Helen Crook (born 20 November 1971) is a British former professional

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player.

Biography

Before turning professional, Crook attended college in the United States, as a journalism student at the University of South Carolina. She formed a doubles partnership in college tennis with another British player,

Victoria Davies Victoria Davies (born 7 August 1972) is a British former professional tennis player. Davies, who comes from Bridgend, South Wales, played college tennis in the United States for the University of South Carolina. She was a doubles semifinali ...

. The pair made the semifinals of the 1994 NCAA Doubles Championships. Crook, who was based in Essex, began competing on the international circuit in 1996. All of her

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and

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main-draw appearances were in doubles, a format in which she reached No. 155 in the world. She made two WTA Tour doubles quarterfinals, both with regular doubles partner Victoria Davies, at the 1999 Warsaw Cup and the 2001 Birmingham Classic. She featured in the women's doubles at Wimbledon on eight occasions and twice in mixed doubles. Her only grand slam win came when partnering

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at the

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, with the pair overcoming

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and

Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)
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, before being beaten in the second round by

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and

Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...

. She was one of the founders of GB Tennis Girls, an organisation supporting women's tennis.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (0–2)

Doubles (11–15)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crook, Helen 1971 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players South Carolina Gamecocks women's tennis players Tennis people from Essex