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1991 OTB International Open – Women's Doubles
Alysia May and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions, but May opted to rest after competing at Manhattan Beach the previous week. Miyagi teamed up with Yayuk Basuki and the pair was forced to retire during their first round match against Wiltrud Probst and Marianne Werdel. Rachel McQuillan and Claudia Porwik won the title by defeating Nicole Arendt and Shannan McCarthy Shannan McCarthy Gaudette (born May 19, 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography McCarthy played collegiate tennis at the University of Georgia from 1989 to 1992, along with identical twin sister Shawn. A Ge ... 6–2, 6–4 in the final. Seeds Draw Draw References External links Official results archive (ITF)Official results archive (WTA) {{DEFAULTSORT:1991 OTB International Open - Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel McQuillan
Rachel McQuillan (born 2 December 1971) is a retired tennis player from Australia. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She won five doubles titles, as well as 14 singles and 21 doubles titles on the . She reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the and 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halle Cioffi
Halle Cioffi (born 5 August 1969 ) is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. She is also known as Halle Carroll. She has two kids named Christopher and Ellie Rae. Tennis Singles Halle Cioffi won her only WTA singles title in 1987 at Virginia Slims of Indianapolis after defeating Anne Smith in the final match 4–6, 6–4, 7–6. Doubles Halle Cioffi's only WTA doubles title was in 1992 with Argentinian María José Gaidano winning Internazionali Femminili di Palermo after beating Petra Langrová Petra Píchalová Langrová (born 27 June 1970) is a retired tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic. Langrová gained professional status in 1986. She won one singles title and five double titles in her career on the WTA Tour ... and Ana Segura in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cioffi, Halle 1969 births Living people American female tennis players 21st-century American women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anke Huber
Anke Huber (born 4 December 1974) is a German retired top-five professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open – Women's singles, 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 WTA Tour Championships, 1995 WTA Finals. Huber won twelve singles and one doubles title on the Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tour. She finished inside the top twenty for ten seasons, and achieved a career-high ranking of four in October 1996. Early life Huber was born in Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg. She started playing tennis at the age of seven, after being introduced to the game by her father, Edgar. In junior competition, she won the under-12 German Championships in 1986, the under-14s in 1987, the under-16s in 1988, and the European Championships in 1989. She was also a semifinalist at Wimbledon's junior tournament in 1990. Career Huber made her Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament debut at the 1990 Australian Open, a year before she graduated from hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rika Hiraki
Rika Hiraki ( ja, 平木 理化, born 6 December 1971) is a former professional Japanese tennis player. She won the mixed-doubles title at the 1997 French Open (with Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles, he ...). Biography Started playing at age 6. Baseliner, who considered groundstrokes her strength. Father, Koichi, works for Japan Airlines; mother, Noriko, is a homemaker; older brother, Yasuchika, graduated from the University of Tokyo and is now a pilot with Japan Airlines. Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University, majoring in International Politics. Works as a Systems Manager for telephone company NTT, completing all her work from the road via computer modem while at tournaments. Hobbies include reading and working with computers. Likes to visit London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971, in Hoopstad) is a South African former professional tennis player. Coetzer finished in the WTA rankings top 20 for ten consecutive seasons (1992–2001), peaking at world No. 3. She reached three Grand Slam semifinals (Australian Open 1996 and 1997, French Open 1997) and one Grand Slam doubles final ( US Open 1993). Coetzer earned a reputation for regularly beating players who were ranked higher than her. By virtue of scoring so many upset wins in spite of her five-foot-two (1.58m) stature, she gained the nickname: "The Little Assassin". Personal life Coetzer was born in Hoopstad, South Africa, to Nico and Suska Coetzer. She started playing tennis at the age of six. During her career, she resided primarily in Hilton Head, South Carolina and was coached by Gavin Hopper, later by Lori McNeil. She is married to the Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan. They have two children, Shimon (born 2009) and Olivia (born 2011). Career Coetzer's breakthr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Švíglerová
Eva Švíglerová (born 13 July 1971) is a Czech former professional tennis player. She enjoyed success as a junior player, winning the 1989 Australian Open in girls' doubles, along with Andrea Strnadová. The two were also the finalists of the 1989 Wimbledon Championships. At this event, it was rumoured by some reporters that she played one match in the tournament without knickers. The same year, Švíglerová reached the final in girls' singles of the French Open, losing to future World No. 1 player Jennifer Capriati 6–4, 6–0. As a professional, Švíglerová won one WTA title, the ASB Classic in 1991. From 1988 to 1993, she also won five additional ITF titles. In doubles, Švíglerová won the Brasil Open in 1991 partnering with Bettina Fulco Bettina Fulco (born 23 October 1968) is a retired professional women's tennis player from Argentina. She reached her highest ranking of world No. 23 on 10 October 1988. Fulco began playing tennis at age ten, at the universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Godridge
