Country (sports) | South Africa |
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Residence | Somerset West, South Africa |
Born | Windhoek, South West Africa | 5 January 1976
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 1993 |
Retired | 2007 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$294,308 |
Singles | |
Career record | 154–135 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 172 (15 December 1997) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (1998) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (1995) |
US Open | Q1 (1999) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 259–173 |
Career titles | 1 WTA, 22 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 53 (16 September 2002) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1998–99, 2003) |
French Open | 3R (2001) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2002) |
US Open | 2R (1999) |
Nannie de Villiers (born Esmé de Villiers, 5 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player who represented South Africa. She was born in neighbouring Namibia but moved at a young age.
De Villiers made her début in 1993, at the small ITF Johannesburg tournament. She also played her next event in her native country, in Pretoria, winning the doubles event. Although she officially retired in 2003, she made a minor-comeback in 2007, entering the Cape Town event, losing in the first round singles and reaching the semifinals doubles. She never surpassed the singles qualifying stages at a Grand Slam tournament.
Despite never winning a WTA Tour singles title, she won four on the ITF Circuit, and 22 doubles titles there.
De Villiers retired from professional tennis in 2007.