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2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury
The 2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom between 11 and 17 February 2019. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 4 February 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Naomi Broady * Freya Christie * Francesca Jones * Maia Lumsden The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Lina Gjorcheska The following player received entry from a special exempt: * Harmony Tan The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jodie Anna Burrage * Ulrikke Eikeri * Amandine Hesse * Jessika Ponchet * Shérazad Reix * Kimberley Zimmermann The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Myrtille Georges * Laura Robson Champions Singles * Vitalia Diatchenko def. Yani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcourt
A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning. Historically, hardwood surfaces were also in use in indoor settings, similar to an indoor basketball court, but these surfaces are rare now. Tennis Tennis hard courts are made of synthetic/acrylic layers on top of a concrete or asphalt foundation and can vary in color. These courts tend to play medium-fast to fast because there is little energy absorption by the court, as with grass courts but unlike clay courts. The ball tends to bounce high and players are able to apply many types of spin during play. Flat balls are favored on hard courts because of the extremely quick play style. Speed of rebound after tennis balls bounce on hard courts is determined by how much sand is in the sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Christie
Freya Nicole Christie (born 8 November 1997) is a British tennis player. Up to date, she has won 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 6 June 2016, Christie made her WTA Tour debut at the Nottingham Open, losing in the first round to Zheng Saisai Zheng Saisai or Zheng Sai-Sai (; born February 5, 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. She won one WTA singles title (at the Premier level 2019 Silicon Valley Classic), five WTA doubles titles, and reached the final of the 2019 French Open in dou ..., 4–6, 2–6. Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles ITF finals Singles: 5 (5 runner–ups) Doubles: 31 (19 titles, 12 runner–ups) Notes References External links * * 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Nottingham British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis people from Nottinghamshire {{UK-tennis-bio-stub People from Hucknall Sportspeople from Nottinghamshire 21st-century British women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Robson (tennis)
Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won the Junior Wimbledon championships at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the girls' singles tournament at the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her first tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in November 2008. In singles tennis, Robson was the first British woman since Samantha Smith at Wimbledon in 1998 to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, doing so at the 2012 US Open and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2012 Guangzhou Women's Open, Robson became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1990 to reach a WTA Tour final, where she lost to Hsieh Su-wei. She was named WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2012 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 27 the following year. In mixed doubles, she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics playing with A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtille Georges
Myrtille Georges (; born 21 December 1990) is a French former tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 168 in singles (achieved on 18 July 2016) and world No. 287 in doubles (21 August 2017). She won nine singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. Career Georges made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in November 2006 at a $10k event in Le Havre; she only played in the singles draw and was eliminated in the second round of qualifying. Her next stop was in November 2007 at a $50k tournament in Deauville, France (it was the only tournament that she played in 2007); she only played the singles event and was eliminated in the qualifying first round. In 2008, she played the singles events of five tournaments (all of them in France and four of them in the last four months of the year) on the ITF Circuit. From 2009 onwards, Georges started to play more regularly; she played in the singles events of 23 tournaments on the 2009 ITF Circuit. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberley Zimmermann
Kimberley Zimmermann (born 9 November 1995) is a Belgian tennis player. Zimmermann has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 215, achieved on 13 May 2019. On 31 October 2022, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 44. She has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with two singles and 18 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Career Zimmermann won her first WTA Tour title in July 2021 at the Palermo Ladies Open, in the doubles event, partnering Erin Routliffe and defended her title the following year partnering with Anna Bondar. Family Kimberley Zimmermann is the daughter of Michel Zimmermann, men's 400 metres hurdles' finalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shérazad Reix
Shérazad Reix (née Benamar; born 3 April 1989) is a French former tennis player. Reix has career-high WTA rankings of 204 in singles and 219 in doubles. In her career, she won seven singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In May 2015, she and her women's doubles partner Clothilde de Bernardi received a wildcard to play in the 2015 French Open where they lost in the first round of that major tournament. She is married to French player Clément Reix. In 2023, Reix was banned from professional tennis for four years and fined $30,000 after being found guilty of six match fixing offences by the International Tennis Integrity Agency The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) is the organisation responsible for safeguarding the integrity of professional tennis worldwide. It is an upgraded version of Tennis Integrity Unit (2008–2020). It was established following a co .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 20 (7 titles, 13 runner–ups) Doubles: 21 (9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessika Ponchet
