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Elizma Nortje
Namibian tennis player and coach

Elizma Nortje

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Namibian tennis player and coach
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Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
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58 years
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Elizma Nortje (born 1 February 1966) is a Namibian tennis coach and former professional player. She is the most successful Namibian woman to have played professionally and was the first to be ranked on the WTA Tour.

Born in Windhoek in 1966, Nortje represented South Africa as a junior and early in her professional career, before Namibian independence. She played collegiate tennis for United States International University in San Diego, competing in the NCAA Division I Championships. In the early 1990s she made appearances in the doubles qualifying draws at Wimbledon and won two ITF doubles tournaments.

Nortje served as president of the Namibian Tennis Association from 1996 to 1999 and was Namibia's team captain when the country made its Fed Cup debut in 2004. A certified ITF Level 3 coach, she is now the head tennis professional at the Van Der Meer Tennis Academy in South Carolina.

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss3 April 1994Marsa, MaltaClay Caroline Schneider6–7, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (2–9)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.28 April 1991Bracknell, United KingdomHard Barbara Griffiths Lynn Nabors
Merete Balling-Stockmann
6–3, 6–2
Loss1.4 August 1991Haifa, IsraelHard Janine Humphreys Tessa Price
Kirsten Dreyer
1–6, 0–6
Loss2.11 August 1991Ramat HaSharon, IsraelHard Janine Humphreys Ilana Berger
Robyn Field
0–6, 1–6
Loss3.5 April 1992Windhoek, NamibiaHard Louise Venter Cindy Summers
Nicole Simunic
6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win2.12 April 1992Gaborone, BotswanaHard Louise Venter Liezel Horn
Estelle Gevers
6–0, 6–7, 6–4
Loss4.19 July 1992Frinton, United KingdomGrass Robyn Mawdsley Caroline Billingham
Danielle Thomas
2–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss5.6 February 1994Tipton, United KingdomHard Paula Iversen Alison Smith
Sara Tse
6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss6.3 April 1994Marsa, MaltaClay Ivana Havrlíková Isabela Listowska
Petra Winzenhöller
6–7, 3–6
Loss7.24 April 1994Nottingham, United KingdomHard Caroline Stassen Shannon Peters
Nicole Oomens
5–7, 2–6
Loss8.30 October 1994Negril, JamaicaHard Ximena Rodríguez Kim Grant
Claire Sessions Bailey
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss9.18 June 1995Morelia, MexicoHard Ximena Rodríguez Tracey Hiete
Renata Kolbovic
3–6, 5–7
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