Indy de Vroome (born 21 May 1996) is a Dutch

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player. De Vroome has won seven singles and six doubles titles on the

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. On 14 July 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 177. On 1 August 2016, she peaked at No. 218 in the doubles rankings.

Career

De Vroome was awarded a

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to compete in the qualifying draw of the 2012 Miami Open, but she lost in the first round to

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. She made her

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main-draw debut at the

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. De Vroome made her debut at a Grand Slam qualifying event in May 2014 at the

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, defeating former top-30 player

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in straight sets in the first round, but was defeated in round two by third seed

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. At the

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in February 2015, she achieved her first WTA Tour main-draw match-win by defeating

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in the first round. It was also her first win against a top-50 player. De Vroome did not play competitive tennis from the summer of 2016 until October 2018 due to

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. She made a strong come-back in 2019, playing six ITF finals of which she won four. Her ranking improved from nr. 842 in early 2019 to nr. 211 in the first week of December of that year.

Grand Slam singles performance timelines

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Doubles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner–up)

Notes

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vroome, Indy De 1996 births Living people People from Vught Dutch female tennis players 21st-century Dutch women