Ilke Gers
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Ilke Gers (born 26 October 1981) is a visual artist and a former professional
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 uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from New Zealand.


Art career

Ilke Gers works with installation, performance and publications that bring movement, behaviour, social and spatial conditions into play. She studied at the Werkplaats Typografie, and was a resident at the Jan van Eyck Academie from 2014-2015. Her work has been presented at LLS Paleis, Antwerp; the Biënnale Van België, Ghent; Kunsthal Rotterdam; De Appel, Amsterdam; 019, Ghent; De Fabriek, Eindhoven; Beursschouwburg, Brussels; D21 – Kunstraum, Leipzig. She is part of Action Publishing Collective, based in Rotterdam.


Tennis career

Gers won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 13 May 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 382. On 2 February 2004, she peaked at No. 167 in the doubles rankings. Gers retired from tennis 2004. Playing for New Zealand Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 4–5.


ITF finals


Singles (0–1)


Doubles (2–7)


Fed Cup participation


Singles (1–4)


Doubles (3–1)


ITF Junior finals


Doubles (1–0)


References


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gers, Ilke 1981 births Living people New Zealand female tennis players