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2011 Internationaux De Strasbourg
The 2011 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 25th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place in Strasbourg, France between 16 and 22 May 2011. WTA entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of May 9, 2011. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alizé Cornet * Ana Ivanovic * Pauline Parmentier * Nadia Petrova The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Stéphanie Foretz Gacon * Anna-Lena Grönefeld * Mirjana Lučić * Ahsha Rolle The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot: * Christina McHale Finals Singles Andrea Petkovic defeated Marion Bartoli, 6–4, 1–0 ret. * It was Petkovic's 1st singles title of the year and the 2nd of her career. Doubles Akgul Amanmuradova / Chuang Chia-jung defeated Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová, 6–4, 5–7, 0–2 External linksOfficial Website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA International Tournaments
The WTA International Tournaments was a category for professional tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. The winner of a WTA International adds 280 points to her WTA ranking. For the 2020 season, there were 32 tournaments, all knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $275,000 ($775,000 for Shenzhen, and $525,000 for Guangzhou and Hong Kong). Events Internationals Defunct Winners by tournament Singles Current tournaments Previous tournaments See also * WTA Premier tournaments * WTA 250 tournaments WTA 250 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International Tournaments. As of 2021, WT ... {{WTA International tournaments * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She was also an integral member of the Czech Republic Billie Jean King Cup team, Czech Republic's national team and helped her country to win five titles at the Fed Cup (now Billie Jean King Cup) between 2011 and 2016, in addition to winning two Olympic medals in both women's doubles with Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková in Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles, 2012 and in mixed doubles with Radek Štěpánek in Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, 2016. Hradecká also reached the top-45 in singles and placed runner-up in seven tour-level singles finals. She announced her retirement from the sport upon the end of the 2022 WTA Tour, 2022 season. In 2006, Hradecká won her first WTA Tour title in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internationaux De Strasbourg
The Internationaux de Strasbourg (formally known as the Strasbourg Grand Prix) is a professional women's tennis tournament held in Strasbourg, France. It is an International-level outdoor event of the WTA Tour played on clay courts. The tournament has been organized in May since its inception in 1987 and serves as a warm-up event to the French Open which is played a week later. The tournament was played at the Hautepierre before moving to the Strasbourg’s Tennis Club in 2011. Past champions of the tournament include former world number ones Steffi Graf (singles), Jennifer Capriati (singles), Lindsay Davenport (two singles, one doubles), Maria Sharapova (singles), Angelique Kerber (singles), Martina Navratilova (doubles), and Ashleigh Barty (two doubles). The current champion is the German Angelique Kerber, having defeated the Slovenian Kaja Juvan in three sets. Past finals Singles Doubles See also *List of tennis tournaments List of current and past men's and women's te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimíra Uhlířová
Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978) is a retired Czech tennis player. In her career, she won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 400. In October 2007, she peaked at No. 18 in the doubles rankings. Uhlířová reached the semifinals of the 2007 US Open, partnering Ágnes Szávay. She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016.http://www.itftennis.com/antidoping/news/retired-players.aspx Uhlířová now provides television commentary 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 speaks several languages, and is therefore able to translate many of the non-English exchanges when on-court coaching takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Grandin
Natalie Grandin (born 27 February 1981) is a retired tennis player from South Africa. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of 144 as of 12 September 2005. On 14 May 2012, she peaked at No. 22 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won one WTA doubles title as well as three singles and 25 ITF doubles titles. Grandin has yet to compete outside the qualifying rounds of a Grand Slam singles event. She is known for her variety of play, and volleying ability. Grandin retired from professional tennis in January 2015. Biography She was coached by Petra de Jong. Her father, Roy, is a project manager in IT while her mother, Rosamund, is a freight forwarder. Natalie has two sisters. She is a baseliner whose favorite shot is the forehand and her favorite surface is hard court. Grandin started playing tennis at age four. She speaks English and Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Petkovic Career Statistics
This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Germany, German tennis player, Andrea Petkovic. To date, Petkovic has won seven Women's Tennis Association, WTA singles titles including one year-ending championship at the 2014 Garanti Koza WTA Tournament of Champions, 2014 Tournament of Champions. Other highlights of Petkovic's career include a runner-up finish at the 2011 China Open (tennis), 2011 China Open, a semifinal appearance at the 2014 French Open and quarterfinal appearances at the 2011 Australian Open and 2011 US Open (tennis), 2011 US Open. Petkovic achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 on October 10, 2011. Career achievements In July 2009, Petkovic won the first Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tour singles title of her career at the WTA International tournaments, International event in 2009 Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria after a straight sets win over Ioana Raluca Olaru in the final. At the 2011 Australian Open, she defeated the 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina McHale
