2017 Hungarian Ladies Open
The 2017 Hungarian Ladies Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Hungarian Ladies Open, and an International-level tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was upgraded this year from its 2016 status as a $100,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 13 February 2017 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Dalma Gálfi * İpek Soylu * Fanny Stollár The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Anna Blinkova * Anett Kontaveit * Tamara Korpatsch * Aliaksandra Sasnovich * Isabella Shinikova * Barbora Štefková Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Irina Falconi Doubles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of 13 February 2017 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Anna Blinkova / Panna Udvardy * Ágne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Océane Dodin
Océane Dodin (, born 24 October 1996) is a professional tennis player from France. WTA rankings, Ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she reached a career-high of 46 as a singles player in June 2017 and No. 375 in October 2017 as a doubles player. Dodin won the 2016 Coupe Banque Nationale – Singles, 2016 Coupe Banque Nationale in Quebec City, Québec as part of the WTA Tour and a further twelve singles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. Personal life Dodin was born on 24 October 1996 in Lille, France. An only child, she played tennis with her parents and was coached by her father, Frédéric Dodin. Her tennis idols include Maria Sharapova and Roger Federer. Professional career 2011–2013: French Open qualifying debut and first ITF title Dodin began playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in July 2011 at the age of 14. She first participated at the $10K Valladolid tournament, where she qualified for the main draw. Her first significant ach ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Irina Falconi
Irina Falconi ( es, Falconí; born May 4, 1990) is an Ecuadorian-born American former tennis player. She moved to Manhattan, New York, as a toddler. Her highest WTA singles ranking is world No. 63, which she reached in May 2016. Her career-high in doubles is No. 70, set in June 2013. Professional career Falconi played college tennis at Georgia Tech where she was a two times ITA All-American and 2010 ACC Player of the Year. She was given a wildcard into the 2010 US Open qualifying tournament and managed to qualify defeating Mona Barthel, Anastasia Pivovarova and Stéphanie Dubois. She went out in the first rounds of the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon. The 2011 US Open was more successful for Falconi, when she defeated Klára Zakopalová and Dominika Cibulková, before losing to Sabine Lisicki. In March 2020, she competed at the Indian Wells Challenger for the last time in a pro match on tour. In 2021, it was reported that Falconi was working as a travelin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 at the age of 18. A former top-10 player, Petkovic reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 on 10 October 2011, becoming the first German female player ranked inside the top 10 since Steffi Graf in 1999. That year, she played in the quarterfinals of three Grand Slam tournaments as well as a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open, and qualified as an alternate to the WTA Tour Championships. Petkovic suffered three separate injuries in 2012: a back injury in January, an ankle injury in August and a knee injury in December that kept her out for nine months, and almost saw her fall out of the top 200. She rebounded in 2014 by reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2014 French Open and later winning the WTA Tournament o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barbora Štefková
Barbora Štefková (born 4 April 1995) is a retired Czech tennis player. Štefková had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 154, achieved on 27 February 2017. On 14 January 2019, she peaked at No. 100 in the doubles rankings. She won nine singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Štefková won her biggest title to date at the 2016 Lale Cup in Istanbul, where she defeated Anastasia Pivovarova in the final. Her WTA Tour main-draw debut she made at the 2016 Prague Open in the doubles draw alongside Tereza Smitková. Štefková made her WTA main-draw singles debut at the 2016 Coupe Banque Nationale. She upset defending champion Annika Beck in the first round, before falling to Alison Van Uytvanck. Due to reactive arthritis Reactive arthritis, also known as Reiter's syndrome, is a form of inflammatory arthritis that develops in response to an infection in another part of the body (cross-reactivity). Coming into contact with bacteria and developing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Aliaksandra Aliaksandraŭna Sasnovich ( be, Аляксандра Аляксандраўна Сасновіч; born 22 March 1994) is a Belarusian tennis player. She has won eleven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has reached a Grand-Slam semifinal in doubles, at the 2019 US Open, together with Viktoria Kuzmova. Sasnovich achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 30 on 10 September 2018, and peaked at No. 39 in the WTA doubles rankings, on 23 August 2021. Personal life and background She has a mother named Natalia and a younger sister named Polina. She came from a sporty family. Her mother played basketball while her father played hockey and tennis for 20 years on the senior circuit. Sasnovich started playing tennis at the age of nine, and her father introduced her to sport. She stated that her favorite shot is backhand down the line, while her favorite surface is indoor hardcourt. Her favorite tournaments are the US Open and the Stuttgart Open. Sa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamara Korpatsch
