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2008 İstanbul Cup – Doubles
Agnieszka Radwańska and Urszula Radwańska were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year. Jill Craybas and Olga Govortsova won in the final 6–1, 6–2, against Marina Erakovic and Polona Hercog. Seeds # Vania King / Aiko Nakamura ''(first round)'' # Alla Kudryavtseva / Martina Müller ''(semifinals)'' # Jill Craybas / Olga Govortsova Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( be, Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranki ... (champions) # Anastasia Rodionova / Arina Rodionova ''(semifinals)'' Draw Draw External linksDraw {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Istanbul Cup - Doubles İstanbul Cup Istanbul Cup - Doubles pl:Istanbul Cup 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Craybas
Jill N. Craybas (born July 4, 1974) is an American former professional tennis player. From the 2000 US Open to the 2011 US Open, Craybas competed in 45 consecutive Grand Slam main draws; her best result coming in the 2005 Wimbledon Championships where she reached the fourth round, which included wins over Marion Bartoli and Serena Williams. By the time she retired in 2013, she was one of the oldest players on the WTA Tour at 39 years of age, as well as the longest serving, having turned pro in 1996. Early years Craybas was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 1993 to 1996. As a senior, she won the 1996 NCAA women's singles tennis championship. She was the 1995–96 recipient of the Honda Sports Award for Ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmin Wöhr
Jasmin Wöhr (; born 21 August 1980) is a retired German tennis player. Biography During her career, Wöhr won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 14 December 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 188. On 23 July 2007, she peaked at No. 46 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Germany Fed Cup team, Wöhr accumulated a win–loss record of 3–1. In 1997, she won the Australian Open girls' doubles title with Mirjana Lučić Mirjana (; ) is a Slavic feminine given name meaning ′''mir''′ ("peace, world, prestige, area, space"). The name is widespread throughout Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. Mirjana is possibly a form of Miriam a .... Wöhr retired from professional tennis in 2012. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) WTA career finals Doubles: 10 (4–6) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 1 (1–0) Doubles: 38 (23–15) Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Dubois
Stéphanie Dubois (born October 31, 1986) is a former tennis player from Canada. She turned professional in 2004 and achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 87 in January 2012. Dubois was awarded Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada two times (2005, 2007). She retired after the tournoi de Québec in September 2014. Tennis career 2004–07 Dubois made her first appearance in July 2004 in the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs against Switzerland. She reached her first WTA quarterfinal at the 2005 Challenge Bell in Quebec City. At the 2006 Rogers Cup, she scored the biggest win of her career when she defeated Kim Clijsters (who retired from the match), to reach the third round. In 2007, Dubois and Renata Voráčová reached the Challenge Bell final but lost to Christina Fusano and Raquel Kops-Jones in straight sets. 2008–10 In 2008, she got in the main draw of the Australian Open and the French Open, participating in a first in the latter, where two Quebec native players w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pemra Özgen
Pemra Özgen (born 8 May 1986) is a Turkish tennis player. Özgen has won 18 singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 26 August 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 182. On 14 October 2013, she peaked at No. 179 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Turkey in Fed Cup, Özgen has a win–loss record of 40–44. Özgen is an alumna of Istanbul Bilgi University. Career Özgen, born in Istanbul, began playing tennis at the age of eight, and later trained at local clubs ''Taçspor Kulübü'' and ''Dağcılık Tenis Spor Kulübü''. Özgen made her WTA Tour debut at the 2007 Istanbul Cup, partnering Çağla Büyükakçay in doubles. The Turkish pair lost their first round match against Mervana Jugić-Salkić and Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Krivencheva
Svetlana Krivencheva ( bg, Светлана Кривенчева) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. Krivencheva won two singles and 21 doubles titles 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 ... in her career. On 9 February 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of 142nd in the world. On 3 August 1998, she peaked at No. 63 in doubles rankings. Krivencheva retired from professional tennis in 2012, but made a temporary return at the 2017 Central Coast Open in Templeton, California. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner–ups) Doubles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runner–ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krivencheva, Svetlana Bulgarian female tennis players 1973 births Sportspeople from Plovdiv Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgenia Grebenyuk
