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2018 Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open
The 2018 Hungarian Pro Circuit Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Budapest, Hungary, on 9–15 July 2018. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 2 July 2018. Other entrants The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: * Anna Bondár * Ágnes Bukta * Dalma Gálfi * Réka Luca Jani The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nicoleta Dascălu * Alena Fomina * Magdaléna Pantůčková * Panna Udvardy The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Alexandra Panova Champions Singles * Viktória Kužmová def. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 Doubles * Alexandra Cadanțu / Chantal Škamlová def. Kaitlyn Christian / Giuliana Olmos Giuliana Marion Olmos Dick (born 4 March 1993) is a Mexican professional tennis player. Olmos, who g ... [...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 mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markéta Vondroušová
Markéta Šimková (née Vondroušová; ; born 28 June 1999) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 14 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Vondroušová finished runner-up at the 2019 French Open, where she became the first teenage Grand Slam finalist on the tour since Caroline Wozniacki, nearly a decade earlier. She has won one singles title out of four finals on the WTA Tour and a silver medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Vondroušová is a former world No. 1 junior, having won two Grand Slam doubles titles. She had a quick breakthrough on the WTA Tour, winning the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne at the age of 17 in just her second career WTA singles event. This title helped her reach the top 100 of the WTA rankings before turning 18 years old. Vondroušová has struggled with injuries early in her career, most notably missing the second half of the 2019 season shortly after her French Open maiden final. Her signature shot is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuliana Olmos
Giuliana Marion Olmos Dick (born 4 March 1993) is a Mexican professional tennis player. Olmos, who graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016, has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 343 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), reached on 4 March 2019, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 7, achieved on 26 September 2022. She has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. With her partner Desirae Krawczyk, she became the first Mexican player in the Open Era to reach a WTA Tour final at the 2018 Monterrey Open. In 2019, she became the first Mexican player to win a WTA Tour title, taking the doubles crown at the Nottingham Open. In 2020, she became the first Mexican woman to win the Mexican Open, also with Krawczyk. In 2022, she became the first Mexican woman to enter the Top 10 in the WTA rankings in either singles or doubles. Early life Olmos is the daughter of a Mexican man and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaitlyn Christian
Kaitlyn Christian (born January 13, 1992) is a tennis player from the United States. Christian is primarily a doubles player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 38, achieved in February 2019, and a career-high singles ranking of 570, reached in September 2017. Personal life Christian was Emma Stone's body double as Billie Jean King in the 2017 film ''Battle of the Sexes'', and she also is credited as portraying tennis player Kerry Melville in the film. She also portrayed tennis player Shaun Stafford in the 2021 film ''King Richard King Richard normally refers to the three English monarchs. English monarchs *Richard I of England or Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199) *Richard II of England (1367–1400) *Richard III of England (1452–1485) Although no monarch has assumed th ...''. Grand Slam doubles performance timeline WTA career finals Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) WTA 125 tournament finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Panova
Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 30 July 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71. On 18 January 2016, she peaked at No. 38 in the doubles rankings. She has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour. On the ITF Circuit, she won two of her 16 doubles titles with her older sister Olga Panova. Career 2009 In January, Panova obtained an invitation from the ''Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association'' to play JB Group Classic with her compatriot Anna Chakvetadze (she replaced Maria Sharapova for injury) and Vera Zvonareva, and then she entered the Australian Open women's qualifying singles unseeded and made it to the qualifying third round before losing to unseeded Julia Schruff of Germany, in two sets. 2011 In August, Panova made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open by coming through qualifying. In the first round she faced the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panna Udvardy
Panna Udvardy (; born 28 September 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 76 in singles, achieved on 12 September 2022, and 65 in doubles, set on 24 October 2022. Professional career 2017: WTA Tour debut Udvardy made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Hungarian Ladies Open in the doubles tournament, partnering Anna Blinkova. 2021: First WTA 125 final, top 100 debut She reached her first final on the WTA Challenger Tour at the 2021 Montevideo Open, losing 3-6, 2-6 to Diane Parry. She made her top 100 debut at World No. 96 on 29 November 2021. 2022: Major debut & first win, WTA 125 singles & two doubles finals She reached her maiden doubles final at the WTA 500 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic partnering Vivian Heisen. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Australian Open. She recorded her first major match win at the Wimbledon Championships defeating Tamara Zidanšek. Partnering Amina Anshba, she was runner-up at Palermo Open, her se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alena Fomina
Alena Sergeyevna Fomina-Klotz (née Fomina; russian: Алёна Сергеевна Фомина; born 5 July 1989) is a Russian tennis player. From 2005 to October 2017, she represented Ukraine. Career She has won one singles title and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 3 April 2017, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 520. On 19 September 2022, she peaked at No. 137 in the WTA doubles rankings. Fomina made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Topshelf Open, partnering Christina Shakovets in doubles, but lost her first-round match against Maria Kirilenko and Yanina Wickmayer Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieved a career-high of world No. .... WTA 125 tournament finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 44 (25 titles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicoleta Dascălu
Nicoleta Cătălina Dascălu (born 19 December 1995) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Dascălu has career-high WTA rankings of No. 266 in singles and 240 in doubles. She has won five singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Dascălu made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2016 Bucharest Open, in the doubles competition, partnering Irina Bara. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups) Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner–ups) References External links * * 1995 births Living people Romanian female tennis players Sportspeople from Pitești {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Réka Luca Jani
Réka Luca Jani (born 31 July 1991) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has won 24 singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. On 19 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 104. On 22 August 2016, she peaked at No. 124 in the doubles rankings. Her favorite surface is clay. Playing for Hungary Billie Jean King Cup team, Jani has a win–loss record of 28–18. Personal Parents are Janos, Szilvia and Zsolt; brothers are Mate and Balint, sister is Petra. Tennis career Jani who began playing at age six, reached the first final on the WTA Tour in 2016, at the Brasil Tennis Cup partnering Tímea Babos. She was awarded a wildcard entry to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, along with Tímea Babos to play in women's doubles. Jani reached her first-ever WTA Tour quarterfinal at the 2021 Serbia Open defeating Anna Kalinskaya. As a result she returned to the top 200 in singles. On 9 May 2022, she reached a new care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalma Gálfi
Dalma Rebeka Gálfi (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has won nine singles titles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 June 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 81. On the same day, she peaked at No. 151 in the WTA doubles rankings. Personal life and background Galfi started playing tennis when she was five years old. Her father had two tennis courts, and he taught her how to play tennis. Junior career Junior Grand Slam results - Singles: * Australian Open: SF (2015) * French Open: 2R (2015) * Wimbledon: 2R (2014) * US Open: W (2015) Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles: * Australian Open: 2R (2015) * French Open: QF (2015) * Wimbledon: W (2015) * US Open: 2R (2014) Career highlights 2013 Gálfi was given a wildcard for the Budapest Grand Prix, where she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut alongside Lilla Barzó in doubles, only to lose to the 2011 French Open champions Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hrade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágnes Bukta
Ágnes Bukta (born 29 October 1993) is an inactive Hungarian tennis player. Bukta has won eight singles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 16 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 294. On 1 May 2017, she peaked at No. 209 in the WTA doubles rankings. Bukta was given a wildcard for the 2013 Budapest Grand Prix where she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut appearance in July 2013. She defeated Sandra Záhlavová in the first round in a third-set tiebreak only to be beaten in straight sets by eventual champion Simona Halep in round two. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (8–5) Doubles: 36 (20–16) ITF Junior finals Singles (1–1) Doubles (2–1) National representation Fed Cup Bukta made her Fed Cup debut for Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
