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2008 ITF Women's Circuit (July–September)
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour. In 2008, the ITF Women's Circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 up to $100,000. This article covers the ITF tour from the month of July until September. Schedule Key July August September See also *2008 ITF Women's Circuit (January–March) *2008 ITF Women's Circuit (April–June) The ITF Women's Circuit is the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 ... References External linksInternational Tennis Federation (ITF) official website {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Itf Women's Circuit (July-September) 2008 ITF Women's Circuit 07-09 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elora Dabija
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Elora may refer to: * Elora, Ontario, a community in Ontario, Canada * Elora, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States * Elora the Faun, a character in the ''Spyro the Dragon'' series video games * Elora Danan, a character in the 1988 film ''Willow'' * Elora Werkzeugfabrik GmbH, a German tool manufacturer. * Elora (given name) Elora is a feminine given name of uncertain origin. It has become better known as the name of a Elora Danan, child character in the 1988 fantasy film ''Willow (1988 film), Willow''. It might be a variant of the names ''Eliora'', a Hebrew language, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaela Pochabová
Michaela Pochabová (; born 17 October 1989) is a former professional Slovak tennis player. On 7 June 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 236 whilst her best doubles ranking is No. 265, achieved on 14 June 2010. ITF finals Singles: 7 (3–4) Doubles: 10 (5–5) References External links * * 1989 births Living people Slovak female tennis players 21st-century Slovak women {{Slovakia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Nooni
Hanna Nooni (born 9 March 1984) is a former Swedish tennis player. In her career, she won five ITF singles (Madrid, Vittel, Portschach, Båstad and Garching) and three ITF doubles titles. Career In 2006, Nooni had wrist surgery and returned to action in St Paul (February 2007). Her best surface is clay. She played doubles with Erica Krauth of Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ..., and the pair won two ITF titles (Charlottesville, Båstad). Hanna's career-high singles ranking is No. 152 (18 July 2005). On 13 July 2009, she peaked at No. 146 in the doubles rankings. Nooni played for the Sweden Fed Cup team from 2003 to 2005, playing eight singles matches, of which she won two, and six doubles matches, of which she also won two. ITF Circuit finals Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garching Bei München
Garching bei München (''Garching near Munich'') or Garching is a town in Bavaria, Germany, near Munich. It is the home of several research institutes and university departments on its Campus Garching, campus. It became a city on 14 September 1990. Location The town is at , near the river Isar and the A9 autobahn, Bundesautobahn 9. Garching has a number of scientific research institutes and scientific experiment facilities located in the city, including a linear accelerator and a research nuclear reactor. The nuclear research reactor, nicknamed ''Atomei'' (atomic egg) appears in the city's coat of arms, and started the process leading to an accumulation of research institutes. A number of roads and places in the city are named after scientists, mathematicians and technical innovators such as Carl von Linde, Rudolf Diesel, Albert Einstein, Leonhard Euler, Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck, Wilhelm Röntgen, and Erwin Schrödinger. Districts The town has four districts: * Garching * D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Niculescu
Gabriela Niculescu (born 7 June 1986) is a retired professional tennis player and former member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On July 4, 2005, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 376, and her best doubles ranking was 199 on February 20, 2006. In 2008 playing for the University of Southern California in doubles, teamed up with Amanda Fink, she won the 2008 Pac-10 Doubles Championship, won the ITA West Regional doubles title, and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation. She became a national platform tennis champion after retiring from professional tennis. She won titles in 2016, 2018 and 2019. Personal life She is the older sister of tennis player Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten doubles .... ITF finals Singles (1–2) Doubles (25-11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioana Gașpar
Ioana Gașpar-Ivan (born 17 April 1983) is a 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 Romania. In May 2010, Ioana married her tennis coach, Mădălin Ivan, and changed her name to Gașpar-Ivan. But her name is listed on both WTA and ITF sites as Ioana Gașpar. On 17 September 2001, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 258. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (title) ITF finals Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner–ups) Doubles: 28 (10 titles, 18 runner–ups) References External links * * * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Timișoara Romanian female tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina-Camelia Begu
Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 22 in the world, in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking, also No. 22. Begu has won five singles titles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also has won two singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as 12 singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. As a junior, she reached semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Oksana Kalashnikova. Later, as a senior, she continued with Grand Slam doubles success. She reached the semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open and quarterfinals of the 2017 French Open and 2018 Wimbledon Championships. In singles, she has the round of 16 as her best Grand Slam result at the 2015 Australian Open, 2016 French Open and 2022 French Open. In singles, she reached one Premier final, at the 2014 Kremlin Cup, but lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Chidrawi
Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. Variants * Blanche: French * Bianca: Italian * Bianka ( Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, German, English, French, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Corsican, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Czech) * Blanca (French, English, Icelandic, Hungarian, Spanish) People Medieval period :''In chronological order'' * Bianca Lancia (c. 1200–c. 1233), Italian noble * Bianca of Savoy (1337–1387), Lady of Milan by marriage * Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), Duchess of Milan * Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Maximilian I *Bianca Cappello (1548–1587), Grand Duchess of Tuscany Modern era A–K * Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian tennis player * Bianca Atzei (born 1987), Italian singer * Bianca Balti (born 1984), Italian model * Bianca Beauchamp (born 1977), Canadian model * Bianca Belair (born 1989), American professional wrestler * Bianca Bianchi ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Koch
Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. Variants * Blanche: French * Bianca: Italian * Bianka ( Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, German, English, French, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Corsican, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Czech) * Blanca (French, English, Icelandic, Hungarian, Spanish) People Medieval period :''In chronological order'' * Bianca Lancia (c. 1200–c. 1233), Italian noble * Bianca of Savoy (1337–1387), Lady of Milan by marriage * Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), Duchess of Milan * Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Maximilian I *Bianca Cappello (1548–1587), Grand Duchess of Tuscany Modern era A–K * Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian tennis player * Bianca Atzei (born 1987), Italian singer * Bianca Balti (born 1984), Italian model * Bianca Beauchamp (born 1977), Canadian model * Bianca Belair (born 1989), American professional wrestler * Bianca Bianchi ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Cadanțu
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script.Tablet MY V 659 (61). Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken. Variants * Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) (Spanish) * Aleksandra (Александра) (Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) * Alessandra (Italian) * Alessia (Italian) * Alex (various languages) * Alexa (English, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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