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2016 Katowice Open
The 2016 Katowice Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Katowice Open and an International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, from 4 April to 10 April 2016. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 21 March 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Paula Kania * Vera Lapko * Anastasiya Shoshyna The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ekaterina Alexandrova * Viktorija Golubic * Daniela Hantuchová * Isabella Shinikova The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Jesika Malečková * Valeriya Strakhova Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Denisa Allertová → replaced by Donna Vekić * Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Stefanie Vögele * Polona Hercog → replaced by Klára Koukalová * Anett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA International Tournaments
The WTA International Tournaments was a category for professional tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. The winner of a WTA International adds 280 points to her WTA ranking. For the 2020 season, there were 32 tournaments, all knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $275,000 ($775,000 for Shenzhen, and $525,000 for Guangzhou and Hong Kong). Events Internationals Defunct Winners by tournament Singles Current tournaments Previous tournaments See also * WTA Premier tournaments * WTA 250 tournaments WTA 250 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International Tournaments. As of 2021, WT ... {{WTA International tournaments * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos (; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2018 and 2020 Australian Opens, as well as the French Open in 2019 and 2020, all alongside Kristina Mladenovic. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open, and Babos reached the final of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships with Yaroslava Shvedova. In mixed doubles, she has reached two major finals, at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships with Alexander Peya, and the 2018 Australian Open partnering Rohan Bopanna. Babos became world No. 1 for the first time in July 2018, holding the top ranking for 13 weeks, and was the first Hungarian player, male or female, to reach world No. 1 in either singles or doubles. She has won another 20 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2017, 2018 and 2019 WTA Finals and two at WTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Vekić
Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player and businesswoman. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, and the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open. She has also won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Entering the quarterfinals of the 2019 US Open was her best performance at a major singles event. In November 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 19. Professional career 2012: First WTA Tour final Born in Osijek, Vekić is a member of the Croatia Fed Cup team. In February 2012, she played three rubbers at the tournament, including helping her country to a 2–0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the Tashkent Open, Vekić made it to her first final on the WTA Tour. It was her first main-draw appearance there, and she was the youngest player in six years to make it to the final of such an event. However, she was defeated by Irina-Came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denisa Allertová
Denisa is a feminine given name, equivalent to English '' Denise'', used in various European languages, particularly in Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Romanian, Slovak and Slovenian. Notable people with the name include: *Denisa Chládková * Denisa Dedu *Denisa Dvořáková *Denisa Golgotă *Denisa Křížová * Denisa Legac * Denisa Proto * Denisa Rosolová *Denisa Saková * Denisa Sokolovská * Denisa Smolenová *Denisa Spergerová *Denisa Tîlvescu *Denisa Vyšňovská *Denisa Wagner * Jiří Procházka, a Czech martial artist known as ''Denisa'' or '' Deniska'' See also * Denise (given name) Denise is a female given name. Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to Bacchus." Feminine variants * Deneece, Denice, Deniece: English * Denisa: Czech, Romanian, Russian, Slovak * Denise: English, French, ... {{given name Albanian feminine given names Czech feminine given names Croatian feminine given names Romanian feminine given names Slovak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeriya Strakhova
Valeriya Mykhaylivna Strakhova ( uk, Валерія Михайлівна Страхова; born 9 June 1995) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Career On 1 February 2016, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 231. On 11 July 2022, she peaked at No. 118 in the WTA doubles rankings. Strakhova has won 12 singles and 38 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She 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 2015 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Anastasiya Vasylyeva. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runner–ups) Doubles: 57 (38 titles, 19 runner–ups) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Strakhova, Valeriya Ukrainian female tennis players 1995 births Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesika Malečková
Jesika Malečková (born 16 August 1994) is a Czech tennis player. Malečková has won ten singles titles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 20 June 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 191. On 14 November 2022, she peaked at No. 109 in the doubles rankings. In April 2016, Malečková made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2016 Katowice Open where she received entry as a lucky loser. In qualifying, she had defeated Mandy Minella and Renata Voráčová, falling short in the final round to Isabella Shinikova. In the main draw, she lost to seventh seed Tímea Babos Tímea Babos (; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2018 and 2020 Australian Opens, as well as the Fre ... in round one. Performance timelines ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Shinikova
