Michelle Gerards

Michelle Gerards (born 8 July 1984) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

Michelle Gerards

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Born	(1984-07-08) 8 July 1984 (age 41) Heerlen, Netherlands
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$86,524
Singles
Career record	238–129
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 207 (4 July 2005)
Doubles
Career record	78–53
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 219 (22 August 2005)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–1

Biography

A right-handed player from Limburg, Gerards was the Dutch under-18 champion at the age of 13 and was a junior quarterfinalist at the 1999 French Open.^[1]

Most of her professional career was spent on the ITF Women's Circuit, reaching a best ranking in singles of 207 in the world. She made WTA Tour main-draw appearances at the 1999 Sanex Trophy in Knokke-Heist and 2000 Belgian Open, both times as a wildcard.

Gerards featured in four Fed Cup ties for the Netherlands. In 2005, she played two doubles matches, partnering Dutch veteran Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, winning both, over Poland and Luxembourg. When she returned to the Fed Cup team in 2009, it was as a singles player and she won one match, over Claudine Schaul of Luxembourg.^[2]

ITF Circuit finals

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 August 2002	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	Clay	Kirsten Flipkens	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	2.	1 September 2002	ITF Bielefeld, Germany	Clay	Antonela Voina	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	1.	6 October 2002	ITF Ciampino, Italy	Clay	Oana Elena Golimbioschi	6–0, 6–4
Winner	2.	29 June 2003	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	Clay	Lotty Seelen	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	5 September 2004	ITF Mestre, Italy	Clay	Bahia Mouhtassine	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	27 September 2004	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Nathalie Viérin	6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	19 November 2006	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Eva Fernández Brugués	6–1, 6–3
Winner	4.	8 January 2007	ITF Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Palma Kiraly	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Winner	5.	19 January 2007	ITF Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Marta Marrero	5–7, 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	18 February 2007	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Elisa Balsamo	1–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	20 March 2007	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Galina Fokina	2–6, 2–6
Winner	6.	23 April 2007	ITF Naples, Italy	Clay	Stéphanie Vongsouthi	6–2, 6–1
Winner	7.	12 April 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Valentina Sulpizio	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	19 April 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Elitsa Kostova	6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	7.	9 May 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Ksenia Milevskaya	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	15 June 2008	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Klaudia Boczová	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	20 July 2008	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Jelena Dokic	0–6, 0–6
Winner	9.	18 October 2008	ITF Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6–3, 6–2
Winner	10.	9 November 2008	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Kateryna Herth	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner	11.	20 June 2009	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Amra Sadiković	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	10.	26 July 2009	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Lucie Kriegsmannová	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 November 1999	ITF Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Kristie Boogert	Tzipora Obziler Hila Rosen	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner	1.	24 August 2003	ITF Enschede, Netherlands	Clay	Jolanda Mens	Kika Hogendoorn Laura-Ramona Husaru	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	2.	29 March 2004	ITF Napoli, Italy	Clay	Marielle Hoogland	Elke Clijsters Mandy Minella	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	11 April 2004	ITF Torre del Greco, Italy	Clay	Marielle Hoogland	Jolanda Mens Chanelle Scheepers	3–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	24 January 2005	ITF Belfort, France	Hard (i)	Anousjka van Exel	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–1, 4–2 ret.
Winner	3.	14 February 2005	ITF Bromma, Sweden	Hard (i)	Anousjka van Exel	Ryōko Fuda Rika Fujiwara	w/o
Winner	4.	8 January 2007	ITF Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Talitha de Groot	Assia Halo Samia Medjahdi	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	17 March 2007	ITF Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Melissa Berry	Kristína Kučová Zuzana Kučová	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	11 August 2007	ITF Gdynia, Poland	Clay	Monika Krauze	Karolina Kosińska Veronika Chvojková	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	12 April 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Marcella Koek	Elisa Balsamo Valentina Sulpizio	2–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	19 April 2008	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Marcella Koek	Elisa Balsamo Valentina Sulpizio	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	14 June 2008	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Marlot Meddens	Alice Balducci Lisa Sabino	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	20 July 2008	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Marcella Koek	Emma Laine Heidi El Tabakh	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	5 October 2008	ITF Porto, Portugal	Clay	Marina Melnikova	Jana Jandová Kateřina Vaňková	3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Winner	7.	17 October 2008	ITF Sevilla, Spain	Clay	Claire Lablans	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Federica Quercia	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	8 November 2008	ITF Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Marina Melnikova	Benedetta Davato Giulia Gasparri	2–6, 4–6
Winner	8.	19 June 2009	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Marcella Koek	Xenia Knoll Amra Sadiković	6–3, 6–3
Winner	9.	26 July 2009	ITF Horb, Germany	Clay	Marcella Koek	Anja Prislan Amra Sadiković	7–6(8–6), 6–1