Stephanie Rottier (born 22 January 1974) is a former professional Dutch tennis player.
Early life Rottier was born in Sint-Niklaas and grew up in Stekene in Belgium, near the border with the Netherlands. When she was three years old, her family moved right across the border to Sint Jansteen. At the age of seven, she joined a local tennis club. In 1990, at age 16, she moved to Amsterdam to join a tennis academy. That year, she won the national juniors title and in 1992 she became national champion.
Results Rottier broke through in 1993, reaching the final in Tokyo, which she lost to Kimiko Date in straight sets. She also reached the semifinals in Indian Wells and the fourth round in Key Biscayne. Through these results, she rose to 30th place on the rankings, making her the highest placed Dutch female player at the time. A year later, she reached the second round of the 1994 French Open. She reached the final of the WTA doubles tournament in Beijing in 1995 partnering Wang Shi-ting, and losing to Claudia Porwik and Linda Wild, also in straight sets. After 1994, Rottier sustained injuries to her arm, shoulder, elbow, leg and ankle. She missed a lot of matches and gradually fell out of the top 100 of the rankings. However, she did manage to win an ITF Tour tournament in Seoul in 1996. In 1998, at age 24, Rottier was forced to retire from professional tennis.
Federation Cup Rottier played three Federation Cup singles matches for the Netherlands in 1993, winning against Maja Murić of Croatia 6–2, 6–0 and against Oksana Bushevitsa of Latvia 6–4, 6–2, before losing to Conchita Martínez of Spain in two sets.
WTA career finals
LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)WTA Tour Championships (0–0)Tier I (0–0)Tier II (0–0)Tier III, IV & V (0–1)
Singles: (1 runner-up)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1.Apr 1993Tokyo, JapanHard Kimiko Date1–6, 3–6
Doubles (1 runner-up) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1.Sep 1995Beijing, China Hard Wang Shi-ting Claudia Porwik Linda Wild 1–6, 0–6
ITF finals
Singles: (1-4)
$100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo. Date Tournament Surface OpponentScoreLoss 1. 23 July 1990 A Coruña, Spain Clay Silvia Ramón-Cortés 5–7, 3–6Loss 2. 24 September 1990 Chicago, United States Hard Louise Allen 4–6, 1–6Loss 3. 5 February 1996 Würzburg, Germany Carpet (i) Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 4–6, 1–6Win 4. 5 May 1996 Seoul, South Korea Clay Misumi Miyauchi 6–1, 6–0Loss 5. 13 January 1997 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) Gabriela Chmelinová 6–3, 4–6, 2–2 ret.
Doubles: (2-1)
Result No Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 1. 17 June 1991 Modena, Italy Clay Yvonne Grubben Denisa Krajčovičová Jana Pospíšilová 1–6, 4–6Win 2. 24 July 1995 Heerhugowaard, Netherlands Clay Stephanie Gomperts Natalia Chasovaya Anna Linkova 6–4, 6–1Win 3. 5 February 1996 Würzburg, Germany Carpet (i) Stephanie Gomperts Karin Kschwendt Eva Martincová 6–2, 6–3
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