Full name | Brigitte Cuypers-Fourie |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Cape Town, South Africa | 3 December 1955
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1] |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | no value |
Career titles | 3 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R (1977) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1978) |
US Open | 3R (1977) |
Doubles | |
Career record | no value |
Career titles | 3 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 2R (1979) |
Wimbledon | QF (1977) |
US Open | 3R (1977, 1978, 1979) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 3R (1977) |
US Open | 2R (1978) |
Brigitte Cuypers (born 3 December 1955) is a retired tennis player from South Africa.[2][3]
Cuypers reached the final of the South African Championships singles event on five consecutive occasions from 1975 to 1979 and won the title in 1976, 1978 and 1979. In 1977, she won the doubles title at the Italian Open with compatriot Marise Kruger.[3] In August 1979, she was runner–up at the Canadian Open, losing the final in three sets to Laura duPont.[4]
Cuypers won the singles title at the Rhodesian Open in 1974 and 1975.[5] She won the Akron Virginia Slims doubles title in 1976 with Mona Anne Guerrant.
Career finals
[edit]Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Jun 1973 | Chichester Tournament, England | Grass | ![]() |
1–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 2. | Nov 1975 | South African Open, Johannesburg | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Loss | 3. | Aug 1976 | U.S. Clay Court Open, Indianapolis | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Win | 4. | Nov 1976 | South African Open, Johannesburg | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 5. | Dec 1977 | South African Open, Johannesburg | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 6. | Dec 1978 | South African Open, Johannesburg | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–0 |
Loss | 7. | Aug 1979 | Canadian Open, Toronto | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6 |
Win | 8. | Dec 1979 | South African Open, Johannesburg | Hard | ![]() |
7–6, 6–2 |
Doubles: 3 (3 titles)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | Feb 1976 | Virginia Slims of Akron, Richfield (Ohio) | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6 |
Win | 2. | Jun 1976 | Kent Championships, Beckenham | Grass | ![]() |
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9–7, 6–4 |
Win | 3. | May 1977 | Italian Open, Rome | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
References
[edit]- ^ Bostic, Stephanie, ed. (1979). USTA Player Records 1978. United States Tennis Association (USTA). p. 182.
- ^ "WTA – Player profile". Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- ^ a b Jim Bainbridge (1978). 1978 Colgate Series Media Guide. New York: H.O. Zimman Inc. p. 40.
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 138, 139, 168. ISBN 9780362020120.
- ^ Hedges, Martin (1978). The Concise Dictionary of Tennis. New York: Mayflower Books. p. 73. ISBN 978-0861240128.