Els Veentjer-Spruyt

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Els Veentjer-Spruyt
Nationale Tenniskampioenschappen te Scheveningen. Els Veentjes (Spruyt) in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 920-5783.jpg
Full nameElsie Veentjer-Spruyt
Country (sports)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1943-12-07) 7 December 1943 (age 78)
PlaysRight-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]

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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]

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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.