Marise Kruger

Marise Kruger (born 17 July 1958) is a former South African tennis player who was active in the second half of the 1970s.

Tennis career Kruger started playing tennis when she was five. She reached the girl's final at the 1976 Wimbledon Championships, won the junior singles title at the 1976 US Open, and won the singles title at the junior Orange Bowl tournament in December 1976.

In June 1976, Kruger was runner-up at the Kent Championships in Beckenham, losing in three sets to Olga Morozova. In the preceding weeks, she had won tournament titles in Guildford and Chichester. She partnered with Dianne Fromholtz to win the 1979 Austrian Open doubles, and they reached the semifinals of the doubles at the 1979 French Open.

In 1978, Kruger was a member of the San Francisco Golden Gaters in World Team Tennis (WTT).

Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships, in which she lost to second-seeded and eventual champion Martina Navratilova.

Career finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWin 1–1 May 1977 Rome, Italy Clay Brigitte Cuypers Bunny Bruning Sharon Walsh 3–6, 7–5, 6–2