Marcella Koek (born 27 May 1988) is a Dutch professional

padel Padel () is a racket sport typically played in doubles on an enclosed court slightly smaller than a doubles tennis court. It has the same scoring system as tennis, but different rules, strokes, and technique. The balls are similar but softer. ...

player and former professional

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player.

Tennis career

In her tennis career, she won five singles and 23 doubles titles on the

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. Koek retired from professional tour in 2012.

Padel tennis career

Since 2015, she is a professional

player and has her official padel instructor certificate, working as an instructor at Burgersdijk Tennis. Koek will participate in the Padel World Cup in Paraguay at the end of 2018. 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. In 2019, Koek and Ettekoven claimed championship at the Playtomic/Tibeflex Open FIP 250 in Gent, Belgium for the international padel circuit.

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* * 1988 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Female padel players Padel players at the 2023 European Games European Games competitors for the Netherlands 21st-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub