Tessa ter Sluis
{{short description|Dutch squash player (born 1995)}}
{{family name hatnote|ter Sluis|Sluis|lang=Dutch}}
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| name = Tessa ter Sluis
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| University =Johan Cruyff University
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|01|16}}
| birth_place = Sint Willebrord, Netherlands
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| turnedpro =2018
| retired = Active
| plays = Right Handed
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| racquet = Opfeel
| website =www.tessatersluis.com
| event = Women's singles
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| highest_ranking = No. 56
| date_of_highest_ranking = March 2022
| current_ranking = No. 73
| date_of_current_ranking = November 2022
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| titles =Dutch National Champion 2017
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| updated = November, 2022
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Tessa ter Sluis (born 16 January 1995 in Sint Willebrord) is a Dutch professional squash player.{{cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour?g=women|title=PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com}} As of March 2022, she is ranked number 62 in the world.{{Squash Info}} The highest ranking of her career is number 56. She has been in the Netherlands women's national squash team since 2014.
Education
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ter Sluis went to RSG t' Rijks to get her VWO high school diploma. Whilst she started playing on the PSA World Tour in 2014, she decided to study for a few more years. She studied Sportmarketing at the Johan Cruyff University, a hbo programme set up for athletes. In 2018 she got her degree and she went on to play on the tour full time.
Squash career
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ter Sluis started playing squash at the age of 8. Together with her brother she started to train and play junior tournaments. She loved playing squash and chose to only play squash. From there she played national and international events. Won many national junior titles and even got selected for the European and world championships.
In 2014, she started playing on the PSA world tour, previously known as WISPA. In that same year she got selected for the women's national team for the first time.
ter Sluis is currently sponsored by multiple companies, such as [https://www.vitortho.nl/ VitOrtho] voedingssupplementen, BRESS breda, Houtrust Squash and Decathlon Nederland.
In 2017 Tessa won her first Dutch national championship. In 2025 she reclaimed her title for the second time.https://www.ad.nl/rucphen/tessa-ter-sluis-werd-nederlands-kampioen-op-wilskracht-drie-weken-geleden-kon-ik-niet-rennen~a57910a7/
References
External links
- [http://www.tessatersluis.com Official website]
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Category:Dutch female squash players
Category:Sportspeople from Rucphen
Category:Competitors at the 2017 World Games
Category:21st-century Dutch sportswomen
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