1981 Federation Cup
The 1981 Federation Cup (also known as the 1981 Federation Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 19th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The tournament was held at the Tamagawa-en Racquet Club in Tokyo, Japan, from 9–15 November. The United States won their sixth consecutive title, defeating Great Britain in the final, in what was a rematch of the 1967 Federation Cup. Participating Teams Draw All ties were played at the Tamagawa-en Racquet Club in Tokyo, Japan, on clay courts. 1st and 2nd Round losing teams play in Consolation Rounds First Round United States vs. South Korea Spain vs. Mexico Indonesia vs. Israel Hungary vs. Romania Switzerland vs. Greece New Zealand vs. Chinese Taipei Brazil vs. Ireland Japan vs. West Germany Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden Denmark vs. Soviet Union France vs. Canada Belgium vs. Great Britain Netherlands vs. Hong Kong Italy vs. Yugoslavia Thailand v ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1980 Federation Cup (tennis)
The 1980 Federation Cup was the 18th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The tournament was held at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in West Berlin from 19–25 May. The United States won their fifth consecutive title, defeating Australia in their tenth and record eighth consecutive final. The US did not drop a single match during the tournament. Participating Teams Draw All ties were played at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in West Berlin, on clay courts. 1st Round losing teams play in Consolation Rounds First Round United States vs. Poland New Zealand vs. Mexico Belgium vs. Italy South Korea vs. Soviet Union Switzerland vs. Denmark Ireland vs. Romania Canada vs. Yugoslavia Hungary vs. Czechoslovakia Great Britain vs. Israel Argentina vs. Netherlands Luxembourg vs. Spain Austria vs. West Germany France vs. Sweden Japan vs. Thailand Chinese Taipei vs. Indonesia Norway vs. Australia Second Rou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carmen Perea
Carmen Perea Alcalá (born 3 May 1952) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Biography Perea was born in Melilla, an autonomous Spanish city on the African continent. She later moved to Málaga and then at the age of 18 settled in Barcelona. From 1973 to 1983 she appeared in 29 Federation Cup ties for Spain, winning 19 matches overall. One of her singles wins over was West German Sylvia Hanika in 1980. During this period she was the top female player in Spain and won nine Spanish Tennis Championships, in a run which included ten successive finals. She featured regularly in the main draw of the French Open and played doubles at Wimbledon and the US Open. Since retiring from professional tennis she has worked as a tennis coach and tournament director. She was the personal coach of Patricia Medrado in the 1980s and more recently has coached Nuria Llagostera. See also *List of Spain Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Florența Mihai
Florența Mihai (; 2 September 1955 – 14 October 2015) was a professional tennis player from Romania. She was the runner-up in two events at the 1977 French Open. She lost in the singles final to Mima Jaušovec in three sets, and partnered with Iván Molina, lost in the mixed doubles final to John McEnroe and Mary Carillo in straight sets. rolandgarros.com Together with , Mihai won three consecutive gold medals in the doubles at Summer Universiade
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Csilla Bartos-Cserepy
Csilla Bartos-Cserepy (née Bartos; born 29 March 1966) is a retired professional tennis who represented Hungary and Switzerland. Early life and tennis career Csilla Bartos was born in Cairo, Egypt on 29 March 1966, daughter of Hungarian parents Gyozo, a business man, and Klára Killermann, an Olympic breaststroke swimmer. She lived in Nigeria for nine years during her childhood. During her tennis career, Bartos-Cserepy reached two WTA singles finals. In 1986, she was runner-up to Nathalie Herreman in Perugia, losing the final is two sets, and in 1990, Sandra Cecchini defeated her in the final of the Tier V tournament in Båstad, Sweden, also in straight sets. In Perugia, she also reached the final of the doubles event, partnering Amy Holton, but lost to the Dutch team of Carin Bakkum and Nicole Muns-Jagerman. Bartos-Cserepy's best singles performance at Grand Slam level was reaching the third round of the 1987 Australian Open where she lost in three sets to sixth-seeded Manuela ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Virginia Ruzici
Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She won the 1978 French Open singles championship. Career Ruzici became a professional tennis player in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand. In a career spanning 12 years, Ruzici won 12 career singles titles, including one Grand Slam title, the 1978 French Open. In the final, she beat 1977 French Open champion Mima Jaušovec 6–2, 6–2. Ruzici also won the French Open doubles event with Jaušovec in 1978 and reached the mixed doubles final in 1978. She appeared in the French Open singles final in 1980 French Open, 1980, but lost in straight sets to Chris Evert. Ruzici remained in the world's top 20 from 1977 to 1983. She regularly featured in the Romania Fed Cup team throughout her career, and began playing for them in 1973, two years before turning professional. At Wimbledon 1978, Ruzici lost a notable match in the quarterfinal to the Australian Evonne Gool ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lucia Romanov
