Country (sports) | Netherlands |
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Born | 27 May 1988 |
Retired | 2012 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career titles | 5 ITF |
Doubles | |
Career titles | 23 ITF |
Marcella Koek (born 27 May 1988) is a Dutch professional padel player and former professional tennis player [1] . [2]
In her tennis career, she won five singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Koek retired from professional tour in 2012.
Since 2015, she is a professional padel player and has her official padel instructor certificate, working as an instructor at Burger Dijk Tennis Club. [3] Koek will participate in the Padel World Cup in Paraguay at the end of 2018. [4] In 2018, Koek partnering Milou Ettekoven, claimed championship at the WebXperience NPB100 TPC Daalmeer tournament. Ettekoven/Koek confirmed their status as No. 1 ranked female padel team in Holland for the Nederlandse Padelbond ranking. [5]
In 2019, Koek and Ettekoven claimed championship at the Playtomic/Tibeflex Open FIP 250 in Gent, Belgium for the international padel circuit. [6]
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