2017 Malaysian Open
The 2017 Alya Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the Malaysian Open and an International tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 27 February to 5 March 2017 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC). Points and prize money distribution Points distribution Prize money Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of February 20, 2017. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Zarina Diyas * Katarina Zavatska * Zheng Saisai The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ashleigh Barty * Jang Su-jeong * Anna Kalinskaya * Miyu Kato * Lesley Kerkhove * Sabina Sharipova Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Sorana Cîrstea →replaced by Zhu Lin * Vania King →replaced by Sílvia Soler Espinosa * Karin Knapp →replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo * Kurumi Nara →replaced by Nina Stojanov ... [...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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Çağla Büyükakçay
Çağla Büyükakçay (; born 28 September 1989) is a Turkish professional tennis player. She has won 11 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In September 2016, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 60. She won her first title on the WTA Tour at her home tournament in Istanbul. On 29 February 2016, she peaked at world No. 111 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Turkey at the Billie Jean King Cup, Büyükakçay has a win–loss record of 39–30. She is also the top-ranked tennis player at Istanbul's multi-sports club Enkaspor. Büyükakçay was the first tennis player to represent Turkey at the Olympic Games. She competed at th2016 Rio Olympics. Career She did not contest many junior tournaments, only playing four before competing at the senior level. After a few aborted starts, Büyükakçay played her first professional match at an ITF event in Istanbul in May 2004. Losing in the qualifying draw, she would play two more tourna ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karin Knapp
Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987) is a retired Italian tennis player. In her career, Knapp won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit. On 24 August 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 33. On 28 September 2015, she peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings. As a member of the Italy Fed Cup team, Knapp was part of the winning squad in 2013 and has a win–loss record of 3–3. Personal life Knapp was born 1987 in the northern Italian province of South Tyrol. Her father, Alois, is a fabric manufacturer and her mother, Marianne, is a retired school teacher. She has two brothers, Stefan and Michael. Knapp was introduced to tennis at age seven by her parents. She admires Kim Clijsters. Career 2007 At the 2007 French Open, French Open, her first Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament, she reached the 2007 French Open – Women's singles, third round in the singles event, bea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sílvia Soler Espinosa
Sílvia Soler Espinosa (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In her career, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 28 April 2014, she peaked at No. 39 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Spain at the Fed Cup, Soler Espinosa has a win–loss record of 4–11. Personal life and background Soler Espinosa is coached by Jerome Adamec. Her father works in a factory, while her mother is a housewife. She stated that her favourite court is clay. Silvia cited Steffi Graf as one of her biggest tennis idols. In free time, she enjoys seeing friends, listening to music and going to the beach. Junior career In 2002, Soler Espinosa made her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit at the age of 14. That year, she won her first ITF junior title in doubles, at International Madrid, together with Astrid Waernes-Garcia. I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vania King
Vania King (born February 3, 1989) is an American former tennis player. A former top-ten doubles player, King won both the Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles titles in 2010 with partner Yaroslava Shvedova, with whom she also reached the final of the 2011 US Open. She won a total of 15 WTA doubles titles and reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world. She also ended runner-up in the mixed-doubles final at the French Open in 2009, with Marcelo Melo. In singles, King has been ranked as high as No. 50 in the world. Her biggest accomplishments included a WTA Tour title at the 2006 Bangkok Open and two runner-up finishes at the 2013 Guangzhou International and 2016 Jianxi International. She also progressed as far as the third round in Grand Slam tournaments, doing so on four occasions (the 2009 US Open, the 2011 French Open, the 2011 US Open, and the 2012 Australian Open). King announced her retirement on April 6, 2021. Personal life King's parents moved to the Uni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zhu Lin (tennis)
