Chantal Vandierendonck
Chantal Vandierendonck 
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 Netherlands
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| Birthday: | January 31, 1965 | |||||||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 175: 39 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 1 (May 25 1993) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 79:12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 1 (July 30 1996) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Chantal Vandierendonck (born January 31, 1965 ) is a former Dutch wheelchair tennis player .
Career
Chantal Vandierendonck started in the paraplegic class .
She took part in a total of three Paralympic Games . In 1988 , when wheelchair tennis was only part of the games as a demonstration sport, she won the tournament with a final victory over Monique Kalkman . At the 1992 Games in Barcelona , she won the silver medal in the first official event and the gold medal in the doubles competition. In the singles she was defeated in the final Kalkman, while both won together in the final of the doubles competition against Lynn Seidemann and Nancy Olson . The two managed to defend their doubles title in Atlanta in 1996 . In the final they again defeated Nancy Olson, whose partner this time was Hope Lewellen . In the individual, Chantal Vandierendonck secured the bronze medal with a win against Daniela Di Toro .
At the Wheelchair Tennis Masters she was twice in the singles final. In 1994 she lost to Monique Kalkman 1: 6, 4: 6. Two years later she defeated Daniela Di Toro 6: 1, 6: 3 and won her first and only title at the Masters. In Grand Slam tournaments , she celebrated winning the singles title at the US Open in 1992 and 1993 .
In the world rankings, Chantal Vandierendonck had temporarily taken the lead in both singles and doubles. She succeeded for the first time in singles on May 25, 1993 and in doubles on July 30, 1996. After the 1998 season, she ended her career.
In 2014 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame as the first Dutch woman and first female wheelchair tennis player .
Web links
- ITF profile of Chantal Vandierendonck (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Congratulations Class of 2014! (tennisfame.com from July 12, 2014, accessed on March 14, 2015)
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| SURNAME | Vandierendonck, Chantal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch wheelchair tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1965 |