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2012 Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis – Singles
Rika Fujiwara was the defending champion, but chose not to participate. Zheng Saisai won the title, defeating Monique Adamczak Monique Adamczak (born 21 January 1983) is an Australian professional tennis player. Her favourite surface is grass. She has specialised in doubles and has been coached by Tony Roche, former coach of Roger Federer. Adamczak made her debut as ... in the final, 7–5, 6–2. Seeds Main draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Main draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis - Singles Kurume Best Amenity International Women's Tennis - Singles Kurume Best Amenity Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zheng Saisai
Zheng Saisai or Zheng Sai-Sai (; born February 5, 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. She won one WTA singles title (at the Premier level 2019 Silicon Valley Classic), five WTA doubles titles, and reached the final of the 2019 French Open in doubles with compatriot Duan Yingying. She also won three singles and three doubles titles on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as twelve singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 2 March 2020, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 34. On 11 July 2016, she peaked at No. 15 in the doubles rankings. Playing for China Fed Cup team, Zheng has a win–loss record of 11–6. Early life and background Zheng started playing tennis at age eight at tennis academy where mother worked. She stated that her tennis idol growing up was Justine Henin. Her favorite tournaments are Australian Open and Wimbledon. Zheng is coached by Alan Ma (). Her favorite shot is drop shot. Her father is of Tibetan ethnicity. She also has a Tibet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiko Yonemura
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. On 12 May 2008, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 208. In April 2008, she reached her best doubles ranking of No. 137. She has won three ITF singles and 15 ITF doubles titles. Akiko is the sister of Tomoko Yonemura is a Japanese former tennis player. On 4 May 2009, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 148. On 11 April 2005, she peaked at No. 144 in the doubles rankings. Tomoko, the sister of Akiko Yonemura, won seven singles and el .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (3–9) Doubles: 30 (15–15) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yonemura, Akiko 1984 births Living people Japanese female tennis players 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Hofmanova
Nikola Hofmanova (born 3 February 1991, as Nikola Hofmanová) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Hofmanova was born in Chomutov, Czechoslovakia. She won three singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 12 April 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 161. On 18 July 2011, she peaked at No. 223 in the doubles rankings. As a junior, Hofmanova was ranked as high as world No. 4. She won the Orange Bowl Tennis Championships in 2006. Between 2006 and 2009, she played four rubbers for the Austria Fed Cup team The Austria Billie Jean King Cup team represents Austria in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Osterreichischer Tennisverband. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Group I. History Austria competed in its first Fed Cup i .... In August 2015, Hofmanova played her last match on the pro circuit. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups) Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles of world No. 3, both achieved on October 24, 2022. She has won two singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA Challenger doubles title, and seven ITF doubles titles. She is a four-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in singles, having reached this stage twice at the Australian Open, in 2021 and 2022, once at the 2022 French Open, and once at the 2022 US Open. She is also a major finalist in doubles, achieving this feat at the 2022 French Open with teammate Coco Gauff. Personal life Pegula was born on February 24, 1994 in Buffalo, New York. She is the daughter of Terry and Kim Pegula, who are the owners of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League and the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. She is half-Korean, as her mother was born in Seoul before being adopted at age 5. She has four siblings: Kelly, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Murray (tennis)
Samantha Dawn Murray Sharan (née Murray; born 9 October 1987) is a British tennis player. Murray has won four singles titles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 165. On 22 August 2022, she peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings. Murray made her WTA Tour debut at the 2011 Eastbourne Classic, losing to Anna Tatishvili in the first round. She is not related to tennis player Andy Murray. Personal life Murray married Indian tennis doubles specialist Divij Sharan Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He specialises in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has won 5 ATP World Tour titles in men's doubles and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold me ... in July 2019. Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups) Doubles: 45 (26 titles, 19 runner-ups) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Miyazaki
is the Japanese term for a bow. As used in English, refers more specifically to traditional Japanese asymmetrical bows, and includes the longer and the shorter used in the practice of and , or Japanese archery. The was an important weapon of the samurai warrior during the feudal period of Japan. It is typically shot with Japanese arrows known as . The most famous style of is an asymmetrically shaped long bow with a length of more than , characterized by the archer holding the part of the bow below the center to shoot the arrow. History Most of the excavated Jōmon period () bows are in length, while most of the Yayoi period () bows are in length. The bows in these periods were made from a single processed wood, and the bows with this structure were called and were used until the Nara period (710–794 CE). It is unknown when the asymmetrical came into use, but the first written record is found in the '' Book of Wei'', a Chinese historical manuscript dating to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Xinyun
