Kristen van Elden (born 18 September 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Biography
A former scholarship holder at the
Victorian Institute of Sport
The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is the government-funded sporting institute of the Australian state of Victoria. It provides high performance sports programs for talented athletes, enabling them to achieve national and international succe ...
, van Elden had a best ranking on the professional tour of 262 in the world.
She competed mainly on the
ITF Circuit, with most of her titles coming in doubles.
Her only
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tourna ...
main-draw appearance came at the
2004 Ordina Open in the Netherlands, where she and Russia's
Galina Fokina
Galina Fokina () (born 17 January 1984) is a Russian former tennis player.
Fokina has won a total of 35 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankings are world number 168 in singles and number 79 in doubles, both achieved in 2 ...
teamed up to make the quarterfinals of the doubles.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 5 (1–4)
Doubles: 13 (9–4)
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Australian female tennis players
Tennis people from Victoria (state)
21st-century Australian women
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)