Lucia Romanov-Stark (née Romanov; born 28 April 1959) is a former professional tennis player from Romania and former member of the Romania Fed Cup team. In 1983, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world number 30. Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 final (1 runner-up) Personal life Lucia has a twin sister, Maria, with whom she played team doubles for the Romania Fed Cup team The Romania Billie Jean King Cup team represents Romania in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition. It is governed by the Federația Română de Tenis and currently competes in the World Group I, the highest level of the competition. Current t .... In 1984 she married American Jim Stark and moved to the United States. The couple have a son, Talon Stark, who is an American mathematician. References External links * * * 1959 births Living people Tennis players from Bucharest Romanian female tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Romanian twins Twin sportspeople Un ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrea Temesvári
Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the Italian Open at age sixteen, but injuries would later hamper her career. Born in Budapest, Temesvári began playing tennis at age nine. She was coached by her father, Otto Temesvári, and Ferenc Polyak. Career She joined the WTA Tour in 1981, and was awarded ''Most Improved Player Award'' by WTA Tour and TENNIS Magazine in 1982. Temesvári reached a career-high of world No. 7 in 1983. After several injuries, she made a comeback after dropping out of top 25 for first time since 1983 in 1986. At the 1986 French Open, she won the doubles title with Martina Navratilova. She returned to the tour 1989 after a 20-month layoff due to ankle and shoulder injuries. She had two operations on ankle in March and September 1987 and then arthroscopic surgery on right shoulder in April 1988. She played for the Hungary Fed Cup team The Hungary women's national tennis team represents Hung ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lita Sugiarto
Lita Liem Sugiarto (born 27 February 1946), sometimes known by her maiden name Lita Liem, a former Indonesian professional tennis player. She played at Grand Slam events between 1968 and 1975, in women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. In women's doubles, she and partner Lany Kaligis reached two Grand Slam quarterfinals: the Australian Open in 1970 and Wimbledon in 1971. As such, she and Kaligis were among the first Indonesians to reach the later rounds of a Grand Slam competition. Kaligis was the only partner that Sugiarto ever played with in Grand Slam doubles competition. In singles, her best results were her third round exits from the Australian Championships in 1968, the Australian Open in 1970, Wimbledon in 1972 and the French Open in 1974. At the 1966 Asian Games at Bangkok, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles, the gold medal in the women's doubles with Lany Kaligis, and the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with Sutarjo Sugiarto. She won the g ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rafeket Binyamini
Rafeket Binyamini (born 15 September 1964) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. Now working as a coach, she is a manager for the Israel Tennis Center. Born in Tel Aviv, Binyamini was a national champion in both the 16s and 18s age groups. She won Israel's senior championships in 1981 and made her debut that year for the Federation Cup team. In a four-year Federation Cup career she featured in 11 ties and won six singles matches, which included beating Brazil's Cláudia Monteiro. Binyamini, a Maccabiah Games medalist for Israel, played U.S. collegiate tennis in San Diego for United States International University. She achieved All-American honours and a best collegiate ranking of 15. See also *List of Israel Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Israel Fed Cup team The Israel women's national tennis team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בגביע הפדרציה) is the representative national team of Israel in Fed Cup c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yolanda Soemarno
Yolanda Mangadil-Soemarno (born 30 July 1946) is a former tennis player. Born in North Sulawesi, Soemarno played Federation Cup tennis for Indonesia between 1976 and 1981. She was the singles gold medalist at the 1977 Southeast Asian Games and won a team bronze medal at the 1978 Asian Games. Soemarno's son (Aga Aga or AGA may refer to: Business * Architectural Glass and Aluminum (AGA), a glazing contractor, established in 1970 * AGA (automobile), ''Autogen Gasaccumulator AG'', 1920s German car company *AGA AB, ''Aktiebolaget Svenska Gasaccumulator'', a ...) and one of her daughters (Tanya) were both professional tennis players. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Soemarno, Yolanda 1946 births Living people Indonesian female tennis players Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia Tennis players at the 1978 Asian Games Competitors at the 1977 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Orly Bialistozky
Orly () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the center of Paris. The name of Orly came from Latin ''Aureliacum'', "the villa of Aurelius". Orly Airport partially lies on the territory of the commune of Orly, which gave its name to the airport. Population Transport Orly is served by two stations on Paris RER line C: Les Saules and Orly-Ville. Education Schools in Orly:Etablissements scolaires " Orly. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. * Preschools (''écoles maternelles''): Cité Jardins, , Joliot-Curie, Marcel Cachin, Noyer-Grenot, Paul Eluard, [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |