Ann Devries (born 27 February 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.
Biography
Devries, a right-handed player, was born in the Flemish city of
Bree. She trained in Antwerp from the age of 12, and by 15 was making her debut for the
Belgium Fed Cup team. Her match against
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a r ...
in the first round of the
1986 Fed Cup was the first appearance of the then West German in the competition. Devries was a member of Belgium's World Youth Cup winning side in 1986 and won the girls' doubles title at the
1987 Australian Open with
Nicole Provis.
Early in her career, she was in a relationship with top Swedish player
Magnus Gustafsson.
She broke through on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...
in 1987 with singles quarterfinal appearances in four tournaments, at Auckland, Taipei, Singapore and Knokke. These efforts made her the first Belgian woman to reach the world's top 100 in singles. Her best performance came at the
Sofia Open in 1988 where she made the semi-finals and three months later reached her career best ranking of 77 in the world. She made the third round of the
1990 Wimbledon Championships as a qualifier. Her run was ended by seventh seed
Katerina Maleeva
Katerina Georgieva Maleeva (; born 7 May 1969) is a former top 10 Bulgarian tennis player. She won eleven singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles. Her best position in the WTA rankings was No. 6 in 1990.
Biography
Born in Sofia, Maleeva is t ...
.
As a doubles player, she peaked at 93 in 1991, and later reached her only WTA Tour final in the doubles at the 1993 edition of the
Belgian Open.
A hernia injury caused her retirement from professional tennis in 1994.
After finishing her Fed Cup playing career with a 12/13 overall record from 15 ties, she returned to captain the team from 2012 to 2016. She has also been the personal coach of several Belgian players, including
Yanina Wickmayer.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (1–3)
Doubles: 3 (3–0)
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1970 births
Living people
Belgian female tennis players
Belgian tennis coaches
Sportspeople from Bree, Belgium
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles