Jolanda Mens (born 4 February 1978) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.[1]

Jolanda Mens
Country (sports) Netherlands
Born (1978-02-04) 4 February 1978 (age 46)
Leiden, Netherlands
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$52,781
Singles
Career record120–143 (45.6%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 285 (3 February 2003)
Doubles
Career record156–108 (59.1%)
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 199 (1 October 2001)

Mens, a right-handed player from Leiden, spent most time of her career on the ITF Circuit. She won two ITF singles titles, including one at a $25k tournament in Campos do Jordão.[2] As a doubles player, she claimed 14 ITF titles and featured in the main draw of three WTA Tour tournaments, in Den Bosch, Waikoloa (Hawaii) and Québec in 2002.

ITF Circuit finals edit

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 23 June 1997 ITF Velp, Netherlands Clay   Eva Bes 4–6, 7–6(2), 5–7
Loss 2. 21 August 2000 ITF Kastoria, Greece Carpet   Eleni Daniilidou 3–6, 1–6
Win 1. 3 June 2002 ITF Poznań, Poland Clay   Liana Ungur 6–0, 7–5
Loss 3. 10 June 2002 ITF Raalte, Netherlands Clay   Silvana Bauer 1–6, 0–6
Win 2. 21 July 2002 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard   Maria Fernanda Alves 6–2, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles: 36 (14 titles, 22 runner-ups) edit

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 9 June 1997 ITF Bossonnens, Switzerland Clay   Kim Kilsdonk   Laura Bao
  Caecilia Charbonnier
6–4, 6–2
Win 2. 16 June 1997 ITF Klosters-Serneus, Switzerland Clay   Kim Kilsdonk   Elena Juricich
  Milagros Sequera
6–7(8), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1. 29 June 1997 ITF Velp, Netherlands Clay   Kim Kilsdonk   Galina Dimitrova
  Dessislava Topalova
7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2. 5 July 1997 ITF Hoorn, Netherlands Clay   Kim Kilsdonk   Yvette Basting
  Simona Gáliková
1–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win 3. 4 August 1997 ITF Rebecq, Belgium Clay   Kim Kilsdonk   Annica Lindstedt
  Annemarie Mikkers
6–3, 6–4
Win 4. 12 January 1998 ITF Reykjavík, Iceland Carpet (i)   Kim Kilsdonk   Olga Blahotová
  Gabriela Navrátilová
6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss 3. 22 June 1998 ITF Velp, Netherlands Clay   Kim Kilsdonk   Claudia Reimering
  Andrea van den Hurk
4–6, 4–6
Win 5. 20 September 1998 ITF Constanța, Romania Clay   Debby Haak   Nino Louarsabishvili
  Alice Pirsu
6–3, 7–6
Win 6. 15 March 1999 ITF Petroupoli, Greece Clay   Andrea van den Hurk   Adrienn Hegedűs
  Vanessa Henke
6–4, 6–3
Loss 4. 25 April 1999 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard   Dianne Asensio   Irawati Iskandar
  Wynne Prakusya
1–6, 3–6
Loss 5. 27 June 1999 ITF Velp, Netherlands Clay   Evie Dominikovic   Natasha Galouza
  Katalin Miskolczi
3–6, 5–7
Loss 6. 4 July 1999 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay   Anouk Sterk   Stefanie Haidner
  Debby Haak
4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 7. 10 September 2000 ITF Mollerussa, Spain Carpet   Hannah Collin   Marylene Losey
  Lucia Tallo
5–7, 3–6
Loss 8. 30 September 2000 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia Clay   Alena Paulenková   Mariana Díaz Oliva
  Mara Santangelo
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 9. 4 March 2001 Bendigo International, Australia Hard   Debby Haak   Leanne Baker
  Shelley Stephens
3–6, 2–6
Loss 10. 18 March 2001 ITF Benalla, Australia Grass   Debby Haak   Monique Adamczak
  Samantha Stosur
3–6, 5–7
Win 7. 1 April 2001 ITF Corowa, Australia Grass   Debby Haak   Beti Sekulovski
  Nicole Sewell
6–4, 6–3
Loss 11. 17 June 2001 ITF Raalte, Netherlands Clay   Debby Haak   Milica Koprivica
  Anouk Sterk
2–6, 7–5, 6–7(2)
Loss 12. 1 July 2001 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay   Debby Haak   Susanne Trik
  Anouk Sterk
4–6, 4–6
Win 8. 30 July 2001 ITF Pontevedra, Spain Hard   Natasha Galouza   Oleksandra Kravets
  Arantxa Parra Santonja
7–6(5), 6–2
Loss 13. 26 August 2001 ITF Enschede, Netherlands Clay   Debby Haak   Natalia Galouza
  Lotty Seelen
0–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss 14. 9 September 2001 ITF Denain, France Clay   Debby Haak   Émilie Loit
  Irina Selyutina
1–6, 3–6
Loss 15. 27 January 2002 ITF Courmayeur, Italy Hard   Yuliya Beygelzimer   Gulnara Fattakhetdinova
  Maria Kondratieva
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win 9. 31 March 2002 ITF Athens, Greece Clay   Andrea van den Hurk   Ana Četnik
  Dragica Joksimović
7–5, 6–1
Win 10. 3 June 2002 ITF Poznań, Poland Clay   Tessy van de Ven   Celeste Contín
  Ana Lucía Migliarini de León
6–2, 6–2
Win 11. 10 June 2002 ITF Raalte, Netherlands Clay   Sarah Stone   Darya Ivanova
  Tiffany Welford
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 16. 24 June 2002 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay   Sarah Stone   Kim Kilsdonk
  Nicole Melch
6–7(2), 2–6
Loss 17. 30 June 2002 ITF Rabat, Morocco Clay   Debby Haak   Gulnara Fattakhetdinova
  Maria Kondratieva
3–6, 5–7
Loss 18. 21 July 2002 ITF Campos do Jordão, Brazil Hard   Andrea van den Hurk   Bruna Colósio
  Carla Tiene
1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 19. 18 May 2003 ITF Casale Monferrato, Italy Clay   Stefanie Weis   Leanne Baker
  Elke Clijsters
1–6, 2–6
Loss 20. 23 June 2003 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay   Marielle Hoogland   Leslie Butkiewicz
  Kim Kilsdonk
1–6, 4–6
Win 12. 24 August 2003 ITF Enschede, Netherlands Clay   Michelle Gerards   Kika Hogendoorn
  Laura-Ramona Husaru
6–3, 7–6(5)
Loss 21. 31 August 2003 ITF Alphen a/d Rijn, Netherlands Clay   Anouk Sterk   Tessy van de Ven
  Suzanne van Hartingsveldt
2–6, 2–6
Loss 22. 16 February 2004 ITF Capriolo, Italy Carpet   Stefanie Weis   Emma Laine
  Essi Laine
3–6, 3–6
Win 13. 11 April 2004 ITF Torre del Greco, Italy Clay   Chanelle Scheepers   Michelle Gerards
  Marielle Hoogland
6–3, 6–0
Win 14. 1 November 2004 ITF Stockholm, Sweden Hard   Michaëlla Krajicek   Sofia Avakova
  Irina Kuzmina
6–2, 6–3

References edit

  1. ^ "Van den Berge maakt kans op hoofdtoernooi". BN DeStem (in Dutch). 25 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Esporte - Holandesa conquista o título do Torneio de Campos de Jordão de tênis". Folha Online (in Portuguese). 21 July 2002.

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