Lizaan du Plessis

Lizaan du Plessis
Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	23 February 1986 (age 38); Somerset East
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2009
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$29,872
Singles
Career record	95–77 (55.2%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 521 (14 April 2008)
Doubles
Career record	64–48 (57.1%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 278 (14 September 2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	5–6
Medal record
Representing South Africa
Women's Tennis
African Games

Lizaan du Plessis (born 23 February 1986) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

Biography

Born in Somerset East on the Eastern Cape, du Plessis made her Fed Cup debut for South Africa in 2005 and went on to feature in a total of ten ties.^[1]

She won seven titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, one in singles and six in doubles.

At the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, she won silver medals in both singles and doubles events.^[2]

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (1–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	20 June 2004	Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal	Hard	Ana Catarina Nogueira	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	27 November 2004	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	5 November 2005	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Alicia Pillay	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	4 August 2007	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Jessica Moore	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	28 October 2007	Cape Town, South Africa	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	6–1, 6–0

Doubles: 11 (6–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 November 2003	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Noha Mohsen	Heidi El Tabakh Yomna Farid	1–6, 7–5, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	31 July 2004	Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Rebecca Llewellyn	Yvonne Doyle Karen Nugent	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	13 March 2005	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Rebecca Llewellyn	Verena Amesbauer Veronika Chvojková	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	29 October 2005	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Alicia Pillay	Abigail Olivier Elze Potgieter	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	19 November 2005	Giza, Egypt	Clay	Leonie Mekel	Galina Fokina Raissa Gourevitch	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	3 August 2007	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Davinia Lobbinger	Julia Bone Olivia Scarfi	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–1
Winner	3.	31 August 2007	Mollerusa, Spain	Hard	Kelly Anderson	Sabina Mediano-Álvarez Francisca Sintès Martín	6–4, 7–6⁽³⁾
Winner	4.	7 October 2007	Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	Hard	Daisy Ames	Gajane Vage Maribel Vicente Joyera	6–0, 6–2
Winner	5.	27 October 2007	Cape Town, South Africa	Hard	Lisa Marshall	Tegan Edwards Goele Lemmens	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	26 October 2008	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Tiffany Welford	Robin Stephenson Natalie Grandin	2–6, 0–6
Winner	6.	6 March 2009	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Monique Adamczak	Han Xinyun Ji Chunmei	6–3, 7–5