Ann Devries

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Ann Devries
Country (sports)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Born (1970-02-27) 27 February 1970 (age 53)
Bree, Belgium
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money US$180,271
Singles
Career record100–104 (49.0%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 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 record43–59 (42.2%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 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)

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

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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)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 1993 Belgian Open, BelgiumTier IVClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dominique Monami Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radka Bobková
Flag of Argentina.svg 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)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.20 October 1986ITF Saga, JapanGrass Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Sun6–1, 6–4
Loss2.24 June 1991ITF Caltagirone, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Farina Elia 5–7, 3–6
Loss3.3 February 1992ITF Jakarta, IndonesiaClay Flag of Romania.svg Irina Spîrlea 3–6, 2–6
Loss4.26 October 1992ITF Jakarta, IndonesiaClay Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Santrock 6–2, 4–6, 6–7

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.26 March 1990ITF Limoges, FranceCarpet (i) Flag of Poland.svg Iwona Kuczyńska Flag of France.svg Catherine Tanvier
Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win2.28 September 1992ITF Santa Maria Capua Vetere, ItalyClay Flag of Romania.svg Irina Spîrlea Flag of Italy.svg Ginevra Mugnaini
Flag of Romania.svg Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
6–0, 6–0
Win3.6 June 1994ITF Elvas, PortugalHard Flag of Portugal.svg Sofia Prazeres Flag of Austria.svg Désirée Leupold
Flag of Spain.svg Janet Souto
6–2, 4–6, 7–5

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