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1999 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Seeds # Alexandra Stevenson (qualified) # Elena Dementieva ''(qualifying competition, lucky loser)'' # Miriam Schnitzer ''(first round)'' # Nana Miyagi ''(second round)'' # Patricia Wartusch ''(first round)'' # Anna Földényi (qualified) # Anca Barna ''(first round)'' # Tathiana Garbin ''(second round)'' # Elena Makarova ''(second round)'' # Surina de Beer ''(second round)'' # Tina Pisnik ''(first round)'' # Florencia Labat ''(first round)'' # Seda Noorlander (qualified) # Jelena Dokic (qualified) # Nadia Petrova (qualified) # Adriana Gerši ''(first round)'' Qualifiers # Alexandra Stevenson # Erika deLone # Kim Clijsters # Jelena Dokic # Linda Wild # Nadia Petrova # Anna Földényi # Seda Noorlander Lucky loser # Elena Dementieva Qualifying draw First qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts, with retractable roofs over the two main courts since 2019. Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open. Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass, the traditional tennis playing surface. Also, it is the only Grand Slam that retains a night-time curfew, though matches can now continue until 11.00 pm under the lights. The tournament traditionally takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, starting on the last Monday in June and culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Finals, scheduled for the Saturday and Sunday at the end of the second week. Five major events are held each year, with addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika DeLone
Erika deLone (born October 14, 1972) is an American retired tennis player who turned professional in 1992. She reached one WTA Tour singles final in her career, finishing runner-up to Åsa Svensson at the Wismilak International in 1999. In April 2000, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 65. DeLone won one WTA Tour doubles title in her career, winning the 2000 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, partnering Australian Nicole Pratt. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 45 in December 2000. In 2003, she retired from professional tennis. Her sister Amy Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amanda, Amelia, Amélie, or Amita. In French, the name is spelled ''"Aimée"''. People A–E * Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress * Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886– ... was a professional tennis player as well. WTA career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzie Jelfs
Elizabeth Coulson (née Jelfs; born 28 July 1976) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Tennis career Jelfs, who is originally from Banbury, won the girls' doubles title at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships. She and South African partner Nannie de Villiers defeated Corina Morariu and Ludmila Varmužová in the final. The same pair were also runner-up in the girls' doubles at the 1995 US Open. In 1995 she appeared in the main draw of three WTA Tour tournaments in the lead up to Wimbledon. She qualified as a lucky loser for the singles at the British Clay Court Championships, then received a wildcard into the doubles at Birmingham with Karen Cross, before winning her way through qualifying to play singles in Eastbourne. On the back of these performances, she was granted a wildcard spot into the 1995 Wimbledon Championships and was beaten in the first round by Christina Singer. Later in the year, she surpassed Clare Wood as Britain's top-ranked female player. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mashona Washington
Mashona Washington (born May 31, 1976) is a retired tennis player from the United States. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 50, achieved on November 8, 2004. On July 18, 2005, she peaked at No. 55 in the doubles rankings. Washington retired from professional tennis in 2012, aged 36. Biography Washington attended high school in Michigan, moved to Delray Beach, Florida in her sophomore year, graduating from Lake Worth Christian School, Boynton Beach, Florida in 1994, and moved to Houston, Texas, in 1997. She is the younger sister of Mashiska and of MaliVai Washington, who reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996. Tennis career As a junior player, Washington won the U.S. Indoor National 18s in 1992, and was a finalist at the U.S. National Hardcourt 16s and US Indoor National 16s in 1991. She turned professional in 1995. After a slow start to her professional career, Washington's breakthrough year came in 2004 when she broke into the world's top-100 for the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Federer
Miroslava "Mirka" Federer (born Miroslava Vavrincová on 1 April 1978, later Miroslava Vavrinec) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She is married to tennis player Roger Federer, having first met him at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She retired from professional tennis in 2002 due to a persistent foot injury. By the time she closed her career, she was a top-100 ranked player. Early life and tennis career Born in Bojnice (then Czechoslovakia), Miroslava emigrated to Switzerland when she was two years old. In 1987, when she was nine, her father took her to watch a tournament at Filderstadt in Germany. Mirka met Martina Navratilova, who thought she looked athletic and should try tennis. Navratilova later sent her a racquet and arranged for her first tennis lesson. In 2002, she teamed up with Roger Federer in the Hopman Cup. Her best Grand Slam performance was in 2001, when she reached the third round of the US Open. Monica Seles defeated her twice. However, a recurring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Sung-hee
