Ilke Gers

Ilke Gers (born 26 October 1981) is a visual artist and a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.

Art career Ilke Gers works with installation, performance and publications that bring movement, behaviour, social and spatial conditions into play. She studied at the Werkplaats Typografie, and was a resident at the Jan van Eyck Academie from 2014-2015. Her work has been presented at LLS Paleis, Antwerp; the Biënnale Van België, Ghent; Kunsthal Rotterdam; De Appel, Amsterdam; 019, Ghent; De Fabriek, Eindhoven; Beursschouwburg, Brussels; D21 – Kunstraum, Leipzig. She is part of Action Publishing Collective, based in Rotterdam.

Tennis career Gers won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 13 May 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 382. On 2 February 2004, she peaked at No. 167 in the doubles rankings.

Gers retired from tennis 2004.

Playing for New Zealand Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 4–5.

ITF finals Singles (0–1) Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–1)Grass (0–0) ResultNo.DateTierTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. 29 January 2002 10,000 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Adriana Szili 2–6, 2–6

Doubles (2–7) Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–5)Grass (1–2) ResultNo.DateTierTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 1 July 2001 10,000 Edmond, United States Hard Tracey O'Connor Michelle Dasso Julie Ditty 4–6, 5–7Runner-up 2. 28 January 2003 10,000 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Chuang Chia-jung Lauren Breadmore Kristen van Elden 4–6, 1–6Runner-up 3. 3 March 2003 10,000 Warrnambool, Australia Grass Chuang Chia-jung Monique Adamczak Madita Suer 4–6, 4–6 Winner 1. 10,000 Yarrawonga, Australia Grass Chuang Chia-jung Sarah Borwell Bree Calderwood 6–1, 7–5Runner-up 4. 24 March 2003 10,000 Albury, Australia Grass Chuang Chia-jung Nicole Sewell Andrea van den Hurk 6–2, 1–6, 4–6Winner 2. 10 June 2003 25,000 Allentown, United States Hard Surina De Beer Adria Engel Kelly McCain 6–7(4), 6–3, 6–3Runner-up 5. 17 June 2003 10,000 Dallas, United States Hard Surina De Beer Stephanie Hazlett Julia Scaringe 2–6, 1–6Runner-up 6. 20 October 2003 25,000 Cardiff, Great Britain Hard Surina De Beer Claire Curran İpek Şenoğlu 4–6, 6–2, 3–6Runner-up 7. 16 November 2003 25,000 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Napaporn Tongsalee Trudi Musgrave Abigail Spears 2–6, 2–6

Fed Cup participation Singles (1–4) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore R/R Guangzhou, China Hard Cho Yoon-jeongL 4–6, 2–6 Chinese Taipei Janet LeeL 4–6, 2–6 India Rushmi ChakravarthiW 6–1, 6–0 Indonesia Angelique WidjajaL 4–6, 1–6 R/R China Hard Sun TiantianL 1–6, 2–6

Doubles (3–1) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore R/R South Korea Hard Leanne Baker Choi Jin-young Chung Yang-jinW 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 11 April 2001 India Leanne Baker Rushmi ChakravarthiNirupama SanjeevW 7–6(7–2), 7–6(10–8) 13 April 2001 Pacific Oceania Leanne Baker Davilyn Godinet Irene ManiW 6–0, 6–1 R/R Japan Hard Shelley Stephens Saori Obata Ai SugiyamaL 0–6, 1–6

ITF Junior finals Doubles (1–0) Legend Category G1 Category G2 Category G3Category G4 Category G5