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2013 Open GDF Suez De Biarritz
The 2013 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Biarritz, France, on 8–14 July 2013. The singles championship was won by Stephanie Vogt and the doubles championship was won by Yuliya Beygelzimer and Olga Savchuk. WTA entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 24 June 2013 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Estelle Cascino * Irina Ramialison * Constance Sibille * Laura Thorpe The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Michaela Boev * Varvara Flink * Vanesa Furlanetto * Sofiya Kovalets Champions Women's singles * Stephanie Vogt def. Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 1–6, 6–3, 6–2 Women's doubles * Yuliya Beygelzimer / Olga Savchuk def. Vera Dushevina Vera Yevgenyevna ... [...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] |
Claire Feuerstein
Claire Feuerstein (; ; born 28 February 1986) is a former tennis player from France. She made her debut in professional competition in 2002, aged 16, at an ITF tournament in Les Contamines, France. From 2002 to 2009, she played at many ITF tournaments, with three wins. Her first appearance in a WTA Tour event was at the 2009 Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she lost in the first round of the singles competition, but reached the final in doubles with partner Stéphanie Foretz. She received a wildcard entry into the main draw of the 2009 French Open The 2009 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 113th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 24 through ... and lost to No. 7 seed, Svetlana Kuznetsova, in the first round. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 runner-up ITF Circuit finals Singles: 19 (11–8) Doubles: 10 (2–8) Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Vrljić
Ana Vrljić (; born 1 August 1984) is an inactive professional Croatia tennis player. Vrljić has won four singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 June 2013, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 180. On 26 August 2013, she peaked at No. 149 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Croatia Fed Cup team, Vrljić has a win–loss record of 4–3. Tennis career She started playing tennis at the age of four, her favorite surface is hardcourt. At the Mediterranean Games, she won the silver medal in women's doubles along with Matea Mezak. Vrljić made it to the quarterfinals of the 2010 Swedish Open, defeating Angelique Kerber and Arantxa Rus but she lost to Gisela Dulko Gisela Dulko (; born 30 January 1985) is a retired Argentine tennis player. Although she enjoyed modest success in singles, reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 26 and winning four WTA titles, her speciality was doubles, where she achiev .... ITF finals Singles: 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofiya Kovalets
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanesa Furlanetto
Vanesa Furlanetto (; born 19 February 1987) is an Argentine former tennis player. In her career, she won 13 singles titles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 November 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 312. On 26 May 2014, she peaked at No. 248 in the doubles rankings. Partnering Amandine Hesse, Furlanetto won her first $50k tournament at Contrexéville, defeating Ana Konjuh and Silvia Njirić Silvia Njirić (born 9 July 1993) is a Croatian tennis player. Having already played in Fed Cup for Croatia, Njirić made semifinals at the 2010 French Open – Girls' singles, 2010 Junior French Open, losing to Elina Svitolina. She has won se ... in the final. In July 2015, she played her last match on the pro circuit. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups) Doubles: 27 (13 titles, 14 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Furlanetto, Vanesa 1987 births Living people Argentine female tennis players 21st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varvara Flink
Varvara Alexandrovna Flink (russian: Варвара Александровна Флинк; born 13 December 1996) is a Russian tennis player. She achieved a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of 122 on 15 July 2019 and a doubles ranking of 372 on 31 October 2022. Flink owns one doubles title on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour. She won her first of her six ITF singles title on 21 May 2017. In doubles, she has won two ITF titles. The first was in Monastir, Tunisia, in 2012. She reached two singles semifinals in 2013, one in Dubrovnik and the other in Seoul. Career highlights ITF Circuit On the ITF Junior Circuit, Flink achieved a new career-high ranking of world No. 6, following her win at the Grade-A Copa Gerdau in Brazil in March 2013. Later that year, she achieved more success, reaching the final at the Osaka Mayor's Cup and winning the Dunlop Orange Bowl. She ended the year ranked world No. 3 junior, in January 2014, she became world No. 2. WTA Tour Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaela Boev
