Ada Bakker
{{short description|Dutch tennis player}}
{{Distinguish|text=Australian soprano Ada Baker}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Ada Bakker
| image = Ada Bakker 1968.jpg
| fullname = Ada de Laive Bakker
| country = {{flag|Netherlands}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|04|08|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| plays =
| careerprizemoney =
| singlesrecord =
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking =
| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1968)
| FrenchOpenresult =
| Wimbledonresult = 3R (1968, 1970, 1971)
| USOpenresult = 1R (1971)
| doublesrecord =
| doublestitles = 0
| highestdoublesranking =
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1968)
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult =
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1968)
| USOpenDoublesresult =
| AustralianOpenMixedresult = 1R (1968)
| FrenchOpenMixedresult =
| WimbledonMixedresult = 1R (1967, 1969)
| USOpenMixedresult =
| Team = yes
| FedCupresult = SF (1969, 1974)
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}}
{{MedalSport|Tennis}}
{{medalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}
{{MedalGold|1967 Tokyo|Women's Doubles}}
{{MedalSilver|1967 Tokyo|Women's Singles}}
{{MedalGold|1970 Turin|Women's Doubles}}
}}
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.{{cite web|title=Wimbledon players archive – Ada Bakker|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/players/2e4fb28f-1beb-497c-b9ce-22a1a44d1eab/index.html|publisher=AELTC}} Her best doubles result was reaching the quarterfinal of the 1968 Australian Open.{{cite web|title=Australian Open – Results archive – Ada Bakker|url=http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/players/762.html|publisher=Tennis Australia}}
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.{{cite web|title=Fed Cup – Player profile – Ada Bakker|url=http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20004031|publisher=ITF}}
Career finals
=Doubles (2 runner-ups)=
class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:50px"|Date !style="width:160px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:130px"|Partner !style="width:130px"|Opponents !style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score |
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–1 |Jan 1968 |Auckland, New Zealand |Grass |{{flagicon|NED}} Astrid Suurbeek |{{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Melville |0–6, 2–6 |
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–2 |Apr 1969 |Bournemouth, England |Hard |{{flagicon|NED}} Marijke Jansen |{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court |1–6, 4–6 |
References
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External links
- {{ITF}}
- {{Fed Cup player}}
- {{Wimbledon}}
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Category:Dutch female tennis players
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Netherlands
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade
Category:Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
Category:20th-century Dutch people