Evgenia Grebenyuk (born 10 February 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Grebenyuk has career-high WTA rankings of 238 in singles, achieved on 11 June 2007, and 238 in doubles, set on 24 March 2008. She has won 1 singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Grebenyuk made her only WTA Tour main draw appearance at the 2008 İstanbul Cup, partnering Czech Veronika Chvojková in the doubles. But First Round lost American Jill Craybas and Belarusian Olga Govortsova Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( be, Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranki .... ITF Finals Singles (1 titles, 0 runner–ups) ITF junior results Singles (2–3) Doubles (0–4) References External links * * 1988 births Living people Russian female tennis players 21st-century Russian women 20th-century Russian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronika Chvojková
Veronika Chvojková (born 31 March 1987) is a Czech former 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. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 250, achieved on 26 May 2008, and highest doubles ranking is No. 172, achieved on 26 February 2007. She won one ITF singles title and eight ITF doubles titles. ITF finals Singles (1–2) Doubles (8–10) External links * * Living people 1987 births People from Benešov Czech female tennis players Sportspeople from the Central Bohemian Region {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh (born April 7, 1978) is a retired tennis player from the United States. Osterloh started a professional career in August 1997. She reached her highest singles ranking in April 2001, when she became world No. 41 Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 77, which she reached in August 1999. In 2013, Osterloh graduated from Stanford University with a degree in International Relations. College While at Stanford, she won the Honda Sports Award The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ... as the nation's best female tennis player in 1997. WTA career finals Doubles: 3 (3–0) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Osterloh, Lilia 1978 births Living people American female tennis players Sportspeople from Columbus, Ohio Stanford Cardinal women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Arvidsson
Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson (born 16 February 1984) is a Swedish professional padel player and a former tennis player. In her tennis career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 20 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 May 2006, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 29. On 12 September 2011, she peaked at No. 67 in the WTA doubles rankings. Over her career, Arvidsson defeated top-ten players Marion Bartoli, Anna Chakvetadze, Jelena Janković, Petra Kvitová, Sam Stosur, and Caroline Wozniacki. Career Arvidsson began playing tennis at the age of eight. In 1999, she combined the ITF Junior and ITF Women's Circuit into her schedule, and in 1999 made the semifinals of a $10k women's event in Båstad. In 2000, she made the final of Nasbypark and had her first appearances in the Fed Cup. 2001 Arvidsson reached the finals of the junior Australian Open, losing to Jelena Janković. Her breakthrough came in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ksenia Palkina
Ksenia Palkina (russian: Ксения Палкина Улукан or Ksenia Palkina Ulukan; born 13 December 1989) is a Russian-born Kyrgyzstani former tennis player. Palkina won 11 singles titles and 27 doubles titles 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 .... On 23 March 2009, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 163. On 12 April 2010, she peaked at No. 164 in the WTA doubles rankings. Personal life Palkina was born in Khabarovsk Krai to mother Marina and father Nikolay, and has a brother named Nikita. Her favourite surface is clay. As of November 2019, Palkina has been provisionally suspended by the Tennis Integrity Unit. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 52 (27 titles, 25 runner-ups) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Clerico
Nicole Clerico (; born 8 March 1983) is a retired Italian tennis player. On 21 September 2009, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 381. On 11 October 2010, she peaked at No. 171 in the WTA doubles rankings. Clerico, who started playing tennis at the age of eight, was coached by Matteo Costa. In her career, she won 27 doubles titles 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 .... In 2015, Clerico retired from professional tennis. ITF finals Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) Doubles: 71 (27–44) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clerico, Nicole 1983 births Living people People from Cuneo Italian female tennis players Sportspeople from the Province of Cuneo 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Domachowska
Marta Domachowska (; born 16 January 1986) is a former tennis player from Poland. She was ranked world No. 37 in singles (2006) and No. 62 in doubles (2006), and reached 2008 Australian Open fourth round in singles and won 2006 Canberra International in doubles with Roberta Vinci. She also reached three WTA Tour singles finals at the 2004 Korea Open (lost to Maria Sharapova), 2005 Internationaux de Strasbourg (lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues) and 2006 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships (lost to Sofia Arvidsson). She was 2003 Australian Open finalist in girls' singles, represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was member of Poland Fed Cup team. Domachowska was the best female Polish tennis player after Magdalena Grzybowska's retirement and before Agnieszka Radwańska's successes. Junior career Marta started playing tennis at age seven, and reached the semifinals of the Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Professional career 2001–2006 In her sole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
