Annette Van Zyl
{{Short description|South African tennis player}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Annette Van Zyl
| image = Annette Van Zyl.jpg
| country = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} South Africa
| residence =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|09|25}}
| birth_place = Pretoria, South Africa
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| turnedpro =
| retired =
| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney =
| singlesrecord =
| singlestitles = 11
| highestsinglesranking = No. 6 (1965, 1966)
| AustralianOpenresult = SF (1965)
| FrenchOpenresult = SF (1967, 1968)
| Wimbledonresult = QF (1966)
| USOpenresult = QF (1967)
| Othertournaments =
| MastersCupresult =
| WTAChampionshipsresult =
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| doublesrecord =
| doublestitles = 4
| highestdoublesranking =
| grandslamsdoublesresults =
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1965)
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = F (1967)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = QF (1963)
| USOpenDoublesresult = SF (1967)
| AustralianOpenMixedresult = 3R (1965)
| FrenchOpenMixedresult = W (1966)
| WimbledonMixedresult = SF (1966, 1967)
| OthertournamentsDoubles =
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Annette Van Zyl (born 25 September), also known by her married name as Annette du Plooy, is a South African former tennis player. She was ranked in the top ten female players during the mid-1960s, and in 1966 she won the French Open Mixed Doubles title{{Cite web |url=http://tennis.about.com/od/tournaments/a/rgmixdoubchamps.htm |title=French Open – Past Mixed Doubles Champions |access-date=8 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119185935/http://tennis.about.com/od/tournaments/a/rgmixdoubchamps.htm |archive-date=19 January 2008 |url-status=dead }} with Frew McMillan, defeating Ann Haydon-Jones and Clark Graebner in three sets.
Tennis career
In January 1965 she won the singles title at the Natal Championships in Durban.{{cite book|title=Tennis : The South African Story|year=1977|publisher=Owen Williams|oclc=86066820|page=111|editor=Russell Eldridge}} In April 1965 Van Zyl reached the final of the British Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth but was beaten in straight sets by Ann Haydon-Jones. In June of the same year, she won the singles title at the grass court tournament in Cheltenham, and later that month, she won the London Grass Court Championship played at the Queen's Club, defeating Christine Truman in the final. In July, she won the Welsh title also against Truman in the final.{{cite news|title=Miss Van Zyl Takes Welsh Tennis Title|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/07/17/archives/miss-van-zyl-takes-welsh-tennis-title.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=17 July 1965}} She reached the semifinal of the French Open singles in 1967, beating Billie Jean King in the quarterfinals and then losing to Lesley Turner Bowrey.[http://sports123.com/ten/results/wfr-s-1967.html French Open 1967, women, singles.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608035104/http://sports123.com/ten/results/wfr-s-1967.html |date=8 June 2009 }}
In July 1968, she won the singles title at the Swiss Open, defeating Julie Heldman in the final with the loss of just one game. In August she beat Judy Tegart in straight sets in the final of the singles event at the German Championships in Hamburg, also winning the doubles and mixed doubles events.{{cite book|title=BP Yearbook of World Tennis|year=1969|publisher=Ward Lock|location=London|isbn=978-0706318241|oclc=502175694|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)|pages=103–105, 173, 177}} Van Zyl reached the finals of the South African Championships singles event on three occasions, winning the title in 1963 and 1975 and ending as runner–up in 1965. From 1964 to 1976, she played in 11 ties for the South African Federation Cup team and compiled a 12–7 win-loss record.
