Linda Niemantsverdriet (born 10 December 1974) is a Dutch former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. Niemantsverdriet, who at the age of 15 became the youngest Dutchwoman to win the senior national title, was a member of her country's

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winning team in 1990. She turned professional in 1992 after graduating from high school. On the

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, Niemantsverdriet performed best at the 1993 Indonesian Open, where she made it through to the quarterfinals. In 1994 she won a match in Tokyo against

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, then the world's 35th ranked player.

ITF finals

Singles: 6 (5–1)

Doubles (5–1)

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