In 1928 van der Heide substituted for Arthur Diemer Kool in the international team competition between Queensland and the Netherlands in Noordwijk, where he lost to Jack Cummings in five sets.

[7] In 1929 he was enlisted in the annual Belgium-Netherlands Cup, where he helped his squad with significant upsets over Léopold de Borman, André Laloux and the duo of Laloux-Guy van Zuylen.

[11] Also in September he competed in a Japan-Holland Davis Cup preparation match against Takeichi Harada, but the Japanese veteran proved to be the better player.

[17] In July 1937 at the Noordwijk Internationals in doubles play he teamed with van Olst to reach the semifinals, where they were stopped by Gallepe and Hall.

[18] In the Dutch national championships two months later, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the doubles pairing, again with van Olst,[19] and in the same round in the mixed contest with Mechel.