Isabella Kruger is a South African

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player. She has a career high singles ranking of No. 330 achieved on 26 December 2022. She is the daughter of former international rugby union player

Ruben Kruger Ruben Jacobus Kruger (30 March 1970 – 27 January 2010) was a South African rugby union player. He played as a flanker. He had two daughters Zoë (b. 2002) and Isabella (b. 2005). Isabella played quarter final on the junior tournament at the ...

Career

Juniors

She reached the quarter-finals of the Girls' singles at the

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Professional

In 2023, she was selected as a teenager for the South African team in the

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. She made her debut in April 2023 as an 18 year-old against Estonia. In February 2024, she was the number one ranked South African female tennis player. In March 2024, playing alongside her sister

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, she reached the final of the Wiphold International where they faced

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and Ekaterina Reyngold in the final, losing in three sets. In June 2024, she competed for South Africa again in the Billie Jean King Cup.

Personal life

Born in

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, her father is South African former international rugby union player

. Her sister Zoë Kruger is also a tennis player.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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