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1996 Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo – Singles
Irina Spîrlea was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Stephanie Devillé. Barbara Schett won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Sabine Hack. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. # Irina Spîrlea ''(second round)'' # Sabine Hack ''(final)'' # Silvia Farina ''(semifinals)'' # Barbara Schett (champion) # Florencia Labat ''(second round)'' # Barbara Rittner ''(first round)'' # Gala León García ''(first round)'' # Henrieta Nagyová Henrieta Nagyová (born 15 December 1978) is a former tennis player from Slovakia. She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as No. 21 in the world (17 September 2001). She won nine singles tournaments and four doubles tournam ... ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw External links 1996 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Singles Internazionali Femminili di Palermo 1996 WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Spîrlea
Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she became No. 7 in the world. She retired in 2000. Personal life Spîrlea married Massimiliano Pace, her former coach, in 2001, and has a son, Tommaso, born in 2002, as well as a younger daughter, Francesca. Career Irina Spîrlea is one of the more successful tennis players from Romania, being one of only three women to have reached the top 10 (the others being Virginia Ruzici and Simona Halep.) Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was a semifinal at the US Open in 1997. She won the WTA Newcomer of the Year award in 1994. In 1996, Spîrlea became the first player in the history of the Women's Tennis Association to receive a match default for conduct when she swore at an official in Italian during a match played in Palermo, Italy. Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Dopfer
Sandra Heim-Dopfer (born 25 May 1970 in Lustenau as Sandra Dopfer) is a former Austrian tennis player. Heim-Dopfer won six singles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 29 August 1994, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 70. On 19 July 1993, she peaked at world number 102 in the doubles rankings. Heim-Dopfer made one appearance for the Austria Fed Cup team The Austria Billie Jean King Cup team represents Austria in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Osterreichischer Tennisverband. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Group I. History Austria competed in its first Fed Cup i ... in July 1993. Her best Grand Slam result was in 1996, making the third round of that year's US Open. After her tennis career, Sandra Heim-Dopfer worked for the charitable organisation Caritas Vorarlberg. In 2004, she married Michael Heim, an Austrian architect. They have two children. During her career, Sandra Heim-Dopfer had learned about various heal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Serra Zanetti
Adriana Serra Zanetti (born 5 March 1976; ) is a retired Italian tennis player. On 11 February 2002, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 38. On 17 June 2002, she peaked at No. 69 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won three WTA doubles titles, as well as one singles titles ITF. Serra Zanetti reached one Grand Slam quarterfinal in singles, at the 2002 Australian Open. Adriana Serra Zanetti was born Modena, and her younger sister Antonella Antonella is a Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish given name that is a diminutive form of Antonia and the feminine form of Antonello used in various regions of the United States, throughout Mexico, Central America, Spanish speaking ... who is also a tennis player. Adriana Serra Zanetti retired from the professional tour 2007. WTA finals Doubles (3–1) ITF Finals Singles (1–3) Doubles (0–4) References External links * * * 1976 births Living people Italian female tennis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inés Gorrochategui
Inés Gorrochategui (born 13 June 1973) is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 19 on October 17, 1994. Her best performance at a Grand Slam championship came when she got to the quarterfinals of the 1994 French Open, defeating Michelle Jaggard-Lai, Naoko Sawamatsu, Helena Suková and Iva Majoli before losing to Steffi Graf. Inés Gorrochategui represented her country regularly in the Fed Cup from 1990 to 1999, reaching the semi-finals in 1993 with Labat and Tarabini. Titles Doubles (7) *1991: São Paulo (with Mercedes Paz) *1992: Taranto (with Amanda Coetzer) *1993: Prague (with Patricia Tarabini) *1993: Budapest (with Caroline Vis) *1995: Amelia Island (with Amanda Coetzer) *1995: Berlin (with Amanda Coetzer) *1997: Warsaw (with Ruxandra Dragomir) Runner-ups Singles (3) *1991: Paris Clarins Open (lost to Conchita Martínez) *1994: Auckland (lost to Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen) *1999: Warsaw (lost to Cristina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Kleinová
Sandra Kleinová (born 8 May 1978) is a retired Czech tennis player. Born in Prague, Kleinová reached the Fed Cup final in Nagoya in 1995. She was part of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in 1997. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 41st, which she reached in 1998, and her career high in doubles was at 209, set on 12 June 2000. Kleinová was again part of the Czech Republic Fed Cup team in 2002. She defeated Elena Dementieva Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. ... in the first round of Wimbledon in 2004. WTA career finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ITF finals Singles (6–4) Doubles (4–2) External links * * 1978 births Living people Czech female tennis players Tennis players from Prague {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángeles Montolio
