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1994 Virginia Slims Of Florida – Singles
Steffi Graf was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round. # Steffi Graf (champion) # Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(final)'' # Gabriela Sabatini ''(quarterfinals)'' # Amanda Coetzer ''(third round)'' # Helena Suková ''(semifinals)'' # Judith Wiesner ''(third round)'' # Sabine Hack ''(quarterfinals)'' # Lori McNeil ''(third round)'' # Natalia Medvedeva ''(quarterfinals)'' # n/a # Yayuk Basuki ''(second round)'' # Julie Halard ''(third round)'' # Brenda Schultz ''(third round)'' # Chanda Rubin ''(semifinals)'' # Miriam Oremans ''(second round)'' # Stephanie Rottier ''(quarterfinals)'' # Florencia Labat María Florencia Labat (born 12 June 1971) is an Argentinian former professional female tennis player. She joined the WTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, the second-most since the start of the Open Era in 1968 and the third-most of all-time. In 1988, Graf became the first tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four major singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. Furthermore, she is the only tennis player, male or female, to have won each major tournament at least four times. Graf was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a record 377 total weeks: the longest period for which any player, female or male, has held a singles number-one ranking since the WTA and the Association of Tennis Professionals, respectively, began issuing rankings. She won 107 singles titles, ranking her third on the WTA's all-time list af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Rottier
Stephanie Rottier (born 22 January 1974) is a former professional Dutch tennis player. Results Rottier reached the second round of the 1994 French Open. She reached the final of the WTA singles tournament in Tokyo in 1993, losing to Kimiko Date in straight sets. She reached the final of the WTA doubles tournament in Beijing in 1995 partnering Wang Shi-ting, and losing to Claudia Porwik and Linda Wild, also in straight sets. Federation Cup Rottier played three Federation Cup singles matches for the Netherlands in 1993, winning against Maja Murić of Croatia 6–2, 6–0 and against Oksana Bushevitsa of Latvia 6–4, 6–2, before losing to Conchita Martínez of Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ... in two sets. WTA career finals Singles: (1 runner-up) Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Savoldi
Elena Savoldi (born 11 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Biography Savoldi, who comes from Brescia, began her career on the ITF circuit in 1990. At the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens she won a silver medal in the women's doubles event, partnering Francesca Romano. She reached a career high singles ranking of 134 on the professional tour, with her best WTA Tour performances including a third round appearance at the 1993 Italian Open and a win over Miriam Oremans to make the round of 16 at Taranto Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label= Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important com ... in 1994. On the ITF circuit she won six singles titles. It was as a doubles player that she made her only grand slam main draw appearance, at the 1994 US Open with partner Susanna Attili. ITF final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Arendt
Nicole J. Arendt (born August 26, 1969) is an American retired professional tennis player. Arendt won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest singles ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she was ranked 49th in the world. Arendt reached her career-high doubles ranking of No. 3 in the world on August 25, 1997. Arendt was born in Somerville, New Jersey. She attended the Hun School of Princeton for her high school education. Arendt received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1988 to 1991. She was a key member of the Gators' NCAA national championship runners-up teams in 1988 and 1990, and received eight All-American honors during her college career. She turned professional in 1991. Arendt's best Grand Slam doubles result was reaching the finals of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christína Papadáki
Christína Papadáki ( el, Χριστίνα Παπαδάκη) (born 24 February 1973) is a former tennis player from Greece who turned professional in 1989. Her biggest career achievement was reaching the final of the Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar tournament in 1999, losing to Fabiola Zuluaga and winning the doubles title with Seda Noorlander in the same tournament. Papadaki reached her career-high ranking of world No. 72 in May 1999. She played in the Fed Cup for Greece every year from 1991 to 1999, and compiled a 30–30 win–loss record in these ties. Papadáki twice represented Greece at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ..., in 1992 and 1996. She retired from professional tennis in 1999. WTA career finals Singles: 1 runner-up Doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Steven
