Astrid Suurbeek

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Astrid Suurbeek
File:Astrid Suurbeek.jpg
Country (sports)  Netherlands
Born (1947-02-15) 15 February 1947 (age 77)
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Singles
Career record {{#property:P564}}
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open QF (1968)
Wimbledon 2R (1967, 1968, 1969)
Doubles
Career record {{#property:P555}}
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open QF (1968)
Wimbledon 3R (1968 )
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1968)
Team competitions
Fed Cup F (1968)

Astrid Suurbeek (born 15 February 1947) is a former Dutch tennis player who was mainly active in the late sixties.

Career

Suurbeek won the singles Dutch championship at Scheveningen in 1967 and 1982[1] as well as the doubles and mixed doubles in 1968.

She competed in the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo and won the women's doubles Gold medal with Ada Bakker.[2]

Suurbeek played for the Dutch Federation Cup team that reached the 1968 final against Australia, which was played at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris. In the final, she played Australian multiple Grand Slam winner Margaret Court and lost in straight sets, 1–6, 3–6. Australia won the final 3–0.[3][4] In the same year, she reached the women's singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open which she lost to eventual champion Billie Jean King.[5]

Suurbeek played in the ladies' singles competition at Wimbledon in 1967, 1968 and 1969 but did not make it past the second round.

In 1980, she was voted Female Player of the Year by the USA Tennis Florida Adult Competitive Tennis Council.[6] In 1983 she won the USTA National Indoor Women`s 35 Championships in St. Louis and was ranked first in the USTA women`s 35s.[7]

She is currently head Tennis professional Gleneagles Country Club, Delray, Florida.[8]

Career finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 28 January 1968 Auckland, New Zealand Grass Netherlands Ada Bakker Australia Kerry Melville
France Gail Sherriff
0–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 22 July 1968 Hilversum, Netherlands Hard Australia Judy Tegart South Africa Annette Van Zyl
South Africa Pat Walkden
2–6, 6–3, 3–6

References

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