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1988 Federation Cup (tennis)
The 1988 Federation Cup was the 26th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The tournament was held at Melbourne Park, Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 4–11 December. Czech Republic Fed Cup team, Czechoslovakia defeated the Russia Fed Cup team, Soviet Union in the final (in what was the first time the Soviet Union reached the semifinals since 1979), giving Czechoslovakia their 5th title, and 4th in six years. Qualifying round All ties were played at Melbourne Park, Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia, on hard courts. Winning nations advance to Main Draw, losing nations play in consolation rounds. China vs. Malta Luxembourg vs. Chinese Taipei South Korea vs. Ireland Bulgaria vs. Philippines Main draw 1st Round losing teams play in consolation rounds First round West Germany vs. Mexico Japan vs. France Italy vs. Poland Israel vs. Australia Soviet Union vs. Yugoslavia Belgium vs. Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Federation Cup (tennis)
The 1987 Federation Cup was the 25th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The tournament was held at Hollyburn Country Club in Vancouver, Canada, from 26 July – 2 August. West Germany won their first title, defeating the United States in the final. This was their first victory after four previous final appearances. Qualifying round All ties were played at Hollyburn Country Club in Vancouver, Canada, on hard courts. Winning nations advance to Main Draw, losing nations play in Consolation Rounds. Israel vs. Zimbabwe Norway vs. Peru Denmark vs. Luxembourg South Korea vs. Mexico Chile vs. China Ireland vs. Chinese Taipei Poland vs. Philippines Indonesia vs. Finland Switzerland vs. Malta Main draw 1st Round losing teams play in Consolation Rounds First round United States vs. Japan France vs. Austria Great Britain vs. Chile Belgium vs. Italy Bulgaria vs. Greece Ireland vs. Indonesia Jama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Shi-ting
Wang Shi-Ting (; born 19 October 1973) is a retired tennis player from Taiwan. She turned professional in 1991. In her career, she won six singles titles on the WTA Tour. She played 49 times over 11 years for Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team The Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team represents the Republic of China in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Chinese Taipei Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II play-offs. History Chinese Taipei competed i ..., earning a 51–25 overall record and setting many team records. Wang retired from the tour in 2000. Since 2006, she has been the captain of the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team. WTA career finals Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (8–1) Doubles (1–1) External links * * * 1973 births Living people Olympic tennis players for Taiwan Taiwanese female tennis players Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tainan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Saberon
Jennifer Saberon (born 20 January 1969) is a Filipino former professional tennis player. A serve-and-volleyer, Saberon started playing tennis at the age of 12 and was ranked amongst the world's top 20 in junior tennis. She made a Wimbledon semi-final in girls' doubles in 1986. Saberon competed for the Philippines Federation Cup team in the late 1980s, appearing in nine ties. As a national representative she also featured in multiple editions of the Southeast Asian Games and won eight medals, including a mixed doubles gold at her home games in Manila in 1991. Saberon left the tour in the 1990s to study in the United States and play collegiate tennis, first at St. Ambrose University in Iowa and then Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located .... R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Krivencheva
Svetlana Krivencheva ( bg, Светлана Кривенчева) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. Krivencheva won two singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental ... in her career. On 9 February 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of 142nd in the world. On 3 August 1998, she peaked at No. 63 in doubles rankings. Krivencheva retired from professional tennis in 2012, but made a temporary return at the 2017 Central Coast Open in Templeton, California. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner–ups) Doubles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runner–ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krivencheva, Svetlana Bulgarian female tennis players 1973 births Sportspeople from Plovdiv Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Rafael
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ..., and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a Piety, pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her Calendar of saints, feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Hebrew Bible Family According to Book of Genesis 20:12, in conversation with the Philistines, Philistine king Abimelech, Abimelech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Pampoulova
Elena Pampulova (also Elena Pampulova-Wagner, Elena Pampulova-Bergomi, bg, Елена Пампулова, born 17 May 1972) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. She has won one singles and three WTA doubles titles. Her professional tennis career span from 1988 to 2001. Pampulova's career-high singles ranking is world No. 62, her career-high doubles ranking is No. 38, both achieved in September 1996. Tennis career Pampoulova played for Bulgaria and the Bulgaria Fed Cup team from 1988 to 1992. Pampulova was one of only three players to represent Bulgaria in tennis at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona (together with Katerina Maleeva and Magdalena Maleeva). From 1997 to 1999, Elena played for the Germany Fed Cup team. She won 13 career titles in singles (one WTA) and 11 titles in doubles (three of them from WTA Tour). Her first tennis coach was her own mother, Bulgarian tennis player Lubka Radkova. Elena's father, Emilian Pampoulov, is also a tennis player. Personal life On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyan Castillejo