Jessika Ponchet (born 26 September 1996) is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 138 in singles, achieved on 27 February 2023, and No. 101 in doubles, achieved on 28 November 2022. Career Ponchet did not play any ITF Junior Circuit tournaments, plunging straight into the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14. 2011–2013 Ponchet played the singles events of four tournaments and the doubles event of one tournament on the 2011 ITF Circuit, starting with a $100k tournament held in early July in the French city of Biarritz. She played a total of 11 and 18 ITF tournaments in 2012 and 2013, respectively. 2014–2015 Ponchet played a total of 17 ITF tournaments in 2014. She suffered a major setback when torn knee ligaments forced her to miss tournaments in the first eight months of 2015. She played the singles events of seven tournaments and the doubles event of one tournament on the 2015 ITF Circuit. 2016 Ponchet played a total of 22 tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Hesse
Amandine Hesse (; born 16 January 1993) is a French professional tennis player. Hesse has won six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 154. On 2 May 2016, she peaked at No. 108 in the doubles rankings. Playing for France Fed Cup team, Hesse has accumulated a win–loss record of 3–1. Personal life Amandine Hesse was born in Montauban and started playing tennis at the age of five. She is coached by father, Yannick Hesse. Her mother's name is Nicole Nicole may refer to: People * Nicole (name) * Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977) * Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Euro .... She has two half-sisters, Géraldine and Stéphanie. Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner–ups) Doubles: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrikke Eikeri
Ulrikke Pia Eikeri (born 16 December 1992) is a Norwegian tennis player. Eikeri has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on WTA Challenger Tour and 11 singles titles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles final at the 2022 French Open alongside Joran Vliegen. In 2022, she peaked at World No. 40 in the WTA doubles rankings. She reached a best singles ranking of World No. 206 on 16 April 2018. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Eikeri had been ranked as high as No. 16 in the world. Playing for the Norway Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 32–19. Career 2010: Juniors In 2010, Eikeri reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in girls' doubles alongside Camila Silva. 2021: First doubles title Eikeri won her first WTA Tour title in doubles in October 2021, playing alongside Ellen Perez at the 2021 Tenerife Open. 2022: Historic mixed doubles final At the 2022 French Open she reached the final in mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Anna Burrage
Jodie Anna Burrage (born 28 May 1999) is a British tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 3 October 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 329, set on 12 July 2021. She has won four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Early life Burrage was born in Kingston upon Thames but grew up in Hindhead, Surrey. She won a scholarship to Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth, which enabled her to develop her tennis at the nearby West Hants Club. Following the completion of GCSE exams Burrage relocated to Junior Tennis Coaching (JTC) in Chiswick, London, where she was guided by former tour professionals Colin Beecher and Lucie Ahl. Professional career 2020–2021: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debut Burrage made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in doubles at the 2020 Linz Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament partnering Sabine Lisicki. In January 2021, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in singles at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmony Tan
Harmony Tan (born 11 September 1997) is a French professional tennis player. Tan has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 90 in singles and 302 in doubles. She has won eight singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Personal life Harmony Tan is of Chinese Cambodian and Vietnamese descent. Career Tan made her Grand Slam doubles main-draw debut at the 2017 French Open, after having been handed a wildcard to enter the tournament; she and her partner Audrey Albié lost their first-round match to the unseeded pair of Pauline Parmentier and Yanina Wickmayer. Tan made her WTA Tour and Grand Slam main-draw singles debut at the 2018 US Open, where she entered the main draw on a wildcard, losing her first-round match to Eugenie Bouchard, 3–6, 1–6. Tan made her main-draw singles debut on the WTA Challenger Tour in January 2019 in Newport Beach, where she won her first- and second-round matches (against Katharina Gerlach and Sachia Vickery, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Gjorcheska
Lina Gjorcheska ( mk, Лина Ѓорческа, Lina Ǵorčeska; born 3 August 1994) is a Macedonian tennis player, and the most successful of her country to date. She has career-high WTA rankings of 170 in singles and 116 in doubles, both achieved on 12 June 2017. She has won 12 singles and 45 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for North Macedonia in Fed Cup, Gjorcheska has a win–loss record of 14–4. At the 2016 US Open, she lost in the first round of qualifying to Catherine Bellis. It was her first Grand Slam appearance. At her first appearance at the Australian Open in 2017, Gjorcheska beat Sachia Vickery in the first round of qualifications. In the second round, she beat Dalma Gálfi in straight sets and then lost to Stefanie Vögele in three. She played her first WTA Tour main draw at the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne, and lost in the first round to Markéta Vondroušová. Then she made the finals at the Tunis $60k tournament where she was defeated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
