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2008 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Urszula Radwańska was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors this year. Laura Robson defeated Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 to win the girls' singles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. With this victory Robson became only the second British player in the open era to win a junior title at Wimbledon, following Annabel Croft's victory in 1984. Seeds Melanie Oudin ''(second round)'' Arantxa Rus ''(quarterfinals)'' Noppawan Lertcheewakarn ''(final)'' Elena Bogdan ''(first round)'' Polona Hercog ''(quarterfinals)'' Jessica Moore ''(third round)'' Ana Bogdan ''(first round)'' Kurumi Nara ''(first round)'' Bojana Jovanovski ''(quarterfinals)'' Johanna Konta ''(third round)'' Ksenia Lykina ''(first round)'' Nikola Hofmanova ''(third round)'' Jessy Rompies ''(first round)'' Elena Chernyakova ''(second round)'' Linda Berlinecke ''(second round)'' Katarzyna Piter Katarzyna Piter (; born 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Robson
Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the girls' singles tournament at the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her first tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in November 2008. In singles tennis, Robson was the first British woman since Samantha Smith at Wimbledon in 1998 to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, doing so at the 2012 US Open and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2012 Guangzhou Women's Open, Robson became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1990 to reach a WTA Tour final, where she lost to Hsieh Su-wei. She was named WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2012 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 27 the following year. In mixed doubles, she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics playing with An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessy Rompies
Jessy Priskila Rompies (born 14 April 1990) is an Indonesian tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in 2004, aged 14, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta, and is coached by Suzanna Wibowo. Career Rompies has played in several junior Grand Slam tournaments. Her best result was reaching the semifinals of the 2008 US Open girls' doubles, partnered by Beatrice Gumulya. Rompies and Gumulya lost the semifinal in a tiebreak. In February 2009, Rompies represented Indonesia in the 2009 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I tournament. She played two doubles matches and one singles match. In her first match, Rompies and Ayu-Fani Damayanti defeated Ankita Bhambri and Rushmi Chakravarthi of India. In 2011, Rompies represented Indonesia in the 2011 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II tournament and Group I playoff. She played four doubles matches with partner Yayuk Basuki, winning each match to see her country back in the Asia/Oceania Group I. She won one singles title and three d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (; sr, Кристина "Кики" Младеновић, Kristina "Kiki" Mladenović, ; born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a nine-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2016 and 2022 French Open women's doubles titles partnering Caroline Garcia, and the 2018 Australian Open, 2019 and 2020 French Opens and 2020 Australian Open with Tímea Babos. In mixed doubles, Mladenovic won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and 2014 Australian Open alongside Daniel Nestor, and the 2022 Australian Open with Ivan Dodig. She has also reached a further six Grand Slam finals across women's and mixed doubles. Mladenovic became world No. 1 in doubles for the first time in June 2019, and has held the top ranking for a total of 12 weeks. She has won 28 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2018 and 2019 WTA Finals and four at WTA 1000 level. Mladenovic has also enjoyed success in singles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Sirotkina
Marta Aleksandrovna Sirotkina (russian: Марта Александровна Сироткина, born 22 March 1991) is a former Russian tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 115, which she reached on 25 February 2013. In doubles, she reached No. 141 in February 2013. Career highlights Apart from professional success on the ITF Circuit (in her career she won 12 singles and 12 doubles titles), Sirotkina won bronze medals in the Moscow Winter Championships (singles and doubles) in 2009, later winning a gold medal in the Russian Championships. She also won silver medals in the Moscow Championships and gold in the "Cup of Russia" doubles tournament. 2011 Sirotkina won three ITF titles in singles in 2011, two $10k tournaments in Bath, Somerset, and Antalya, Turkey, and a $25k tournament in Bangkok, Thailand. She began 2011 with a bang in Bath, beating the top seed on way to capturing the Aegon Pro Series $10k title, while in the $25k event the following week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Holland
Isabella Holland (born 2 January 1992) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Career Holland's preferred surfaces are clay and hardcourt. Her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 179 she reached on 5 December 2011. Her highest WTA doubles ranking is 277, which she achieved on 27 February 2012. In 2008, Holland reached the final of the girls' doubles at Wimbledon partnering Sally Peers, losing to Polona Hercog Polona Hercog (, born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 35 in singles and 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also enjoye ... and Jessica Moore 3–6, 6–1, 2–6. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups) Doubles: 8 (3–5) References External links * * * 1992 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Brisbane Sportswomen from Queensland {{australia-ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Grymalska
