Ann Devries
Country (sports) | Belgium |
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Born | (1970-02-27) 27 February 1970 (age 54) Bree, Belgium |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | US$180,271 |
Singles | |
Career record | 100–104 (49.0%) |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 77 (7 November 1988) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1987, 1988, 1992) |
French Open | 2R (1988) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1990) |
US Open | 2R (1987, 1988) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 43–59 (42.2%) |
Career titles | 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 93 (10 June 1991) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1988, 1989, 1991) |
French Open | 1R (1988, 1989, 1991) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1988, 1990) |
US Open | 2R (1988) |
Ann Devries (born 27 February 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.
Biography
Devries, a right-handed player, was born in the Flemish city of Bree. She trained in Antwerp from the age of 12, and by 15 was making her debut for the Belgium Fed Cup team. Her match against Steffi Graf in the first round of the 1986 Fed Cup was the first appearance of the then West German in the competition. Devries was a member of Belgium's World Youth Cup winning side in 1986 and won the girls' doubles title at the 1987 Australian Open with Nicole Provis.[1]
Early in her career, she was in a relationship with top Swedish player Magnus Gustafsson.[2]
She broke through on the WTA Tour in 1987 with singles quarterfinal appearances in four tournaments, at Auckland, Taipei, Singapore and Knokke. These efforts made her the first Belgian woman to reach the world's top 100 in singles. Her best performance came at the Sofia Open in 1988 where she made the semi-finals and three months later reached her career best ranking of 77 in the world. She made the third round of the 1990 Wimbledon Championships as a qualifier. Her run was ended by seventh seed Katerina Maleeva.[3]
As a doubles player, she peaked at 93 in 1991, and later reached her only WTA Tour final in the doubles at the 1993 edition of the Belgian Open.[4]
A hernia injury caused her retirement from professional tennis in 1994.[2]
After finishing her Fed Cup playing career with a 12/13 overall record from 15 ties, she returned to captain the team from 2012 to 2016. She has also been the personal coach of several Belgian players, including Yanina Wickmayer.[5]
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 1993 | Belgian Open, Belgium | Tier IV | Clay | Dominique Monami | Radka Bobková María José Gaidano | 4–6, 6–2, 6–7 |
ITF Circuit finals
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 4 (1–3)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 20 October 1986 | ITF Saga, Japan | Grass | Yan Sun | 6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 2. | 24 June 1991 | ITF Caltagirone, Italy | Clay | Silvia Farina Elia | 5–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 3. | 3 February 1992 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | Irina Spîrlea | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4. | 26 October 1992 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | Clay | Jennifer Santrock | 6–2, 4–6, 6–7 |
Doubles: 3 (3–0)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 26 March 1990 | ITF Limoges, France | Carpet (i) | Iwona Kuczyńska | Catherine Tanvier Sandrine Testud | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
Win | 2. | 28 September 1992 | ITF Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy | Clay | Irina Spîrlea | Ginevra Mugnaini Andreea Ehritt-Vanc | 6–0, 6–0 |
Win | 3. | 6 June 1994 | ITF Elvas, Portugal | Hard | Sofia Prazeres | Désirée Leupold Janet Souto | 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
References
- ^ "Coppejans wint Roland Garros voor junioren" (in Dutch). sport.be. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Bij vrouwen moet je veel meer doen dan alleen maar met tennis bezig zijn". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 12 September 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Graf `Takes Break` At Home". Sun-Sentinel. 1 July 1990. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Belgian Open - 03 May - 09 May 1993". ITF. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Ann Devries: "Met Yanina Wickmayer weet je nooit"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 26 June 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
External links
- Ann Devries at the Women's Tennis Association
- Ann Devries at the International Tennis Federation
- Ann Devries at the Billie Jean King Cup
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