Nicole Rencken (born 12 June 1981) is a former professional
tennis player
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 cove ...
from South Africa.
Career
Rencken was runner-up in the girls' doubles at the
1999 Australian Open
The 1999 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 87th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 18 through 31 January 1999. This was the first Grand Slam o ...
, partnering
Natalie Grandin
Natalie Grandin (born 27 February 1981) is a retired tennis player from South Africa.
She achieved a career-high singles ranking of 144 as of 12 September 2005. On 14 May 2012, she peaked at No. 22 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she ...
.
On the professional circuit, she reached a best singles ranking of 283 and won ten ITF titles in doubles.
Both of her
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tou ...
main-draw appearances were in doubles, in
Oklahoma City
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in 2001, and then the following year at the
Madrid Open There are three sporting events known as the Madrid Open:
* Madrid Open (golf)
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.
From 2002 to 2004, Rencken played nine
Fed Cup
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ties for South Africa, including a World Group Play-off against the Czech Republic in 2003.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups)
See also
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List of South Africa Fed Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
South African female tennis players
Tennis players from Durban
White South African people
21st-century South African women