Brigitte Cuypers (born 3 December 1955) is a retired tennis player from South Africa.

Cuypers reached the final of the South African Championships singles event on five consecutive occasions from 1975 to 1979 and won the title in 1976, 1978 and 1979. In 1977, she won the doubles title at the Italian Open with compatriot Marise Kruger. In August 1979, she was runner–up at the Canadian Open, losing the final in three sets to Laura duPont.

Cuypers won the singles title at the Rhodesian Open in 1974 and 1975. She won the Akron Virginia Slims doubles title in 1976 with Mona Anne Guerrant.

Career finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 1973Chichester Tournament, EnglandGrassAustralia Dianne Fromholtz1–6, 0–6
Loss0–2Nov 1975South African Open, JohannesburgHardSouth Africa Annette du Plooy3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss0–3Aug 1976U.S. Clay Court Open, IndianapolisHardUnited States Kathy May4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win1–3Nov 1976South African Open, JohannesburgHardUnited States Laura duPont6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–1
Loss1–4Dec 1977South African Open, JohannesburgHardSouth Africa Linky Boshoff1–6, 4–6
Win2–4Dec 1978South African Open, JohannesburgHardUnited States Linda Siegel6–1, 6–0
Loss2–5Aug 1979Canadian Open, TorontoHardUnited States Laura duPont4–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6
Win.3–5Dec 1979South African Open, JohannesburgHardSouth Africa Tanya Harford7–6, 6–2

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 1976Virginia Slims of Akron, RichfieldCarpet (i)United States Mona GuerrantUnited Kingdom Glynis Coles Romania Florența Mihai6–4, 7–6
Win2–0Jun 1976Kent Championships, BeckenhamGrassSouth Africa Annette Du PlooySoviet Union Natasha Chmyreva Soviet Union Olga Morozova9–7, 6–4
Win3–0May 1977Italian Open, RomeClaySouth Africa Marise KrugerUnited States Bunny Bruning United States Sharon Walsh3–6, 7–5, 6–2

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