Country (sports) South Africa Wimbledon 3R (1978) French Open 3R (1977) | Plays Right-handed Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 ⁄2 in) Name Brigitte Cuypers | |
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Full name Brigitte Cuypers-Fourie Born 3 December 1955 (age 68) Cape Town, South Africa ( 1955-12-03 ) | ||
Brigitte Cuypers (born 3 December 1955) is a retired South African female tennis player.
Cuypers reached the final of the South African Championships singles event on five consecutive occasions between 1975 and 1979 and won the title in 1976, 1978 and 1979. In 1977 she won the doubles title at the Italian Open partnering compatriot Marise Kruger. In August 1979 she was runner–up at the Canadian Open, losing the final in three sets to Laura DuPont.
Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round at the 1977 French Open, in which she lost to Renáta Tomanová, the 1977 US Open, losing in three sets to Rosie Casals, and the 1978 Wimbledon Championships where she was defeated by Virginia Ruzici.
Cuypers won the singles title at the Rhodesian Open in 1974 and 1975. She won the Akron Virginia Slims doubles title in 1976 with Mona Anne Guerrant.
She played for the South African Fed Cup team in 1975 and 1977 comprising a record of one win and four losses.