Tennis career

In 1986, ter Riet made her Federation Cup debut, appearing in four ties for the Netherlands. In her first match, against Canada, she won her singles rubber over Helen Kelesi, but lost the deciding doubles rubber to surrender the tie. She won all her singles matches in the consolation rounds, including over the USSR's Natalia Zvereva.^[1]

She made the second round of both the Australian Open and French Open in 1988.^[2] At the Australian Open she lost to fifth seed Hana Mandlíková, then at the French Open had to retire hurt with illness in the second set against Martina Navratilova.^[3]

Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance at Guarujá in 1989.^[4]

Personal life

She married former world number one doubles player Jacco Eltingh in 1997 and the following year gave birth to her first child.^[5]

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	29 July 1985	Neumünster, West Germany	Clay	Barbara Romanò	3–6, 6–0, 5–7
Winner	2.	16 September 1985	Llorca, Spain	Clay	Andrea Tiezzi	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	3.	12 May 1986	Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom	Clay	Michelle Jaggard-Lai	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	3 July 1989	Cava de' Tirreni, Italy	Clay	Veronika Martinek	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (2-4)

Outcome	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 May 1986	Lee-on-the-Solent, United Kingdom	Clay	Emmanuelle Derly	Carin Bakkum Nicole Muns-Jagerman	6–7, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	11 April 1988	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Olga Votavová	Jennifer Fuchs Maria Strandlund	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	18 April 1988	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Jennifer Fuchs	Michèle Strebel Luciana Tella	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	11 February 1991	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Rene Simpson	Penny Barg Samantha Smith	5–7, 2–6
Winner	5.	21 October 1991	Freeport, Bahamas	Hard	Christina Zachariadou	Aafje Evers Yvonne Klompenhouver	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	1 June 1992	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Gianfranca Devercelli	Jillian Alexander-Brower Niurka Sodupe	2–6, 4–6