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2008 Salwator Cup
The 2008 Salwator Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2008 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Kraków, Poland between 3 and 9 November 2008. WTA entrants Seeds * Petra Kvitová withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by lucky loser. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Anna Korzeniak * Olga Brózda * Katarzyna Piter * Angelique Kerber The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Lina Stančiūtė * Viktoria Kutuzova * Veronika Kapshay * Mervana Jugić-Salkić The following player received entry from a Lucky loser spot: * Margit Rüütel * Huliya Velieva Champions Singles Anne Keothavong def. Monica Niculescu, 7–6(4),4–6. 6–3 Doubles Angelique Kerber / Urszula Radwańska def. Olga Brózda / Sandra Zaniewska Sandra Zaniewska (born 3 January 1992) is a Polish tennis coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town with Wawel Royal Castle was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the first 12 sites granted the status. The city has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland's second-most-important city. It began as a hamlet on Wawel Hill and was reported by Ibrahim Ibn Yakoub, a merchant from Cordoba, as a busy trading centre of Central Europe in 985. With the establishment of new universities and cultural venues at the emergence of the Second Polish Republic in 1918 and throughout the 20th century, Kraków reaffirmed its role as a major national academic and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Vesnina
Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles with compatriot Ekaterina Makarova, and the 2016 Australian Open in mixed doubles, partnering Bruno Soares. Vesnina also reached eight further major finals in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She became world No. 1 for the first time in June 2018, alongside Makarova, with the pair jointly holding the top ranking for the next five weeks. Vesnina won 19 doubles titles on WTA Tour, including the 2016 WTA Finals and eight at WTA 1000-level. She also achieved significant success in singles, reaching her career-high ranking of world No. 13 in March 2017. Vesnina won three WTA singles titles, including the 2017 Indian Wells Open, and achieved her best Grand Slam result at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Zaniewska
Sandra Zaniewska (born 3 January 1992) is a Polish tennis coach and former professional player. In her career, she won ten singles tournaments as well as a further seven in doubles on the ITF Circuit, and was the runner-up of the 2009 Australian Open in girls' doubles, with partner Aleksandra Krunić. Zaniewska is currently the coach of French professional Alizé Cornet. Personal life Sandra Zaniewska was born to Maciej Zaniewski and Teresa Zaniewska on 3 January 1992 in Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popu .... She has one brother, Bartek. Sandra began playing tennis at age ten. ITF finals Singles: 20 (10–10) Doubles: 22 (7–15) Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' doubles References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaniewska, Sandra 1992 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hülya Esen
Hülya Esen, Хюлия Велиева (born 7 August 1989) is a Turkish born professional tennis player. She was seven consecutive years number one in Bulgarian women's ranking. Her parents are with Turkish origin from Kardzhali, Bulgaria, and her ancestors came from Konya. Her mother Nebahat is from Ardino, and has been her coach, managing her and her sister Lütfiye Esen careers. Together with her sister Lütfiye, they are 12 times women's doubles champions of Bulgaria. Hülya is in total 17 times champion of Bulgaria, in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She is the first and was the only triple champion of Bulgaria (till 2021), that have won all singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions in one championship. In her career, Esen won six ITF doubles titles. She has career-high WTA rankings of 504 in singles, achieved on 9 July 2012, and 406 in doubles, reached on 11 November 2013. She played her last match on the ITF Circuit in October 2018. Esen made her WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margit Rüütel
Margit Rüütel (born 4 September 1983) is a retired Estonian tennis player. In her career, she won six singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 January 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 158. On 9 April 2007, she peaked at No. 192 in the doubles rankings. Rüütel made 42 appearances for the Estonia Fed Cup team between 1999 and 2012. Playing in Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan ... competition, Rüütel has a win–loss record of 20–22. In 2012, she played her last match on the IZF Circuit, and retired from professional tennis 2015. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups) References External links * * * 1983 births Living people Sportsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a retired Bosnian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked world No. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached world No. 59 in doubles, after winning the Auckland Open in 2004 with Jelena Kostanić, and Internazionali di Modena in 2005 with Yuliya Beygelzimer. She also won 15 singles and 43 doubles events on the ITF Circuit. In her career, she defeated players such as Yan Zi, Victoria Azarenka, Bethanie Mattek, Sania Mirza, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sybille Bammer. Personal life Jugić-Salkić was born to Hidajet and Hašiha Jugić. She began playing tennis rather late, aged 13, citing Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine-Italian former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronika Kapshay
