Top 15 female tennis players in the Netherlands in 2023

Very recently, Kiki Bertens became the highest-ranked Dutch woman ever in the WTA rankings. Bertens, who won ten WTA titles and has since put her tennis racket away, was at one point ranked number four in the world. Previously, Betty Stöve and Brenda Schultz were among the Dutch women's tennis players in the world's top ten. But what is the current state of women's tennis in the Netherlands, and who will be the top 15 female tennis players in our country in 2023? We've compiled a list for you.

1 – Arantxa Rus

Arantxa Rus currently tops the list of "Best Female Tennis Players in the Netherlands in 2023." Rus is now 32 years old and is ranked 86th in the WTA rankings. Her highest ranking in the WTA rankings came in 2021, when she reached ^number 64. In singles, she has won several ITF tournaments and reached three WTA singles finals, losing all three. In doubles, she has achieved four WTA singles titles, partnering Tamara Zidansek (twice), Viktoria Kuzmova, and Quirine Lemoine. Most recently, Rus won an ITF title in The Hague.

2 – Arianne Hartono

At ^194th in the WTA rankings, 27-year-old Arianne Hartono is ranked second in the "Top 15 Female Tennis Players from the Netherlands 2023" list. Hartono made her Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Australian Open, where she lost to Amanda Anisimova in three sets in the first round. She also reached the main draw in 2023, but even then, the first round proved to be her last stop. Hartono has won three ITF singles titles so far (the last in June 2023 in Setúbal, Portugal) and fifteen ITF doubles titles.

3 – Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

Like Rus, Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, at 31, can be considered an experienced woman in this list. Pattinama Kerkhove was ranked in the world's top 200 for six years, but currently sits at ^202nd . Together with Belarusian Lidzija Marozava, she won the 2017 WTA tournament in Luxembourg in women's doubles. Along with Marozava, Bibiane Schoofs, and Aleksandra Krunic, she reached five other WTA doubles finals, but lost all of them. Pattinama Kerkhove has won nine individual titles at ITF tournaments.

4 – Suzan Lamens

Suzan Lamens is 24 years old and plays primarily ITF tournaments, winning two of them so far. In 2021, she dominated the Georgian clay court of Telavi, where she defeated Swiss Joanne Zuger in the final. Her second ITF title followed in 2022 in Medellin, Colombia. During that tournament, Lamens lost only one set and defeated Switzerland's Yiena In-Albon in the final. Lamens is currently ranked ^270th in the WTA rankings.

5 – Eva Vedder

Eva Vedder also competes primarily on the ITF circuit, and the 23-year-old already has a number of titles to her name. In 2019, Vedder twice won a tournament in Tabarka, Tunisia, and her most recent ITF title came in April 2022 in Santa Margherita di Pula, Portugal. Vedder also reached a WTA doubles final with her partner Andrea Gámiz. However, Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Olga Danilovic proved just a bit too strong for the Dutch/Venezuelan duo.

6 – Jasmine Suzanne Gimbrère

At number six on the list of "best female tennis players from the Netherlands in 2023" is Jasmijn Suzanne Gimbrère. Gimbrère is 22 and has already reached the world 500. In doubles, she had already reached the top 500, having already won eight ITF titles in that category with her partners in cities including Cairo (twice), Istanbul (twice), and The Hague.

7 – Lexie Stevens

Lexie Stevens (24) won an individual ITF title in Oran, Algeria, without dropping a set in 2022, but she also has a longer list of doubles honors than her singles. In the past three years, she has won a total of nine ITF doubles titles and is already on track for another title in 2023. She teamed with Maria Fernanda Herazo Gonzalez of Colombia to win the tournament in Tucuman, Argentina.

8 – Anouk Koevermans

While 19-year-old Anouk Koevermans hasn't yet won an ITF singles title, she has already achieved success in doubles. Together with her compatriot Marente Sijbesma, Koevermans secured the overall victory in Monastir, Tunisia. What's even more impressive is that they did so without dropping a set. Koevermans is currently ranked 705th in the WTA rankings in singles, and it's clear that there's more to come for this talented tennis player.

9 – Joy de Zeeuw

At seventeen, Joy de Zeeuw is the youngest of the ten best female tennis players from the Netherlands in 2023. The talent from Vlaardingen recently won her first international tournament in Emmeloord and trains with Raymond Knaap and Roel Oostdamen. Due to her age, she currently plays mainly youth tournaments, but De Zeeuw's ultimate goal is to play Grand Slam tournaments, particularly Wimbledon. Who knows what we'll see from this talented player in the future!

10 – Stephanie Visscher

At 23, Stephanie Visscher can already boast two ITF titles. Both of these victories came in 2022. The first was on the Belgian clay court in Wanfercee-Baulet, where she defeated Amelie van Impe in the final in August, and the second on the hard court in El Sheikh, Egypt. Visscher has also won nine doubles titles, including in Cancun, Mexico, Johannesburg, South Africa, and the latest in Casablanca, Morocco.

Quirine Lemoine, (11), Bibian Schoofs (12), Julie Belgraver (13), Anouck Vrancken Peeters (14) and Isis van den Broek (15) complete the list of the top 15 female tennis players in 2023 from the Netherlands.