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2018 Ladies Open Lugano
The 2018 Ladies Open Lugano (also known as the 2018 Samsung Open presented by Cornèr for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on clay courts at TC Lido Lugano. It was the second edition of the tournament (the first to take place in Lugano) and part of the International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place between 9 April through 15 April 2018. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 2 April 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Svetlana Kuznetsova * Jil Teichmann * Stefanie Vögele The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: * Mandy Minella The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alexandra Cadanțu * Kathinka von Deichmann * Richèl Hogenkamp * Tamara Korpatsch * Danka Kovinić * Vera Lapko The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Magdalena F ... [...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] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that fails to qualify in the normal way; for example, by having a high ranking or winning a qualifying stage. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. In Olympics, countries that fail to produce athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki Bertens
Kiki Bertens (; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest ranked Dutch female player ever. Her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 16, she achieved in April 2018. She won ten singles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour including 2018 Cincinnati Open and 2019 Madrid Open. Bertens was widely regarded as a clay court specialist, but also was successful on hardcourt. Early life and background Bertens was born on 10 December 1991 in Wateringen near The Hague, but grew up in the town of Berkel en Rodenrijs. She has two sisters, one older and one younger. Bertens started playing tennis at age six at ATV Berkenrode, a tennis club where her aunt and uncle played. She has been coached by Martin van der Brugghen at the club since she was seven years old. Van der Brugghen recognized her ability and continued to coach her primarily to help her reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog (, born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 35 in singles and 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also enjoyed success on the ITF Women's Circuit, winning 18 singles and five doubles titles. Partnering with Jessica Moore, she won the French Open and Wimbledon Championships junior titles in the doubles competition in 2008. Early and personal life Hercog was born in Maribor, Slovenia, to florist Romana and bar owner Vojko.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, Players, Info (Biography), Polona Hercog As a four-year-old she began playing in the local tennis clinic opened by |
Timea Bacsinszky
Timea Bacsinszky ( hu, Bacsinszky Tímea; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player who won four singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. A former top ten singles player, Bacsinszky reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, on 16 May 2016. A former prodigy on the junior tennis circuit, Bacsinszky semi-retired from tennis in 2011 at the age of 22 following a major foot injury. After playing a qualifying match at the 2013 French Open, Bacsinszky made a full comeback onto the WTA tour in 2014 with success, winning her opening round match at three of the Grand Slams and upsetting world No. 4 and five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova en route to the quarterfinals in Wuhan, earning her a first ever year-end top 50 ranking. Her breakthrough year in singles came in 2015, winning a career-best 15 consecutive matches spanning two titles, upsetting Madison Keys and Petra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Fręch
Magdalena Fręch (; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won five singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 July 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 82. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 174 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for the Poland Fed Cup team, Fręch has a win–loss record of 9–3. Professional career 2013: WTA Tour debut Fręch made her WTA Tour debut at the Katowice Open, partnering Katarzyna Pyka in doubles. 2018: Grand Slam debut Fręch started 2018 season in Auckland where she lost in qualifying (in the first round) to Sachia Vickery, in straight sets. She then took part at the first Grand Slam qualifying in her career - at the Australian Open. She beat Miyu Kato, Sofya Zhuk and Kayla Day, and became one of the 12 qualifiers, making her main-draw debut at the Grand Slam championship. In the first round, she lost to eventual q ... [...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] |
Danka Kovinić
Danka Kovinić ( cnr, Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a Montenegrin professional tennis player. On 22 February 2016, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, and on 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 67 in the WTA doubles rankings. Tennis career 2010–2013: Historic WTA debut and quarterfinal Kovinić started playing as a professional in 2010. Her first WTA Tour tournament in singles was the 2013 Budapest Grand Prix, where she became the first Montenegrin to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA event. 2015: First Grand Slam match wins, first WTA singles final and doubles title Her first major match wins in singles came at the 2015 French Open and the 2015 US Open. In October 2015, she reached her first WTA Tour singles final at the Tianjin Open. Her first match in doubles on the WTA Tour was at Bogotá, in April 2014. She won her first WTA Tour doubles title with Stephanie Vogt, in July 2015 at Bad Gastein. 2016: Top 50 debut Kovinić start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Richèl Hogenkamp
Richèl Hogenkamp (born 16 April 1992) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 94, which she reached on 24 July 2017. On the ITF Circuit, she has won 16 singles and 14 doubles titles. Personal background Hogenkamp was born on 16 April 1992 to Benno and Jolanda in Doetinchem, where she continues to reside. She has a younger sister who rides horses professionally. Hogenkamp's grandparents introduced her to tennis. Hogenkamp is currently coached by Kees Oostrom. She is in a relationship with Dutch footballer . Career highlights The biggest win of her career came at the 2012 Gastein Ladies where she beat top-seeded Julia Görges. In a 2016 Fed Cup World Group tie, she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathinka Von Deichmann
Kathinka von Deichmann (born 16 May 1994) is a professional tennis player from Liechtenstein. Von Deichmann has won 15 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 153, and on 17 July 2017, she peaked at No. 343 in the WTA doubles rankings. At the 2018 US Open, von Deichmann made tennis history for her country by becoming the first Liechtensteiner to reach the main draw of singles of a Grand Slam, after winning three matches in the qualifying tournament. She defeated Priscilla Hon in the first qualifying round, Gail Brodsky in round 2 and finally Martina Trevisan also in straight sets to reach the main draw. She then lost by retirement to fellow qualifier, Anhelina Kalinina, 6–1, 6–7, 2–6 in the first round. Playing for Liechtenstein Fed Cup team, von Deichmann has a win–loss record of 23–14. She paired with Yvonne Meusburger for her WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Cadanțu
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script.Tablet MY V 659 (61). Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken. Variants * Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) (Spanish) * Aleksandra (Александра) (Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) * Alessandra (Italian) * Alessia (Italian) * Alex (various languages) * Alexa (English, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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