Zhu Lin (; ; born 28 January 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. On 31 October 2022, Zhu reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 58, while on 24 February 2020, she reached her best WTA doubles ranking of 103. To date, she has won the 2019 Jiangxi Open in doubles. Along with that WTA title, she also won one singles and one doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 14 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 February 2019, she entered the top 100 in singles, reaching world No. 93. Playing for China Fed Cup team, Zhu has a win–loss record of 7–4. Early life and background Zhu Lin was born on 28 January 1994 to Zhu Jiangming and Chen Yunqi in Wuxi, China. Her father introduced her to tennis at age four. She has a very aggressive style of play, and her signature shot and also favorite shot is forehand. Her tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis. Junior career Zhu debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in September 2009 at the age of 15 at the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-high ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March 2009. Her biggest achievements include reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 French Open and the final at the 2013 Rogers Cup. Early and personal life Cîrstea was born to Mihai and Liliana in Bucharest,. She resides in Târgoviște, her parents' home town. She has a younger brother, Mihnea. Cîrstea was introduced to tennis at the age of four by her mother. Sorana's father owns an ice cream factory in Târgoviște. She has cited Steffi Graf and Roger Federer as her idols. Career 2005–2006: Last junior years and turning professional Cîrstea is a former ITF Junior Circuit top-ten player, reaching a highest combined ranking of No. 6 in 2006. Her best results include a title in the 2005 German Junior Open (Grade 1), a tournament in w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sabina Sharipova
Sabina Sharipova (born 4 September 1994) is an Uzbek former professional tennis player. Up to date, she has won 15 singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 5 November 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 122. On 9 October 2017, she peaked at No. 197 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Uzbekistan at the Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ..., Sharipova has a win–loss record of 20–17. Grand Slam singles performance timeline ITF Circuit finals Singles: 26 (15 titles, 11 runner–ups) Doubles: 20 (7 titles, 13 runner–ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharipova, Sabina 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Uzbekistani female tennis players Asian Games competitors for Uz ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lesley Kerkhove
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (born 4 November 1991) is a professional tennis player from the Netherlands. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 6 June 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 135. On 25 June 2018, she peaked at No. 58 in the doubles rankings. Career In July 2013, Kerkhove made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Swedish Open. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open as a qualifier, and recorded her first major singles match-win at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships over Svetlana Kuznetsova. She recorded her second major singles win as a lucky loser at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships over wildcard Sonay Kartal before being defeated by world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in three sets. Personal life In July 2019, she married football player Edinho Pattinama and changed her name to Pattinama Kerkhove. Performance timelines ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miyu Kato (tennis)
is a professional Japanese tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 122 in January 2018. On 30 January 2017, she peaked at No. 30 in the WTA doubles rankings. In her career, Kato has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two WTA 125 doubles titles. On the ITF Circuit, she has won four singles and 13 doubles titles. Playing for Japan Fed Cup team, Kato has win–loss record of 6–1, as of December 2022. Personal life and background Kato has one brother named Yuki. She started playing tennis at the age of eight. She has stated that her tennis idols growing up were Justine Henin and Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e .... Her favorite surface to play on is hardcourt, but her favorite tournament is Wimbledon. Per ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anna Kalinskaya
Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. Ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she reached a career-high of No. 51 as a singles player in September 2022, and No. 53 as a doubles player in August 2022 . On the WTA Tour she won three doubles and seven singles titles; on the ITF Women's Circuit she won nine doubles titles . Her promising career started at age 17 when she won the Grand Slam girls' doubles title at the 2016 Australian Open alongside Tereza Mihalíková. She had previously reached the finals in the 2015 French Open in the girls' singles event as well as the 2015 US Open final in the doubles event, alongside her compatriot Anastasia Potapova. In 2017, she defeated former US Open champion Sloane Stephens in the first round of the tournament, achieving her firsGrand Slam victory In 2022, she won th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jang Su-jeong
Jang Su-jeong ( ko, 장수정 ; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean tennis player. Jang has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as ten singles titles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 July 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114. On 28 November 2022, she reached No. 105 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career Jang had a good career as a singles junior player, reaching her highest ranking in that category as world No. 68. Her best junior Grand Slam tournament was at the 2011 US Open, where she reached the third round. Her lone junior singles title was at the Yangdu International Junior Championships (Gangwon, 2008). She won her first ITF Circuit title in Bundaberg, Australia on 30 March 2013, winning the doubles tournament with Lee So-ra. The pair defeated Miki Miyamura and Varatchaya Wongteanchai in the final. Her most successful performance to date came at the 2013 Korea Open, where she reached the quarter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |