Patty Van Acker (born 21 October 1976) is a former tennis player from Belgium.
Biography
A right-handed player from
Bruges
Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country.
The area of the whole city amoun ...
, Van Acker turned professional at the age of 18.
She made her
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 ...
main-draw singles debut at the
1999 Internazionali di Palermo, as a lucky loser from the qualifiers. At the
2000 Antwerp Open, she featured as a wildcard in the main draw. In her career, she won eight singles titles and five doubles titles
ITF Circuit. She reached a highest singles ranking of 146 in the world.
Van Acker now works as a tennis trainer at the Challenger Tennis Academy in Aartrijke.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 14 (8–6)
Doubles: 13 (5–8)
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Belgian female tennis players
Sportspeople from Bruges
20th-century Belgian women
21st-century Belgian sportswomen