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1997 Croatian Bol Ladies Open – Singles
Gloria Pizzichini was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Sarah Pitkowski. 15-year-old Mirjana Lučić won in the final 7–5, 6–7, 7–6 against Corina Morariu. The tournament was Lučić's professional debut on the WTA Tour. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. # Amanda Coetzer ''(semifinals)'' # Dominique Van Roost ''(first round)'' # Henrieta Nagyová ''(first round)'' # Katarína Studeníková ''(quarterfinals)'' # Alexandra Fusai ''(second round)'' # Miriam Oremans ''(first round)'' # Gloria Pizzichini ''(second round)'' # Annabel Ellwood Annabel Ellwood (born 2 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She is the sister of former ATP Tour professional Ben Ellwood. Ellwood, a right-handed player, born in Canberra, competed at seven Australian Open ... ''(first round)'' Draw External links 1997 Croatian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjana Lučić
Mirjana (; ) is a Slavic feminine given name meaning ′''mir''′ ("peace, world, prestige, area, space"). The name is widespread throughout Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. Mirjana is possibly a form of Miriam and Maria. List of people with the given name Mirjana *Mirjana Bohanec (born 1939), Croatian opera singer and actress *Mirjana Boševska (born 1981), retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from Macedonia * Mirjana Božović (born 1987), beauty queen who represented Serbia in Miss World 2007 * Mirjana Đurica (born 1961), former Yugoslav/Serbian handball player * Mirjana Gross (1922–2012), Croatian historian * Mirjana Isaković (born 1936), Serbian sculptor *Mirjana Joković (born 1967), Serbian actress *Mirjana Karanović (born 1957), Serbian actress * Mirjana Kostić (born 1983), Serbian singer *Mirjana Lučić (born 1982), professional tennis player from Croatia *Mirjana Marić (born 1970), American-born Serbian chess player *M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Torrens Valero
Cristina Torrens Valero (born 12 September 1974) is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She won two singles and two doubles WTA titles. Cristina reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 27 on 4 March 2002. In 1993, Torrens Valero helped Spain recapture the Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan ... title. WTA career finals Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (6–6) Doubles: 9 (5–4) Grand Slam singles performance timeline External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Torrens Valero, Cristina 1974 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Sportspeople from Pamplona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Maruska
Marion Maruska (born 15 December 1972) is an Austrian former tennis player. She turned professional in 1992 and reached her career-high singles ranking on October 6, 1997, when she became the No. 50 of the world. 1997 was Maruska's best year on the WTA Tour, highlighted by her first (and only) WTA title and another tour final amid a wave of inconsistent results. As the world No. 154, she won her debut WTA title at the ASB Classic held in Auckland, New Zealand. En route, she beat Anke Huber for her first top-ten win. At Wimbledon, she won her first ever Grand Slam main-draw match when she beat Adriana Gersi, before falling to recently crowned French Open champion Iva Majoli. At the ECM Prague Open, she made her second tour final, but this time failed to walk away with the title. 1998 was a poor year for Maruska in comparison. She reached the second round of the French Open but had few other results and fell out of the top 100, subsequently never reaching her level of one year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Dopfer
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Petra Begerow
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Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Emmanuelle Gagliardi (born 9 July 1976) is a retired Swiss tennis player. She was coached by Marco Tarelli and her preferred surface was hardcourt. Gagliardi never won a WTA Tour singles title, but reached the semifinals of the 2002 Indian Wells Masters, losing to eventual champion Daniela Hantuchová, in three sets. She was a member of the Switzerland Fed Cup team that reached the final in 1998. She was also a member of the Swiss team for the 2008 Summer Olympics and played doubles with Patty Schnyder, reaching the second round. She has not been active on the WTA Tour ever since. In doubles, Gagliardi reached the semifinals of the 2003 Australian Open with Petra Mandula and won the 2004 China Open, a Premier tournament, with Dinara Safina Dinara Mubinovna Safina (; ; tt-Cyrl, Динара Мөбин кызы Сафина; born April 27, 1986) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. Safina was runner-up in singles at the 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvija Talaja
Silvija Talaja (born 14 January 1978) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. Talaja won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title on the ITF Circuit. On 29 May 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 18. In her career, Talaja defeated former world No. 1 players Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Jennifer Capriati and other top-ten players such as Conchita Martinez, Marion Bartoli, Nadia Petrova, Nathalie Tauziat, Anna Kournikova, Chanda Rubin, Barbara Schett and Irina Spîrlea. A powerful, fast baseline player, her best Grand Slam results were third-round appearances at Roland Garros (twice) and Wimbledon (once). She also won a gold medal at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in doubles. After 15 seasons on the tour (five of which she finished in the top 100), in 2006, Talaja married her long-time partner and retired from professional tennis. Career The early years Talaja debuted at the age of 13, representing Yugosl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denisa Chládková
Denisa Chládková (born 8 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Life and career Chládková did not win any WTA Tour titles, but she is probably best remembered for reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 1997 Wimbledon Championships, 1997, playing in only her third Grand Slam main draw. In the second round, she stunned Lindsay Davenport for the first top-ten win of her career, but eventually lost to the champion, Martina Hingis. Despite not winning any titles, she reached WTA Tour singles finals. The biggest of these was at the Tier-II event held in Hanover, Germany, where she lost to Serena Williams. She also finished runner-up at French Community Championships, Knokke-Heist, losing to María Sánchez Lorenzo and Nordea Nordic Light Open, Helsinki, losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova. On 16 June 2003, she ascended to her career-high ranking of No. 31 in the world. That same year she advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open, her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Palaversic
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Maja Murić
Maja Murić (born 27 February 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who is now active with several non-profit organizations. Tennis career During a professional tennis career that spanned 1990–2000, Muric played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. Together with Nadin Ercegović, Gorana Matić, and Maja Palaveršić she was a member of the original Croatian Fed Cup team in 1992. In 1993, Murić represented Croatia at the 1993 Mediterranean Games, where she claimed two gold medals, including one earned with doubles partner Silvija Talaja. With doubles partner Ingelise Driehuis, Murić reached the quarterfinals at 1994 Wimbledon Championships. Murić represented Croatia in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where she and partner Iva Majoli reached the second round before losing to the Spanish team of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Conchita Martínez, 6–2, 6–1. Murić competed in all of women's doubles Grand Slams from 1991 to 1999. Non-profit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Alcázar
Ana Alcázar (born 8 June 1979) is a former Spanish female tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. She has won six singles titles ITF career. On 8 June 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 119. On 16 February 1998, she peaked at world number 252 in the doubles rankings. ITF finals Singles finals (6–2) Doubles finals (0–2) External links * * 1979 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Spanish women {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |