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Marcella Mesker
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1959-05-23) 23 May 1959 (age 65)
The Hague, the Netherlands
Singles
Career record105–138
Career titles1
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1984)
French Open3R (1982, 1986)
Wimbledon3R (1979, 1985)
US Open3R (1981)
Doubles
Career record162–133
Career titles6
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1980)
French Open3R (1986)
Wimbledon2R (1980, 1983, 1984, 1988)
US OpenSF (1984)

Marcella Mesker (born 23 May 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Mesker was active on the WTA tour from 1979 to 1988 and reached the final of the Australian Open Women's Doubles in 1979. She also reached the semi finals of the US Open Women's Doubles in 1984. She won a singles title in Oklahoma City in 1986.

WTA Tour finals

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA Championships
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V

Singles 1 (1–0)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 2 March 1986 Oklahoma City, USA Carpet United States Lori McNeil 6–4, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles 14 (6–8)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 2 January 1980 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Australia Leanne Harrison New Zealand Judy Chaloner
Australia Diane Evers
2–6, 6–1, 0–6
Winner 2. 15 May 1983 Lugano, Switzerland Clay Switzerland Christiane Jolissaint Switzerland Petra Delhees
Brazil Patricia Medrado
6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Winner 3. 23 January 1984 Denver, Colorado, USA Hard (i) United Kingdom Anne Hobbs United States Sherry Acker
United States Candy Reynolds
6–2, 6–3
Winner 4. 30 January 1984 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Carpet Switzerland Christiane Jolissaint United States Anna-Maria Fernandez
United States Trey Lewis
7–6, 6–4
Winner 5. 13 May 1984 Lugano, Switzerland Hard (i) Switzerland Christiane Jolissaint Czechoslovakia Iva Budařová
Czechoslovakia Marcela Skuherska
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 6. 6 January 1985 Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA Hard (o) Switzerland Christiane Jolissaint United States Betsy Nagelsen
United States Paula Smith
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 11 March 1985 US Indoors, USA Carpet Australia Elizabeth Smylie United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 8. 17 March 1985 Dallas, Texas, USA Carpet France Pascale Paradis United States Barbara Potter
United States Sharon Walsh
7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Runner-up 9. 12 August 1985 Canadian Open, Canada Hard (o) France Pascale Paradis United States Gigi Fernández
United States Martina Navratilova
4–6, 0–6
Winner 10. 11 November 1985 Hilversum, Netherlands Carpet France Catherine Tanvier Italy Sandra Cecchini
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 11. 15 December 1985 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Australia Elizabeth Smylie West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
0–6, 4–6
Winner 12. 2 March 1986 Oklahoma City, USA Carpet France Pascale Paradis United States Lori McNeil
France Catherine Suire
2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Runner-up 13. 24 May 1987 Strasbourg, France Clay United States Kathy Horvath Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
France Catherine Suire
0–6, 2–6
Runner-up 14. 12 July 1987 Belgian Open, Belgium Clay United States Kathy Horvath West Germany Bettina Bunge
Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva
6–4, 4–6, 4–6