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Nancy Feber

Belgian tennis player

Nancy Feber (born 5 February 1976) is a retired Belgian tennis player. As a junior player, she won four Grand Slam titles, one in singles and three in doubles. Feber won French Open twice, in 1992 and 1993, both times in doubles with Laurence Courtois. At the 1993 Wimbledon Championships, she triumphed in both singles and doubles.

Feber competed as a professional tennis player from 1991 to 1998. Her best Grand Slam singles performance is the third round of the 1994 Wimbledon Championships, the result she achieved in 1995 and 1996. In doubles, Feber reached three WTA Tour finals, one with Alexandra Fusai and two with Laurence Courtois, but won none.

During her career, Feber defeated players such as Helena Suková, Irina Spîrlea, Jo Durie, Rita Grande and Meghann Shaughnessy. She enjoyed success on the ITF Women's Circuit, winning three singles and eight doubles titles. Her highest rankings were No. 79 in singles and No. 46 in doubles.

She also played for Belgium Fed Cup team, with the score of 2-2 in singles and 9-1 in doubles.

01WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV
Result W-L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0-1 Nov 1994 Taipei Open, Taiwan Tier IV Hard Alexandra Fusai Michelle Jaggard-Lai
Rene Simpson
6-0, 7-6(12-10)
Loss 0-2 Jan 1995 Jakarta Open, Indonesia Tier III Hard Laurence Courtois Claudia Porwik
Irina Spîrlea
6-2, 6-3
Loss 0-3 Apr 1996 Jakarta Open, Indonesia Tier III Hard Laurence Courtois Rika Hiraki
Naoko Kijimuta
7-6(7-2), 7-5

02ITF finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 7 (3-4)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. November 1991 ITF Flensburg, Germany Carpet (i) Heike Thoms 6-7(3), 4-6
Win 1. November 1992 ITF Manchester, England Carpet (i) Elena Makarova 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
Loss 2. March 1993 ITF Brest, France Hard Sylvie Sabas 3-6, 4-6
Loss 3. February 1994 ITF Coburg, Germany Carpet (i) Ludmila Richterová 6-7(5), 2-6
Win 2. March 1998 ITF Biel, Switzerland Hard (i) Květa Peschke 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4
Loss 4. April 1998 ITF Calvi, France Hard Gabriela Kučerová 5-7, 1-6
Win 3. April 1998 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard Carine Bornu 6-0, 6-1

Doubles: 13 (8-5)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 25 August 1991 ITF Koksijde, Belgium Clay Laurence Courtois Nelly Barkan
Olga Lugina
4-6, 6-0, 6-4
Win 2. 27 October 1991 ITF Flensburg, Germany Carpet (i) Laurence Courtois Alena Havrlíková
Ivana Havrlíková
6-2, 6-3
Win 3. 10 November 1991 ITF Ljusdal, Sweden Carpet (i) Laurence Courtois Cora Linneman
Eva Lena Olsson
6-2, 7-6(3)
Win 4. 1 February 1992 ITF Danderyd, Sweden Carpet (i) Laurence Courtois Katrien de Craemer
Olga Lugina
7-6(0), 6-3
Loss 1. 9 February 1992 ITF Horsholm, Denmark Carpet (i) Katrien de Craemer Sofie Albinus
Tine Scheuer-Larsen
3-6, 4-6
Loss 2. 31 October 1993 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i) Els Callens Olga Lugina
Elena Wagner
4-6, 6-3, 3-6
Win 5. 23 March 1997 ITF Woodlands, United States Hard Liezel Horn Sabine Haas
Kristina Triska
6-1, 6-2
Win 6. 1 November 1997 ITF Poitiers, France Hard (i) Petra Langrová Lea Ghirardi
Svetlana Krivencheva
3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Loss 3. 15 March 1998 ITF Biel, Switzerland Hard (i) Tina Križan Kirstin Freye
Noëlle van Lottum
3-6, 6-3, 6-7(4)
Win 7. 12 April 1998 ITF Calvi, France Hard Jasmin Wöhr Emmanuelle Curutchet
Sophie Georges
4-1 ret.
Loss 4. 10 May 1998 ITF Cardiff, United Kingdom Clay Petra Langrová Liezel Horn
Katarina Srebotnik
4-6, 3-6
Win 8. 17 May 1998 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Katarina Srebotnik Surina De Beer
Rebecca Jensen
5-7, 6-1, 6-4
Loss 5. 4 July 2011 ITF Brussels, Belgium Clay Els Callens Marcella Koek
Eva Wacanno
5-7, 6-3, [5-10]

03Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles (1-0)

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Opponent Result
Winner 1993 Wimbledon Grass Rita Grande 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-2

Doubles (3-0)

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Result
Winner 1992 French Open (1) Clay Laurence Courtois Lindsay Davenport
Chanda Rubin
6-1, 5-7, 6-4
Winner 1993 French Open (2) Clay Laurence Courtois Lara Bitter
Maaike Koutstaal
3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Winner 1993 Wimbledon Grass Laurence Courtois Hiroko Mochizuki
Yuka Yoshida
6-3, 6-4
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