2020 Thailand Open (tennis)
The 2020 Thailand Open (also known as the GSB Thailand Open presented by E@ for sponsorship reasons) was a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Hua Hin Championships as part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the True Arena Hua Hin in Hua Hin, Thailand, from 10 February to 16 February 2020. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of February 3, 2020. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Eugenie Bouchard * Patcharin Cheapchandej * Petra Martić * Wang Qiang The following player received protected rankings into the singles main draw: * Kateryna Bondarenko The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ulrikke Eikeri * Leonie Küng * Liang En-shuo * Chihiro Muramatsu * Ellen Perez * Storm Sanders The following player ... [...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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Nao Hibino
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Hibino has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Along with that, she has won eight singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Hibino made her breakthrough in 2015, when she won her first WTA Tour title in singles at the Tashkent Open. As a result, she debuted in the top 100. Since then, she spent all weeks inside top 150 and several years in the top 100. She has represented Japan at national competitions, debuting at the Billie Jean King Cup in 2016 and at the Summer Olympics in 2021. Personal life and background Hibino was born on November 28, 1994, in Ichinomiya, Japan. Coming from a tennis-loving family, she is named after former top-20 player Naoko Sawamatsu, while her brother is named after Shuzo Matsuoka. She also has one older sister. At the age of 10, she and her brother w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bibiane Schoofs
Bibiane Schoofs (born 13 May 1988), previously known as Bibiane Weijers, is a Dutch professional tennis player. On 11 June 2012, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of 142, whilst her best doubles ranking was world No. 83 on 2 April 2018. She married on 7 July 2014, and took her husband's surname, however, in late 2016, reverted to her maiden name, Schoofs. In December 2016, she became national singles champion under that name. In her career, she has won eight singles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit, three of them in 2011. In doubles, she has won 21 ITF titles, three of them in 2017. At age 29, she won the doubles title at the 2017 Mumbai Open, a tournament on the Challenger-level. In January 2018, she won her first doubles title on WTA Tour, at the tournament of Auckland, and her second in Lyon in 2023. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Priscilla Hon
Priscilla Hon (born 10 May 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings in singles of No. 118 in October 2019, and No. 91 in doubles in April 2018. Personal life Hon was born in Brisbane in 1998 to Chinese parents who immigrated to Australia in 1966. As a young child, she was encouraged to pursue many different athletic pursuits. Career Juniors On the junior circuit, Hon achieved a career-high ranking of No. 13 in the world. She reached the semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles. 2015 In January ear 2015 at age 16, Hon made her senior Grand Slam main-draw debut at the Australian Open, as one of seven wildcard teams in women's doubles, partnering with fellow Australian Kimberly Birrell who was also age 16. They lost to the fifth-seeded Americans Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in straight sets. Hon was also given a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw, but lost in the first round to tenth seed Evgeniya Rodina in s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yuan Yue
Yuan Yue (; ; born 25 September 1998) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Yuan has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 74 and a best WTA doubles ranking of world No. 281. Career She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Jiangxi International Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with Liu Yanni.http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2018/1077/MDD.pdf She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser. At the next major, she reached the third round for the first time after qualifying at the US Open. 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 2023 Australian Open The 2023 Australian Open was a Grand Slam level tennis tournament held at Melbourne Park, from 16–29 January 2023. It was the 111th edition of the Australian Open, the 55th in the Open ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paula Badosa
Paula Badosa Gibert () (born 15 November 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she achieved on 25 April 2022, and No. 124 in doubles, attained on the same date. She has won three career WTA Tour singles titles, and produced her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2021 French Open. Later that year, she won the Indian Wells Masters, a WTA 1000 tournament and her biggest career title to date. As a junior, Badosa was ranked as high as No. 8 in the world and was the 2015 French Open girls' singles champion. As a professional, she broke into the top 100 in 2019 after making her second consecutive career WTA Tour semifinal at the Karlsruhe Open. The next year, she reached the fourth round at the French Open, her furthest round at a major thus far, and emerged into the top 70. Badosa made new strides in 2021 after a breakthrough clay s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peangtarn Plipuech
Peangtarn "Earth" Plipuech ( th, เพียงธาร ผลิพืช; born 15 November 1992) is a Thai tennis player. Plipuech has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 175, achieved on 31 July 2017. On 10 October 2016, she peaked at No. 100 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with six singles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her biggest success to date was at the 2013 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships where she and Nicha Lertpitaksinchai claimed the doubles title. In 2016 and 2017, she reached the final of WTA tournament in Seoul. Plipuech's sister Plobrung is a junior tennis player. Grand Slam performance timeline Doubles WTA career finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner–ups) Doubles: 54 (29 titles, 25 runner–ups) Notes References * * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ellen Perez
Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Perez has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are world No. 162 and No. 15, achieved August 2019 and October 2022, respectively. Perez made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2016 Australian Open in doubles with Belinda Woolcock; they lost in the first round to Jessica Moore and Storm Sanders. Perez made her first singles Grand Slam appearance at the 2016 US Open, after winning the Australian Wildcard Play-off. Personal life Ellen is the daughter of John and Milića Perez and sister to Matt Perez. Ellen is of Spanish descent on her father's side and of Macedonian descent on her mother's side. She picked up a tennis racket at the age of three after receiving a totem tennis pole as a Christmas gift, and she started regular coaching a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chihiro Muramatsu
is a Japanese tennis player. On 24 February 2020, Muramatsu achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 205. On 2 April 2018, she peaked at No. 303 in the WTA doubles rankings. Muramatsu has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Japan Open, after receiving a wildcard for the women's doubles tournament, partnering Hiroko Kuwata Hiroko Kuwata ( ja, 桑田寛子; born 18 December 1990) is a Japanese tennis player. Kuwata has won seven singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 150. On 13 July .... At the 2019 Kunming Open, as a part of the ITF Circuit, Muramatsu made one of her biggest victory defeating top 100 Zhu Lin in the second round. Grand Slam singles performance timelines ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups) Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups) Notes References Ext ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liang En-shuo
Liang En-shuo (; ; in Chinese mainland born 2 October 2000) is a tennis player from Taiwan. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 150, achieved on 13 May 2019. On 20 February 2023, she peaked at No. 165 in the doubles rankings. Liang has won one WTA 125 doubles title, as well as one singles title and three doubles titles in ITF Circuit tournaments. Junior career Liang had a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 2, achieved on 29 January 2018. In January 2018, she won the Australian Open girls' singles title, defeating Clara Burel in the final, in straight sets. Professional career She made her Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at the 2021 French Open The 2021 French Open was a major level tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 30 May to 13 June 2021, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. The qualifiers t .... Performance timeline Singles ''Current after the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leonie Küng
Leonie Küng (born 21 October 2000) is a Swiss tennis player. As a qualifier, she reached the singles final at the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2018. Küng has career-high WTA rankings of 144 in singles, achieved on 14 September 2020, and 220 in doubles, reached on 26 July 2021. To date, she has won one doubles WTA Challenger title with five singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Küng played first ITF events in Greece in 2014, and won her first $15k events in singles and doubles at the age of 17, in November 2017 in Oslo. She was the 2021 Swiss National Singles Champion, and she also won the national doubles title, partnering Ylena In-Albon. Küng made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne The 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the Ladies Open Biel Bienne and part of the International category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |