Hellas ter Riet

Hellas ter Riet
Full nameHellas ter Riet
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1968-06-21) 21 June 1968 (age 56)
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Turned proApril 1985
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$100,675
Singles
Career record131–106
Highest rankingNo. 110 (4 July 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1988)
French Open2R (1988)
Doubles
Career record50–73
Highest rankingNo. 98 (13 May 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1988)
French Open1R (1987, 1990, 1991)
Wimbledon1R (1990, 1991)
US Open1R (1990)

Hellas ter Riet (born 21 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Biography

Tennis career

In 1986, ter Riet made her Federation Cup debut, appearing in four ties for the Netherlands. In her first match, against Canada, she won her singles rubber over Helen Kelesi, but lost the deciding doubles rubber to surrender the tie. She won all her singles matches in the consolation rounds, including over the USSR's Natalia Zvereva.[1]

She made the second round of both the Australian Open and French Open in 1988.[2] At the Australian Open she lost to fifth seed Hana Mandlíková, then at the French Open had to retire hurt with illness in the second set against Martina Navratilova.[3]

Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance at Guarujá in 1989.[4]

Personal life

She married former world number one doubles player Jacco Eltingh in 1997 and the following year gave birth to her first child.[5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 29 July 1985 Neumünster, West Germany Clay Italy Barbara Romanò 3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Winner 2. 16 September 1985 Llorca, Spain Clay Argentina Andrea Tiezzi 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner 3. 12 May 1986 Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom Clay Australia Michelle Jaggard-Lai 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 3 July 1989 Cava de' Tirreni, Italy Clay West Germany Veronika Martinek 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (2-4)

Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 12 May 1986 Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom Clay France Emmanuelle Derly Netherlands Carin Bakkum
Netherlands Nicole Muns-Jagerman 		6–7, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 11 April 1988 Caserta, Italy Clay Czechoslovakia Olga Votavová United States Jennifer Fuchs
Sweden Maria Strandlund 		6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 18 April 1988 Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay United States Jennifer Fuchs Switzerland Michèle Strebel
Brazil Luciana Tella 		6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 11 February 1991 Key Biscayne, United States Hard Canada Rene Simpson United States Penny Barg
United Kingdom Samantha Smith 		5–7, 2–6
Winner 5. 21 October 1991 Freeport, Bahamas Hard Greece Christina Zachariadou Netherlands Aafje Evers
Netherlands Yvonne Klompenhouver 		3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 1 June 1992 Key Biscayne, United States Hard Peru Gianfranca Devercelli Canada Jillian Alexander-Brower
United States Niurka Sodupe 		2–6, 4–6

References

  1. ^ "Hellas ter Riet wil nu hogerop". Leidse Courant (in Dutch). 26 September 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ^ Henlon, Maureen; Bloch Shallouf, Renee, eds. (1989). 1989 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA. p. 274.
  3. ^ "Paris". United Press International. 25 May 1988. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Guaruja - 11 December - 17 December 1989". ITF. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Eltingh vliegt halsoverkop naar huis voor geboorte zoon". Trouw (in Dutch). 3 September 1998. Retrieved 6 February 2018.