2019 Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo
The 2019 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the ''Country Time Club''. It was the 27th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place in Palermo, Italy between 22 and 28 July 2019. The tournament made a return to the WTA Tour after a five-year absence (2014–2018). Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of July 15, 2019 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Sara Errani * Giulia Gatto-Monticone * Martina Trevisan The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: * Anna-Lena Friedsam The following player received entry as a special exempt into the main draw: * Martina Di Giuseppe The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Gabriela Cé * Elisabetta Cocciaretto * Jaimee Fourlis * Amandine Hesse * Tereza Mrdeža * Jessica Pieri The fol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winners ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Giulia Gatto-Monticone (born 18 November 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. In February 2020, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 148, while her best WTA doubles ranking is 200, achieved in October 2014. She has never lost a match in Fed Cup (2-0 record in double). Personal life and background Gatto-Monticone stated that her tennis idols are Roger Federer and Kimiko Date. Her favorite shot is her forehand and favorite surface to play on is grass. Career highlights Gatto-Monticone has won 11 singles titles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In May 2019, she made her Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros. In September 2020, Gatto-Monticone reached her first final on the WTA Challenger Tour. Partnering with Nadia Podoroska, she lost to Lidziya Marozava and Andreea Mitu Cristina-Andreea Mitu (born 22 September 1991) is a professional tennis player from Romania. On 8 June 2015, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of 68, and her be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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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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Liudmila Samsonova
Liudmila Dmitriyevna Samsonova ( rus, Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, , lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian tennis player. She also competed for Italy, from 2014 to 2018. Samsonova has a career-high WTA rankings, singles ranking of world No. 19. She won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 WTA German Open – Singles, 2021 German Open, a WTA 500, WTA 500 title, and has overall won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won a total of six titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. At the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup, Samsonova led the Russia Billie Jean King Cup team, Russian team to their first triumph since 2008, winning all five of her matches in both singles and doubles. Early life Samsonova was born 11 November 1998 in the industrial city of Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Their family moved with the then-one-year-old Liudmila to Italy. Her father Dmitry, a table tennis player, was invit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Georgina García Pérez
Georgina García Pérez (; born 13 May 1992) is a Spanish tennis player. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, plus 12 singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 5 November 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 124. On 3 February 2020, she peaked at No. 71 in the WTA doubles rankings. She hit the fastest women's serve on record at 220 km/h (136.7 mph) during the 2018 Hungarian Ladies Open. She has represented Spain in Fed Cup competitions since 2018, where she has a win–loss record of 4–1. Professional career 2014–2016 After three years without stepping on a tennis court for personal reasons, Georgina returns to the circuit. Only a few months after her re-debut, she achieved her first professional titles. During 2015, she achieved two ITF titles, in Monzón and in Portugal. García added another three ITF titles, plus four more titles in the doubles circuit, which le ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jessica Pieri
Jessica Pieri (born 24 April 1997) is an Italian tennis player. Pieri has a career-high singles ranking of 205 by the WTA, achieved on 28 May 2018. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 563, reached on 15 July 2019. She has won six ITF singles titles. Pieri made her WTA Tour debut at the 2019 Palermo Ladies Open where she qualified for the main draw, defeating Laura Pigossi Laura Pigossi Herrmann de Andrade (born 2 August 1994) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, playing alongside Luisa Stefani. Pigossi has won seven singles titles and 41 doubles titles o ... in the final qualifying round. Grand Slam performance timelines Singles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner–ups) References External links * * 1997 births Living people Italian female tennis players 21st-century Italian women Sportspeople from Lucca {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tereza Mrdeža
Tereza Mrdeža (born 14 November 1990) is a Croatian tennis player. She has won eight singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world 150. On 23 April 2018, she peaked at No. 163 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Croatia Fed Cup team The Croatia women's national tennis team represents Croatia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. History ''Prior to 1992 see Yugoslavia Fed ..., Mrdeža has a win–loss record of 5–4. Grand Slam performance timeline Singles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 26 (8 titles, 18 runner–ups) Doubles: 15 (4 titles, 11 runner–ups) Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation Singles (1–3) Doubles (4–1) References External links * * * 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Pula Croatian female tennis players 21st-century Croatian wome ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Jaimee Fourlis
Jaimee Fourlis (born 17 September 1999) is a professional Australian tennis player of Greek descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, achieved on 18 July 2022, and a highest doubles ranking of world No. 138, reached on 2 March 2020. She has won seven ITF singles titles and four ITF doubles titles. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Fourlis reached a career-high combined ranking of 38, achieved in February 2016. She reached the girls' doubles semifinals of the 2016 Australian Open, partnering with Maddison Inglis. Fourlis made her Grand Slam main-draw debut after winning the 2017 Australian Open Wildcard Playoff by defeating Abbie Myers in the final, earning her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open singles tournament. Personal Info She grew up in Melbourne and attended Northcote High School. Her family comes from Agrinio and Thessaloniki, Greece. Her Greek Orthodox name is Dimitra. Career 2014–2016: The beginnings Fourlis made her ITF Women's Circuit de ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (born 25 January 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as world No. 43 in singles, achieved on 22 May 2023, and No. 244 in doubles, which she attained on 10 August 2020. Cocciaretto made her debut for Italy Fed Cup team in 2018. Juniors On the ITF Junior Circuit, Cocciaretto had a career-high combined ranking of 17, achieved on 5 February 2018. She reached the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open girls' singles tournament, losing to eventual champion Liang En-shuo. Professional career 2020: Grand Slam debut She qualified for the first Grand Slam tournament main-draw in her career at the 2020 Australian Open. 2022: Maiden Grand Slam win On her debut, using protected ranking, she recorded her first Major win at 2022 Wimbledon upsetting compatriot and 22nd seed Martina Trevisan. 2023: Maiden WTA final and top-10 win, Italian No. 1, top 40 debut She reached her first WTA final at the 2023 Hobart Intern ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gabriela Cé
Gabriela Vianna Cé (born 3 March 1993) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She has won one WTA 125 doubles title, with eleven singles titles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 September 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 221. On 18 April 2016, she peaked at No. 109 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for the Brazil Fed Cup team The Brazil Billie Jean King Cup team represents Brazil in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Brazilian Tennis Confederation. They currently compete in the Americas Zone of Group I. History Brazil competed in its ..., Cé has a win–loss record of 11–9. Grand Slam singles performance timelines WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner–up) WTA 125 tournament finals Doubles: 1 (title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner–ups) Doubles: 43 (21 titles, 22 runner–ups) Notes References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ce, Gabriela 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |