Richèl Hogenkamp (born 16 April 1992) is a Dutch former professional
tennis
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player. Her highest
WTA singles ranking is 94, which she reached on 24 July 2017. On the
ITF Circuit, she won 16 singles and 14 doubles titles.
Personal background
Hogenkamp was born on 16 April 1992 to Benno and Jolanda in
Doetinchem
Doetinchem (; Dutch Low Saxon, Low Saxon: ) is a city and Municipalities in the Netherlands, municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the IJssel, Oude IJssel (Old IJssel) river in a part of the Provinces of the Netherland ...
, where she continues to reside. She has a younger sister who rides horses professionally. Hogenkamp's grandparents introduced her to tennis. Hogenkamp is currently coached by Kees Oostrom. She is in a relationship with Dutch footballer Daphne van Kruistum.
Career highlights
The biggest win of her career came at the
2012 Gastein Ladies where she beat top-seeded
Julia Görges.
In a
2016 Fed Cup World Group tie, she defeated
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singl ...
. The match lasted exactly four hours, the longest match in the history of Fed Cup.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 26 (16 titles, 10 runner–ups)
Doubles: 22 (14 titles, 8 runner–ups)
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Dutch female tennis players
Sportspeople from Doetinchem
Tennis players from Gelderland
Dutch lesbian sportswomen
LGBTQ tennis players
21st-century Dutch LGBTQ people
21st-century Dutch sportswomen
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