2012 Copa Bionaire
The 2012 Copa Bionaire is a professional tennis tournament played on Clay courts. It is the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. The event took place in Cali, Colombia between 6 and 12 February 2012. It offered the prize of US$ 100,000. WTA entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of January 30, 2012. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Catalina Castaño * Karen Castiblanco * Yuliana Lizarazo The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Annalisa Bona * Inés Ferrer Suárez * Alexandrina Naydenova * Teliana Pereira The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot: * Ximena Hermoso Champions Singles Alexandra Dulgheru def. Mandy Minella, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 Doubles Karin Knapp / Mandy Minella def. Alexandra Cadanțu / Raluca Olaru, 6–4, 6–3 References Official websiteITF Website {{2012 ITF Women's Circuit Copa Bionaire ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cali
Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second-largest city in the country by area and the third most populous after Bogotá and Medellín. As the only major Colombian city with access to the Pacific Coast, Cali is the main urban and economic center in the south of the country, and has one of Colombia's fastest-growing economies. The city was founded on 25 July 1536 by the Spanish explorer Sebastián de Belalcázar. As a sporting center for Colombia, it was the host city for the 1971 Pan American Games. Cali also hosted the 1992 World Wrestling Championships, the 2013 edition of the World Games, the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2014, the World Youth Championships in Athletics in 2015 as well as the inaugural Junior Pan American Games in 2021 and the 2022 World Athletic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 30 July 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71. On 18 January 2016, she peaked at No. 38 in the doubles rankings. She has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour. On the ITF Circuit, she won two of her 16 doubles titles with her older sister Olga Panova. Career 2009 In January, Panova obtained an invitation from the ''Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association'' to play JB Group Classic with her compatriot Anna Chakvetadze (she replaced Maria Sharapova for injury) and Vera Zvonareva, and then she entered the Australian Open women's qualifying singles unseeded and made it to the qualifying third round before losing to unseeded Julia Schruff of Germany, in two sets. 2011 In August, Panova made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open by coming through qualifying. In the first round she faced the e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final(25 July 2009) losing to Andrea Petkovic, in straight sets.Sony Ericsson WTA TourPetkovic Wins First Tour Title(26 July 2009) She also has won eleven doubles titles on WTA Tour tournaments. Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both junior singles and doubles at the 2005 French Open, and captured the 2006 US Open doubles title along with Mihaela Buzărnescu. Her best professional Grand Slam result so far has been the third round of the 2007 French Open, when she defeated the 30th seed Julia Vakulenko, in straight sets, and lost to eventual runner–up, the seventh seed Ana Ivanovic. Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her best doubles ranking, No. 30, on 31 January 2022. Pers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ximena Hermoso
Ximena Hermoso (born April 28, 1991) is a retired tennis player from Mexico. On 23 April 2012, she reached her highest singles ranking of 331. Her best WTA doubles ranking was world No. 329, achieved 20 May 2013. Playing for the Mexico Fed Cup team The Mexico Billie Jean King Cup team represents Mexico in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Mexicana de Tenis. They currently compete in the Americas Zone Group II. History Mexico competed in its ..., Hermoso has a win–loss record of 15–7. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 7 (3–4) Doubles: 14 (5–9) References External links * * * 1991 births Living people Mexican female tennis players Sportspeople from Puebla Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Mexico 20th-century Mexican women 21st-century Mexican women {{Mexico-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Teliana Pereira
Teliana Santos Pereira (born 20 July 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. On 19 April 2015, she became the first Brazilian in 27 years to win a title on the WTA Tour, beating Yaroslava Shvedova in Bogotá 7–6, 6–1. She achieved a singles ranking of world No. 48 in August 2015, after having won her second WTA title at Florianópolis by defeating German Annika Beck in three sets. On 19 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 43. Pereira won 22 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Brazil Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 26–11 in international competition. Early and personal life Teliana Pereira was born on 20 July 1988 in Águas Belas, and was coached by her brother, Renato. Pereira's parents are Jose, who worked at a sugar cane plantation, and Maria; she has three brothers and three sisters. At a very young age, her father moved to Curitiba, where he had two brothers, and once he got a job ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexandrina Naydenova
Aleksandrina Naydenova ( bg, Александрина Найденова; born 29 February 1992) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. On 9 September 2019, she reached her highest singles ranking of 218 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) whilst her best doubles ranking is No. 95, achieved on 25 September 2017. Suspension and ban On 27 December 2019, Naydenova was given a provisional suspension by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) for several cases of suspected match-fixing between 2015 and 2019. After months of appealing in to the TIU in the Independent Anti-Corruption Hearing, in late November 2020, Naydenova was banned from professional tennis for life for 13 charges; 12 cases of match-fixing across WTA Tour and 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Inés Ferrer Suárez
Inés Ferrer Suárez (; born 1 June 1990) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Ferrer Suárez won two singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 9 July 2012, she reached her highest singles ranking of 202 WTA whilst her best doubles ranking was 125, on 17 September 2012. Ferrer Suárez made her 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 tou ... main-draw debut at the 2012 Copa Colsanitas, where she qualified for the singles tournament. ITF finals Singles (2–5) Doubles (9–21) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrer Suarez, Ines 1990 births Living people Spanish female tennis players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Annalisa Bona
Annalisa Bona (born 15 November 1982) is an Italian former tennis player. On 14 May 2012, she reached her highest singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 235. In April 2012, she reached her first WTA Tour main draw at the Barcelona Ladies Open The Barcelona Ladies Open was a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona in Catalonia (Spain) and was played on outdoor clay courts. It was an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour with total prize money of $220,000. The tourname .... ITF Circuit finals Singles (2–8) Doubles (0–2) References External links * * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Genoa Italian female tennis players 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuliana Lizarazo
Carol Yuliana Lizarazo Antolinez (born 23 May 1993) is a Colombian female 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. On 22 December 2014, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 335 whilst her best doubles ranking was No. 267 on 1 August 2022. She has won ten singles titles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Colombia Fed Cup team, Lizarazo has a win–loss record of 10–11 (as of November 2022). ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups) Doubles: 30 (16 titles, 14 runner–ups) Notes References External links * * * 1993 births Living people Colombian female tennis players People from Cúcuta Competitors at the 2010 South American Games 20th-century Colombian women 21st-century Colombian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karen Castiblanco
Karen Emilia Castiblanco Duarte (; born 9 January 1988) is a former Colombian tennis player and member of the Colombia Fed Cup team. On 24 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA ranking The WTA rankings are the Sports rating system, ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1. Ranking method The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumu ... of 411 in singles whilst her best doubles ranking was 218 on 13 February 2012. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 49 (27 titles, 22 runner-ups) Notes References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castiblanco, Karen 1988 births Living people Colombian female tennis players People from Cundinamarca Department Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Pan American Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Alexandra Cadanțu
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script.Tablet MY V 659 (61). Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken. Variants * Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) (Spanish) * Aleksandra (Александра) (Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) * Alessandra (Italian) * Alessia (Italian) * Alex (various languages) * Alexa (English, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |