Nicole Rencken

Nicole Rencken
Full name Nicole Rencken
Country (sports)  South Africa
Born (1981-06-12) 12 June 1981
Durban, South Africa
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $48,425
Singles
Highest ranking No. 283 (7 July 2003)
Doubles
Highest ranking No. 164 (4 December 2000)

Nicole Rencken (born 12 June 1981) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

Biography

A right-handed player from Durban, Rencken was runner-up in the girls' doubles at the 1999 Australian Open, partnering Natalie Grandin.[1]

On the professional circuit she reached a best singles ranking of 283 and won nine ITF titles in doubles.[2]

Both of her WTA Tour main draw appearances were in doubles, in Oklahoma City in 2001 and then the following year at the Madrid Open.

From 2002 to 2004 played nine Fed Cup ties for South Africa, including a World Group Play-off against the Czech Republic in 2003.[1]

ITF career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 8 June 2003 Hilton Head Island, United States Hard Czech Republic Ludmila Richterová 1-6, 0-6

Doubles: 18 (10–8)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Winner 1. 18 July 1999 Frinton, Great Britain Grass South Africa Natalie Grandin New Zealand Leanne Baker
Australia Nicole Sewell
6–2 3–6 6–1
Runner-up 2. 12 March 2000 Warrnambool, Australia Grass South Africa Natalie Grandin Australia Jenny Belobrajdic
Australia Kristen van Elden
3–6 4–6
Runner-up 3. 19 March 2000 Benalla, Australia Grass South Africa Natalie Grandin Australia Kylie Hunt
South Africa Mareze Joubert
3–6 2–6
Winner 4. 26 March 2000 Wodonga, Australia Grass South Africa Natalie Grandin Australia Kylie Hunt
South Africa Mareze Joubert
6–4 6–4
Runner-up 5. 2 April 2000 Corona, Australia Grass South Africa Natalie Grandin Australia Cindy Watson
Australia Christina Wheeler
3–6 6–7(11)
Winner 6. 21 May 2000 Edinburgh, Great Britain Clay South Africa Natalie Grandin Tunisia Selima Sfar
United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe
0–6 6–3 6–4
Winner 7. 28 May 2000 Guimarães, Portugal Hard South Africa Natalie Grandin Portugal Angela Cardoso
Portugal Carlota Santos
7–6(7) 2–6 6–2
Winner 8. 11 June 2000 Pretoria, South Africa Hard South Africa Natalie Grandin South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
South Africa Carien Venter
7–6(4) 6–2
Runner-up 9. 18 June 2000 Benoni, South Africa Hard South Africa Natalie Grandin South Africa Lucinda Gibbs
South Africa Giselle Swart
6–2 4–6 4–6
Runner-up 10. 13 August 2000 Hechingen, Germany Clay South Africa Natalie Grandin Brazil Miriam D'Agostini
Germany Angelika Rösch
6–7(3) 2–6
Winner 11. 20 August 2000 London, United Kingdom Hard South Africa Natalie Grandin Germany Susi Bensch
India Manisha Malhotra
6–2 5–7 7–6(6)
Runner-up 12. 5 November 2000 Gold Coast, Australia Hard South Africa Natalie Grandin United States Amanda Augustus
Australia Amy Jensen
4–6 3–6
Winner 13. 8 July 2001 Camaiore, Italy Clay Argentina Melisa Arevalo Croatia Petra Dizdar
Croatia Mia Marovic
4-5 ret.
Runner-up 14. 1 June 2003 Houston, United States Hard (i) Republic of Ireland Yvonne Doyle Japan Seiko Okamoto
Japan Remi Tezuka
7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Winner 15. 8 June 2003 Hilton Head Island, United States Hard Republic of Ireland Yvonne Doyle United States Beau Jones
Latvia Anzela Zguna
6–3, 7–5
Winner 16. 27 April 2004 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Australia Jaslyn Hewitt Russia Raissa Gourevitch
Russia Ekaterina Kozhokina
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 17. 4 May 2004 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay United Kingdom Anna Hawkins Russia Raissa Gourevitch
Russia Ekaterina Kozhokina
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Runner-up 18. 15 August 2004 Hampstead, United Kingdom Hard United Kingdom Anna Hawkins India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Sania Mirza
3–6, 2–6

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Four new caps in SA Fed Cup team". Independent Online. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. "Gorny's win shows flaws in tennis seeding". News24. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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