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2005 Australian Open – Girls' Doubles
Victoria Azarenka and Marina Erakovic won the title by defeating Nikola Fraňková and Ágnes Szávay 6–0, 6–2 in the final. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half SourcesDraw {{DEFAULTSORT:2005 Australian Open - Girls' Doubles 2005 Australian Open, Girls' Doubles Australian Open (tennis) by year – Girls' doubles, 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Azarenka
Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former world No. 1 in singles, having claimed the top ranking for the first time on 30 January 2012. She was the year-end No. 1 in 2012 and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 51 weeks. Azarenka has won 21 WTA singles titles, including two Grand Slam singles titles at the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open, becoming the first Belarusian player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam tournament singles title. Azarenka is also a three-time major finalist at the US Open, finishing runner-up to Serena Williams in both 2012 and 2013 and to Naomi Osaka in 2020. In singles she also won six Premier Mandatory tournaments (including the Sunshine Double in 2016), four Premier 5 tournaments, and the singles bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Lukaszewicz
Olivia Lukaszewicz (born 15 September 1988) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Lukaszewicz was born in Adelaide to Polish immigrant parents. She attended the Australian Institute of Sport on a scholarship and had a top 40 ranking in a promising junior career. A right-handed player, Lukaszewicz received a wildcard into the singles main draw of the 2004 Australian Open, at the age of 15. She was ranked barely in the world's top 1000 at the time and was drawn up against the top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first-round. The match, played on Rod Laver Arena, was over in 45 minutes, with the world number one winning 6–0, 6–0. She also exited in the opening round of the junior competition by the same scoreline, beaten by Shahar Pe'er. Henin-Hardenne's coach Carlos Rodríguez later criticised Australian Open officials for mismatch, questioning whether a wildcard should have been granted. In addition to her Australian Open appearance in 2004, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Brycki
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Nicole Thyssen
Nicole Thyssen ( nl, Thijssen; born 5 June 1988) is a Dutch retired tennis player. In her career, Thyssen won five singles titles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 219 in September 2008. Her career-high ranking in doubles is 153, reached in October 2008. Thyssen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2008 Rosmalen Open, in the doubles event partnering Arantxa Rus Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch tennis player. In 2008, she won the girl's singles title at the 2008 Australian Open – Girls' singles, Australian Open, defeating Jessica Moore (tennis), Jessica Moore from Australia in the final .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 23 (18 titles, 5 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thyssen, Nicole 1988 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Sportspeople from Delft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbora Hodinarova
Barbora (; ) is a Czech and Slovak female given name. It was derived from the Greek word ''barbaros'' ( el, βαρβαρος) meaning "foreign", a variant of " Barbara". It is the 36th most popular given name in the Czech Republic (as of 2007). Notable people with the name include: *Barbora Bobuľová (born 1974), Slovak actress *Barbora Bukovská, Czech-Slovak human rights attorney *Barbora Dibelková (born 1983), Czech race walker *Barbora Kodetová (born 1970),Czech actress * Barbora Krejčíková (born 1995), Czech Tennis Player. * Barbora Seemanová (born 2000), Czech Swimmer *Barbora Silná (born 1989), Czech-Austrian ice dancer *Barbora Špotáková (born 1981), Czech javelin thrower *Barbora Štefková (born 1995), Czech tennis player *Barbora Strýcová (born 1986), Czech tennis player See also *Barbara (given name) *Varvara (other) Varvara (Cyrillic: Варвара; el, Βαρβάρα, ''Varvára''), a variant of " Barbara", may refer to: Places * Varvara, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Menna
Stella Menna (born 18 February 1988) is an Italian former professional tennis player and an Italian food blogger known as UnaStellaInCucina. Menna, a right-handed player from Rome, featured in the junior draws at the 2005 Australian Open. On the professional tour, Menna reached a career-high singles ranking of 336. In 2007 she made her 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 tou ... main draw debut in the women's doubles of the 2007 Rome Masters and featured in her only other main draw a week later at the 2007 İstanbul Cup, also in doubles. ITF finals Singles: 5 (1–4) Doubles: 3 (1–2) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Menna, Stella 1988 births Living people Italian female tennis players Tennis players from Rome 21st-century Italian wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Kobak
