Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (born 4 November 1991) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 6 June 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 135. On 25 June 2018, she peaked at No. 58 in the doubles rankings.

Career In July 2013, Kerkhove made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Swedish Open.

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open as a qualifier, and recorded her first major singles match-win at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships over Svetlana Kuznetsova.

She recorded her second major singles win as a lucky loser at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships over wildcard Sonay Kartal, before being defeated by world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in three sets.

In July 2024, she announced her retirement from professional tour.

Personal life In July 2019, she married football player Edinho Pattinama and changed her name to Pattinama Kerkhove.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

Doubles

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 28 (10 titles, 18 runner–ups) Legend$40,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (9–11)Clay (1–7)

Doubles: 30 (17 titles, 13 runner–ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (14–7)Clay (3–6)

Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' doubles: 1 (runner–up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2008 French Open Clay Arantxa Rus Polona Hercog Jessica Moore 7–5, 1–6, [7–10]