Sarah van Emst

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|singlestitles = 1 ITF

|highestsinglesranking = No. 664 (16 June 2025)

|currentsinglesranking = No. 670 (30 June 2025)

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|highestdoublesranking = No. 330 (31 March 2025)

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Sarah van Emst (born 6 November 2004) is a Dutch tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 664 in singles achieved on 16 June 2025 and No. 330 in doubles achieved on 31 March 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/sarah-van-emst/800518841/ned/wt/s/overview/|website=ITF|accessdate=8 June 2025|title= Sarah van Emst}}{{cite web|url= https://www.wtatennis.com/players/332599/sarah-van-emst |website=WTA|accessdate=8 June 2025|title= Sarah van Emst}}

Early life

From Zwolle, Overijssel, she started playing tennis at six years-of-age. Her parents Kristel and Alfred were both club players.{{cite web|url=https://www.deswollenaer.nl/nieuws/sport/191468/tennistalent-van-emst-ik-zou-wel-willen-dat-ik-wat-groter-was |website=deswollenaer.nl|accessdate=8 June 2025|title= Tennis talent Van Emst: 'I wish I was a bit bigger'|date=19 September 2016}} She showed aptitude for tennis at an early age and was number three ranked U16 girl in the Dutch tennis rankings in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.nl/toptennis-nieuws/2019/12/wassermann-koevermans-roettgering-en-du-pree-eerste-kampioenen-van-nojk-2019/|website=Tennis.nl|access-date=8 June 2025|title= WASSERMANN, KOEVERMANS, RÖTTGERING AND DU PREE FIRST CHAMPIONS OF NOJK 2019|date=2 December 2019}}{{cite web|url= https://www.deswollenaer.nl/nieuws/sport/177423/zwolse-tennis-masters-is-groeiende-maar-echte-toppers-ontbreken|website= deswollenaer.nl|accessdate=8 June 2025|title= Zwolse Tennis Masters is groeiende, maar echte toppers ontbreken|date=22 September 2013}}

Career

She obtained her first professional ranking point in 2023 June at the age of 18 years-old in Alkmaar. {{cite web|url=https://www.oost.nl/nieuws/2242675/sarah-van-emst-boekt-eerste-overwinning-bij-itf-toernooi-in-alkmaar| website=Oost.nl|accessdate=8 June 2025|title= Sarah van Emst books first victory at ITF tournament in Alkmaar|date=June 28, 2023}} She reached the final of an ITF tournament for the first time in December 2023, in Monastir, Tunisia, but was defeated in the final by Russian Milana Zhabrailova. She has not been past the quarter-finals before and her run included a win over higher ranked Romanian Andreea Prisacariu, who had been the top-seed.{{cite web|website=Oost.nl|accessdate=8 June 2025|title= Zwolle tennis player Sarah van Emst advances to semi-finals in Tunisia|url= https://www.oost.nl/nieuws/2289587/zwolse-tennisster-sarah-van-emst-stoot-door-naar-halve-finales-in-tunesie |date=December 1, 2023}}{{cite web|website=Oost.nl|accessdate=8 June 2025|title= Tennis star Van Emst cannot crown top week with first tournament victory |url= https://www.oost.nl/nieuws/2289805/tennisster-van-emst-kan-topweek-niet-bekronen-met-eerste-toernooizege |date=December 3, 2023}}

In March 2025, she won ITF W15 singles tournament in Monastir.{{cite web|url= https://www.destentor.nl/regiosport/zelfvertrouwen-is-het-sleutelwoord-voor-tennisster-sarah-van-emst~adcf2a69/|website=Destentor.nl|accessdate=8 June 2025|title= Zelfvertrouwen is het sleutelwoord voor tennisster Sarah van Emst|date=29 May 2025}} In June 2025, she was awarded a wildcard into the women’s doubles at the 2025 Libéma Open for her WTA Tour debut, to play alongside compatriot Suzan Lamens.{{cite web|url= https://www.wtatennis.com/tournaments/822/s-hertogenbosch/2025/draws|title=Libema Open|date=8 June 2025|accessdate=8 June 2025|website=WTA Tennis}}