Park Sung-hee (Hangul: 박성희; born 17 February 1975) is a former tennis player from South Korea. Career Park who turned professional in 1989 won seven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In her career, she reached four doubles finals on the WTA Tour but always ended runner-up. Her best Grand Slam performances came in doubles, reaching the round of 16 at the 1996 French Open, 1997 Australian Open, and the 1998 Australian Open, all partnering with Wang Shi-ting. She reached career-high rankings of No. 34 in doubles (in June 1998) and No. 57 in singles (in September 1995). Park played in nine years 34 ties for the South Korea Fed Cup team The South Korea Fed Cup team represents South Korea in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Korea Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I. History South Korea competed in its first Fed Cup i ..., with a 30–14 record overall and 24–12 in singles, all tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinobu Asagoe
is a Japanese former tennis player. She turned professional in 1997, and retired in 2006. Career 2000 was the first year in which she finished in the WTA top 100 (No. 72). At the US Open that year, she defeated Patty Schnyder, a top-50 player. She also reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal that year at the Princess Cup at Tokyo, defeating Ai Sugiyama and losing to Monica Seles. She also represented Japan at the Sydney Olympics. In 2003, she reached her first WTA singles final. In 2004, she reached her second career singles final in Hobart, as well as her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the US Open. In April 2005, Asagoe reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 21. In May of the following year, she reached her career-high doubles ranking (13th). Asagoe appeared in one WTA Tour final, in Auckland 2003, where she lost to Katarina Srebotnik in three sets. Asagoe held a 4–0 lead in the second set when Srebotnik took an injury timeout. From there, Strebotnik play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hila Rosen
Hila Rosen-Glickstein (born 5 September 1977) is a former professional 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 from Israel. Biography Rosen, who was born in Haifa, played in a total of 32 Fed Cup ties for Israel. She debuted in 1994 and had one of her career best wins in the 1997 Fed Cup when she beat Russia's Anna Kournikova. At the age of 20 she turned professional, reaching a top ranking of 138 in the world in 1999. She made the round of 16 at the 2000 Tashkent Open and was a regular in grand slam qualifying draws. In 2002 she made her final Fed Cup appearance, which was a World Group play-off against the United States. Admitted into the Israel Bar Association in 2006, Rosen is a partner at M. Firon & Co, a law firm in Tel Aviv. ITF Circuit final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Watson
Cindy Watson (born 24 March 1978) is a retired tennis player from Australia. Career statistics Her highest singles ranking is world No. 131, (achieved on 28 October 2002) and her highest doubles ranking is No. 108 (reached on 8 August 2005). Watson won 13 titles on the ITF Circuit in her career: seven in singles and six in doubles. Watson has taken part in many WTA Tour events. Biography Her biggest career highlight is reaching the third round of the 2002 Australian Open. She defeated María José Martínez Sánchez and Emmanuelle Gagliardi in the first and second rounds, respectively, before falling to fourth seed Kim Clijsters, 1–6, 2–6 in the third round. Watson played on two other Grand Slam tournaments- she fell in the first rounds of the 1999 Australian Open to Mary Pierce and of the 2005 Australian Open to Sania Mirza Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she has won six major titles – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruka Inoue
is a former professional tennis player from Japan. Biography Early life Inoue was born in Tokyo on 7 June 1977. A right-handed baseline player, she started tennis aged nine and was coached by her father Gou. Her younger sisters, Maiko and Akari, also played on the professional tennis circuit. She had her best year as a junior in 1995 when she was a girls' singles quarter-finalist at the Australian Open and semi-finalist at the Wimbledon Championships. Professional career In 1996 she graduated from high school and began competing on the professional tour. Her earliest success on the WTA Tour came at the Wismilak International in Surabaya, where he made the quarter-finals in both 1996 and 1997. She qualified for her first Grand Slam tournament at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships and was beaten by seventh seed 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 tournaments from 1995 to 2001. At the 1998 Australian Open, she was beaten by Amanda Coetzer in the third round, her best singles result at a Grand Slam Grand Slam most often refers to: * Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category te ... event. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF finals Singles (9–9) Doubles (14–5) References External links * * * Australian female tennis players Hopman Cup competitors Sportspeople from Canberra Tennis people from the Australian Capital Territory Living people 1978 births Sportswomen from the Australian Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber (née Horn; born 21 August 1976) is a South African-American retired tennis player who represented the United States internationally since August 2007. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On 12 November 2007, she became the co-world No. 1 in doubles with Cara Black. On 19 April 2010, Huber became the sole No. 1 for the first time in her career. Personal life At age 15, she moved from South Africa to the United States to attend the Van Der Meer Tennis Academy in Hilton Head, South Carolina in 1992. Huber has since resided in the U.S. and became a naturalized American citizen in July 2007. She married Tony Huber, an American, in February 2000. In 2005, she started a foundation, 'Liezel's Cause', to raise money and gather basic supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. She competed for the United States in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in doubles, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
