Patty Van Acker
# Patty Van Acker

Patty Van Acker (born 21 October 1976) is a former tennis player from Belgium.

## Biography

A right-handed player from Bruges, Van Acker turned professional at the age of 18.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw singles debut at the 1999 Internazionali di Palermo, as a lucky loser from the qualifiers. At the 2000 Antwerp Open, she featured as a wildcard in the main draw. In her career, she won eight singles titles and five doubles titles ITF Circuit. She reached a highest singles ranking of 146 in the world.

Van Acker now works as a tennis trainer at the Challenger Tennis Academy in Aartrijke.

## ITF Circuit finals

### Singles: 14 (8–6)

* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Runner-up | 1. | 8 May 1995 | ITF Le Touquet, France | Clay | Amélie Cocheteux | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 24 July 1995 | ITF Heerhugowaard, Netherlands | Clay | Zuzana Lešenarová | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 7 August 1995 | ITF Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | Caroline Wuillot | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 7 April 1996 | ITF Moulins, France | Hard | Isabelle Taesch | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 May 1996 | ITF Le Touquet, France | Clay | Germana Di Natale | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Winner | 4. | 23 June 1996 | ITF Klosters, Switzerland | Clay | Kerstin Taube | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 5. | 26 January 1997 | ITF Båstad, Sweden | Hard | Anna-Karin Svensson | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 10 May 1998 | ITF Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy | Hard | Meike Fröhlich | 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 31 May 1998 | ITF San Severino, Italy | Clay | Maja Matevžič | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 14 June 1998 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Clay | Magdalena Zděnovcová | 6–1, 6–7, 4–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 9 August 1998 | ITF Paderborn, Germany | Clay | Maria Wolfbrandt | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 30 August 1998 | ITF Middelkerke, Belgium | Clay | Luciana Masante | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 20 August 2000 | ITF London, England | Hard | Mareze Joubert | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 24 March 2002 | ITF Cholet, France | Clay | Sandra Klösel | $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 4–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles: 13 (5–8)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Winner | 1. | 12 June 1995 | ITF Bossonnens, Switzerland | Clay | Debby Haak | Stephanie Gomperts Henriëtte van Aalderen | 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 11 May 1996 | ITF Le Touquet, France | Clay | Anna Linkova | Nathalie Herreman Karine Quentrec | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 23 June 1996 | ITF Klosters, Switzerland | Clay | Debby Haak | Silke Frankl Ursula Svetlik | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 6 October 1996 | ITF Lerida, Spain | Clay | Amanda Hopmans | Kirstin Freye Barbara Schwartz | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 25 January 1997 | ITF Bastad, Sweden | Hard (i) | Anna-Karin Svensson | Annica Lindstedt Dragana Zarić | 7–6, 6–7, 3–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 19 July 1997 | ITF Getxo, Spain | Clay | Amanda Hopmans | Alicia Ortuño Hila Rosen | 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 9 April 2000 | ITF Dinan, France | Clay (i) | Stéphanie Foretz | Vanessa Henke Syna Schmidle | $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 4–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 17 February 2001 | ITF Sutton, England | Hard (i) | Amanda Hopmans | Eleni Daniilidou Lydia Steinbach | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 23 September 2001 | ITF Glasgow, Scotland | Hard (i) | Leslie Butkiewicz | Helena Ejeson Eva Erbová | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 23 March 2002 | ITF Cholet, France | Clay | Leslie Butkiewicz | Caroline Maes Gabriela Navrátilová | 1–4 ret. |
| Runner-up | 7. | 13 April 2002 | ITF Dinan, France | Clay (i) | Yuliya Beygelzimer | Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 22 June 2002 | ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland | Clay | Leslie Butkiewicz | Nicole Sewell Samantha Stosur | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 30 June 2002 | ITF Fontanafredda, Italy | Clay | Leslie Butkiewicz | Susanne Trik Kristen van Elden | 7–5, 6–3 |
