Hellas ter Riet (born 21 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
Biography Tennis career In 1986, ter Riet made her Federation Cup debut, appearing in four ties for the Netherlands. In her first match, against Canada, she won her singles rubber over Helen Kelesi, but lost the deciding doubles rubber to surrender the tie. She won all her singles matches in the consolation rounds, including over the USSR's Natalia Zvereva.
She made the second round of both the Australian Open and French Open in 1988. At the Australian Open she lost to fifth seed Hana Mandlíková, then at the French Open had to retire hurt with illness in the second set against Martina Navratilova.
Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance at Guarujá in 1989.
Personal life She married former world number one doubles player Jacco Eltingh in 1997 and the following year gave birth to her first child.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (2–2) $100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. 29 July 1985 Neumünster, West Germany Clay Barbara Romanò 3–6, 6–0, 5–7Winner 2. 16 September 1985 Llorca, Spain Clay Andrea Tiezzi 2–6, 6–1, 6–3Winner 3. 12 May 1986 Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom Clay Michelle Jaggard-Lai 6–3, 6–3Runner-up 4. 3 July 1989 Cava de' Tirreni, Italy Clay Veronika Martinek 3–6, 4–6
Doubles: 6 (2-4) Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 12 May 1986 Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom Clay Emmanuelle Derly Carin Bakkum Nicole Muns-Jagerman 6–7, 6–3, 1–6Runner-up 2. 11 April 1988 Caserta, Italy Clay Olga Votavová Jennifer Fuchs Maria Strandlund 6–2, 3–6, 1–6Winner 3. 18 April 1988 Reggio Emilia, Italy Clay Jennifer Fuchs Michèle Strebel Luciana Tella 6–0, 6–4Runner-up 4. 11 February 1991 Key Biscayne, United States Hard Rene Simpson Penny Barg Samantha Smith 5–7, 2–6Winner 5. 21 October 1991 Freeport, Bahamas Hard Christina Zachariadou Aafje Evers Yvonne Klompenhouver 3–6, 6–4, 6–2Runner-up 6. 1 June 1992 Key Biscayne, United States Hard Gianfranca Devercelli Jillian Alexander-Brower Niurka Sodupe 2–6, 4–6
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