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{{short description|Belgian tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|name= Nancy Feber
|image=
|country= {{BEL}}
|residence=
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|02|05}}
|birth_place= [[Antwerp]], Belgium
|height= {{height|m=1.60}}
|turnedpro= 1991
|retired= 1998
|plays= Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney= US$ 314,809
|singlesrecord= {{tennis record|won=127|lost=98}}
|singlestitles= 3 ITF
|highestsinglesranking= No. 79 (5 February 1996)
|AustralianOpenresult= 2R ([[1996 Australian Open – Women's singles|1996]])
|FrenchOpenresult= 2R ([[1995 French Open – Women's singles|1995]], [[1996 French Open – Women's singles|1996]])
|Wimbledonresult= 3R ([[1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1994]], [[1995 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1995]], [[1996 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1996]])
|USOpenresult= 1R ([[1994 US Open – Women's singles|1994]], [[1995 US Open – Women's singles|1995]])
|doublesrecord= {{tennis record|won=106|lost=72}}
|doublestitles= 8 ITF
|highestdoublesranking= No. 46 (10 April 1995)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1995)
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1997)
|WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1995, 1996, 1997)
|USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1995)
}}
'''Nancy Feber''' (born 5 February 1976) is a retired Belgian tennis player. As a junior player, she won four [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] titles – one in singles and three in doubles. Feber won French Open twice, in [[1992 French Open|1992]] and [[1993 French Open|1993]], both times in doubles with [[Laurence Courtois]]. At the [[1993 Wimbledon Championships]], she triumphed in both singles and doubles.<ref name="ITF1">[http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/activity.asp?player=20001957 Player Activity: Nancy Feber] at the [[International Tennis Federation]] Junior Profile</ref>

Feber competed as a professional tennis player from 1991 to 1998.<ref name="WTA1">[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Player/Activity/0,,12781~2488,00.html Nancy Feber: Activity] at the [[Women's Tennis Association]]</ref> Her best Grand Slam singles performance is the third round of the [[1994 Wimbledon Championships]], the result she achieved in [[1995 Wimbledon Championships|1995]] and [[1996 Wimbledon Championships|1996]]. In doubles, Feber reached three [[WTA Tour]] finals, one with [[Alexandra Fusai]] and two with Laurence Courtois, but won none.

During her career, Feber defeated players such as [[Helena Suková]], [[Irina Spîrlea]], [[Jo Durie]], [[Rita Grande]] and [[Meghann Shaughnessy]].<ref name="WTA1"/> She enjoyed success on the [[ITF Women's Circuit]], winning three singles and eight doubles titles.<ref name="WTA2">[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Player/Stats/0,,12781~2488,00.html Nancy Feber: Stats] at the [[Women's Tennis Association]]</ref> Her highest rankings were No. 79 in singles and No. 46 in doubles.<ref name="WTA2"/>

She also played for [[Belgium Fed Cup team]], with the score of 2–2 in singles and 9–1 in doubles.<ref name=FedCup>[http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20001957 Nancy Feber] at the [[Fed Cup]]</ref>

==WTA career finals==
===Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)===
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;width:10%
|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
| Grand Slam
|- style="background:#d8cef6;"
| Tier I
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
| Tier II
|- style="background:#d4f1c5;"
| Tier III
|- style="background:#e0f8ff;"
| Tier IV
|}

{|class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W–L
!style="width:60px"|Date
!style="width:150px"|Tournament
!style="width:45px"|Tier
!style="width:45px"|Surface
!style="width:150px"|Partner
!style="width:150px"|Opponents
!style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score
|- 
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| Loss
| 0–1
| [[1994 P&G Taiwan Women's Tennis Open – Doubles|Nov 1994]]
| [[Taipei Women's Championships|Taipei Open]], Taiwan
| style="background:#e0f8ff;"|Tier IV
| Hard
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alexandra Fusai]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Michelle Jaggard-Lai]] <br /> {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Rene Simpson]]
| 6–0, 7–6<sup>(12–10)</sup>
|- 
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| Loss
| 0–2
| [[1995 Danamon Open – Doubles|Jan 1995]]
| [[Danamon Open|Jakarta Open]], Indonesia
| style="background:#d4f1c5;"| Tier III
| Hard
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Laurence Courtois]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Claudia Porwik]] <br /> {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Irina Spîrlea]]
| 6–2, 6–3
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"| Loss
| 0–3
| [[1996 Danamon Open – Doubles|Apr 1996]]
| Jakarta Open, Indonesia
| style="background:#d4f1c5;"| Tier III
| Hard
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Laurence Courtois
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Rika Hiraki]] <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Naoko Kijimuta]]
| 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 7–5
|}

==ITF finals==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" 
!Legend
|- style="background:#f88379;"
|$100,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
|$75,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#addfad;"
|$50,000 tournaments
|- style="background:lightblue;"
|$25,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|$10,000 tournaments
|}