Anastasia Grymalska (born 12 July 1990) is an Italian professional tennis player. Grymalska has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 213, achieved on 12 May 2014. She also has a best WTA doubles ranking of 169, reached in June 2019. She has won 20 singles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Grymalska made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2011 Internazionali di Palermo where she was handed a wildcard. With another wildcard, she played at the 2012 Internazionali di Palermo. Without wildcards, she made her main-draw debut at the 2013 Swedish Open, and the 2014 Marrakesh Grand Prix. Grymalska made her doubles main-draw debut on WTA Tour at the 2011 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, partnering Gioia Barbieri Gioia Barbieri (; born 9 July 1991) is a retired Italian tennis player. Tennis career Barbieri was born in Forlimpopoli. She trained at the San Marino Tennis Academy, and was coached by Claudio Pistolesi. Her father is Andrea, her mother is Marc ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Réka Luca Jani
Réka Luca Jani (born 31 July 1991) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has won 24 singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. On 19 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 104. On 22 August 2016, she peaked at No. 124 in the doubles rankings. Her favorite surface is clay. Playing for Hungary Billie Jean King Cup team, Jani has a win–loss record of 28–18. Personal Parents are Janos, Szilvia and Zsolt; brothers are Mate and Balint, sister is Petra. Tennis career Jani who began playing at age six, reached the first final on the WTA Tour in 2016, at the Brasil Tennis Cup partnering Tímea Babos. She was awarded a wildcard entry to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, along with Tímea Babos to play in women's doubles. Jani reached her first-ever WTA Tour quarterfinal at the 2021 Serbia Open defeating Anna Kalinskaya. As a result she returned to the top 200 in singles. On 9 May 2022, she reached a new career-hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Catherine Marino (born December 16, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. On 11 July 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38. Marino was awarded ''Female Player of the Year'' by Tennis Canada two times, in 2010 and 2011. She decided in late February 2013 to take an indefinite break from tennis. During her break, she studied English literature at the University of British Columbia and was part of the rowing team. She was also a certified Club Pro 1 coach at the UBC Tennis Centre. In October 2017, Marino announced her intention to return to the pro circuit but her comeback was delayed due to ITF administrative regulations. She was eligible to return at the end of January 2018 and won the title in her first tournament back, a $15k in Antalya. Early life Rebecca Marino was born in Toronto to Joe Marino, owner of the construction firm Marino General Contracting, and Catherine Hungerford. The family moved to Vancouver before she turned two. Her father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Kerkhove
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (born 4 November 1991) is a professional tennis player from the Netherlands. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 6 June 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 135. On 25 June 2018, she peaked at No. 58 in the doubles rankings. Career In July 2013, Kerkhove made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Swedish Open. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open as a qualifier, and recorded her first major singles match-win at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships over Svetlana Kuznetsova. She recorded her second major singles win as a lucky loser at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships over wildcard Sonay Kartal before being defeated by world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in three sets. Personal life In July 2019, she married football player Edinho Pattinama and changed her name to Pattinama Kerkhove. Performance timelines ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Guarachi
Alexa Guarachi Mathison (; born 17 November 1990) is an American-born Chilean tennis player who specialises in doubles. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 11 in September 2021, and has won five titles on the WTA Tour, most notably the 2021 Dubai Championships alongside Darija Jurak. Guarachi reached her first Grand Slam final at the 2020 French Open with Desirae Krawczyk, and the pair were also semifinalists at the 2021 US Open. They also qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals. Guarachi has represented Chile in the Billie Jean King 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 cha ... since 2018, and achieved her highest singles ranking of world No. 347 in November 2015. Performance timelines ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachie Ishizu
Sachie Ishizu ( ja, 石津幸恵, Ishizu Sachie) is a former professional tennis player from Japan. Tennis career She was runner-up in the girls' singles event of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships and reached a highest ranking of No. 5 on the ITF Junior Circuit. Following her junior career, she chose to attend the University of Tsukuba but decided in 2013 to take a leave of absence to focus on tennis and spend time training in the United States. She was coached by her father, Yasuhiko Ishizu. Ishizu participated at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan winning the gold medal in the singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ... and the team competition. Her final appearance on the ITF Circuit took place in Hamamatsu, Japan in October 2015. ITF Circuit finals Single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamaryn Hendler
Tamaryn Hendler (born 12 August 1992), better known as Tammy Hendler or Tammy Emmrich, is a Belgian former tennis player. She is married to fellow tennis and pickleball player Martin Emmrich. Hendler, who resides in Boca Raton, Florida, reached the quarterfinals in the 2008 US Open girls' singles tournament and the semifinals at 2008 junior Wimbledon Championships. She has won four singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, as well as some of the biggest junior tournaments in the world, including Little Mo and Orange Bowl. She represented Belgium in several 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 ... ties since 2007 with a win–loss record of 0–8. Hendler competed in all four Grand Slam qualifying events in 2012. At Roland Garros, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
