Annette Van Zyl’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African tennis player
Is Athlete
Tennis player
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender female
Birth

25 September 1943, Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Age 77 years

Annette Van Zyl (born 25 September 1943 in Pretoria), also known by her married name as Annette du Plooy, is a South African former tennis player. She was ranked in the top ten female players during the mid 1960s, and in 1966 she won the French Open Mixed Doubles title with Frew McMillan, defeating Ann Haydon-Jones and Clark Graebner in three sets.

Tennis career

In January 1965 she won the singles title at the Natal Championships in Durban. In April 1965 Van Zyl reached the final of the British Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth but was beaten in straight sets by Ann Haydon-Jones. In June of the same year she won the singles title at the grass court tournament in Cheltenham and later that month she was victorious at the London Grass Court Championship played at the Queen’s Club, defeating Christine Truman in the final. In July she won the Welsh title also against Truman in the final. She reached the semifinal of the French Open singles in 1967, beating Billie Jean King in the quarterfinal before losing to Lesley Turner Bowrey. In July 1968 she won the singles title at the Swiss Open after defeating Julie Heldman in the final with the loss of just one game. In August she beat Judy Tegart in straight sets in the final of the singles event at the German Championships in Hamburg and also won the doubles and mixed doubles events. Van Zyl reached the final of the South African Championships singles event on three occasions, winning the title in 1963 and 1975 and ending as runner–up in 1965.

Between 1964 and 1976 Van Zyl played in 11 ties for the South African Federation Cup team and compiled a 12–7 win-los record.

According to A. Wallis Myers of the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Van Zyl was ranked in the world top ten in 1965, 1966, and 1968, reaching a career high of World No. 6 in those rankings in 1965 and 1966.

Tournament finals

Singles 8 (6 titles – 2 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1965 British Hard Court Championships Ann Haydon-Jones 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 1966 Italian Championships Ann Haydon-Jones 6–8, 1–6
Winner 1. 14 January 1968 Natal Championships Carole Graebner 6–1, 6–1
Winner 2. June 1968 Int. Swiss Championships Helga Niessen 6–3, 6–3
Winner 3. July 1968 Gstaad Championships Julie Heldman 6–0, 6–1
Winner 4. 5 August 1968 German Championships Judy Tegart 6–1, 7–5
Winner 5. August 1968 Kitzbuhel Championships Erzsébet Polgár 6–1, 6–0
Winner 6. 26 November 1975 South African Open Brigitte Cuypers 6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 1965 Rome, Italy Madonna Schacht Silvana Lazzarino
Lea Pericoli		 2–6, 6–2, 12–10
Winner 2. 1966 Rome, Italy Norma Baylon Ann Haydon-Jones
Liz Starkie		 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 1967 French Open, France Pat Walkden Françoise Dürr
Gail Sherriff		 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 1968 Rome, Italy Pat Walkden Margaret Court
Virginia Wade		 2–6, 5–7
Winner 3. 1968 German Championships Pat Walkden Winnie Shaw
Judy Tegart		 6–3, 7–5
Winner 4. 12 June 1976 Beckenham, England Brigitte Cuypers Natasha Chmyreva
Olga Morozova		 9–7, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 5 July 1976 Gstaad, Switzerland Brigitte Cuypers Betsy Nagelsen
Wendy Turnbull		 4–6, 4–6

Mixed doubles 1

Outcome No. Date Tournament Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 1966 French Championships Frew McMillan Ann Haydon-Jones
Clark Graebner		 1–6, 6–3, 6–2

Personal life

On 20 April 1968 Van Zyl married Jan du Plooy in Pretoria. She is currently head coach at Brooklyn Union Tennis Club.

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