===Singles: 7 (3–4)===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
!Result
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1.
| November 1991
| ITF Flensburg, Germany
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Heike Thoms]]
| 6–7<sup>(3)</sup>, 4–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1.
| November 1992
| ITF Manchester, England
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Makarova]]
| 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2.
| March 1993
| ITF Brest, France
| Hard
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sylvie Sabas]]
| 3–6, 4–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 3.
| February 1994
| ITF Coburg, Germany
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ludmila Richterová]]
| 6–7<sup>(5)</sup>, 2–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2.
| March 1998
| ITF Biel, Switzerland
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]]
| 6–7<sup>(6)</sup>, 6–3, 6–4
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 4.
| April 1998
| ITF Calvi, France
| Hard
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Gabriela Kučerová]]
| 5–7, 1–6
|- 
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3.
| April 1998
| Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
| Hard
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Carine Bornu]]
| 6–0, 6–1
|}

===Doubles: 13 (8–5)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1.
| 25 August 1991
| ITF Koksijde, Belgium
| Clay
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Laurence Courtois]]
| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Nelly Barkan]] <br/> {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Olga Lugina]]
| 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2.
| 27 October 1991
| ITF Flensburg, Germany
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Laurence Courtois
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Alena Havrlíková]] <br/> {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ivana Havrlíková]]
| 6–2, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3.
| 10 November 1991
| ITF Ljusdal, Sweden
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Laurence Courtois
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Cora Linneman]] <br/> {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eva Lena Olsson]]
| 6–2, 7–6<sup>(3)</sup>
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 4.
| 1 February 1992
| ITF Danderyd, Sweden
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Laurence Courtois
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Katrien de Craemer]] <br/> {{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Lugina
| 7–6<sup>(0)</sup>, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1.
| 9 February 1992
| ITF Horsholm, Denmark
| Carpet (i)
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Katrien de Craemer
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Sofie Albinus]] <br/> {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Tine Scheuer-Larsen]]
| 3–6, 4–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2.
| 31 October 1993
| ITF Poitiers, France
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Els Callens]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Olga Lugina <br/> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Elena Wagner]]
| 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 5.
| 23 March 1997
| ITF Woodlands, United States
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Liezel Huber|Liezel Horn]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Sabine Haas]] <br/> {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kristina Triska]]
| 6–1, 6–2
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6.
| 1 November 1997
| ITF Poitiers, France
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Langrová]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lea Ghirardi]] <br/> {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Svetlana Krivencheva]]
| 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 3.
| 15 March 1998
| ITF Biel, Switzerland
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Tina Križan]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kirstin Freye]] <br/> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Noëlle van Lottum]]
| 3–6, 6–3, 6–7<sup>(4)</sup>
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 7.
| 12 April 1998
| ITF Calvi, France
| Hard
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jasmin Wöhr]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Emmanuelle Curutchet]] <br/> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sophie Georges]]
| 4–1 ret.
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 4.
| 10 May 1998
| ITF Cardiff, United Kingdom
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Langrová
| {{flagicon|RSA}} Liezel Horn <br/> {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]]
| 4–6, 3–6
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 8.
| 17 May 1998
| ITF Porto, Portugal
| Clay
| {{flagicon|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Surina De Beer]] <br/> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rebecca Jensen]]
| 5–7, 6–1, 6–4
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 5.
| 4 July 2011
| ITF Brussels, Belgium
| Clay
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Els Callens
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Marcella Koek]] <br/> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Eva Wacanno]]
| 5–7, 6–3, [5–10]
|}

==Junior Grand Slam finals==
===Singles (1–0)===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
! Outcome
! Year
! Tournament
! Surface
! Opponent
! Result
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| bgcolor="98FB98"| Winner
| [[1993 Wimbledon Championships|1993]]
| [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
| Grass
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Rita Grande]]
| 7–6<sup>(5)</sup>, 1–6, 6–2
|}

===Doubles (3–0)===
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
! Outcome
! Year
! Tournament
! Surface
! Partner
! Opponents
! Result
|- bgcolor="#EBC2AF"
| bgcolor="98FB98"| Winner
| [[1992 French Open|1992]]
| French Open <small>(1)</small>
| Clay
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Laurence Courtois]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] <br/> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chanda Rubin]]
| 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
|- bgcolor="#EBC2AF"
| bgcolor="98FB98"| Winner
| [[1993 French Open|1993]]
| French Open <small>(2)</small>
| Clay
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Laurence Courtois
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Lara Bitter]] <br/> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Maaike Koutstaal]]
| 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| bgcolor="98FB98"| Winner
| [[1993 Wimbledon Championships|1993]]
| [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
| Grass
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Laurence Courtois
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroko Mochizuki]] <br/> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuka Yoshida]]
| 6–3, 6–4
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF profile}}
* {{Fed Cup player}}

{{Wimbledon girls' singles champions}}
{{French Open girls' doubles champions}}
{{Wimbledon girls' doubles champions}}

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[[Category:Tennis players from Antwerp]]
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