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2006 PTT Bangkok Open
The 2006 PTT Bangkok Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the PTT Bangkok Open and was part of the WTA Tier III tournaments on the 2006 WTA Tour. It took place at the Rama Gardens Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 October through 15 October 2006. Unseeded Vania King won the singles title. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of October 2, 2006 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Nudnida Luangnam * Tamarine Tanasugarn * Suchanun Viratprasert Suchanun Viratprasert ( th, สุชานัน วิรัชประเสริฐ; born 1 January 1983) is a Thai former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is 172, which she reached in August 2004. Her career-hi ... The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Mariana Díaz Oliva * Hsieh Su-wei * Yan Zi * Yuan Meng The following players rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalina Castaño
Catalina Castaño Álvarez (; born 7 July 1979) is a retired Colombian professional tennis player. Her highest singles ranking of 35 she achieved in 2006. In her career, she won ten titles on the ITF Circuit, six in singles, as well as one doubles title on tournaments of the WTA Tour and the WTA 125K series, respectively. Castaño defeated top-20 players such as Nicole Vaidišová, Anna-Lena Grönefeld, Patty Schnyder, Paola Suárez, Li Na and Lucie Šafářová. She was coached by Peruvian-born British citizen Pablo Giacopelli since 2004. Career summary 1999–2004 In 1999 she won her first ITF title in Santiago. The following year she won two ITF titles in Midlothian and Cali. In 2001, she reached the quarterfinals in her home tournament of Bogotá, Colombia (Tier III). In 2002, Castaño advanced the semifinals in Bogotá. She reached four ITF finals, winning two of them - in Gorizia and Campobasso. She won 39 matches in the year and lost 18. In 2004, she reached the qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Laine
Emma Johanna Laine (born 26 March 1986) is a former tennis player from Finland. Laine won 11 singles and 44 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 August 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 30 October 2006, she peaked at No. 64 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Finland Fed Cup team, Laine has a win–loss record of 56–21. Biography Emma's mother Erika was a swimmer, while her father Erkki Laine was an ice hockey player, winning a silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts .... Emma was born in Sweden because Erkki was playing there at the time. He died in 2009. Emma was introduced to tennis at age five by her parents. She is a baseliner who prefers hardcourts. She is coached by Olli Leppänen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Tiantian
Sun Tiantian (; ; born 12 October 1981) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles along with her partner Li Ting. Sun reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in March 2007, winning her only WTA Tour singles title at the 2006 Tashkent Open, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 16 in October 2007, winning eleven WTA titles and reaching the quarterfinals of three Grand Slam women's doubles tournaments, and winning the mixed doubles event at the 2008 Australian Open alongside Nenad Zimonjić. Career In September 2000, Sun won two successive $10k singles titles, a feat she would repeat in June 2001, when she won another two back-to-back. In 2002, she found repeat success at the next level up, winning two $25k tournaments: firstly in April, at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (beating countrywoman Zheng Jie in the semifinal and Korean Jeon Mi-ra in the final); and then in August at Beijing (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Ting (tennis, Born 1980)
Li Ting (; born 5 January 1980) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles alongside Sun Tiantian. Education She graduated from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2002. Career As a doubles player, Li has enjoyed great success, winning 26 ITF titles and a further seven WTA titles by March 2006. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating Spain to win a gold medal in the women's tennis doubles along with her partner Sun Tiantian. As a singles player, Li enjoyed limited success in ITF events until June 2000, when she qualified for a WTA tournament at Tashkent, then defeated Alina Jidkova of Russia in the first round of the main draw, before bowing out in Round Two. As a wildcard entrant to the WTA event at Shanghai that September, she lost in three sets to Tara Snyder in the first round. Without further success for the rest of the year, she ended world-ranked 325, beating h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Takao
is a retired Japanese tennis player. On 6 November 2006, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 128. On 31 October 2011, she also reached her highest doubles ranking of No. 270. In 2013, after Japanese national championships, and after ten years playing on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental ..., Takao announced her retirement. ITF Circuit finals Singles (4–11) Doubles (2–4) External links * * 1987 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryōko Fuda
(born 25 October 1986) is a retired Japanese tennis player. She turned professional in December 2003. Biography Fuda began playing at age five and was introduced to the sport by her father, Koji, a business owner, and mother, Atsuko. She speaks both Japanese and English and her favorite playing surface is hardcourt. She was coached by Masahide Sakamoto. Ryoko plays using her right hand. According to the WTA, she was introduced to tennis by playing on neighborhood courts. In her career, Fuda won four singles titles and seven doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. ITF finals Singles: 6 (4–2) Doubles: 15 (7–8) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuda, Ryoko 1986 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Sportspeople from Kobe Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Meng