Michaela (Hebrew מיכאלה) is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States, and 325th in England and Wales. It is very prevalent in the Czech Republic, ranking at number 9 in January 2002, and number 16 in January 2006. Variant forms There are numerous variant spellings. Equivalents in other languages include: *Meical (Welsh) *Micaela ( Italian, Portuguese, Spanish) *Michaëla ( Dutch) *Michaiła (Polish) *Michailina ( Czech, Lithuanian) *Michajlina (Belarusian) *Michala (Estonian) *Michalina (Polish) *Micheáilín ( Irish) *Michela ( Italian) *Michèle (French) *Michelina ( Italian) *Michelle (English, French) *Micheline (French) *Miguela ( Portuguese, Spanish) *Miguelina ( Spanish) *Mihaela ( Croatian, Romanian) *Mihaéla ( Hungarian) *Mihaila (Bulgarian) *Mihajla (Serbian) *Mikaela ( Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish) *Mikela ( Basq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Thorpe
Laura Thorpe (; born 24 May 1987) is a French former tennis player. On 6 June 2011, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 161. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 86 in the doubles rankings. In her career, she won two singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In 2013, Thorpe played her first WTA Tour final at the Luxembourg Open alongside Kristina Barrois, which they lost against Yanina Wickmayer and Stephanie Vogt Stephanie Vogt (; born 15 February 1990) is a retired tennis player from Liechtenstein. In her career, Vogt won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 24 February 2014, she .... WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorpe, Laura 1987 births Living people French female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constance Sibille
Constance Sibille (born 9 November 1990) is a retired French professional tennis player. On 7 July 2014, Sibille reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 265. On 27 July 2015, she peaked at No. 244 in the doubles rankings. Career She received a wildcard to play in the doubles draw at the 2014 French Open, alongside Irina Ramialison. The pair lost to Madison Keys and Alison Riske in the first round in three sets. The following year, Sibille and Ramialison lost in the first round to the eventual winners Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarová despite having one set point in the first set. During her career, Sibille had wins over players like Ekaterina Alexandrova, Annika Beck, Kiki Bertens, Catalina Castaño, Océane Dodin, Vera Dushevina, Fiona Ferro, Ons Jabeur, Anne Keothavong, Yulia Putintseva or Alison Van Uytvanck Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player. Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Ramialison
Irina Ramialison (born 9 June 1991) is a French former professional tennis player. On 10 November 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 243. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 196 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career 2014 Ramialison received a wildcard for the women's doubles tournament at the 2014 French Open alongside Constance Sibille; they lost in the first round to Madison Keys and Alison Riske. Ramialison also received a wildcard for the singles qualifying of that tournament, only dropping a single game to beat Kristína Kučová in the first round, before falling in the second to Michelle Larcher de Brito Michelle Larcher de Brito (born 29 January 1993) is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. She is the former Portuguese No. 1. Larcher de Brito won four singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 6 July 2009, she rea ... in straight sets. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (13 titles, 5 runner–ups) Doubles: 10 (4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estelle Cascino
Estelle Cascino (born 13 March 1996) is a French tennis player. Cascino has career-high WTA rankings of No. 406 in singles and No. 111 in doubles. She has won four singles titles and 20 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Cascino made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2019 French Open after receiving a wildcard for the doubles tournament, partnering Elixane Lechemia Elixane Lechemia (born 3 September 1991) is a French tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 343 in singles, achieved on 3 April 2017, and of No. 65 in doubles, set on 7 March 2022. Lechemia has won one doubles title on the WTA To .... Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles WTA 125 tournament finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner–ups) Doubles: 34 (20 titles, 14 runner–ups) References External links * * 1996 births Living people French female tennis players Tennis players from Marseille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Dushevina
Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina ( rus, Вера Евгеньевна Душевина; born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. As a junior, she won the Wimbledon Championships, beating Maria Sharapova in the final, while she reached the final of the French Open losing to Anna-Lena Grönefeld. Personal life Dushevina was born in Moscow. Beside tennis, Vera also played football and basketball. Tennis career Early years She played her first main-draw match at the 2002 Warsaw Open by qualifying, but lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual 1–6, 6–7. Her first WTA Tour match she won at the 2003 Miami Open. After qualifying, she defeated Patricia Wartusch 6–0, 6–3 but lost to fourth seed Justine Henin 3–6, 2–6 in the second round. She then won her first professional title at the ITF event in Innsbruck, Austria coming through the qualifying draw and defeating Melinda Czink in the fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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