Brigitte Cuypers

Brigitte Cuypers

Full name	Brigitte Cuypers-Fourie
Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	3 December 1955 Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in) [1]
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career titles	3
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	3R (1977)
Wimbledon	3R (1978)
US Open	3R (1977)
Doubles
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	Dianne Fromholtz	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	25 November 1975	South African Open, Johannesburg	Hard	Annette du Plooy	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	15 August 1976	U.S. Clay Court Open, Indianapolis	Hard	Kathy May	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	4.	30 November 1976	South African Open, Johannesburg	Hard	Laura duPont	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	6 December 1977	South African Open, Johannesburg	Hard	Linky Boshoff	1–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	4 December 1978	South African Open, Johannesburg	Hard	Linda Siegel	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	7.	19 August 1979	Canadian Open, Toronto	Hard	Laura DuPont	4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	3 December 1979	South African Open, Johannesburg	Hard	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)	Mona Guerrant	Glynis Coles Florenţa Mihai	6–4, 7–6
Winner	2.	12 June 1976	Kent Championships, Beckenham	Grass	Annette Du Plooy	Natasha Chmyreva Olga Morozova	9–7, 6–4
Winner	3.	22 May 1977	Italian Open, Rome	Clay	Marise Kruger	Bunny Bruning Sharon Walsh	3–6, 7–5, 6–2

References

1. Bostic, Stephanie, ed. (1979). USTA Player Records 1978. United States Tennis Association (USTA). p. 182.
2. "WTA – Player profile". WTA.
3. Jim Bainbridge (1978). 1978 Colgate Series Media Guide. New York: H.O. Zimman Inc. p. 40.
4. John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 138, 139, 168. ISBN 9780362020120.

External links

• Brigitte Cuypers at the International Tennis Federation
• Brigitte Cuypers at the Fed Cup