Christina Marietta McHale (born May 11, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. Her highest-ever WTA rankings were No. 24 in singles and No. 35 in doubles. Known for an aggressive baseline game, McHale was recognized by ''The New York Times'' for her "booming" groundstrokes and fast footwork. She reached the third round of all four Grand Slam tournaments and represented the United States in Fed Cup and Olympic competitions. In September 2016, McHale won her first and only career WTA singles title at the Japan Women's Open. After losing in the first round of qualifying for the 2022 US Open, she announced her retirement from professional tennis. Early life Christina is the daughter of John and Margarita McHale. Her father John is an Irish American, while her mother Margarita was born in Cuba. She resided at 56 Locust Avenue in Dumont, New Jersey until she was three years old. Her family lived in Hong Kong from the time she was three until she was eight, and she s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Loser
A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury, or other reasons. The lucky loser then re-enters the competition, normally in place of the withdrawn competitor. In the event of a lucky loser's re-entry to a competition, it usually occurs before all competitors in the main draw have started their first match in the tournament. Lucky losers as tennis tournament winners and finalists It is rare for a lucky loser to win an ATP or WTA tournament; Heinz Gunthardt did it in 1978 (at Springfield), Bill Scanlon in 1978 (at Maui), Francisco Clavet in 1990 in Hilversum, Christian Miniussi in 1991 in São Paulo, Sergiy Stakhovsky in 2008 in Zagreb, Rajeev Ram in 2009 in Newport, Andrey Rublev in 2017 in Umag, Leonardo Mayer in the following week in 2017 in Hamburg and Marco Cecchinato at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahsha Rolle
Ahsha Rolle (born March 21, 1985) is a retired tennis player from United States. Tennis career Ahsha began playing tennis when she was nine years old. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 82, achieved in September 2007. In October 2011, she peaked at No. 111 in the doubles rankings. She played at the 2007 US Open as a wildcard entry, and defeated 17th seeded Tatiana Golovin in the first round, and Karin Knapp in the second before falling to Dinara Safina Dinara Mubinovna Safina (; ; tt-Cyrl, Динара Мөбин кызы Сафина; born April 27, 1986) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. Safina was runner-up in singles at the 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, and the .... Due to injuries, Ahsha Rolle retired from professional tennis in 2013, at the age of 28. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 20 (10 titles, 10 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rolle, Ahsha 1985 births Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 and Maria. List of people with the given name Mirjana *Mirjana Bohanec (born 1939), Croatian opera singer and actress *Mirjana Boševska (born 1981), retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from Macedonia * Mirjana Božović (born 1987), beauty queen who represented Serbia in Miss World 2007 * Mirjana Đurica (born 1961), former Yugoslav/Serbian handball player * Mirjana Gross (1922–2012), Croatian historian * Mirjana Isaković (born 1936), Serbian sculptor *Mirjana Joković (born 1967), Serbian actress *Mirjana Karanović (born 1957), Serbian actress * Mirjana Kostić (born 1983), Serbian singer *Mirjana Lučić (born 1982), professional tennis player from Croatia *Mirjana Marić (born 1970), American-born Serbian chess player *M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Anna-Lena Grönefeld (also spelled Groenefeld; born 4 June 1985) is a German former professional tennis player. Competing as a professional from 2003 until 2019, she won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2006 Mexican Open, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, having won the 2009 Wimbledon Championships alongside Mark Knowles, and the 2014 French Open with Jean-Julien Rojer. Grönefeld also finished runner-up in mixed doubles at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 French Open. In women's doubles, Grönefeld won 17 titles on WTA Tour, most notably the 2005 Rogers Cup with Martina Navratilova, and reached seven Grand Slam semifinals. She was part of the German team which reached the final of the 2014 Davis Cup, and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Career 2002–2006: Breakthrough In 2002, she was the singles champion of both the Belgium and Frankfurt International Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
Stéphanie is a feminine French feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1984), Belgian noble; wife of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg *Princess Stéphanie (other), several people *Stéphanie Arricau (born 1973), French golfer *Stéphanie Atger (born 1975), French politician * Stéphanie Blake (born 1968), author of children's stories *Stéphanie Bouvier (born 1981), short track speed-skater *Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789–1860), consort of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden *Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (born 1983), French tennis player * Stéphanie Dixon (born 1984), Canadian swimmer *Stéphanie Dubois (born 1986), Canadian tennis player *Stéphanie Falzon (born 1983), French hammer thrower * Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin (1746–1830), French writer and educator *Stéphanie Foretz (born 1981), French tennis player * Stéphanie Jiménez (born 1974), Andorran mountain runner *St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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