Yvonne Vermaak (born 18 December 1956) is a former tour
tennis
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player who represented her native South Africa.
Vermaak's best result was reaching the semi-finals of the
1983 Wimbledon Championships, defeating
Virginia Wade
Sarah Virginia Wade (born 10 July 1945) is a British former professional tennis player. She won three Major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all ...
in the quarter-finals.
In 1977 she won the
All England Plate, a competition for players who were defeated in the first three rounds of the
Wimbledon singles competition. In the final she defeated
Sue Mappin in straight sets.
Late in her playing career, Vermaak became an American citizen.
Vermaak played USTA Master's tennis. Representing Illinois, she was the 1992 Singles Champion of the
USTA
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National Women's Indoor Championships in Homewood for 35s. In 1993, Yvonne Vermaak was the 25s Singles Champion, and again she was the 25s Singles Champion in 1994. In 1995, Vermaak moved to doubles, winning the 25s and 35s doubles with
Ann Kiyomura-Hayashi of California. The 1995 Championships was Vermaak's last USTA Championships win.
Career finals
Singles 6 (4–2)
Doubles 7 (4–3)
References
External links
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USTA Master National Indoor results
Afrikaner people
Living people
South African female tennis players
South African emigrants to the United States
South African people of Dutch descent
Tennis people from Illinois
1956 births
Sportspeople from Port Elizabeth
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