Ilke Gers


Ilke Gers is a visual artist and a retired tennis player from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Art Career

Ilke Gers works with installation, performance and publications that bring movement, behaviour, social and spatial conditions into play. She studied at the Werkplaats Typografie, and was a resident at the Jan van Eyck Academie from 2014-2015. Her work has been presented at LLS Paleis, Antwerp; the Biënnale Van België, Ghent; Kunsthal Rotterdam; De Appel, Amsterdam; 019, Ghent; De Fabriek, Eindhoven; Beursschouwburg, Brussels; D21 – Kunstraum, Leipzig. She is part of Action Publishing Collective, based in Rotterdam.

Tennis Career

Ilke Gers is a former New Zealand professional female tennis player. Gers has won two doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 13 May 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 382. On 2 February 2004, she peaked at world number 167 in the doubles rankings.
Ilke Gers retired from tennis 2004.
Playing for New Zealand at the Fed Cup, Gers has a win–loss record of 4–5.
ITF finals
Singles

ResultNo.DateCategoryTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.29 January 2002$10,000Wellington, New ZealandHard Adriana Szili2–6, 2–6

Doubles

ResultNo.DateCategoryTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.1 July 2001$10,000Edmond, United StatesHard Tracey O'Connor Michelle Dasso
Julie Ditty
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up2.28 January 2003$10,000Wellington, New ZealandHard Chuang Chia-jung Lauren Breadmore
Kristen van Elden
4–6, 1–6
Runner-up3.3 March 2003$10,000Warrnambool, AustraliaGrass Chuang Chia-jung Monique Adamczak
Madita Suer
4–6, 4–6
Winner1.17 3 2003$10,000Yarrawonga, AustraliaGrass Chuang Chia-jung Sarah Borwell
Bree Calderwood
6–1, 7–5
Runner-up4.24 March 2003$10,000Albury, AustraliaGrass Chuang Chia-jung Nicole Sewell
Andrea van den Hurk
6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Winner2.10 June 2003$25,000Allentown, United StatesHard Surina De Beer Adria Engel
Kelly McCain
6–7, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up5.17 June 2003$10,000Dallas, United StatesHard Surina De Beer Stephanie Hazlett
Julia Scaringe
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up6.20 October 2003$25,000Cardiff, Great BritainHard Surina De Beer Claire Curran
İpek Şenoğlu
4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up7.16 November 2003$25,000Port Pirie, AustraliaHard Napaporn Tongsalee Trudi Musgrave
Abigail Spears
2–6, 2–6

Fed Cup participation
Singles
EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore
R/RGuangzhou, China Hard Cho Yoon-jeongL4–6, 2–6
R/RGuangzhou, China Chinese TaipeiHard Janet LeeL4–6, 2–6
R/RGuangzhou, China IndiaHard Rushmi ChakravarthiW6–1, 6–0
R/RGuangzhou, China IndonesiaHard Angelique WidjajaL4–6, 1–6
R/R ChinaHard Sun TiantianL1–6, 2–6

Doubles
EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore
R/R South KoreaHard Leanne BakerChoi Jin-young
Chung Yang-jin
W6–2, 6–7, 6–3
R/R11 April 2001 IndiaHard Leanne BakerRushmi Chakravarthi
Nirupama Sanjeev
W7–6, 7–6
R/R13 April 2001 Pacific OceaniaHard Leanne BakerDavilyn Godinet
Irene Mani
W6–0, 6–1
R/R JapanHard Shelley StephensSaori Obata
Ai Sugiyama
L0–6, 1–6

ITF Junior Results
Doubles
Legend
Junior Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

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