Ángeles Montolio (born 6 August 1975) is a former tennis player from Spain. Montolio reached a career high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto, Estoril, and Bol, as well as reaching the finals of Madrid and Palermo. Her best results in Grand Slam tournaments were appearances in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships in 2001, and of the US Open in 1999 and 2001. As a junior, she won the 1993 Orange Bowl The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Miami metropolitan area. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935, making it, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, the second-oldest bowl game ... for over-18s. WTA career finals Singles: 5 (3–2) ITF Circuit finals Singles (12–6) Doubles (1–3) Grand Slam singles performance timeline External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montolio, Angeles Spanish female tennis players Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Sánchez Lorenzo
María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo (born 7 November 1977) is a retired tennis player from Spain. Her highest WTA ranking has been world No. 33, a position she achieved in April 2004. She played two-handed on both sides, and her favourite surface was the hardcourt, unusual for a Spanish tennis player. At the 2005 French Open, Lorenzo defeated reigning champion Anastasia Myskina Anastasia Andreyevna Myskina ( rus, Анастасия Андреевна Мыскина ; born 8 July 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Myskina won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian woman to wi ... in three sets in the first round, which became the first time the reigning champ of the French Open lost in the first round. WTA career finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) Performance timeline ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (9–3) Doubles: 3 (1–2) Top 10 wins External links * * * {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radka Bobková
Radka Bobková (born 12 February 1973) is a former Czech professional tennis player. Bobková has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 47, achieved on 20 September 1993. She also has a best doubles ranking of 59, reached on 14 August 1995. She won two singles titles and two doubles titles on 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 .... Bobková retired from professional tennis 2001. WTA career finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (5–3) Doubles (5–6) External links * * Living people Czech female tennis players Tennis players from Prague 1973 births Czechoslovak female tennis players {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Morariu
Corina Maria Morariu (born January 26, 1978) is an American former professional tennis player. Morariu (pronounced: mo-RA-R'ju) was born in Detroit, Michigan and is of Romanian descent. She turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed-doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open with Ellis Ferreira. She reached the Australian Open women's doubles final with Davenport in 2005. She also reached the world No. 1 ranking in doubles in 2000. In 2001, Morariu was diagnosed with leukemia and began a program of chemotherapy. During this time, Jennifer Capriati dedicated her 2001 French Open victory to Morariu. She also received an inspirational letter from Lance Armstrong, a cancer survivor. After recovering from cancer, along with shoulder surgery, Morariu was largely restricted to doubles play. The WTA then created the Corina Comeback Award, which was presented to M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Salvi
Cristina Salvi (born 15 May 1970) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Born in Arezzo Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. ..., Salvi reached a career high ranking of 161 playing the professional tour. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a second round appearance at the 1992 Internazionali di Tennis San Marino. ITF finals Singles: 11 (5–6) Doubles: 21 (13–8) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salvi, Cristina 1970 births Living people Italian female tennis players Sportspeople from Arezzo 20th-century Italian women ... [...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] |
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor (born 13 November 1975) is a former professional tennis player from France. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 29, which she achieved on 1 November 1999. Pitkowski won her only career WTA Tour singles final in Budapest in the spring of 1999, where she beat Cristina Torrens Valero in the final. She was also the runner-up at the WTA tournament in Antwerp in the same year, where she lost to Justine Henin. She has won a total of ten singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit but never advanced beyond the third round of any Grand Slam event in singles competition. She represented France in the first round of the Fed Cup in 1998 as a rookie, and saved the defending champions from losing to Belgium by defeating Sabine Appelmans 4–6, 6–4, 6–1. Pitkowski married the French professional tennis player Olivier Malcor, who has served as a coach for Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (; born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |