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Els Veentjer-Spruyt

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Els Veentjer-Spruyt
Full nameElsie Veentjer-Spruyt
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1943-12-07) 7 December 1943 (age 80)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (1965, 1966)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1965)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1965)

Elsie Veentjer-Spruyt (born Elsie Spruyt; 7 December 1943) is a Dutch former tennis player.[1]

A three-time national doubles champion, Veentjer-Spruyt featured in the main draw of four Wimbledon Championships during the 1960s. Her best result was a third round appearance in women's doubles with Trudy Groenman in 1965. She never won a Wimbledon singles match, although in 1967 she received a bye and then default to be drawn against Billie Jean King in the third round, but was deemed unfit and couldn't take to the court.[2]

Veentjer-Spruyt was a member of the Dutch 1966 Federation Cup team, defeated in the quarter-finals by Australia.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Okker wint "indoor" kampioenschap". Dutch Australian Weekly (in Dutch). 18 March 1966. p. 11.
  2. ^ "In Last Eight". Evening Standard. 30 June 1967.
  3. ^ "U.S. Women Win Tennis Matches". The Miami Herald. 13 May 1966.
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