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2012 TEAN International
The 2012 TEAN International was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour and the 12th edition of the tournament for the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands between 3 and 9 September 2011. ATP singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of August 27, 2012. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jeroen Benard * Stephan Fransen * Antal van der Duim * Nick van der Meer The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Philip Davydenko * Bastian Knittel * James McGee * Gerald Melzer WTA singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of August 27, 2012. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Chayenne Ewijk * Lesley Kerkhove * Quirine Lemoine * Angelique van der Meet The following players received en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphen Aan Den Rijn
Alphen aan den Rijn (; en, "Alphen upon Rhine" or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn (Old Rhine), where the river Gouwe branches off. The municipality had a population of in , and covers an area of of which is water. The municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn also includes the communities of Aarlanderveen, Zwammerdam, and Boskoop. The city is located in what is called the ' Green Heart' of the Netherlands, which is a somewhat less densely populated centre area of the Randstad. The name "Alphen" is probably derived from the name of the Roman fort '' Albaniana'', meaning "settlement at the white water". Its remains still lie underneath the city centre. History The area around Alphen aan den Rijn has been inhabited for 2000 years. In the Roman era, the Oude Rijn was the main branch of the Rhine River and formed the north border of the Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iñigo Cervantes Huegun
Inigo derives from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (love)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in the United Kingdom. Early traces of the name Eneko go back to Roman times, when the Bronze of Ascoli included the name forms ''Enneges'' and ''Ennegenses'' among a list of Iberian horsemen granted Roman citizenship in 89 B.C.E. In the early Middle Ages, the name appears in Latin, as ''Enneco'', and Arabic, as ''Wannaqo'' (ونقه) in reports of Íñigo Arista (c. 790–851 or 852), a Basque who ruled Pamplona. It can be compared with its feminine form, Oneca. It was frequently represented in medieval documents as Ignatius (Spanish "Ignacio"), which is thought to be etymologically distinct, coming from the Roman name Egnatius, from Latin ''ignotus'', meaning "unknowing", or from the Latin word for fire, ''ignis''. The familiar Ignatius may simply have served as ... [...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] |
Kathrin Wörle
Kathrin or ''Katrin'' or ''Kathryn'' or ''Kathrine'' is a female given name. Persons with the name * Ann-Kathrin Kramer (born 1966), German writer and actress * Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff (born 1960), German athlete in equestrian * Kathryn Adams (1893–1959), United States actress in silent movies * Kathrin Beck (born 1966), Austrian athlete in figure skating * Kathrin Becker (fl. 2000s), head of the Video-Forum at the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK) in Berlin since 2001 * Kathrin Born-Boyde (born 1970), German athlete in walk racing * Kathrin Boron (born 1969), German athlete in rowing * Kathrin Bringmann (born 1977), German professor (Mathematics) * Kathrin Brown, any of several women with the name or variants * Kathrin Dienstbier (fl. 1980s), German athlete in rowing * Katrin Dörre-Heinig (born 1961), German athlete in long-distance running * Kathrin Entner (born 1988), Austrian athlete in football * Kathrin Freudelsperger (born 1987), Austrian athlete in figure skating * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Sharon Fichman
Sharon Fichman ( ; born December 3, 1990) is a Canadian-Israeli inactive tennis player. In 2004, at the age of 13, she was Canada's Under-18 Indoor & Outdoor National girls' champion, and also won the doubles title. In 2005, Fichman won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, at the age of 14. In 2006, Fichman won the Australian Open and French Open junior doubles championships. She was ranked No. 5 on the ITF Junior Circuit in December 2006. Since turning professional, her career-highs have been No. 77 in singles (May 19, 2014) and No. 21 in doubles (January 17, 2022). She was inactive from May 2016 to April 2018, but returned to tennis in doubles at the $60k event in Indian Harbour Beach, reaching the quarterfinals with Jamie Loeb. She competed at last at the 2021 WTA Finals. Personal life Fichman, who is Jewish, was born and raised in Forest Hill in Toronto, Canada. She is a citizen of both Canada and Israel. Her parents, Julia and Bobby, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihaela Buzărnescu
Mihaela Buzărnescu (born 4 May 1988) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 20, achieved on 6 August 2018. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 24, she reached on 22 October 2018. She has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Buzărnescu has a Ph.D. in sports science from the National University of Physical Education and Sport. Career highlights Junior success Buzărnescu played her first professional match in 2004. She then won the junior doubles title at the 2006 US Open with Raluca Olaru. Seeded No. 2, they defeated the top-seeded pair of Sharon Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final. Injuries and hiatus Shoulder and knee injuries (the latter prompting two surgeries) forced her off the pro tour for years, long enough that she went back to school, graduating a doctorate at the National University of Physical Education and Sport in December 2016. 2017–2018: Grand Slam & top 100 deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasiya Yakimova
Anastasiya Yakimova ( be, Настасся Аляксееўна Якімава; russian: Анастасия Алексеевна Екимова; born 1 November 1986) is a former tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round. The last tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit she played in August 2017, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Career Yakimova began the year by qualifying for the 2009 Medibank International Sydney. She defeated Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Sophie Ferguson and Klára Zakopalová en route to qualifying. She faced Annabel Medina Garrigues in the first round and lost in three sets. She then headed to the Australian Open where she lost to Gisela Dulko, also in three sets. She played her first ITF tournament of the year at the $50k event in Cali, Colombia. As the fourth seed, Yakimova battled through to the final where she defeated Rossana de lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Melzer
Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is a professional Austrian tennis player. As a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of Munich in 2015. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016. He is the younger brother of top Austrian tennis player Jürgen Melzer (hence his nickname, Mini Melts) and is the son of Rudolf Melzer, an Austrian businessman and mayor of Deutsch-Wagram, and Michaela, a saleswoman. Career Gerald Melzer has primarily spent his time on the Futures circuit, while also playing challengers and several doubles events with his brother. He began playing on the tour in 2007, competing in tournaments in Austria as well as Futures tournaments in Africa. He has had more success playing doubles, partnering with his brother to win a challenger in Graz, Austria. Gerald faced his brother, Jürgen, in the first round of the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament, and lost in straight sets. Jürgen described it as the "worst tennis day of my life and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McGee (tennis)
James McGee (born 10 June 1987) is an Irish former professional tennis player. He was born in Castleknock, Ireland. He attended Belvedere College in Dublin, Co. Dublin. Personal life McGee was born to Kieran and Marie McGee. He started playing tennis at the age of seven at Castleknock. He won his school's tennis championship in 2002, 2003 and 2004, and was also awarded the Most Outstanding Player of the Year in Ireland in 2003. He was educated at Belvedere College in Dublin and then obtained a major in Psychology from North Carolina State University in 2008. Career McGee has spent most of his career on the Futures and Challenger circuits. As of 9 June 2014, he has played in 10 Davis Cup ties for Ireland with a record of 13 wins and 8 losses (9–5 in singles & 4–3 in doubles). 2014 McGee had finished 2013 in good form and continued this into 2014, reaching the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie in Nouméa, equalling his best performance at a challenger. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastian Knittel
Bastian Knittel (; born 8 August 1983) is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T .... He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 157 in February 2011. Challenger finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 4 (2–2) References External links * * 1983 births Living people German male tennis players Sportspeople from Stuttgart Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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