Kristin Godridge (born 7 February 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia who competed on the WTA Tour from 1987 to 1996. Career Godridge achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 79 in September 1991. Her highest doubles ranking was No. 68 in December 1990. With partner Kirrily Sharpe, Godridge was girls' doubles champion at the 1990 US Open. The following year, she teamed with Kirrily Sharpe to reclaim the title. A highlight in her singles career came in 1992, when she reached the fourth round of Wimbledon. She had wins over Miriam Oremans, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, and ninth-seed Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere before losing to third-seed Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine-Italian former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 .... As a tennis coach, Godridge is the director and foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florencia Labat
María Florencia Labat (born 12 June 1971) is an Argentinian former professional female tennis player. She joined the WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tourna ... in 1988 and retired in 2000. On 12 September 1994, Labat reached a career-high singles ranking of number 26 in the world. WTA Tour finals Singles 4 (0–4) Doubles 17 (7–10) ITF finals Singles (7–2) Doubles (4–2) External links * * * 1971 births Living people Argentine female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Argentina People from Pergamino Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1995 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bettina Fulco
Bettina Fulco (born 23 October 1968) is a retired professional women's tennis player from Argentina. She reached her highest ranking of world No. 23 on 10 October 1988. Fulco began playing tennis at age ten, at the university club in her hometown of Mar del Plata, having been inspired to start because of the increased interest in the sport in Argentina due to Guillermo Vilas' success. As a junior, Bettina was among the best in the world, reaching the finals of the Orange Bowl 18-and-under championships in 1986, and finishing second in the junior rankings in 1986. She turned professional in 1987. Like many South American players, Bettina Fulco was considered a clay-court specialist, and reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1988. Bettina beat Martina Navratilova in Houston 1994 for her biggest career victory. She also achieved victories over Conchita Martínez, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Hana Mandlíková, Katerina Maleeva, Manuela Maleeva, Magdalena Maleeva, Claudia Kohde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoko Sawamatsu
is a former professional tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Sawamatsu reached a career-high ranking of world No. 14, on 6 February 1995. At the time of the 1995 Australian Open, her family survived the Great Hanshin earthquake, and Sawamatsu went on to achieve her best Grand Slam result at Melbourne Park, reaching the quarterfinals by defeating compatriot Ai Sugiyama, Laurence Courtois, Kimiko Date in the third round, Mary Joe Fernandez in the fourth round before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Her most significant title came in 1993 at Strasbourg, when she defeated clay-courter Judith Wiesner in the final. Sawamatsu had much success at Strasbourg reaching the semifinals in 1991, final in 1992 losing to Judith Wiesner. She retired from professional tennis after losing in the second round of the 1998 Japan Open to Monica Seles in a three-set match. Sawamatsu had wins over the following players during her career: Martina Hingis, Lindsay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Kijimuta
is a former professional tennis player from Japan. She was born on May 1, 1968, in Japan and played on the WTA tour from 1986 to 1992. She reached the fourth round at Roland Garros in 1992, where she led the world number-one-ranked player Monica Seles Monica Seles (; hu, Széles Mónika, ; sr, Моника Селеш, Monika Seleš; born December 2, 1973) is a retired professional tennis player who represented Yugoslavia and the United States. A former world No. 1, she won nine Grand Slam ... 4 games to 1 in the final set. Seles won the match 6–4 in the third set. She retired with a 63–100 singles record. WTA finals Singles (0–2) Doubles (0–1) ITF finals Singles (1–1) Doubles (1–1) References External links * * Japanese female tennis players 1968 births Living people People from Ebina, Kanagawa Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Wood
Clare Jacqueline Wood (born 8 March 1968) is a former British number 1 tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in singles (achieved 2 May 1994) and No. 59 in doubles (achieved 21 October 1996). Wood won one ITF singles title and six in doubles as well as won a WTA doubles title at the 1992 Wellington Classic, having been the runner-up the previous year. At the time of her retirement, she had a 212–223 singles win–loss record with notable wins over Jo Durie and Mary Pierce. After her retirement from professional competition, Wood became a tennis officiator. From 1999 until 2002, she was a tournament supervisor on the WTA Tour, and from 2002 onward, she was an assistant referee at Wimbledon where she was responsible for the qualifying and junior events. In 2004, she was an assistant referee at the 2004 Olympic tennis event, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |