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2015 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships
The 2015 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money. It took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, on 21–27 September 2015. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 14 September 2015 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jan Abaza * Julia Boserup * Victoria Duval * Julia Jones The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Robin Anderson * Ulrikke Eikeri * Michaëlla Krajicek * Amra Sadiković The following player received entry by a protected ranking: * Lisa Whybourn Champions Singles * Michaëlla Krajicek def. Naomi Broady, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 7–5 Doubles * Paula Cristina Gonçalves / Sanaz Marand def. Tamira Paszek / Anna Tatishvili, 4–6, 6–2, 0– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125K series. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125k series and the bigger money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Glatch
Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions and the Dunlop Orange Bowl, Orange Bowl in the Girls-16s division in 2004. She achieved a world junior ranking of No. 5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US Open (tennis), 2005 US Open finals in both singles and doubles. She lost the singles final to junior, and future senior world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka. She represented the United States in numerous international competitions including Junior Fed Cup. Professional career Glatch turned professional in 2005 and in that year reached the semifinals of the 2005 Forest Hills Tennis Classic – Singles, Forest Hills Tennis Classic and the second round of the 2005 US Open – Women's singles, US Open. She was in an accident in November 2005; her injuries included a broken right wrist and left elbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamira Paszek
Tamira Shelah Paszek (born 6 December 1990) is an Austrian tennis player. Paszek has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She realized her greatest success so far when she reached quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament twice, 2011 and 2012 at the Wimbledon Championships. On 11 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 26. On 6 May 2013, she peaked at No. 93 in the doubles rankings. In her career, Paszek has defeated top-ten players Marion Bartoli, Elena Dementieva, Daniela Hantuchová, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković, Angelique Kerber, Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone, Patty Schnyder, and Caroline Wozniacki. Biography Paszek was introduced to tennis by her mother, Françoise Paszek, at age four-and-a-half. Her mother is a Chilean-born Austrian of Polish and French descent; and her father, Ariff Mohamed, a Tanzanian-born, Kenyan-raised Canadian of Indian descent. Tamira ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Whybourn
Lisa Whybourn (born 11 May 1991) is an English retired tennis player. She broke into the world top 250 in June 2010 following her run to the final qualifying round at Wimbledon. Whybourn is originally from Hemingford Grey in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, but is now coaching at the ''Hume Tennis And Community Centre'' in Craigieburn, Victoria. Tennis career Junior years Lisa played her first junior ITF tournament in April 2006 and her last in the qualifying rounds for the Wimbledon Championships in June 2009. Over these three years she reached three singles finals (winning two of them) as well as three semifinals. She never passed the first round of junior Wimbledon and did not compete in any of the other three Grand Slam junior events. In doubles, she managed to win two titles. She was also a doubles runner-up twice and a semifinalist twice. Whybourn amassed a singles win–loss record of 31–22 and a win–loss record of 24–20 in doubles. Her career-high combined singles and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amra Sadiković
Amra Sadiković ( mk, Амра Садиковиќ; ; born 6 May 1989) is a Swiss tennis player. She announced her retirement in May 2014, a few days after her 25th birthday, only to begin playing 13 months later on the ITF Women's Circuit again. In April 2019, Sadiković announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis. She had another comeback in October 2022 at Sharm El Sheik. In her career, Sadiković won eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 18 July 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 126. On 10 October 2016, she peaked at No. 135 in the WTA doubles rankings. In 2016, Sadiković made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at Wimbledon. She won three rounds of qualifying before facing defending (and eventual) champion Serena Williams in the first round, where she lost in straight sets. Sadiković has a win–loss record of 7–6 for Switzerland in Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrikke Eikeri
Ulrikke Pia Eikeri (born 16 December 1992) is a Norwegian tennis player. Eikeri has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on WTA Challenger Tour and 11 singles titles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles final at the 2022 French Open alongside Joran Vliegen. In 2022, she peaked at World No. 40 in the WTA doubles rankings. She reached a best singles ranking of World No. 206 on 16 April 2018. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Eikeri had been ranked as high as No. 16 in the world. Playing for the Norway Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 32–19. Career 2010: Juniors In 2010, Eikeri reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in girls' doubles alongside Camila Silva. 2021: First doubles title Eikeri won her first WTA Tour title in doubles in October 2021, playing alongside Ellen Perez at the 2021 Tenerife Open. 2022: Historic mixed doubles final At the 2022 French Open she reached the final in mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Anderson (tennis)
Robin Kimberly Anderson (born April 12, 1993) is an American tennis player. Career She received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 Australian Open on her Grand Slam debut, after winning the USTA's Australian Open Wildcard Challenge. Personal life Anderson's parents are Denom and Trudy Anderson, and she has two siblings, Matthew and Samantha. College Anderson attended UCLA from 2011 to 2015, where she was on the tennis team each year. She won the Honda Sports Award The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ... as the nation's best collegiate female tennis player in 2014, and earned the award as well in the following year, 2015. Grand Slam singles performance timeline WTA 125 tournament finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (5 titles, 8 run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Jones (tennis)
Julia Jones (born January 23, 1981) is an American actress. She may be best known for playing Leah Clearwater in ''The Twilight Saga'' film series and Angela Bishop in the television series '' Dexter: New Blood''. Early life and education Julia Jones was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Frank Jones and Penny Wells. She has a younger brother named Cody. She has stated that her mother is of English descent, and that her father "is part Choctaw, Chickasaw, and African-American". She was raised in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, and frequented the first JP Licks ice cream store, which was close to her home. Jones studied at Boston Ballet School from the age of 4. She began working in commercials and local theatre when she was eight. In 1999, Jones graduated from Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States. She subsequently attended Columbia University where she earned her bachelor's degree in English in 2005. Career Jones has modeled in cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Duval
Victoria Duval (born 30 November 1995) is an American professional tennis player. Duval has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 87. In 2012, she won the USTA Girls' 18s National Championships. Early life Duval was born in Miami and spent some of her childhood in Haiti, including time training at the JOTAC Tennis Academy in Port-au-Prince. While living in Port-au-Prince, Duval was robbed at gunpoint and held hostage at her aunt's house at the age of 7. Victoria's mother gave up her neonatal practice and moved Victoria and her two brothers to south Florida. Her father stayed behind to continue the gynecology and obstetrics practice he had helped build in Port-au-Prince. To continue improving Vicky's tennis game, Nadine moved with her to Atlanta. It was here that she worked with coach Brian de Villiers, at the Racquet Club of the South. In January 2010, Vicky was training in Atlanta w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Boserup
Julia Boserup (born September 9, 1991) is an American retired tennis player of Danish descent. Boserup began playing tennis at age six, after her mother, a native of Denmark, enrolled her in group tennis lessons. She was home schooled in high school, which allowed her to focus more time on her tennis career which began in 2006. In 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of world No. 80, whilst her best doubles ranking was No. 218. However, she suffered from injuries, and in May 2019, she announced her retirement. Junior accomplishments Boserup won the USTA Orange Bowl in 2008, outlasting fellow American Christina McHale in three sets, in the final match. Professional career Boserup reached the third round of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and in 2017 she defeated French Open champion Francesca Schiavone in the first round of the Australian Open. In 2014, Julia reached the quarterfinals of the WTA Tour event in Monterrey, Mexico, defeating world No. 24, Kirsten Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Abaza
Jan Abaza (born March 1, 1995) is an American former tennis player of Syrian descent. She won two singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On August 5, 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 374. On July 20, 2015, she peaked at No. 138 in the WTA doubles rankings. Partnering Louisa Chirico, Abaza won her first $50k tournament at the 2013 Melbourne Pro Classic, defeating Asia Muhammad and Allie Will in the final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: * Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con .... However, she couldn't defend her title, losing in the final a year later. ITF finals Singles (2–1) Doubles (9–7) References External links * * 1995 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis people from New Jersey 21st-century American women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Sanchez
Maria Victoria Sanchez (born November 26, 1989) is a former tennis player from the United States. In July 2013, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 107. On 22 April 2019, she peaked at No. 51 of the WTA doubles ranking. Sanchez has been primarily a doubles player. In doubles, she won three WTA titles, one WTA 125 title, and 24 ITF titles. She also won two ITF singles titles. College Sanchez attended the University of Southern California where she was a three-time All-American in singles and doubles. She was the No. 1 collegiate player throughout the 2011–2012 season and was named the ITA Senior Player of the Year. While at USC, star quarterback Matt Barkley was quoted as saying that Sanchez was his favorite athlete on campus. Career 2012 In her first full season on tour, Sanchez climbed over 530 spots in the world rankings. She captured the Gold River Challenger $50k title in Northern California, defeating Jessica Pegula in a three-set final. The win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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