Ann Devries

Ann Devries
Country (sports)	Belgium
Born	27 February 1970 (age 54); Bree, Belgium
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$180,271
Singles
Career record	100–104
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 77 (7 November 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1987, 1988, 1992)
French Open	2R (1988)
Wimbledon	3R (1990)
US Open	2R (1987, 1988)
Doubles
Career record	43–59
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 93 (10 June 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1988, 1989, 1991)
French Open	1R (1988, 1989, 1991)
Wimbledon	2R (1988, 1990)
US Open	2R (1988)

Last updated September 17, 2024

Ann Devries (born 27 February 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.

Biography

Devries, a right-handed player, was born in the Flemish city of Bree. She trained in Antwerp from the age of 12, and by 15 was making her debut for the Belgium Fed Cup team. Her match against Steffi Graf in the first round of the 1986 Fed Cup was the first appearance of the then West German in the competition. Devries was a member of Belgium's World Youth Cup winning side in 1986 and won the girls' doubles title at the 1987 Australian Open with Nicole Provis.^[1]

Early in her career, she was in a relationship with top Swedish player Magnus Gustafsson.^[2]

She broke through on the WTA Tour in 1987 with singles quarterfinal appearances in four tournaments, at Auckland, Taipei, Singapore and Knokke. These efforts made her the first Belgian woman to reach the world's top 100 in singles. Her best performance came at the Sofia Open in 1988 where she made the semi-finals and three months later reached her career best ranking of 77 in the world. She made the third round of the 1990 Wimbledon Championships as a qualifier. Her run was ended by seventh seed Katerina Maleeva.^[3]

As a doubles player, she peaked at 93 in 1991, and later reached her only WTA Tour final in the doubles at the 1993 edition of the Belgian Open.^[4]

A hernia injury caused her retirement from professional tennis in 1994.^[2]

After finishing her Fed Cup playing career with a 12/13 overall record from 15 ties, she returned to captain the team from 2012 to 2016. She has also been the personal coach of several Belgian players, including Yanina Wickmayer.^[5]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1993	Belgian Open, Belgium	Tier IV	Clay	Dominique Monami	Radka Bobková María José Gaidano	4–6, 6–2, 6–7

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	20 October 1986	ITF Saga, Japan	Grass	Yan Sun	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2.	24 June 1991	ITF Caltagirone, Italy	Clay	Silvia Farina Elia	5–7, 3–6
Loss	3.	3 February 1992	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Clay	Irina Spîrlea	3–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	26 October 1992	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Clay	Jennifer Santrock	6–2, 4–6, 6–7

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	26 March 1990	ITF Limoges, France	Carpet (i)	Iwona Kuczyńska	Catherine Tanvier Sandrine Testud	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	2.	28 September 1992	ITF Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy	Clay	Irina Spîrlea	Ginevra Mugnaini Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6–0, 6–0
Win	3.	6 June 1994	ITF Elvas, Portugal	Hard	Sofia Prazeres	Désirée Leupold Janet Souto	6–2, 4–6, 7–5

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References

↑ "Coppejans wint Roland Garros voor junioren" (in Dutch). sport.be. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
1 2 "Bij vrouwen moet je veel meer doen dan alleen maar met tennis bezig zijn". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 12 September 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
↑ "Graf `Takes Break` At Home". Sun-Sentinel . 1 July 1990. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Belgian Open - 03 May - 09 May 1993". ITF. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
↑ "Ann Devries: "Met Yanina Wickmayer weet je nooit"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 26 June 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

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Ann Devries at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] "Coppejans wint Roland Garros voor junioren" (in Dutch). sport.be. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

[nieuwsblad-2] 1 2 "Bij vrouwen moet je veel meer doen dan alleen maar met tennis bezig zijn". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 12 September 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

[3] "Graf `Takes Break` At Home". Sun-Sentinel . 1 July 1990. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

[4] "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Belgian Open - 03 May - 09 May 1993". ITF. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

[5] "Ann Devries: "Met Yanina Wickmayer weet je nooit"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 26 June 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

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