Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Brussels, Belgium | 25 July 1989
Height | 5' 7" (1.70 m) |
Turned pro | 2006 |
Retired | 2008 |
Plays | Ambidextrous |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 776 (24 March 2008) |
Doubles | |
Highest ranking | No. 698 (24 March 2008) |
Aude Vermoezen (born 25 July 1989) is a Belgian former professional tennis player.
An ambidextrous player from Grimbergen, Vermoezen could use both double-handed forehands and backhands. In 2005 she won a bronze medal in the girls' singles event at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival and featured in the junior draws at Wimbledon. From 2006 she competed as a professional.
In 2007, Vermoezen was called up to Belgium's Fed Cup team for a World Group playoff tie against China in Knokke-Heist. She was an injury replacement for Kirsten Flipkens, in a Belgian side already missing their top players. [1] Her opportunity came in the doubles, a dead rubber, which she and Debbrich Feys lost to the Chinese pairing, whose team won the tie 4-1. [2]
Vermoezen retired due to injury in 2008. [3]
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 11 February 2008 | Arezzo, Italy | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 5–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 15 March 2008 | Ramat Hasharon, Israel | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 1–6 |
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