Kim de Weille

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Kim de Weille
Country (sports)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
BornApril 1976
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$91,227
Singles
Career record169–116
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 116 (13 February 1995)
Doubles
Career record64–53
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 139 (15 April 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1996)

Kim de Weille (born April 1976) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.

Contents

Biography

Tennis career

A right-handed player, de Weille had a best singles ranking of 116 in the world and won six singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. This included an $25k event in Prostějov in 1994 where she beat an up and coming Martina Hingis in the semifinals.

Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the 1995 Amway Classic in Auckland, making it through to the quarterfinals, with wins over Bettina Fulco-Villella and top 50 player Linda Harvey-Wild. [1]

She featured in the singles qualifying draws of all four grand slam tournaments during her career and reached the final round of qualifying at the 1995 US Open. As a doubles player she played in the main draw of the 1996 Australian Open, with Seda Noorlander.

Personal life

De Weille has two children with husband Menco and lives in Leimuiden. [2]

ITF finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (6–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.11 October 1993 Burgdorf, SwitzerlandCarpet (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lenka Cenková 6–2, 6–1
Win2.13 March 1994 Prostějov, Czech RepublicHard Flag of Italy.svg Federica Fortuni 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss3.17 October 1994 Flensburg, GermanyCarpet (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yvette Basting 6–4, 5–7, 0–6
Loss4.24 October 1994 Poitiers, FranceHard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yvette Basting1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win5.14 November 1994 Eastbourne, EnglandCarpet (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yvette Basting6–1, 6–4
Win6.25 May 1997 Zaragoza, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–4, 6–3
Win7.5 October 1997 Lerida, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados 7–6, 6–2
Loss8.7 February 1999 Sheffield, EnglandHard (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters 3–6, 1–6
Win9.2 April 2000 Amiens, FranceClay (i) Flag of Romania.svg Magda Mihalache 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (4–7)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.22 February 1993 Lisbon, PortugalHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lara Bitter Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maaike Koutstaal
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Linda Niemantsverdriet
4–6, 3–6
Loss2.29 October 1995Poitiers, FranceHard (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nathalie Thijssen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Seda Noorlander
Flag of Germany.svg Kirstin Freye
4–6, 4–6
Loss3.25 February 1996 Redbridge, EnglandHard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yvette Basting Flag of Italy.svg Laura Golarsa
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Steven
3–6, 4–6
Loss4.21 April 1996 Murcia, SpainClay Flag of France.svg Noëlle van Lottum Flag of Germany.svg Silke Meier
Flag of Austria.svg Petra Schwarz
3–6, 3–6
Win5.24 May 1997Zaragoza, SpainClay Flag of Hungary.svg Nóra Köves Flag of Spain.svg Eva Bes
Flag of Spain.svg Lourdes Domínguez Lino
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win6.31 May 1997 Barcelona, SpainClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amanda Hopmans Flag of Hungary.svg Katalin Marosi
Flag of Argentina.svg Veronica Stele
6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss7.31 August 1997 Orbetello, ItalyClay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henriëtte van Aalderen Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková
Flag of Germany.svg Silke Meier
3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win8.26 April 1998 Espinho, PortugalClay Flag of France.svg Noëlle van Lottum Flag of Germany.svg Kirstin Freye
Flag of Germany.svg Silke Meier
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss9.6 February 1999Sheffield, EnglandHard (i) Flag of South Africa.svg Surina De Beer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lizzie Jelfs
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Woodroffe
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win10.13 February 1999 Birmingham, EnglandHard (i) Flag of South Africa.svg Surina De Beer Flag of Germany.svg Angelika Bachmann
Flag of Romania.svg Magda Mihalache
6–4, 6–1
Loss11.30 July 2000 Les Contamines, FranceHard Flag of France.svg Carine Bornu Flag of France.svg Caroline Dhenin
Flag of Germany.svg Bianka Lamade
7–6(7–4), 4–6, 4–6

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References

  1. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Auckland - 30 January - 05 February 1995". itftennis.com.
  2. "'We zijn over dood van Sky heen en willen wat doen'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2 September 2017.