Veronika Kapshay ( uk, Вероніка Капшай; born 2 December 1986) is a Ukrainian former 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. Kapshay won three singles titles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 May 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 227. On 20 April 2009, she peaked at No. 114 in the doubles rankings. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 51 (23 titles, 28 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapshay, Veronika 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Lviv Ukrainian female tennis players 21st-century Ukrainian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktoria Kutuzova
Viktoriya Kutuzova ( uk, Вікторія Кутузова, born 19 August 1988) is a former tennis player from Ukraine. On 28 November 2005, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 76. Career Even though considered a potential superstar on tour, Kutuzova remained most notable for her results as a 14-year-old. In her debut WTA Tour main-draw event, the Tier-II tournament in Los Angeles 2003, Kutuzova beat top-50 player Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the first round, and top-30 player Alexandra Stevenson in her next match, before losing in the third round to the then-world No. 12, Ai Sugiyama. Other career highlights in WTA Tour events included a fourth-round appearance at the Tier-I event at Indian Wells 2005, eventually losing to then-No. 1 Lindsay Davenport. Kutuzova also made the second round at three of the four Grand Slam events on the tour. As a junior, she reached the final of the Australian Open in 2003 losing to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. Kutuzova e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Stančiūtė
Lina Stančiūtė (born 7 February 1986) is a Lithuanian former tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 28 September 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 197. On 15 May 2006, she peaked at No. 138 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Lithuania Fed Cup team, Stančiūtė has a win–loss record of 37–31. Personal life Lina Stančiūtė was born on 7 February 1986 in Vilnius, Lithuania. She started playing tennis at age eight, her favourite surface is clay. In June 2016, she married Lithuanian professional Basketball player Martynas Gecevičius. Career Stančiūtė had a successful junior career, winning one ITF singles and doubles titles. Her career-high world ranking as a junior was world No. 63, and she finished her junior career with a record of 72–49. In 2003, she reached her first ITF Circuit singles final, winning in Italy. She also reached two ITF doubles finals. In 2004, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Piter
Katarzyna Piter (; born 16 February 1991) is a Polish professional tennis player. In the spring of 2014, she reached her career-high rankings, No. 95 in singles and 67 (new high in July 2022: No. 66) in doubles. She has won eight singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In July 2013 at Palermo, Piter won her sole title on the WTA Tour. Partnering with Kristina Mladenovic, they upset Karolína and Kristýna Plíšková in the final, in a super-tiebreak decision. Fed Cup Piter played 2009 for Poland in the Europe/Africa Zone I of the Fed Cup and helped them qualify for the World Group II Play-offs against Japan. In the round-robin stage, she lost her match against Monica Niculescu of Romania, won against Johanna Larsson of Sweden, beat Dijana Stojić of Bosnia and Herzegovina and paired up with Klaudia Jans to beat the Bosnian pairing. In the first play-off against Great Britain, she lost the first singles match to Elena Baltacha Elena Sergeevna Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Brózda
Olga Brózda (; born 26 January 1986) is an inactive Polish tennis player. As a professional, her career-high WTA rankings are 281 in singles, achieved in April 2008, and 135 in doubles, set in August 2009. She reached twelve finals on the ITF Women's Circuit in singles, which six of them she won.http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100013676 In doubles, she has won 48 ITF titles. Her regular doubles partners are Magdalena Kiszczyńska or Natalia Kołat Natalia Kołat (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Polish tennis player. Kołat won three singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit during her career. On 7 April 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 281. On 3 August .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 77 (48 titles, 29 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brozda, Olga 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Poznań Polish female tennis pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Korzeniak
Anna Maria Korzeniak (born 16 June 1988 in Kraków) is a Polish former professional tennis player. Anna Korzeniak was born to Stanisław and Ewa Korzeniak. She began playing tennis at the age of five and was coached by her father. Her favourite surface is clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4). Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ....http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100031916 Korzeniak reached a career-high ranking of No. 182, and she won ten ITF tournaments. ITF finals Singles: 16 (10–6) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Korzeniak, Anna 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Kraków Polish female tennis players 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
