Annelize Naudé


Annelize Naudé is a professional squash player from the Netherlands. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 13 in January 2006, and has won five WISPA tour titles as well as having been the runner-up nine times since 1996.

Professional career

Naudé's international squash career began in 1996; her world ranking after her first year was No. 53. She climbed up the rankings to No. 36 two years later, but her rankings then fell to a career low of No. 86 in May 2000. Her ranking rose again to No. 25 in late 2001, and she reached No. 20 a year later. She achieved her career best ranking of No. 13 four years later, in January 2006.
Naudé reached her first final in an international tournament in 1999 in the Danish Open, but she was subsequently defeated by Pamela Nimmo. Naudé won her first professional title in 2002, also in the Danish Open, when she beats Senga Macfie in the final which lasts in five sets 3–9, 4–9, 9–5, 9–3, 9–4. She then had to wait for two years for her second title, this time in the Swiss Open, beating Laura-Jane Lengthorn in the final. Naudé then lost to former world No. 1 Vanessa Atkinson in the final of Mexican Open.
Naudé appeared in her 12th WISPA World Tour final at the Internationaux de Creteil in France; she then won the match by beating England’s Lauren Siddall to her fourth title of her career.

Personal life

Naudé grew up in South Africa before moving to the Netherlands. She was based at Kempton Park Country Club, and was coached in her early days by Phillip Schelbusch and Jean Grainger, which took her to national titles at various junior levels before she moved to Amsterdam and eventually took on Dutch nationality and become a fixture in their national team.
Annelize is currently busy following her other passion in life, music. Since retiring from squash at the end of 2010, she is a qualified audio engineer and well established dj.

Career statistics

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Professional Tour Titles (5)

All Results for Annelize Naudé in WISPA World's Tour tournament

No.DateTournamentOpponent in FinalScore in Final
1.20 February 2002Danish Open Senga Macfie3–9, 4–9, 9–5, 9–3, 9–4
2.14 March 2004Swiss Open Laura-Jane Lengthorn9–6, 9–5, 9–7
3.24 February 2008De Creteil Lauren Siddall9–2, 8–10, 9–3, 9–4
4.15 March 2009Eindhoven Open Victoria Lust11–2, 11–2, 11–6
5.19 September 2009Squashshine Open Kanzy Emad El Defrawy13–15, 11–6, 11–8, 11–6

WISPA Tour Finals (Runner-Up) (9)

No.DateTournamentOpponent in FinalScore in Final
1.21 February 1999Danish Open Pamela Nimmo5–9, 10–8, 9–2, 9–7
2.29 October 2000Springside Open Carol Owens9–1, 9–2, 9–2
3.17 June 2001Singapore Open Shelley Kitchen9–7, 9–4, 9–2
4.8 March 2004Finnish Open Tegwen Malik9–2, 9–5, 9–6
5.5 September 2004Mexican Open Vanessa Atkinson9–4, 9–1, 9–2
6.6 February 2005Kuala Lumpur Open Nicol David9–4, 9–2, 9–0
7.16 April 2005Irish Open Madeline Perry9–4, 2–9, 7–9, 9–4, 9–6
8.3 July 2007NSC Super Satellite No. 2 Rebecca Chiu10–8, 9–2, 9–1
9.16 December 2009Flowerbulb Open Emma Beddoes11–8, 11–2, 11–6

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