Career
Bollegraf reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 9 July 1990, when she became world number 29. She won 26 doubles tournaments in her career and her highest doubles ranking was world number four, achieved on 16 February 1998.
She was a member of the Dutch tennis team that reached the final of the Fed Cup in 1997, losing to France.
Bollegraf won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, the 1989 French Open and the 1991 US Open, both teaming up with Tom Nijssen. Partnering Rick Leach, she won the Australian Open and US Open mixed doubles titles in 1997.
Bollegraf was a member of the Idaho Sneakers Team Tennis with Amy Frazier and Jonathan Leach; coached by Greg Patton (Boise State University men's tennis coach).
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