Elizabeth Kobak (born June 3, 1988) is an American former professional tennis player. Kobak grew up on Long Island, as the youngest of two children. She was the USTA Girls' 16s national hardcourt champion in 2003 and made a WTA Tour main draw appearance at the Forest Hills Tennis Classic in 2004, losing her first round match to fourth-seed Iveta Benešová Iveta Benešová () (formerly Melzer, cs, Melzerová; born 1 February 1983) is a Czech former tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of seven and turned professional in 1998. She won two WTA Tour singles and 14 doubles tournaments, and .... Her career best rankings were 570 in singles and 665 in doubles. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kobak, Elizabeth 1988 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from New York (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Price (tennis)
Megan E. Price is Executive Director of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group. She collects and analyses data to investigate violations to human rights. Early life and education Price studied statistics at Case Western Reserve University. She earned a PhD in biostatistics from the Rollins School of Public Health in 2009. She completed a Certificate in Human Rights at Emory University. As soon as she graduated she began working with the Human Rights Data Analysis Group. Career Price has worked on strategies for the statistical analysis of human rights data in Colombia, Syria and Guatemala. Whilst in Guatemala, Price analysed documents from the National Police Archives. In Syria she was commissioned by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to act as lead statistician on two reports. She is a Research Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University in the Centre for Human Rights Science. She was made Director of Research at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Healy
Bridget is an Irish female name derived from the Gaelic noun ''brígh'', meaning "power, strength, vigor, virtue". An alternate meaning of the name is "exalted one". Its popularity, especially in Ireland, is largely related to the popularity of Saint Brigid of Kildare, who was so popular in Ireland she was known as "Mary of the Gael". This saint took on many of the characteristics of the early Celtic goddess Brigid, who was the goddess of agriculture and healing and possibly also of poetry and fire. One of her epithets was "Brigid of the Holy Fire".Todd (1998), p. 23 In German and Scandinavian countries, the popularity of the name spread due to Saint Bridget of Sweden. In the Irish language, the name is spelled ''Brighid'' or ''Bríd'' and is pronounced "breed" or "breej". In the Scottish Gaelic language, the name is spelled ''Brìghde'' and is pronounced "breej-eh" At one time the name was so popular for Irish girls that Bridey was used as a slang term for an Irish girl in Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Kosminskaya
Ekaterina Kosminskaya ( rus, Екатерина Косминская; born 24 June 1988) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. Early life Ekaterina was born to Petr and Irina Kosminskaya on 24 June 1988 in Moscow, Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin received a scholarship for tennis from her foundation. Ekaterina Kosminskaya At age five or six she was sent by her parents to the Luzhniki per the attending the sports club there, coached by her Irina Granaturova. Career Kosminskaya had a successful junior career, Her career-high world doubles ranking as a junior was world No. 10. In 2003 Kosminskaya won a prestigious tournament for juniors Orange Bowl partnering Marina Erakovic (Grade A). She has won 1 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She decided to follow the college route and was part of the Penn Quakers The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Glatch
Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions and the Dunlop Orange Bowl, Orange Bowl in the Girls-16s division in 2004. She achieved a world junior ranking of No. 5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US Open (tennis), 2005 US Open finals in both singles and doubles. She lost the singles final to junior, and future senior world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka. She represented the United States in numerous international competitions including Junior Fed Cup. Professional career Glatch turned professional in 2005 and in that year reached the semifinals of the 2005 Forest Hills Tennis Classic – Singles, Forest Hills Tennis Classic and the second round of the 2005 US Open – Women's singles, US Open. She was in an accident in November 2005; her injuries included a broken right wrist and left elbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Sema
Retrieved 3 July 2010. is a Japanese professional player. She is the younger sister of who retired from professional tennis in November 2015. Her coach is Shunsuke Ogata. Her mother is Japanese and her father is French. Sema, who is playing on the WTA Tour
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