Ada Bakker

Not to be confused with Australian soprano Ada Baker.

Ada Bakker

Full name	Ada de Laive Bakker
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1948-04-08) 8 April 1948
Singles
Career titles	0
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1968)
Wimbledon	3R (1968, 1970, 1971)
US Open	1R (1971)
Doubles
Career titles	0
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1968)
Wimbledon	3R (1968)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1968)
Wimbledon	1R (1967, 1969)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	SF (1969, 1974)
Medal record Representing Netherlands Tennis Summer Universiade 1967 Tokyo Women's Doubles 1967 Tokyo Women's Singles 1970 Turin Women's Doubles

Ada Bakker

Ada Bakker (born 8 April 1948) is a former Dutch female tennis player who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. During her career Bakker played in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, namely the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Her most successful Grand Slam was Wimbledon where she reached the third round of the singles event in 1968, 1970, and 1971. Her best doubles result was reaching the quarterfinal of the 1968 Australian Open.

She competed in the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo and won the women's doubles gold medal with Astrid Suurbeek. She also reached the final of the singles event which she lost to Nell Truman.

In 1969 and 1974 Bakker was a member of the Dutch Federation Cup team which reached the semifinals on both occasions. In total she played seven Federation Cup matches, all of them in doubles, of which she won five.

Career finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1968	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Astrid Suurbeek	Kerry Melville Gail Sherriff	0–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1969	Bournemouth, England	Hard	Marijke Jansen	Margaret Court Judy Tegart	1–6, 4–6

External links

• Ada Bakker at the International Tennis Federation
• Ada Bakker at the Billie Jean King Cup