Han Xinyun (; ; born 30 May 1990), also known as Monica Han, is a Chinese professional tennis player. Han has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also has won nine singles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 105. On 29 July 2019, she peaked at No. 50 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for China Fed Cup team, Han has a win–loss record of 2–1 as of July 2022. Personal The only child of father Han Lei and mother Fu Deyuan first played tennis at the age of seven. Han Xinyun is coached by Wang Hufu. Her tennis idol is Li Na, her favorite tournaments are the Australian Open and China Open. Career Han had reached a WTA Tour doubles final before in China where she and her partner Xu Yifan lost to the pairing of Caroline Wozniacki and Anabel Medina Garrigues. In 2010, Han made her Grand Slam debut, as she went through qualifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Moore
Tara Shanice Moore (born 6 August 1992) is a Hong Kong-born British tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 145, which she achieved on 8 May 2017. She has won nine singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her best WTA doubles ranking is No. 77, which she reached on 11 July 2022. As a junior, she was coached by the American tennis coach, Nick Bollettieri. In September 2006, he referred to Moore as one of the best young players in his school, the Bollettieri Tennis Academy, along with Michelle Larcher de Brito. Her current coach is Charles Homewood. Her favourite surface is stated as being grass although most of her titles to date have come on hardcourt. Career 2006–2007 Moore's first professional tennis match came in August 2006 at the $10k tournament in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She won two matches to qualify before losing in the first round of the tournament. Moore then moved on to qualify and reach the quarterfinals in only the second ITF tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Webley-Smith
Emily Webley-Smith (born 14 July 1984) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 240, achieved on 7 November 2011. She also has a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 113, set on 2 November 2015. Webley-Smith has won four singles titles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has also reached the second round of her home Grand Slam, Wimbledon, on one occasion in 2004. Personal life Emily Webley-Smith was born in 1984 in Thornbury, Avon, which is now in South Gloucestershire. Her mother, Jane, is a PE teacher and her father, Mike, an amateur footballer and cricketer. She also has a sister named Hannah. Her first introduction to tennis was playing swingball in her garden and in the cricket grounds where her father was the club captain. She is coached by Jeremy Bates. Webley-Smith plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand. Her favorite surface is grass. In her spare time of late, she plays on the touchtennis tour agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Yifan
Xu Yifan (; ; born 8 August 1988) is a professional tennis player from China. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 148 in singles, on 13 July 2015. Since October 2018, she has specialized playing in doubles. On 13 January 2020, she peaked at No. 7 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career Xu made her debut playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in China. She won her first doubles title with Xia Huan in 2006. She was a finalist in women's doubles at the 2008 China Open in Beijing. 2014–2016: Australian Open semifinalist She was a quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in women's doubles with Zarina Diyas. She reached the semifinals at the 2016 Australian Open and was a quarterfinalist at the 2016 French Open in women's doubles with Zheng Saisai. 2017–2019: Major final and semifinal at Wimbledon, five quarterfinals She was also a quarterfinalist in doubles at the Australian Open in 2017 with Raquel Atawo. In 2017, she formed a new partnership with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski. Xu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Takao
is a retired Japanese tennis player. On 6 November 2006, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 128. On 31 October 2011, she also reached her highest doubles ranking of No. 270. In 2013, after Japanese national championships, and after ten years playing 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 ..., Takao announced her retirement. ITF Circuit finals Singles (4–11) Doubles (2–4) External links * * 1987 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetyana Arefyeva
Tetyana Serhiivna Arefyeva ( uk, Тетяна Сергіївна Арефиева) is a Ukrainian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles and two doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Arefyeva began tennis at the age of six and was coached by Igor Dernovskyy. In 2005, she played her first professional match at a $10k tournament in Kyiv where she had received a wildcard. In 2006, Tetyana played in Kyiv once more, this time advancing past the first round, before losing to Agnese Zucchini in three sets. She also played in Kharkiv and Volos. She qualified for Kharkiv and received a wildcard into Volos. She played in the qualifying draws of all the ITF events in Cairo. She fell in qualifying for all three of them but she won two doubles matches in Cairo. Arefyeva played lots more tournaments on the ITF Circuit 2007, reaching a quarterfinal at Tampere in Finland. She finished the year ranked at 769. In doubles, Tetyana teamed with Elena Jirnova t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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