According to A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Van Zyl was ranked in the world top 10 in 1965, 1966, and 1968, reaching a career high of world No. 6 in these rankings in 1965 and 1966.{{cite book |author=Collins, Bud |author-link=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book |publisher=New Chapter Press |location=New York, N.Y |year=2008 |pages=695, 703 |isbn=978-0-942257-41-0 }}
Tournament finals
=Singles 13 (11 titles – 2 runner-ups)=
| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:20px"|No. !style="width:50px"|Date !style="width:230px"|Tournament !style="width:180px"|Opponent !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1. | 1965 | British Hard Court Championships | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon-Jones | 5–7, 1–6 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2. | 1966 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon-Jones | 6–8, 1–6 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1. | 1965 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Christine Truman | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2. | Jun 1967 | Swiss International Championships | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Lehane O'Neill | 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3. | Jan 1968 | {{flagicon|USA}} Carole Graebner | 6–1, 6–1 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 4. | Jun 1968 | Swiss International Championships | {{flagicon|FRG}} Helga Niessen | 6–3, 6–3 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 5. | Jul 1968 | Gstaad International Championships | {{flagicon|USA}} Julie Heldman | 6–0, 6–1 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6. | Aug 1968 | German Championships{{cite news|title=DuPIooy Takes Title in W, German Tennis|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/32352749/|newspaper=The Bridgeport Telegram|date=14 August 1968|page=17}} | {{flagicon|AUS}} Judy Tegart | 6–1, 7–5 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 7. | Aug 1968 | Kitzbühel Championships{{cite news|title=Cops Tennis Crown Kitzbuehel|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/46475434/|newspaper=The Ottawa Journal|date=20 August 1968|page=14}} | {{flagicon|HUN}} Erzsébet Polgár | 6–1, 6–0 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 8. | Nov 1974 | South Transvaal Championships | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Brenda Kirk | 6–3, 6–2 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 9. | Nov 1975 | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Brigitte Cuypers | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|10. | Nov 1975 | South Transvaal Championships | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Yvonne Vermaak | 6–3, 6–2 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|11. | Nov 1977 | South Transvaal Championships | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Brenda Kirk | 6–4, 0–6, 6–3 |
=Doubles 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups) =
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!style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:20px"|No. !style="width:60px"|Date !style="width:200px"|Tournament !style="width:180px"|Partner !style="width:180px"|Opponents !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1. | 1965 | Rome, Italy | {{flagicon|AUS}} Madonna Schacht | {{flagicon|ITA}} Silvana Lazzarino | 2–6, 6–2, 12–10 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2. | 1966 | Rome, Italy | {{flagicon|ARG}} Norma Baylon | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon-Jones | 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 |
| "F3E6D7"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 1967 | French Open | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Pat Walkden | {{flagicon|FRA}} Françoise Dürr | 2–6, 2–6 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 4. | 1968 | Rome, Italy | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Pat Walkden | {{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Court | 2–6, 5–7 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3. | 1968 | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Pat Walkden | {{flagicon|GBR}} Winnie Shaw | 6–3, 7–5 |
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 4. | Jun 1976 | Beckenham, England | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Brigitte Cuypers | {{flagicon|URS}} Natasha Chmyreva | 9–7, 6–4 |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 5. | Jul 1976 | Gstaad, Switzerland | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Brigitte Cuypers | {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Nagelsen | 4–6, 4–6 |
=Mixed doubles 1 =
| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:20px"|No. !style="width:60px"|Date !style="width:200px"|Tournament !style="width:180px"|Partner !style="width:180px"|Opponents !style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score |
| "F3E6D7"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 1966 | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Frew McMillan | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon-Jones | 1–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Personal life
On 20 April 1968, Van Zyl married Jan du Plooy in Pretoria.{{cite news|title=Uit alle sporthoeken|url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBNRC01:000035432:mpeg21:a0142|work=Algemeen Handelsblad|date=2 April 1968|page=11|language=nl|via=Delpher}} She is currently a head coach at the Brooklyn Union Tennis Club in Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa.[https://www.butc.co.za/coaches.html Profile], butc.co.za. Accessed 8 January 2024.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ITF profile}}
- {{Fed Cup player}}
{{French Open mixed doubles champions}}
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Category:South African female tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Pretoria
Category:South African people of Dutch descent