Hellas ter Riet (born 21 June 1968) is a former professional

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player from the Netherlands.

Biography

Tennis career

In 1986, ter Riet made her

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debut, appearing in four ties for the

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. In her first match, against

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, she won her singles rubber over

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, but lost the deciding doubles rubber to surrender the tie. She won all her singles matches in the consolation rounds, including over the USSR's

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. She made the second round of both the

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and

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in 1988. At the Australian Open she lost to fifth seed

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, then at the French Open had to retire hurt with illness in the second set against

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. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance at Guarujá in 1989.

Personal life

She married former world number one doubles player Jacco Eltingh in 1997 and the following year gave birth to her first child.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Doubles: 6 (2-4)

References

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