Yuan Meng (born 9 May 1986) () is a former Chinese professional tennis player. Yuan has won four singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Career 2001–2004 Yuan began competing on the ITF Circuit at age 15 in May 2001. However, that year she lost in the first round of qualifying in all four events she entered, and ended the year still unranked. In 2002, she won seven matches in qualifying and one in a main draw, and finished the year ranked 984th. The following year, she won 11 matches in qualifying and five in main draws, and after reaching the final qualifying round for a $50k event at Shenzhen she finished the year world-ranked nearly 300 places higher, at 689th. In March 2004, she reached the final of a $10k grass-court event at Yarrawonga, Australia, only to default to her last opponent. In early June, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she reached the semifinal of a $25,000 event at Wulanhaote, before losing to more experienced co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Zi (tennis)
Yan Zi (; born 12 November 1984) is a retired mainland Chinese-Hong Kong tennis player. Career summary In 2005, at the age of 20, Yan Zi won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Guangzhou International Open. In singles, she first reached the world top 100 in January 2006, achieving a then career-high of world No. 72 that March before failing to defend her breakthrough run of results the previous year and dropping back outside the top 100 that October. Her ranking had slumped to 262 by February 2007 after a year of disappointing results, but her results then picked up again over the rest of 2007; and she regained the top 100 for the first time in ten months after a spectacular run at the Tier I Canada Masters in August, reaching the semifinals before finally being defeated by world No. 1, Justine Henin, in straight sets. In doubles, her highest ranking is No. 4; she won two Grand Slam titles, partnering with Zheng Jie. While she has been good at doubles, her singles performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsieh Su-wei
Hsieh Su-wei ( ;''Xiè 謝淑薇Shūwēi'' in Chinese mainland. Taiwanese Mandarin: ; in Standard Mandarin of Chinese mainland. born 4 January 1986) is an inactive Taiwanese professional tennis player. She has won three singles titles and 30 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 doubles title, 27 singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, seven medals at the Asian Games (2 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze), 1 gold and bronze medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and has amassed over $10 million in prize money. On 25 February 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23, and on 12 May 2014, she reached world No. 1 in the doubles rankings for the first time; she has spent a total of 47 weeks with the top ranking, the longest tenure by a tennis player from the Far East. Hsieh is the highest-ranked Taiwanese player in history, in both singles and doubles. Known for playing with two hands on both sides, flat and quick groundstrokes, crafty gameplay, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariana Díaz Oliva
Mariana Díaz Oliva (born 11 March 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She played professionally from September 1992 until 12 October 2006. Her highest ranks were world No. 42 for singles and No. 93 for doubles, both achieved in 2001. At the 2001 Bol Open, she defeated Kim Clijsters to reach the final, where she lost to Ángeles Montolio. In 2002, she won the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo The Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, also known as the Palermo Ladies Open, is a women's tennis tournament in Palermo, Italy that is played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. The first two editions were part of the Satellite Circu .... In 2003, she also reached the Mexican Open singles final. WTA career finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 2 (runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 27 (16–11) Doubles: 23 (15–8) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz Oliva, Mariana 1976 births Living people Tennis players from Buenos Aires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suchanun Viratprasert
Suchanun Viratprasert ( th, สุชานัน วิรัชประเสริฐ; born 1 January 1983) is a Thai former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is 172, which she reached in August 2004. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 357, set on 9 February 2004. Career Viratprasert made her first appearance in 2010 and received a wild card to the PTT Pattaya Open, but lost to Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round, 1–6, 5–7. In her career, she won a total of nine singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Fed Cup Viratprasert was also a regular competitor for the Thailand Fed Cup team, helping the team join the World Group II in 2005 and 2006, after beating Australia and Croatia in their play-off matches. In 2004, she helped the Thailand team gain promotion to World Group II, defeated the No. 1 Australian player and world No. 41 in three sets, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1. In 2005, she beat the Croatian world No. 96, Sanda Mamić ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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