Marijke Schaar

Marijke Schaar
Full name Marijke Schaar Jansen
Country (sports)  Netherlands
Born (1944-11-12) 12 November 1944
The Hague, Netherlands
Plays Ambidextrous
Singles
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 21 (1971)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open SF (1971)
Wimbledon 4R (1971)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open QF (1971)
Wimbledon 2R (1972, 1973, 1974)
Team competitions
Fed Cup F (1968)

Marijke Schaar (born 12 November 1944), also known under her maiden name Marijke Jansen, is a former Dutch female tennis player who was active during the 1960s and 1970s. She reached a highest singles ranking of world number 21 in 1971.[1] She had her most successful year in 1971 when she reached the semifinal of the singles event at the French Open, losing to eventual champion Evonne Goolagong, and the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships.[2]

In March 1969 she won the singles title at the Cannes Championships after defeating compatriot Betty Stöve in the final in three sets.[3]

Schaar was a member of the Dutch Federation Cup team which reached the final in 1968.

On 23 November 1968 she married Nico Schaar.[4]

Career finals

Singles (2)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 17 July 1972 Head Cup, Kitzbuhel, Austria [5] Clay West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 8 July 1974 Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden Clay United Kingdom Sue Barker 1–6, 5–7

References

  1. "Marijke Jansen's profile". Tennismuseum.nl.
  2. "Wimbledon players archive – Marijke Schaar (Jansen)". AELTC.
  3. Lawn Tennis. Halesworth: British Lawn Tennis Ltd: 34. May 1969. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Den Haag – Huwelijk – Marijke Jansen". Koninklijke Bibliotheek.
  5. John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 122. ISBN 9780671216238.
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