Patty Van Acker

Patty Van Acker

Country (sports)	Belgium
Born	(1976-10-21) 21 October 1976 (age 48) Bruges, Belgium
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$102,675
Singles
Career record	221–177
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 146 (10 May 1999)
Doubles
Career record	92–91
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 195 (29 July 2002)

Patty Van Acker (born 21 October 1976) is a former tennis player from Belgium.

Biography

A right-handed player from Bruges, Van Acker turned professional at the age of 18.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw singles debut at the 1999 Internazionali di Palermo, as a lucky loser from the qualifiers.^[1] At the 2000 Antwerp Open, she featured as a wildcard in the main draw.^[2] In her career, she won eight singles titles and five doubles titles ITF Circuit. She reached a highest singles ranking of 146 in the world.

Van Acker now works as a tennis trainer at the Challenger Tennis Academy in Aartrijke.^[3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	8 May 1995	ITF Le Touquet, France	Clay	Amélie Cocheteux	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	24 July 1995	ITF Heerhugowaard, Netherlands	Clay	Zuzana Lešenarová	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	7 August 1995	ITF Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Caroline Wuillot	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	3.	7 April 1996	ITF Moulins, France	Hard	Isabelle Taesch	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	12 May 1996	ITF Le Touquet, France	Clay	Germana Di Natale	3–6, 6–7
Winner	4.	23 June 1996	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	Clay	Kerstin Taube	6–2, 6–2
Winner	5.	26 January 1997	ITF Båstad, Sweden	Hard	Anna-Karin Svensson	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	10 May 1998	ITF Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy	Hard	Meike Fröhlich	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner	6.	31 May 1998	ITF San Severino, Italy	Clay	Maja Matevžič	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	14 June 1998	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Magdalena Zděnovcová	6–1, 6–7, 4–6
Winner	7.	9 August 1998	ITF Paderborn, Germany	Clay	Maria Wolfbrandt	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	30 August 1998	ITF Middelkerke, Belgium	Clay	Luciana Masante	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	20 August 2000	ITF London, England	Hard	Mareze Joubert	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	24 March 2002	ITF Cholet, France	Clay	Sandra Klösel	7–6^(7–2), 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 13 (5–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	12 June 1995	ITF Bossonnens, Switzerland	Clay	Debby Haak	Stephanie Gomperts Henriëtte van Aalderen	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	11 May 1996	ITF Le Touquet, France	Clay	Anna Linkova	Nathalie Herreman Karine Quentrec	1–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	23 June 1996	ITF Klosters, Switzerland	Clay	Debby Haak	Silke Frankl Ursula Svetlik	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	2.	6 October 1996	ITF Lerida, Spain	Clay	Amanda Hopmans	Kirstin Freye Barbara Schwartz	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	25 January 1997	ITF Bastad, Sweden	Hard (i)	Anna-Karin Svensson	Annica Lindstedt Dragana Zarić	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	19 July 1997	ITF Getxo, Spain	Clay	Amanda Hopmans	Alicia Ortuño Hila Rosen	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	9 April 2000	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Stéphanie Foretz	Vanessa Henke Syna Schmidle	7–6^(7–2), 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	17 February 2001	ITF Sutton, England	Hard (i)	Amanda Hopmans	Eleni Daniilidou Lydia Steinbach	0–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	23 September 2001	ITF Glasgow, Scotland	Hard (i)	Leslie Butkiewicz	Helena Ejeson Eva Erbová	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	23 March 2002	ITF Cholet, France	Clay	Leslie Butkiewicz	Caroline Maes Gabriela Navrátilová	1–4 ret.
Runner-up	7.	13 April 2002	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	22 June 2002	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Leslie Butkiewicz	Nicole Sewell Samantha Stosur	4–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	30 June 2002	ITF Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Leslie Butkiewicz	Susanne Trik Kristen van Elden	7–5, 6–3

References

1. "Tennis". The Morning Call. 15 July 1999. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
2. "Benelux Open Antwerp". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 17, 2000. p. 39. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
3. "Trainers - Challenge" (in Dutch). challengetennis.be. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

External links

• Patty Van Acker at the Women's Tennis Association
• Patty Van Acker at the International Tennis Federation