Ilze Hattingh

Ilze Hattingh

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa
Born	(1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 Durban, South Africa
Plays	Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	$13,690
Singles
Career record	47–28
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 599 (11 May 2015)
Current ranking	No. 691 (27 July 2015)
Doubles
Career record	48–19
Career titles	0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 405 (13 July 2015)
Current ranking	No. 405 (27 July 2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–2
Last updated on: 27 July 2015.

Ilze Hattingh is a South African tennis player. Born in Durban in 1996, Hattingh was introduced to tennis at the age of 7. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Hattingh has been ranked as high as world number 49, which she achieved in January 2013. She has held the position as South Africa's junior number one girl tennis player on multiple occasions.

On the ITF Pro Circuit, Hattingh has reached one $10,000 semifinal in singles, in Potchefstroom in December 2012. She made her debut for the South Africa Fed Cup team in 2012.

Career

2013

Hattingh began her 2013 campaign with back to back junior tournaments in Australia, the Grade 1 Loy Yang Power Traralgon International and the Australian Open, but lost in the first round of both. She then continued her training before resuming competitive play at three back to back Grade 2's in her home country, starting on 18 February. She reached the Semifinals of all three in singles, and claimed one doubles title alongside Madrie Le Roux. The strong performance boosted her junior ranking up to a career high of world number 49.

In May, Hattingh was given a wildcard for the main draw of an ITF $50,000 pro tournament in Johannesburg, but was knocked out by eventual finalist Chanel Simmonds in round one.

Hattingh returned to the Junior Circuit in June, playing a Grade 1 in Germany as the fifteenth seed. Following a bye in the first round, she reached the Semifinals with the loss of one set, and but lost to Iryna Shymanovich on 15 June for a place in the final. This is the deepest she has gone into a Grade 1 draw. Ilze then proceeded to play four more junior tournaments in Europe, including Wimbledon, but didn't achieve much success, losing in qualifying at Wimbledon and failing to reach the quarterfinals of any orher tournament.l

At the end of the 2013 season, Hattingh competed in four consecutive pro $10,000 events in Sharm El Sheikh. As a qualifier, she reached the quarterfinals of two of the singles tournaments and was runner-up at one doubles tournament with close friend Madrie Le Roux. The professional breakthrough earnt Ilze her first WTA singles and doubles rankings.

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	8 June 2014	Sun City, South Africa	Hard (o)	Clothilde de Bernardi	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	5 July 2015	La Possession, Réunion, France	Hard	Marie Bouzkova	2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 17 (10–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 November 2013	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Arabela Rabaner Fernandez Liudmila Vasilyeva	0–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	31 May 2014	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Michelle Sammons Chanel Simmonds	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	7 June 2014	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Agata Baranska Stephanie Kent	w/o
Runner-up	4.	13 June 2014	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Michelle Sammons Chanel Simmonds	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	26 July 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Alina Mikheeva Linda Prenkovic	6–1, 7–6
Winner	2.	6 September 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Michelle Sammons	Gai Ao Rishika Sunkara	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	14 September 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Michelle Sammons	Anna Morgina Yana Sizikova	3–6, 6–0, [6–10]
Winner	3.	21 September 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Arantxa Andrady	Anna Morgina Yana Sizikova	7–6, 6–2
Winner	4.	14 February 2015	Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	Hard	Michelle Sammons	Nicoleta-Cătălina Dascălu Julia Stamatova	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	20 June 2015	Grand-Baie, Mauritius	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Marie Bouzkova Rosalie Van Der Hoek	3-6 5-7
Winner	5.	27 June 2015	Grand-Baie, Mauritius	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Snehadevi S Reddy Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	3 July 2015	La Possession, Réunion, France	Hard	Pauline Payet	Caitlin Herb Tanisha Rohura	6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	19 September 2015	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Chantal Skamlova	Agata Baranska Wang Yan	7–6 (7–3) 3–6, [10–2]
Runner-up	7.	14 November 2015	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Francesca Stephenson Erika Vogelsang	4–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	21 November 2015	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Katharina Hering Naomi Totka	6–1, 7–6 (7–5)
Winner	9.	20 February 2016	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Oana Georgeta Simon Julia Terziyska	6–1, 6–2
Winner	10.	12 November 2016	Stellenbosch, South Africa	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	Valeria Bhunu Linnea Malmqvist	6–1, 6–2

Fed Cup participation: 4 (3–1)

Singles: 4 (3–1)

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2012 Fed Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Pool A	21–22 April 2012	Cairo, Egypt	Denmark	Clay (o)	Mai Grage	W	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–0
		19 April 2012		Finland		Johanna Hyöty	W	6–2, 6–1
		2 April 2012		Montenengro		Vladica Babic	W	6–2, 6–4
	Europe/Africa Zone Group II – Play-offs	21 April 2012		Turkey		Pemra Özgen	L	4–6, 2–6

References

• Ilze Hattingh at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ilze Hattingh at the International Tennis Federation
• Ilze Hattingh at the Fed Cup