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2011 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas
The 2011 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 14th edition of the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, and was on the International category of the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogotá, Colombia, from February 14 through February 20, 2011. Finals Singles Lourdes Domínguez Lino defeated Mathilde Johansson, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 *It was Lino's 1st title of the year and 2nd of her career. It was her 2nd win at the event, also winning in 2006. Doubles Edina Gallovits-Hall / Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Sharon Fichman / Laura Pous Tió, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 1–9 WTA entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of February 7, 2011. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Catalina Castaño * Leticia Costas Moreira * Sílvia Soler Espinosa The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Bianca Botto * Corinna Dentoni * Sharon Fichman * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Görges
Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world No. 12 on 22 August 2016. She won seven singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour (her biggest title coming at the year-end 2017 WTA Elite Trophy), as well as six singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Görges turned professional in 2005, and first broke into the world's top 100 in June 2008. Prior to 2018, her best singles result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the fourth round five times. She broke into the top ten for the first time in February 2018, before going on to reach the semifinals at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. She was also a two-time semifinalist in women's doubles at the Australian Open, and reached the finals in mixed doubles with Nenad Zimonjić at the 2014 French Open. She announced her re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatriz García Vidagany
Beatriz García Vidagany (born 17 November 1988) is a retired Spanish tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings of 146 in singles on 5 July 2010, and 148 in doubles on 23 March 2015. In her career, García Vidagany won two singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career At the 2010 Andalucia Tennis Experience, she achieved her first win over a top-100 player (No. 87 Kristina Barrois) and first WTA Tour main-draw win in her career. In her next round, she beat world No. 10, Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters reached the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She won six major titles, ..., 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 for her first ever top-ten win. She retired from the professional tour in December 2015 due to persistent injuries. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 7 (2–5) Doubles: 11 (4–7) References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinna Dentoni
Corinna Dentoni (born 30 July 1989) is an inactive Italians, Italian tennis player. On 22 June 2009, she achieved her best WTA singles ranking of 132. Her career-high in doubles is world No. 151, which she reached on 25 May 2009. Dentoni has won nine singles and six doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. Biography Father played volleyball in Italian league; both parents are retired. Started playing at age seven because her best friend played tennis. She has been training in Rome. Favorite surface is clay, her favorite tournament is French Open. Her tennis idol was Kim Clijsters. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups) Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups) External links * * 1989 births Living people People from Pietrasanta Italian female tennis players Sportspeople from the Province of Lucca 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Botto
Bianca Botto-Arias (born 6 June 1991) is a Peruvian 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. In her career, Botto won fifteen singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 20 April 2015, she achieved her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 199. Her career-high in doubles is world No. 237, reached on 4 October 2010. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 22 (15 titles, 7 runner-ups) Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up) References External links * * * Profil of Tennisexplorer 1991 births Living people Peruvian female tennis players Sportspeople from Lima Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Peru South American Games bronze medalists for Peru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Sílvia Soler Espinosa (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In her career, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 39 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Spain at the Fed Cup, Soler Espinosa has a win–loss record of 4–11. Personal life and background Soler Espinosa is coached by Jerome Adamec. Her father works in a factory, while her mother is a housewife. She stated that her favourite court is clay. Silvia cited Steffi Graf as one of her biggest tennis idols. In free time, she enjoys seeing friends, listening to music and going to the beach. Junior career In 2002, Soler Espinosa made her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit at the age of 14. That year, she won her first ITF junior title in doubles, at International Madrid, together with Astrid Waernes-Garcia. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leticia Costas Moreira
Leticia Costas Moreira (; born 22 March 1990) is a former professional Spanish tennis player. On 11 July 2011, she reached her highest singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 179. On 23 July 2012, she peaked at No. 170 of the WTA doubles rankings. In her career, she was coached by Alejo Mancisidor Alejo Mancisidor (born 31 July 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Career Mancisidor played NCAA tennis while at Pepperdine University and was an All-American.''Los Angeles Times''"UCLA Tennis Players Win Before Season Start .... In June 2013, Costas announced her retirement from professional tennis. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 23 (7 titles, 16 runner-ups) References External links * * 1990 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Sportspeople from Pontevedra {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...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] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that fails to qualify in the normal way; for example, by having a high ranking or winning a qualifying stage. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. In Olympics, countries that fail to produce athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Suárez Navarro
Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A former top 10 singles player, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 29 February 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 11, on 27 April 2015, and won two singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She first came to prominence by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open as a qualifier, in what was her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. That year she also began representing Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup. She reached another six Grand Slam quarterfinals in her career. These events were the 2009 Australian Open, where she defeated Venus Williams en route, the 2013 US Open, where she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams, the 2014 French Open, where she lost in three sets to Eugenie Bouchard, the 2016 Australian Open, where she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska, the 2018 Australian Open, where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Arantxa Parra Santonja (; born 9 November 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She turned pro in 2000 and retired in 2019. In her career, Parra Santonja won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tourna .... She reached career-high rankings of world No. 46 in singles and 22 in doubles. Significant finals Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) WTA career finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 17 (11–6) Doubles: 20 (9–11) Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parra Santonja, Arantxa 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Valencia Spanish female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Halep
Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks eleventh in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Halep was the year-end No. 1 in 2017 and 2018. She has won two Grand Slam singles titles: the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. From 27 January 2014 to 8 August 2021, Halep was ranked in the top 10 for 373 consecutive weeks, the eighth-longest streak in WTA history. During this seven-year span, she finished each year ranked no lower than No. 4. She has won 24 WTA Tour singles titles and finished runner-up 18 times. A French Open junior champion and former junior world No. 1, Halep first broke into the world's top 50 at the end of 2011, the top 20 in August 2013, and the top 10 in January 2014. She won her first six WTA titles in the same calendar year in 2013, and was the first to do so since Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