Tamara Korpatsch (born 12 May 1995) is a German tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 74, achieved on 28 November 2022, and doubles ranking of No. 291, achieved on 7 March 2022. She has won one singles title on WTA Challenger Tour and eleven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. Professional career 2016 Korpatsch made her WTA Tour debut at the Swiss Open in the doubles draw, partnering Ekaterina Yashina. 2017 In December 2017, she won the singles title at the National German Championships. 2020: Grand slam debut She made her Grand Slam main draw debut at the French Open and the US Open. 2022: Top 100 debut In June 2022, Korpatsch made her third Major main draw debut at the Wimbledon Championships where she lost to Heather Watson. Korpatsch had also entered the doubles competition but her partner, Harmony Tan, withdrew only an hour before her match prompting her to express, in a since-deleted social media post, her anger and disappointment at not being ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anett Kontaveit
Anett Kontaveit (; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 6 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked Estonian player in history. In 2021, she became the first Estonian to participate in the WTA Finals, where she reached the final. Kontaveit also holds a career-high ranking of No. 95 in doubles, achieved on 2 March 2020. Kontaveit has won six singles titles on the WTA Tour as well as eleven singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She produced her best performance at a major by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2020 Australian Open. She has reached two WTA 1000 (formerly WTA Premier) finals at the 2018 Wuhan Open and 2022 Qatar Open. Kontaveit won the Estonian Championships in 2009, the youngest player to do so, and successfully defended her title in 2010. Career 2011: First ITF Circuit title Kontaveit had success on t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anna Blinkova
Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova ( rus, Анна Владимировна Блинкова, , ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə, Ru-Anna Blinkova.ogg; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles title each on WTA Challenger Tour as well as three singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In February 2020, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 14 September 2020, she peaked at No. 45 in the WTA doubles rankings. Blinkova was runner-up at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in girls' singles and was ranked the No. 3 junior tennis player in the world in August 2015. Personal life and background Anna Blinkova was born on 10 September 1998 in Moscow to mother Elena and father Vladimir. During childhood, she played both tennis and chess to a high level. She prefers playing on hardcourts. Her favourite shot is forehand. She speaks Russian, Slovak, French and Engli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fanny Stollár
Fanny Stollár (born 12 November 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. Stollár has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as one singles title and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 19 November 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 114. On 10 September 2018, she peaked at No. 67 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Hungary Fed Cup team, Stollár has a win–loss record of 7–2 (as of January 2023). Career highlights In 2015, Budapest-born Stollár won the Wimbledon girls' doubles title, partnering Dalma Gálfi. She defeated sixth seed Johanna Konta in straight sets in the second round of the WTA Tour event of Charleston in April 2018. Stollar had played two qualifying matches and beaten Francesca Di Lorenzo in the first round. Her biggest doubles title, so far, came at the 2018 Hungarian Ladies Open, where she together with Spanish player Georgina García Pérez defeated Kirs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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İpek Soylu
İpek Soylu (born 15 April 1996) is a professional Turkish female tennis player. Soylu has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, her biggest coming at the 2016 year-end Elite Trophy. She has also won 12 singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. On 17 April 2017, she peaked at No. 63 in the WTA doubles rankings. Her sole Grand Slam title as a junior came in 2014, when she partnered Jil Teichmann of Switzerland to win the doubles title at the US Open. Playing for the Turkey Fed Cup team, Soylu has accumulated a win–loss record of 13–10. She is also a member of the Enkaspor tennis team. Personal life and background Soylu was born on 15 April 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey. She began playing tennis at the age of six. Her favorite shot is forehand, while her favourite surface is clay. Her favorite players are Roger Federer and Li Na. Career 2016: Success in doubles: Elite Trophy title In 2016, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |