14 June 1998 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Magdalena Zděnovcová 6–1, 6–7, 4–6
Winner 7. 9 August 1998 ITF Paderborn, Germany Clay Maria Wolfbrandt 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 30 August 1998 ITF Middelkerke, Belgium Clay Luciana Masante 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 8. 20 August 2000 ITF London, England Hard Mareze Joubert 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 6. 24 March 2002 ITF Cholet, France Clay Sandra Klösel 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 13 (5–8)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 12 June 1995 ITF Bossonnens, Switzerland Clay Debby Haak Stephanie Gomperts
Henriëtte van Aalderen
6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 11 May 1996 ITF Le Touquet, France Clay Anna Linkova Nathalie Herreman
Karine Quentrec
1–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 23 June 1996 ITF Klosters, Switzerland Clay Debby Haak Silke Frankl
Ursula Svetlik
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 6 October 1996 ITF Lerida, Spain Clay Amanda Hopmans Kirstin Freye
Barbara Schwartz
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 25 January 1997 ITF Bastad, Sweden Hard (i) Anna-Karin Svensson Annica Lindstedt
Dragana Zarić
7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Winner 3. 19 July 1997 ITF Getxo, Spain Clay Amanda Hopmans Alicia Ortuño
Hila Rosen
7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up 4. 9 April 2000 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) Stéphanie Foretz Vanessa Henke
Syna Schmidle
7–6(7–2), 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 17 February 2001 ITF Sutton, England Hard (i) Amanda Hopmans Eleni Daniilidou
Lydia Steinbach
0–6, 4–6
Winner 4. 23 September 2001 ITF Glasgow, Scotland Hard (i) Leslie Butkiewicz Helena Ejeson
Eva Erbová
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 23 March 2002 ITF Cholet, France Clay Leslie Butkiewicz Caroline Maes
Gabriela Navrátilová
1–4 ret.
Runner-up 7. 13 April 2002 ITF Dinan, France Clay (i) Yuliya Beygelzimer Caroline Dhenin
Émilie Loit
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 8. 22 June 2002 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland Clay Leslie Butkiewicz Nicole Sewell
Samantha Stosur
4–6, 3–6
Winner 5. 30 June 2002 ITF Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Leslie Butkiewicz Susanne Trik
Kristen van Elden
7–5, 6–3

References

  1. "Tennis". The Morning Call. 15 July 1999. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. "Benelux Open Antwerp". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 17, 2000. p. 39. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. "Trainers - Challenge" (in Dutch). challengetennis.be. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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