Nannie de Villiers

Nannie de Villiers (born Esmé de Villiers, 5 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player who represented South Africa. She was born in neighbouring Namibia but moved at a young age.

De Villiers made her début in 1993, at the small ITF Johannesburg tournament. She also played her next event in her native country, in Pretoria, winning the doubles event. Although she officially retired in 2003, she made a minor-comeback in 2007, entering the Cape Town event, losing in the first round singles and reaching the semifinals doubles. She never surpassed the singles qualifying stages at a Grand Slam tournament.

Despite never winning a WTA Tour singles title, she won four on the ITF Circuit, and 22 doubles titles there.

De Villiers retired from professional tennis in 2007.

WTA career finals Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)Tier I (0–0)Tier II (0–0)Tier III (0–1)Tier IV & V (1–1)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Jan 2001 Canberra International, Australia Hard Annabel Ellwood Nicole Arendt Ai Sugiyama 4–6, 6–7(2–7)Win Jan 2002 Canberra International, Australia Hard Irina Selyutina Samantha Reeves Adriana Serra Zanetti 6–2, 6–3Loss Sep 2002 Waikoloa Championships, US Hard Irina Selyutina Meilen Tu María Vento-Kabchi 6–1, 2–6, 3–6

ITF finals Singles: 8 (4–4) $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 9 May 1994 ITF Bracknell, United Kingdom Hard Claire Taylor 6–2, 6–2Loss 2. 1 August 1994 ITF Munich, Germany Clay Angela Kerek 6–7(5), 3–6Win 3. 22 August 1994 ITF Horb, Germany Clay Catrin Müller 7–6(1), 6–4Loss 4. 13 April 1997 ITF Warwick, Australia Grass Jenny-Ann Fetch 2–6, 6–4, 6–7Win 5. 21 April 1997 ITF Dalby, Australia Hard Evie Dominikovic 7–5, 7–6Loss 6. 28 April 1997 ITF Kooralbyn, Australia Hard Evie Dominikovic 2–6, 4–6Loss 7. 31 May 1997 Bundaberg, Australia Hard Lisa McShea 4–6, 2–6Win 8. 13 July 1997 ITF Easton, United States Hard Karin Miller 6–3, 6–3

Doubles : 41 (22–19)