Dianne Van Rensburg (born 3 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Known as Dinky, she won one singles title and three doubles titles from 1986 to 1990. She reached a highest singles ranking of No. 26 in January 1991.
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 2 (1–1) Legend (singles)Tier I (0)Tier II (0)Tier III (0)Tier IV & V (1-1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 1988 Phoenix, United States Hard Manuela Maleeva 3–6, 6–4, 2–6Win 1–1 Feb 1990 Wichita, United States Hard (i) Nathalie Tauziat 2–6, 7–5, 6–2
Doubles: 8 (3–5) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 1986 Tulsa, United States Hard Camille Benjamin Svetlana Cherneva Larisa Savchenko 7–6, 7–5Loss 1–1 Oct 1987 Athens, Greece Clay Kathy Horvath Andrea Betzner Judith Wiesner 4–6, 6–7(0–7)Win 2–1 May 1988 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Christiane Jolissaint Maria Lindström Claudia Porwik 6–1, 6–3Loss 2–2 Jun 1988 Eastbourne, England Grass Belinda Cordwell Eva Pfaff Elizabeth Smylie 3–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss 2–3 Aug 1988 San Diego, United States Hard Betsy Nagelsen Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington 6–7(10–12), 4–6Loss 2–4 Feb 1990 Washington DC, United States Carpet (i) Ann Henricksson Zina Garrison Martina Navratilova 0–6, 3–6Win 3–4 May 1990 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Louise Field Elise Burgin Betsy Nagelsen 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 7–5Loss 3–5 Oct 1990 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) Catherine Suire Manon Bollegraf Eva Pfaff 5–7, 4–6
ITF finals $25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments
Singles (3–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 6 May 1985 Bournemouth, United Kingdom Hard Barbara Romano 1–6, 4–6Win 2. 6 January 1986 Key Biscayne, United States Hard Natalia Egorova 6–4, 6–0Win 3. 17 November 1986 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Rene Mentz 6–3, 6–1Win 4. 24 November 1986 Pretoria, South Africa Hard Karen Schimper 4–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss 5. 10 October 1994 Sedona, United States Hard Elly Hakami 5–7, 6–1, 5–7
Doubles (2–3) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. San Antonio, United States Hard Clare Wood Manon Bollegraf Marianne van der Torre 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 4–6Loss 2. Taranto, Italy Hard Nanette Schutte Hana Fukárková Jana Novotná 5–7, 0–6Loss 3. 17 November 1986 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Mary Dailey Elna Reinach Monica Reinach 6–1, 1–6, 3–6Win 4. 24 November 1986 Pretoria, South Africa Hard Mary Dailey Janet Kock Karen Schimper 7–5, 6–4Win 5. Pretoria, South Africa Hard Elna Reinach Linda Barnard Mariaan de Swardt 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
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