Nicole Rencken

Nicole Rencken
Country (sports) South Africa
Born (1981-06-12) 12 June 1981 (age 43)
Durban, South Africa
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$48,425
Singles
Career record119–114
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 283 (7 July 2003)
Doubles
Career record122–102
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 164 (4 December 2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup7–4

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

Career

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

ITF Circuit finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 8 June 2003 ITF Hilton Head, United States Hard Czech Republic Ludmila Richterová 1–6, 0–6

Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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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