Isabella Shinikova ( bg, Изабелла Шиникова) (born 25 October 1991) is a Bulgarian tennis player. On 20 February 2017, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 133. On 20 May 2019, she peaked at No. 159 in the WTA doubles rankings. She also plays for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team, with a current win–loss record of 15–20. Junior career Shinikova started playing tennis at the age seven. She played on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2006 and won two singles titles and one doubles title. Professional career 2009–15: Professional debut, success on the ITF Circuit In 2009, Shinikova made her pro debut at a $25k event. Since then, she has been playing on the ITF Women's Circuit, and in 2015, she topped the annual leaderboard winning eight titles through the year. 2016–17: WTA Tour & major qualifications, top 150 debut In April 2016, Shinikova made her main-draw debut at a WTA Tour tournament at the Katowice Open, losing to Alizé Cornet in the first round. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Martina Hingis in the final and becoming the lowest-ranked player to ever win the tournament. She also reached the quarterfinals of that year's Wimbledon Championships and US Open, ending the year in the top ten. She was part of the Slovak team that won the 2002 Fed Cup and the 2005 Hopman Cup. Hantuchová reached her highest ranking of world No. 5 in January 2003, after playing the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. She has won seven WTA tournaments, including the Indian Wells Masters for a second time in 2007, with the 2015 Thailand Open being her last victory. She reached the semifinals of the 2008 Australian Open, her best result in a Grand Slam tournament. Her biggest career wins include victories over defending champion Serena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktorija Golubic
Viktorija Golubic ( sr, Викторија Голубић, Viktorija Golubić; ; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. Golubic has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, two singles WTA Challenger titles, as well as ten singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit so far. On 28 February 2022, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 15 January 2018, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Professional career 2008–15: ITF Circuit Golubic started playing on the ITF Women's Circuit at the $10K event in Budapest in June 2008. She played her first two WTA qualifying tournaments at the Hungarian Open and Gastein Ladies in 2010. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Gastein Ladies in 2013, where she recorded her first WTA win and reached second round. However, all of her attempts to qualify for a Grand Slam failed. 2016: Breakthrough, WTA title, top 100 After winning her eighth ITF title at the $25k event in Hong Kong, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, links=no; ; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titles and seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 26 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 21. On 26 September 2022, she also peaked at No. 58 in the WTA doubles rankings Personal life Since 1996, Alexandrova has been living and training in Prague, Czech Republic, with her parents and two siblings, a brother and a sister. They moved after travelling to the city for a youth tournament, attracted by the local availability of tennis courts compared to Russia. According to the player, the Russian Tennis Federation didn't know about her existence before 2016 and she has never been good enough to cause interest from the Czech one (Czech Tennis Association or cz, Český tenisový svaz) in terms of citizenship switch. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasiya Shoshyna
Anastasiya Mykolayivna Shoshyna ( uk, Анастасія Миколаївна Шошина; pl, Anastasija Szoszyna; born 30 November 1997) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player who was playing for Poland since 2020. Shoshyna won five singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. She has career-high WTA rankings of 381 in singles and 279 in doubles, reached on 19 August 2019 and on 2 March 2020, respectively. Shoshyna made her WTA Tour singles main-draw debut at the 2016 Katowice Open, after receiving a wildcard for the tournament. In December 2020, Shoshyna was provisionally suspended under Article 8.3.1(c) of the 2020 Tennis Anti-Doping Programme. She had failed a drug test; a urine sample she had provided at the $25k Ted Republican girls' tournament, played in Istanbul, Turkey from 26 October to 1 November 2020, was found to contain the prohibited substance stanozolol. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Lapko
Vera Valeryevna Lapko ( be, Вера Валер'еўна Лапко; born 29 September 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has won six singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 60. On 14 May 2018, she peaked at No. 83 in the doubles rankings. Lapko reached the 2014 US Open and 2015 Wimbledon girls' doubles finals, both times partnering Tereza Mihalíková. She won the 2016 Australian Open girls' singles title, defeating Mihalíková in the final. Playing for Belarus Fed Cup team, Lapko has a win–loss record of 6–2 (as of November 2022). Performance timeline ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.'' Singles ''Current through the 2021 Astana Open The 2021 Astana Open was a tennis tournament organized for professional tennis players, held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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