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1996 Páginas Amarillas Open – Doubles
Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won in the final 7–6, 6–2 against Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals. # Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions) # Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs ''(quarterfinals)'' # Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans ''(final)'' # Amy Frazier / Kimberly Po Kimberly Po (born October 20, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. In her career, she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000, partnering Donald Johnson. She also was a runner-up at the US Open in women' ... ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw External links 1996 Páginas Amarillas Open Doubles Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1996 Paginas Amarillas Open - Doubles Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná (; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. Novotná won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998, and was runner-up in three other majors. Novotná also won 12 major women's doubles titles (completing a double career Grand Slam), four major mixed doubles titles, and three Olympic medals. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in 1997, and held the No. 1 ranking in doubles for 67 weeks. Career Jana Novotná turned professional in February 1987. In the early years of her career, she was known primarily for her success as a doubles player. In the early 1990s, Novotná began to have success in singles once four-time Grand Slam singles champion Hana Mandlíková became her coach. Mandlíková would coach her for nine years. Previously she had been coached by Mike Estep. 1990 At the 1990 French Open, Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valda Lake
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Barbara Schett
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Alicia Ortuño
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Katarzyna Nowak
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Cristina Torrens Valero
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Noelia Serra
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Joannette Kruger
Joannette Kruger (born 3 September 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Johannesburg, South Africa. Her career-high in singles is No. 21 in the world, a ranking she achieved on 4 May 1998. Kruger turned professional in 1989, but it was not until 1992 that she finally broke into the world's top 100. In 1995, she had her breakout season winning her first WTA Tour title in San Juan where she beat Kyoko Nagatsuka in the final. She also recorded her first two top ten wins over Anke Huber and Lindsay Davenport. After an injury-plagued 1996 season, she won her second career title in 1997 in Prague, Czech Republic by defeating Marion Maruska in the final. Other highlights included the quarterfinals of the Tier I in Rome, defeating Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Karina Habšudová en route, both top twenty players, and reaching the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time at the US Open, beating Barbara Paulus in the first round. She continued her success in 1998, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radka Bobková
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Elena Salvador
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María Sánchez Lorenzo
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