Nannie de Villiers

Nannie de Villiers (born Esmé de Villiers, 5 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player who represented South Africa. De Villiers was born in neighbouring Namibia but moved at a young age.

Nannie de Villiers

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Somerset West, South Africa
Born	(1976-01-05) 5 January 1976 Windhoek, Namibia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$294,308
Singles
Career record	154–135
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 172 (15 December 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1998)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1995)
US Open	Q1 (1999)
Doubles
Career record	259–173
Career titles	1 WTA, 22 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 53 (16 September 2002)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1998–99, 2003)
French Open	3R (2001)
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	2R (1999)

De Villiers made her début in 1993, at the small ITF Johannesburg tournament. She also played her next event in her native country, in Pretoria, winning the doubles event. Although she officially retired in 2003, she made a minor-comeback in 2007, entering the Cape Town event, losing in the first round singles and reaching the semi-finals doubles. She never surpassed the singles qualifying stages at a Grand Slam.

Despite never winning a WTA Tour singles title, she won four on the ITF tour, and 22 doubles titles there.

De Villiers retired from tennis in 2007.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0–1)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (1–1)	International (0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 2001	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	2.	Jan 2002	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti	6–2, 6–3
Loss	3.	Sep 2002	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Meilen Tu María Vento-Kabchi	6–1, 2–6, 3–6

ITF finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	9 May 1994	Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Claire Taylor	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	1 August 1994	Munich, Germany	Clay	Angela Kerek	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Winner	3.	22 August 1994	Horb, Germany	Clay	Catrin Müller	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
Runner-up	4.	13 April 1997	Warwick, Australia	Grass	Jenny-Ann Fetch	2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	5.	21 April 1997	Dalby, Australia	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	6.	28 April 1997	Kooralbyn, Australia	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	31 May 1997	Bundaberg, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	4–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	13 July 1997	Easton, United States	Hard	Karin Miller	6–3, 6–3

Doubles : 41 (22–19)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	27 September 1993	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Lucinda Gibbs	Janine Humphreys Cindy Summers	6–1, 6–2
Winner	2.	27 March 1994	Nairobi, Kenya	Hard	Cara Black	Sybille Seyfried Magüi Serna	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	8 August 1994	Paderborn, Germany	Clay	Carmiña Giraldo	Nora Kovarciková Simona Nedorostová	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	15 August 1994	Bergisch, Germany	Clay	Carmiña Giraldo	Sabine Gerke Elisabeth Habeler	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	31 October 1994	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Ana Paula Zannoni	Virág Csurgó Petra Mandula	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	7 November 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Laura Montalvo	Virág Csurgó Petra Mandula	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	4 December 1995	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Katalin Marosi	Vanessa Menga Luciana Tella	3–6, 2–6
Winner	8.	31 March 1996	Albury, Australia	Grass	Danielle Jones	Tomoe Hotta Angie Marik	7–6, 6–3
Winner	9.	24 March 1997	Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Joanne Limmer Lisa McShea	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner	10.	30 March 1997	Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Joanne Ward Lorna Woodroffe	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	4 April 1997	Corowa, Australia	Grass	Shirli-Ann Siddall	Trudi Musgrave Jane Taylor	4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	26 April 1997	Dalby, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Jenny-Ann Fetch Renee Reid	6–0, 6–3
Winner	13.	3 May 1997	Kooralbyn, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Jenny-Ann Fetch Renee Reid	6–7^(4–7), 6–1, 6–3
Winner	14.	10 May 1997	Hope Island, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Jenny-Ann Fetch Renee Reid	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	17 May 1997	Caboolture, Australia	Clay	Lisa McShea	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	16.	24 May 1997	Gympie, Australia	Clay	Lisa McShea	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	17.	31 May 1997	Bundaberg, Australia	Clay	Lisa McShea	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	18.	7 June 1997	Ipswich, Australia	Clay	Lisa McShea	Shinobu Asagoe Benjamas Sangaram	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	19.	13 July 1997	Easton, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Marissa Catlin Karin Miller	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	20.	5 October 1997	Santa Clara, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Rachel McQuillan Nana Smith	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	21.	19 October 1997	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Lisa McShea	Kristine Kunce Rachel McQuillan	5–7, 4–6
Winner	22.	23 November 1997	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Aleksandra Olsza Jessica Steck	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	23.	30 November 1997	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Lisa McShea	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	24.	22 February 1998	Rochester, United States	Hard (i)	Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	4–6, 4–6
Winner	25.	17 May 1998	Haines City, United States	Clay	Jessica Steck	Maureen Drake Renata Kolbovic	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	26.	4 October 1998	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Janette Husárová	María Fernanda Landa Seda Noorlander	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Runner-up	27.	1 November 1998	Austin, United States	Hard	Liezel Horn	Maureen Drake Lindsay Lee-Waters	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	28.	4 April 1999	Claremont, United States	Hard	Rika Hiraki	Rachel McQuillan Nana Smith	2–6, 3–6
Winner	29.	16 May 1999	Midlothian, United States	Clay	Jessica Steck	Erika deLone Annabel Ellwood	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	30.	3 October 1999	Santa Clara, United States	Hard	Nicole Pratt	Debbie Graham Nana Smith	4–6, 4–6
Winner	31.	20 February 2000	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Rika Hiraki	Surina De Beer Tzipora Obziler	6–1, 1–6, 6–1
Runner-up	32.	1 May 2000	Gifu, Japan	Carpet	Surina De Beer	Shinobu Asagoe Yuka Yoshida	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	33.	1 October 2000	Saga, Japan	Carpet	Eva Krejčová	Amanda Augustus Amy Jensen	4–6, 3–6
Winner	34.	20 October 2000	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Kerry-Anne Guse Rachel McQuillan	3–5, 4–2, 5–3, 4–1
Winner	35.	26 November 2000	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Winner	36.	3 December 2000	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Evie Dominikovic Amanda Grahame	6–2, 6–2
Winner	37.	10 December 2000	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Annabel Ellwood	Evie Dominikovic Amanda Grahame	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	38.	21 October 2001	Southampton, United Kingdom	Hard (İ)	Irina Selyutina	Lubomira Bacheva Elena Tatarkova	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	39.	28 October 2001	Dallas, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi	6–7^(4–7), 2–6
Winner	40.	4 November 2001	Hayward, United States	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Amanda Augustus Abigail Spears	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	41.	9 June 2002	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Irina Selyutina	Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe	2–6, 2–6

External links

• Nannie de Villiers at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nannie de Villiers at the International Tennis Federation
• Nannie de Villiers at the Fed Cup