Dyan Castillejo-Garcia (; born September 15, 1965), commonly known by her maiden name, Dyan Castillejo, is a Filipino former tennis player and sports reporter. Tennis career Castillejo represented the Philippines in the Fed Cup ties from 1981 to 1990. She also competed in the Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games, Junior Wimbledon and Junior US Open. She was also the first Filipino to earn a WTA women's ranking. In 2017, Castillejo was conferred the Fed Cup Commitment Award, an award given to players that has played at least 20 World Group ties or 40 ties in any level, by the International Tennis Federation. She was the first Filipino to be given with the distinction. Post-playing career Castillejo has worked as a sports interviewer for ABS-CBN Sports, interviewing Manny Pacquiao and his Mexican opponents. She is also host for a number of TV programs such as ''The World Tonight'', ''Gym Team'', ''The MBA-Beat'', ''TV Patrol'', and '' Sports Unlimited''. Television *'' Sports Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galia Angelova
Galia Angelova (born 10 November 1972) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. Biography Angelova, who comes from Haskovo, was a member of the Bulgaria Federation Cup team which competed in the 1988 and 1990 competitions, featuring in a total of eight ties. Her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance came in the doubles at the 1989 Vitosha New Otani Open The 1989 Vitosha New Otani Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Sofia, Bulgaria that was part of the Category 1 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 31 July until 6 August 1989. Second-seeded I ... in Sofia. She won three ITF singles titles and reached a best ranking of 378 in the world. As a doubles player, she was ranked as high as 231 and won five ITF doubles titles. She is now a tennis coach and works at Dema Sport in Sofia. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up) Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner–ups) References External links * * * {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley O'Halloran
Lesley O'Halloran (born 1 November 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Ireland. Biography A left-handed player from Dublin, O'Halloran played college tennis in the United States before turning professional. From 1986 to 1998 she featured in 32 Fed Cup ties for Ireland, winning 20 matches, 5 in singles and 15 in doubles. On the international circuit she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 113 in the world. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance in the doubles at the 1989 Virginia Slims of Houston. She made it into the women's doubles main draw at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships, as a lucky loser from qualifying, with American partner Leigh-Anne Eldredge Leigh-Anne Eldredge (born December 14, 1964) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Eldredge was born in Pasadena played college tennis at Stanford for four years. A three-time All-America The All-America designation is .... The pair rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sohn Mi-ae
Sohn may refer to *a German word meaning "son"; *an alternate transliteration of the Korean name Son; *Sohn (musician), a Vienna-based English musician, songwriter, and producer Sohn is the surname of: * Sohn Kee-chung (孫基禎) — the first medal-winning Korean Olympian * Alfred Sohn-Rethel (1899–1990), German social scientist * Alfred Sohn-Rethel (painter) (1875–1958), German Classical Modernist painter * Else Sohn-Rethel (1863–1933), German painter and singer in the mid to late 19th-century. * Karli Sohn-Rethel (1882–1966) German Classical Modernist painter * Otto Sohn-Rethel (1877–1949), German painter and lepidopterist * Amy Sohn, American author, columnist and screenwriter * Clem Sohn (1910-1937), American human flight pioneer * Joseph Sohn, contributor to the Jewish Encyclopedia, "The New International Encyclopedia" * Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805–1867), German landscape painter * Karl Rudolf Sohn (1845–1908), German painter * Kurt Sohn, New York Jets wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Jeong-soon
Lee Jeong-soon (born 23 February 1961) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Biography Lee competed on the professional tour in the 1980s, which included a main draw appearance at the 1984 Santista Textile Open, a Virginia Slim tournament held in Rio de Janeiro. She made it through to the second round, where she was beaten by a 14-year old Gabriela Sabatini. From 1984 to 1986 she featured in 12 ties for the South Korea Federation Cup team. During her Federation Cup career she registered seven singles wins, including victories over Argentina's Mercedes Paz and Brazil's Patricia Medrado. At the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, Lee won a total of four medals for South Korea, one of them a mixed doubles gold partnering Yoo Jin-sun Yoo Jin-sun (born July 12, 1962 in Seocheon, Chungcheongnam-do) is a former tennis player from South Korea, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siobhán Nicholson
Siobhán Nicholson (born 11 June 1966) is an Irish former professional tennis player. Biography Nicholson, a London-born player of Irish parentage, represented the Ireland Federation Cup team from 1983 to 1993. She featured in a total of 28 ties for Ireland, winning 10 singles and 12 doubles rubbers. While competing on the professional tour, Nicholson reached a career best singles ranking of 259 in the world, which was at the time the highest ever ranking attained by an Irish woman player. Nicholson played college tennis in the United States for the University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ..., where she earned All-American honours for singles in both 1988 and 1989. ITF finals Singles: 5 (3–2) Doubles: 6 (4–2) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
