Ilze Hattingh

Ilze Hattingh (born 22 April 1996) is a South African former professional tennis player.

Born in Durban, Hattingh was introduced to tennis at the age of seven. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was ranked as high as world No. 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 Women's Circuit, she reached one $10k semifinal in singles, in Potchefstroom in December 2012. She also 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 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 No. 49.

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

Hattingh returned to the ITF Junior Circuit in June, playing a Grade-1 event in Germany as the 15th 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 other tournament.

At the end of the 2013 season, Hattingh competed in four consecutive $10k 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 earned Ilze her first WTA singles and doubles rankings.

2017 Hattingh joined the Arizona State University tennis programme in the United States where she plays mainly at the No. 2 position.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–0) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 8 June 2014 Sun City, South Africa Hard Clothilde de Bernardi 6–1, 6–3Runner-up 1. 5 July 2015 La Possession, Réunion Hard Marie Bouzková 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 17 (10–7) Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (10–7)Clay (0–0) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 30 November 2013 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Madrie Le Roux Arabela Rabaner Fernandez Liudmila Vasilyeva 0–6, 2–6Runner-up 2. 31 May 2014 Sun City, South Africa Hard Madrie Le Roux Michelle Sammons Chanel Simmonds 5–7, 3–6Runner-up 3. 7 June 2014 Sun City, South Africa Hard Madrie Le Roux Agata Baranska Stephanie Kent w/oRunner-up 4. 13 June 2014 Sun City, South Africa Hard Madrie Le Roux Michelle Sammons Chanel Simmonds 3–6, 3–6Winner 1. 26 July 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Madrie Le Roux Alina Mikheeva Linda Prenkovic 6–1, 7–6Winner 2. 6 September 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Michelle Sammons Gai Ao Rishika Sunkara 6–3, 7–5Runner-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, 6–2Winner 4. 14 February 2015 Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia Hard Michelle Sammons Nicoleta-Cătălina Dascălu Julia Stamatova 7–5, 6–3Runner-up 6. 20 June 2015 Grand-Baie, Mauritius Hard Madrie Le Roux Marie Bouzková Rosalie van der Hoek 3–6, 5–7Winner 5. 27 June 2015 Grand-Baie, Mauritius Hard Madrie Le Roux Snehadevi S Reddy Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal 6–2, 6–4Winner 6. 3 July 2015 La Possession, Réunion Hard Pauline Payet Caitlin Herb Tanisha Rohura 6–4, 6–3Winner 7. 19 September 2015 Antalya, Turkey Hard Chantal Škamlová Agata Baranska Wang Yan 7–6(3), 3–6, [10–2]Runner-up 7. 14 November 2015 Stellenbosch, South Africa Hard Madrie Le Roux Francesca Stephenson Erika Vogelsang 4–6, 4–6Winner 8. 21 November 2015 Stellenbosch, South Africa Hard Madrie Le Roux Katharina Hering Naomi Totka 6–1, 7–6(5)Winner 9. 20 February 2016 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Madrie Le Roux Oana Georgeta Simion Julia Terziyska 6–1, 6–2Winner 10. 12 November 2016 Stellenbosch, South Africa Hard Madrie Le Roux Valeria Bhunu Linnea Malmqvist 6–1, 6–2

Fed Cup participation Singles EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore R/R 18 April 2012 Cairo, Egypt Denmark Clay Mai GrageW 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–0 19 April 2012 Finland Johanna HyötyW6–2, 6–1 20 April 2012 Montenegro Vladica BabicW6–2, 6–4 P/O 21 April 2012 Turkey Pemra ÖzgenL4–6, 2–6 R/R 4 February 2016 Eilat, Israel Great Britain Hard Katie SwanL 3–6, 0–6 P/O Hungary Anna BondárL 0–6, 1–6 R/R 19 April 2017 Šiauliai, Lithuania Norway Hard (i) Malene HelgøL 1–6, 1–6 20 April 2017 Slovenia Dalila JakupovićL 1–6, 3–6 21 April 2017 Sweden Cornelia ListerL 6–3, 2–6, 3–6 P/O Egypt Mai El KamashL 5–7, 6–1, 2–6

Doubles EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore R/R 4 February 2015 Tallinn, Estonia Egypt Hard (i) Michelle Sammons Ola Abou ZekrySandra SamirW 6–4, 6–3 6 February 2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina Michelle Sammons Jelena SimićJasmina TinjićL 4–6, 2–6 R/R 3 February 2016 Eilat, Israel Georgia Hard Michelle Sammons Ekaterine GorgodzeOksana KalashnikovaL 4–6, 6–7(6–8) R/R 20 April 2017 Šiauliai, Lithuania Slovenia Hard (i) Madrie Le Roux Dalila JakupovićAndreja KlepačL 2–6, 6–4, 0–6