Brigitte Cuypers

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Brigitte Cuypers
Full name Brigitte Cuypers-Fourie
Country (sports) South Africa South Africa
Born (1955-12-03) 3 December 1955 (age 68)
Cape Town, South Africa
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Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record {{#property:P564}}
Career titles 3
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open 3R (1977)
Wimbledon 3R (1978)
US Open 3R (1977)
Doubles
Career record {{#property:P555}}
Career titles 3
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 2R (1979)
Wimbledon QF (1977)
US Open 3R (1977, 1978, 1979)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon 3R (1977)
US Open 2R (1978)

Brigitte Cuypers (born 3 December 1955) is a former South African female tennis player.[2][3]

Cuypers reached the final of the South African Championships singles event on five consecutive occasions between 1975 and 1979 and won the title in 1976, 1978 and 1979. In 1977 she won the doubles title at the Italian Open partnering compatriot Marise Kruger.[3] In August 1979 she was runner–up at the Canadian Open, losing the final in three sets to Laura DuPont.[4]

Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round at the 1977 French Open, in which she lost to Renáta Tomanová, the 1977 US Open, losing in three sets to Rosie Casals, and the 1978 Wimbledon Championships where she was defeated by Virginia Ruzici. She won the Akron Virginia Slims doubles title in 1976 with Mona Anne Guerrant.

She played for the South African Fed Cup team in 1975 and 1977 comprising a record of one win and four losses.

Career finals

Singles (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 9 June 1973 Chichester Tournament, Chichester Grass Australia Dianne Fromholtz 1–6, 0–6
Runner-up 2. 25 November 1975 South African Open, Johannesburg Hard South Africa Annette du Plooy 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 15 August 1976 U.S. Clay Court Open, Indianapolis Hard United States Kathy May 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner 4. 30 November 1976 South African Open, Johannesburg Hard United States Laura duPont 6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 6 December 1977 South African Open, Johannesburg Hard South Africa Linky Boshoff 1–6, 4–6
Winner 6. 4 December 1978 South African Open, Johannesburg Hard United States Linda Siegel 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up 7. 19 August 1979 Canadian Open, Toronto Hard United States Laura DuPont 4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Winner 8. 3 December 1979 South African Open, Johannesburg Hard South Africa Tanya Harford 7–6, 6–2

Doubles (3 titles)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 1. 8 February 1976 Virginia Slims of Akron, Richfield Carpet (i) United States Mona Guerrant United Kingdom Glynis Coles
Romania Florenţa Mihai
6–4, 7–6
Winner 2. 12 June 1976 Kent Championships, Beckenham Grass South Africa Annette Du Plooy Soviet Union Natasha Chmyreva
Soviet Union Olga Morozova
9–7, 6–4
Winner 3. 22 May 1977 Italian Open, Rome Clay South Africa Marise Kruger United States Bunny Bruning
United States Sharon Walsh
3–6, 7–5, 6–2

References

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External links

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  • Brigitte Cuypers at the Fed Cup