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2001 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Jennifer Capriati defeated Martina Hingis in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2001 Australian Open. With the win, Capriati returned to the top 10 in rankings for the first time since 1993. Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but lost to Capritati in the semifinals, in a rematch of their semifinals the previous year. Seeds Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References 2001 Australian Open draw External links 2001 Australian Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Singles 2001 Australian Open 2001 WTA Tour 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she won three singles Grand Slam titles and was the gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Capriati set a number of youngest-ever records at the start of her career. She made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 13 years, 11 months, reaching the final of the hard-court tournament in Boca Raton, Florida. She reached the semifinals of the French Open in her debut and later became the youngest-ever player to reach the top 10, at age 14 years, 235 days, in October of that year. Following a first-round loss at the 1993 US Open, she took a 14-month break from competitive pro tennis. Her personal struggles during this time (including arrests for shoplifting and possession of marijuana) were well documented by the press. In 1998, Capriati won her first Grand Slam singles match in five years at Wimbledon. During the next two year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Frazier
Amy Frazier (born September 19, 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won eight singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour. On February 27, 1995 she achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 13, while on March 29, 1993 she achieved a career-high doubles ranking of No. 24. Biography Active career Frazier made her first appearance in four tour qualifying events in 1986 and debuted in the main draw in 1987, including at the 1987 US Open, where she lost to Catarina Lindqvist in the first round. She was an active player until the 2006 US Open, in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance (a record among active players). She also appeared in 18 Australian Open, 18 Wimbledon, and 15 French Open tournaments for an all-time record of 71 Grand Slam appearances, until compatriot Venus Williams surpassed this record at the 2016 US Open. She qualified two times for year end WTA Tour Championships, first time in 1992 and then in 2000. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Grande
Rita Grande (born 23 March 1975) is a former tennis player from Italy. During her career, Grande won three singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won one singles title and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 5 November 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 24. On 28 May 2001, she peaked at No. 26 in the doubles rankings. She played the round of 16 in singles at least once in each of the Grand Slam championships, including twice consecutively at the Australian Open, in 2001 and 2002. Following a bad elbow injury that kept her away from competition for about ten months, Rita Grande retired from professional sport in October 2005. WTA career finals Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 3 (1–2) Doubles: 4 (3–1) Best Grand Slam results details Singles Doubles Head-to-head records * Lindsay Davenport 0-2 * Martina Hingis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gala León García
Gala León García (born 23 December 1973) 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 Spain. On 21 September 2014, she was announced as the new Davis Cup captain for the Spanish national men's tennis team. WTA career finals Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 11 (6–5) Doubles: 8 (2–6) Grand Slam singles performance timeline External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leon Garcia, Gala 1973 births Living people Tennis players from Madrid Spanish female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978) Weltwoche, 14. September 2011 is a Swiss retired player. A former top 10 player in singles, she twice defeated a reigning world No. 1 player in her career: at the 1998 (by retirement) and |
Evie Dominikovic
Evie Dominikovic ( hr, Evie Dominiković, ; born 29 May 1980) is a retired Australian tennis player. Her younger sister (by seven years) is the fellow former tennis player Daniella Dominikovic (later Daniella Jeflea). Evie Dominikovic also has a child. She turned professional in 1997. Her best Grand Slam performance came at the 2001 Australian Open and at the 2002 French Open where she reached the third round. Her best singles ranking was 64, achieved in September 2001. Dominikovic also played women's doubles; her best doubles ranking was 52, reached in August 2002. In her career, she won one doubles title 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 ..., as well as 12 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. WTA career finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 ... [...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] |
Holly Parkinson
Holly Parkinson-Hasler (born February 10, 1979) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Parkinson is originally from Bethesda, Maryland, the second oldest of seven children. Her father is an orthopedic surgeon and gulf war veteran. She began playing tennis at the age of eight and went to school at Westfield HS in Houston. Raised as a Mormon, she attended Brigham Young University in Utah. A right-handed player, Parkinson won six ITF circuit singles titles between 1997 and 1999, then began competing in the main draw of WTA Tour events. Her best performance came at the Advanta Championships of Philadelphia in 2000 where she made the quarter-finals as a lucky loser. After beating Kristina Brandi in the first round, she received a walkover against Chanda Rubin, before being eliminated by third seed Conchita Martínez. She featured in the main draw of all four grand slam events during her career. After falling in the final round of qualifying at the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) is a former French professional tennis player. She won two WTA Tour singles titles, both of them in 2007. Razzano reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 16 on 14 September 2009. She represented France in the Fed Cup from 2001 to 2014; her overall Fed Cup win–loss record is 16–9 (singles 10–5, doubles 6–4). Career 2005 She was chosen by Georges Goven to play in the Fed Cup first round when Tatiana Golovin had an injury and when Marion Bartoli and Émilie Loit were suspended. However, she was replaced by Séverine Brémond Beltrame because of injury in the quarterfinals. 2006–2007 On 31 August 2006, Razzano upset eighth seed Martina Hingis in the second round of the US Open. On 2 January 2007, she defeated former world No. 5 Daniela Hantuchová in two sets in the second round at the ASB Classic tournament in Auckland. In the first round at Wimbledon, she was upset by unseeded Yvonne Meusburger. At Forest Hills, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Panova
Tatiana Urayevna Panova (born 13 August 1976, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet UnionMeet the Aces '' St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', July 6, 2004 ("Born Aug 13 1976 in Moscow.")) is a former Russian tennis player. On 23 September 2002, she reached her career-high singles ranking, when she peaked at world No. 20. Career 2002 was the first year that Panova really jumped into the spotlight, reaching finals in Auckland and Sarasota early in the season. That year she also reached quarterfinals of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iroda Tulyaganova
Iroda Tulyaganova ( uz, Ирода Тўлаганов, translit=Iroda To'laganova; born 7 January 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Uzbekistan. Tulyaganova has career-high WTA rankings of 16 in singles (reached in June 2002) and 28 in doubles (September 2002). She won three singles titles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Tulyaganova retired from professional tennis in 2010. Career She returned to the main tour in 2006 after a long injury absence, and in Kolkata in September 2006, she reached the semifinals as a qualifier, leaping more than 120 places in the rankings to No. 222 after her success. The following week, she reached the final of her home event in Tashkent, beating a string of players including top 60-ranked Olga Poutchkova. She also won the women's singles gold medal in the 2002 Asian Games in Busan by defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn Tamarine Tanasugarn ( th, แทมมารีน ธนสุกาญจน์, , ; born 24 May 1977) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Kremer
Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. Anne won two singles titles on the WTA Tour. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18. Anne completed her schooling at the Athénée de Luxembourg and subsequently studied English and history at Stanford University in California. Kremer is a member of the Democratic and Liberal Youth in Luxembourg, and has entered politics. She ran for the Democratic Party in the 2009 election to the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg. Running in Centre, she finished 15th on the DP list, and was thus not elected. Biography Kremer was born in 1975 to father Jean (an engineer), and mother Ginette (a physical education teacher). Early in her career, Kremer was coached by her younger brother, Gilles. Later, she was coached by Stephane Vix. Kremer is a baseliner right-handed player with a strong backhand and a preference for grass and hard pack playing surfaces. Beside Luxembourgish, Kremer is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
