Debbrich Feys (born 20 December 1984, in

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) is a retired

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. Her career high singles ranking is World No. 341, which she achieved in March 2008. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 178, achieved in February 2008.

Biography

Feys turned professional after playing in the first round of the 2005 Hasselt Open – Ladies' Doubles Event, losing in round 1. In her career, Debbrich won 7

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titles- 1 in singles and 6 in doubles. She played on the

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on numerous occasions. Debbrich participated at the 2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open Doubles Event, but was eliminated in Round 1 with

Angelika Bachmann Angelika Bachmann (born 16 May 1979) is a former professional German tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player ...

, against

Ji Chunmei Ji Chunmei (; ; born February 14, 1986) is a former professional Chinese tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 352, which she reached on 10 May 2010. Her career-high in doubles is 61, which she reached on 12 May 2008. WTA career ...

and

Sun Shengnan Sun Shengnan (; ; born 21 January 1987) is a Chinese former tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 216th, which she reached on 4 April 2011. Her career high in doubles is 50th, which she reached on 17 September 2007. By March 2006, ...

.'Bachmann - Feys pairing defeat the Chinese pair of Ji and Sun in Bangalore'
Retrieved March 2008. She started playing tennis at the age of nine. Her preferable surface is

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. Debbrich also enjoys

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and

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. Feys last match 2009 played. She retired from tennis 2014.

ITF finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Doubles Finals: 13 (6–7)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Feys, Debbrich Living people 1984 births Belgian female tennis players Sportspeople from Ghent 21st-century Belgian women