Personal

Began playing tennis at age 6...Favorite surface is grass; has a serve-and-volley game; best shots are serve and forehand...Father, Nico, is an accountant; mother, Petro, is a nurse; has two younger sisters, Sonja and Nicolene; everybody in the family plays tennis...Most memorable experience was playing against three Top 10 players (in singles and doubles) on her birthday at 1998 Wimbledon...Self-described as friendly and positive...Admires the Lord, without whom she would not be playing tennis...Tennis player most admired is Martina Navratilova for the way she went after her goals and achieved them...Other sports interests are golf and fishing...Hobbies are athletics, playing netball and computer games...Favorite television show is Friends; favorite actor is Richard Gere.

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner: 2006 - ITF/Pretoria-RSA; 2005 - ITF/Porto Santo-POR, ITF/Porto Santo3-POR; 1997 - ITF/Frinton-GBR, ITF/Dublin-IRL, ITF/Ilkley-GBR, ITF/Kyoto-JPN, ITF/Saga-JPN; 1996 - ITF/Ilkley-GBR.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2006 - ITF/Lagos 2-NGR (w/Szatmari), ITF/Pretoria-RSA (w/Caffa); 2005 - ITF/Tipton-GBR (w/O'Brien), ITF/Bath1-GBR (w/South), ITF/Porto Santo3-POR (w/Balk), ITF/Monzon-ESP (w/Antypina), ITF/Lagos 1-NGR (w/Velasco-Andreu).
Semifinalist (3): 2003 - Budapest (w/Freye); 2000 - Hilton Head (w/Miyagi); 1999 - Quebec City (w/Miyagi).