Helen Crook

Helen Crook

Country (sports)	Great Britain
Born	(1971-11-20) 20 November 1971 (age 54) Essex, England
Height	1.75 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Right handed
College	University of South Carolina
Prize money	$98,388
Singles
Career record	140–161
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 257 (16 July 2001)
Doubles
Career record	192–178
Career titles	0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 155 (24 May 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2003)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2001, 2003)

Helen Crook (born 20 November 1971) is a British former professional tennis player.

Biography

Before turning professional, Crook attended college in the United States, as a journalism student at the University of South Carolina. She formed a doubles partnership in college tennis with another British player, Victoria Davies. The pair made the semifinals of the 1994 NCAA Doubles Championships. ^[1]

Crook, who was based in Essex, began competing on the international circuit in 1996. All of her WTA Tour and Wimbledon main-draw appearances were in doubles, a format in which she reached No. 155 in the world. She made two WTA Tour doubles quarterfinals, both with regular doubles partner Victoria Davies, at the 1999 Warsaw Cup and the 2001 Birmingham Classic. She featured in the women's doubles at Wimbledon on eight occasions and twice in mixed doubles. Her only grand slam win came when partnering Anna Hawkins at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, with the pair overcoming Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder, before being beaten in the second round by Martina Navratilova and Svetlana Kuznetsova. ^[2]

She was one of the founders of GB Tennis Girls, an organisation supporting women's tennis. ^[3] As of 2024, she and Davies ran an LTA Coach Development Centre, and were partners in a tennis academy. She has also played Padel for the GB Senior team. ^[4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (0–2)

$50,000 tournaments

$40,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	17 January 1996	Miami, United States	Hard	Alina Jidkova	2–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	23 July 2000	Frinton-on-Sea, Great Britain	Grass	Samantha Smith	3–6, 0–6

Doubles (11–15)

Result	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	11 July 1994	Frinton-on-Sea, Great Britain	Grass	Victoria Davies	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2.	10 July 1995	Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Victoria Davies	Robyn Mawdsley Shannon Peters	1–6, 1–6
Win	3.	28 August 1995	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Victoria Davies	Duygu Akşit Oal Zsofia Csapó	6–4, 6–4
Win	4.	27 January 1996	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard (i)	Victoria Davies	Frances Hearn Leyla Ogan	7–6(3), 7–6(4)
Win	5.	26 April 1996	Edinburgh, Great Britain	Clay	Victoria Davies	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	6–2, 6–0
Loss	6.	1 June 1996	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Victoria Davies]	Emily Bond Emanuela Brusati	6–7(4), 4–6
Loss	7.	11 July 1997	Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Victoria Davies	Surina De Beer Lizzie Jelfs	5–7, 5–7
Win	8.	26 September 1997	Sunderland, Great Britain	Carpet (i)	Mareze Joubert	Victoria Davies Limor Gabai	6–2, 6–4
Win	9.	6 December 1997	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Mareze Joubert	Lucinda Gibbs Giselle Swart	6–2, 7–5
Loss	10.	26 March 1998	Wodonga, Australia	Grass	Victoria Davies	Lisa McShea Alicia Molik	4–6, 4–6
Win	11.	19 April 1998	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Victoria Davies	Yvette Basting Magdalena Zděnovcová	6–3, 6–3
Loss	12.	31 July 1998	Ilkley, Great Britain	Grass	Victoria Davies	Lizzie Jelfs Mareze Joubert	3–6, 4–6
Loss	13.	26 September 1998	Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Victoria Davies	Lizzie Jelfs Mareze Joubert	1–6, 1–6
Loss	14.	3 October 1998	Glasgow, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Victoria Davies	Eva Dyrberg Lydia Steinbach	4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	15.	2 April 2000	Pontevedra, Spain	Hard	Victoria Davies	Natasha Galouza Vanesa Krauth	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	16.	23 April 2000	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Victoria Davies	María Fernanda Landa Romina Ottoboni	4–6, 6–7(7)
Loss	17.	14 May 2000	Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Victoria Davies	Melody Falcó Carla Tiene	4–6, 3–6
Win	18.	22 July 2000	Frinton-on-Sea, Great Britain	Grass	Victoria Davies	Mareze Joubert Nicole Sewell	6–2, 6–4
Win	19.	3 February 2001	Tipton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Victoria Davies	Eleni Daniilidou Maria Geznenge	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	20.	20 May 2001	Edinburgh, Great Britain	Clay	Victoria Davies	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	2–6, 1–6
Loss	21.	10 February 2002	Redbridge, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Sun Tiantian	Magda Mihalache Ekaterina Sysoeva	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	22.	8 March 2003	Nuevo Laredo, Mexico	Hard	Christina Zachariadou	Caroline-Ann Basu Kildine Chevalier	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win	23.	22 March 2003	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Christina Zachariadou	Caroline-Ann Basu Kildine Chevalier	6–2, 6–0
Loss	24.	12 April 2003	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Christina Zachariadou	Erica Krauth Sarah Stone	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	25.	15 February 2004	Sunderland, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Martina Müller	Claire Curran Kim Kilsdonk	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	26.	11 July 2004	Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Karen Paterson	Hannah Collin Anna Hawkins	4–6, 4–6

References

1. "USC Women's Tennis Gearing Up For NCAA Regionals". CBS Sports Network . 8 May 2006. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
2. "Relentless Navratilova has British pair in awe". The Daily Telegraph . 28 June 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
3. "Casting the net in hope of 'filling gaps in system'" . The Independent . 26 June 2004. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
4. "Former British No.1 tennis doubles duo playing at World Senior Padel Championships | LTA". LTA Padel. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2026.

External links

• Helen Crook at the Women's Tennis Association
• Helen Crook at the International Tennis Federation