Els Veentjer-Spruyt

Els Veentjer-Spruyt

Full name	Elsie Veentjer-Spruyt
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1943-12-07) 7 December 1943 (age 81)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	1R (1965, 1966)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (1965)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1965)

Elsie Veentjer-Spruyt (born Elsie Spruyt; 7 December 1943) is a Dutch former tennis player.^[1]

A three-time national doubles champion, Veentjer-Spruyt featured in the main draw of four Wimbledon Championships during the 1960s. Her best result was a third round appearance in women's doubles with Trudy Groenman in 1965. She never won a Wimbledon singles match, although in 1967 she received a bye and then default to be drawn against Billie Jean King in the third round, but was deemed unfit and couldn't take to the court.^[2]

Veentjer-Spruyt was a member of the Dutch 1966 Federation Cup team, defeated in the quarter-finals by Australia.^[3]

See also

• List of Netherlands Fed Cup team representatives

References

1. "Tennis Okker wint "indoor" kampioenschap". Dutch Australian Weekly (in Dutch). 18 March 1966. p. 11.
2. "In Last Eight". Evening Standard. 30 June 1967.
3. "U.S. Women Win Tennis Matches". The Miami Herald. 13 May 1966.

External links

• Els Veentjer-Spruyt at the Women's Tennis Association
• Els Veentjer-Spruyt at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Els Veentjer-Spruyt at the International Tennis Federation