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Marrit Boonstra

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Marrit Boonstra
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1988-09-25) 25 September 1988 (age 36)
Groningen, Netherlands
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$14,062
Singles
Career record35–25
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 556 (26 June 2006)
Doubles
Career record38–11
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 468 (19 June 2006)

Marrit Boonstra (born 25 September 1988) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Biography

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Boonstra, who was born in Groningen, played tennis as a right-hander with a two-handed backhand.

Her junior career included a win over Caroline Wozniacki, whom she also partnered to make the girls' doubles quarterfinals of the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

As a 17-year-old, she played three doubles rubbers for the Netherlands in the 2006 Fed Cup competition, teaming up with Dutch veteran Brenda Schultz-McCarthy to win all three matches.[3]

Boonstra received a wildcard to compete in the main draw of the 2006 Ordina Open, a WTA Tour tournament in Rosmalen.[4] She lost in the opening round to Jelena Janković.[5]

From 2008 to 2010, she played collegiate tennis in the United States for the University of Florida.

During her time on the ITF Circuit, she won one singles title and five doubles titles.

ITF finals

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Singles (1–2)

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Outcome No. Date Location Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 26 June 2005 Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay Georgia (country) Ia Jikia 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 3 July 2005 Heerhugowaard, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Kelly de Beer 2–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 7 May 2006 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Bulgaria Biljana Pawlowa-Dimitrova 6–3, 6–0

Doubles (5–4)

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Outcome No. Date Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 3 July 2005 Heerhugowaard, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Ukraine Kristina Antoniychuk
Montenegro Ana Veselinović
6–1, 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 27 September 2005 Benevento, Italy Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Poland Dorota Hibental
Russia Alexandra Karavaeva
w/o
Winner 1. 26 November 2005 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Austria Verena Amesbauer
Germany Mariella Greschik
6–3, 6–2
Winner 2. 3 December 2005 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu
Turkey Pemra Özgen
6–2, 6–3
Winner 3. 10 December 2005 Raanana, Israel Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen Russia Aleksandra Kulikova
Russia Natalia Orlova
7–5, 6–3
Winner 4. 7 May 2006 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Clay Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Russia Maya Gaverova
Russia Anastasia Poltoratskaya
6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 3 December 2006 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Netherlands Renée Reinhard Austria Eva-Maria Hoch
Montenegro Ana Veselinović
4–6, 6–7
Winner 5. 18 February 2007 Montechoro, Portugal Hard Netherlands Nicole Thyssen United States Jessica Lehnhoff
United States Robin Stephenson
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 17 June 2012 Meppel, Netherlands Clay Germany Vivian Heisen Belgium Ysaline Bonaventure
Netherlands Nicolette van Uitert
1–6, 6–4, [7–10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Zandbergen, Joris (29 July 2018). "Het Open breekt de trend met vrouwentoernooi". Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch).
  2. ^ "Wimbledon". The Vindicator. 8 July 2006.
  3. ^ "Key Statistics". Fed Cup.
  4. ^ "Tennis: Ljubicic signs off for Rosmalen". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 17 June 2006.
  5. ^ "Den Bosch, Netherlands: The Ordlna Open". Kingston Gleaner. 21 June 2006.
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