Julie Spalding-Steven (born April 24, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Tennis career Steven grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and had a successful career in junior tennis, culminating in a US Open title. She had a win over Lindsay Davenport at the 1991 US Open, then lost to the same player in the girls' singles final the following year. At the 1992 Wimbledon Championships, she was runner-up in the girls' doubles, partnering Pam Nelson. Her US Open title came in 1993, with Nicole London in the girls' doubles and she also made the singles semifinals that year. As a professional player, she reached a best singles ranking of 173 in the world and made three US Open appearances as a singles wildcard. In addition to the US Open, she also played in the women's doubles main draws at Wimbledon and the Australian Open. In 1993, she was a member of the Wichita Advantage team which won the World TeamTennis World TeamTennis (WTT) is a mixed-gender professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Stafford
Shaun Stafford Beckish (born December 13, 1968), née Shaun Stafford, is an American former college and professional tennis player who played on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour from 1989 to 1996. As a collegiate tennis player, Stafford won the 1988 NCAA national singles championship while playing for the University of Florida. She won two WTA tournaments in her professional career, one in singles and the other in doubles. Early years Stafford was born in Ocala, Florida, but moved to Gainesville, Florida with her family when she was 11 years old. She graduated from Buchholz High School in Gainesville, where she played for the Buchholz Bobcats high school tennis team. As a junior in 1985, she was the high school state singles champion.Bobb Pulley, Shaun Stafford: On the court, she's in her own league" ''The Gainesville Sun'', p. 4B (April 1, 1986). Retrieved March 13, 2012. As a senior in 1986, Stafford won the Florida Class 4A state singles championship again, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larissa Schaerer
Larissa Schaerer (born 15 April 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Paraguay. Biography A right-handed player, Schaerer was born in Asuncion and began playing tennis aged eight. She was a member of the Paraguayan team that finished runner-up to Germany at the 1991 World Youth Cup, during which she was unbeaten in singles play. While still a junior, she started her Fed Cup career for Paraguay, first appearing at the age of 16, including in a World Group tie against the Soviet Union. At the 1992 US Open, she reached the semifinals of the girls' singles. Schaerer represented Paraguay at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She competed in the women's doubles tournament with Rossana de los Ríos as her partner. The pair lost to the French pairing of Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat in the opening round. On the WTA Tour, her best performances came on the clay courts of the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, where she was a semifinalist in 1998 and quarterfinalist in 1999. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarína Studeníková
Katarína Studeníková (born 2 September 1972) is a former professional Slovak tennis player. Her highest singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is 31st, which she reached on 23 December 1996. Her career-high in doubles was at 62, set on 13 November 1995. Studeníková defeated Monica Seles in Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ... in the year 1996. ITF finals Singles (7–2) Doubles (2–9) External links * * * 1972 births Living people Slovak female tennis players Tennis players from Bratislava Czechoslovak female tennis players 20th-century Slovak women {{Slovakia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Jaggard-Lai
Michelle Jaggard-Lai (born 6 May 1969) is a retired tennis player from Australia. She turned professional in 1984. In her career, Jaggard-Lai won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also reached the quarterfinals of the 1992 Australian Open, partnering Kimiko Date. In singles, she reached round three of the 1989 Australian Open. She reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 42 in February 1991 and a best singles ranking of No. 83 in May 1993. Jaggard-Lai was a member of the Australia Fed Cup team that lost in the final of the 1993 Federation Cup. She played in the singles main draw at the Australian Open eight times, the French Open six times, Wimbledon four times & the US Open once. In doubles, she played in the main draw at the Australian Open seven times, the French Open & Wimbledon nine times, and the US Open six times. She married ex-professional soccer player Gershwin Lai from the Netherlands, in February or March 1992. Jaggard-Lai retired from the tour at t ... [...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] |
Elena Likhovtseva
Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva (russian: Елена Александровна Лиховцева ; born 8 September 1975) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992, at the age of 16. Together with Mahesh Bhupathi she won the Wimbledon mixed-doubles championship in 2002, and the Australian Open mixed-doubles championship with Daniel Nestor in 2007. She also was runner-up in a number of other contests, including the Australian Open women's doubles event in 2004, French Open women's doubles in 2004 and mixed doubles in 2003, and the 2000 and 2004 US Open women's doubles. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the first round of the women's doubles competition with partner Svetlana Kuznetsova, but was defeated in the second. Grand Slam finals Women's doubles: 4 (0–4) Mixed doubles: 5 (2–3) WTA career finals Singles: 8 (3–5) Doubles: 56 (27–29) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2–2) Doubles: 9 (6–3) Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
