2021 Chicago Women's Open – Singles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Elina Svitolina won the title, defeating Alizé Cornet in the final, 7–5, 6–4. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky loser Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier References External LinksMain Draw Qualifying Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2021 Chicago Women's Open - Singles Chicago Women's Open - Singles Chicago Women's Open ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina ( uk, Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and 108 in doubles. Svitolina has won 16 WTA Tour singles titles and finished runner-up three times. Svitolina first broke into the world's top 50 in July 2013, reached the top 20 in June 2015, and then the top 10 in May 2017, making her the first Ukrainian woman to reach the top 10 in rankings after surpassing compatriot Alona Bondarenko. After winning her first WTA title in 2013, she won five additional titles until 2017, during which she won five titles that same year, propelling her into the top 10. Among her titles include the 2018 WTA Finals and three of five Premier 5-level tournaments: the Dubai Tennis Championships, the Italian Open, and the Canadian Open. She has also won two titles in doubles, both at the İstanbul Cup in 2014 and 2015. Svitolina produce ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tereza Martincová
Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech tennis player. Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 40. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 77 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career 2013–2015 In June 2013, Martincová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup. After coming through all three qualifying rounds, she lost to Estrella Cabeza Candela in round one. One month later, Martincová once again came through qualifying at the Baku Cup, defeating Oksana Kalashnikova in the first round, but losing to Tadeja Majerič in the second. In 2014, first WTA tournament for Martincová was the Nürnberger Versicherungscup, where she qualified for the main draw, and then lost to Anastasia Rodionova. She qualified for the Swedish Open in Båstad, before Mona Barthel defeated her in the first round. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Misaki Doi
is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings are No. 30 in singles and No. 77 in doubles. Doi reached two junior Grand Slam doubles finals – at Wimbledon in 2007 with Kurumi Nara, and at the Australian Open in 2008, with Elena Bogdan (losing both). She has made it to three WTA tournament finals (only winning one). She is managed by Muse Group, a sports marketing agency based in Tokyo. Junior career Doi began playing tennis at the age of six. She first distinguished herself in tennis as a middle-school student, reaching the semifinals of the All Japan Middle School Tennis Championships in both 2004 and 2006 and joining the ITF Junior Circuit in 2006. In 2007, while enrolled as a freshman in Sundai Kōei High School, Doi earned second place in the Japan Open Junior Championships in Nagoya. A highlight of Doi's junior career was her successful doubles partnership with age-mate Kurumi Nara. They placed second in girls' doubles at the 2007 Wimbledon Cham ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alison Van Uytvanck
Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player. Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 12 singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In August 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37. Personal life Van Uytvanck was born in the small town of Grimbergen to René Van Uytvanck and Krista Laemers. She started playing tennis at age five when her older brother Sean introduced her to the game. She has a twin brother named Brett. Van Uytvanck graduated from high school at Sint-Donatus in Merchtem. As a junior, she alternated between training with local coach Sacha Katsnelson and the Flemish Tennis Association, where she was coached by Ann Devries. She admires Roger Federer, and her compatriot Kim Clijsters. Van Uytvanck was in a relationship with fellow Belgian tennis player Greet Minnen. Career 2011: WTA debut In 2011, she won four ITF singl ... [...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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Quinn Gleason
Quinn Gleason (born November 10, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. Born in Mendon, New York to parents Cynthia Constantino and Sean Gleason, Quinn has an older brother Sean, and a younger sister Aerin. Gleason first played college tennis at the University of Notre Dame. Tennis career As of June 2019, Gleason has won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has career-high WTA rankings of 323 in singles and 134 in doubles. Gleason played her first Grand Slam championship in 2021, at Wimbledon. She also competed for the New York Empire in WorldTeam Tennis in that year. She won her first ITF title 2017 at Indian Harbour Beach, in the doubles draw, partnering Kristie Ahn Kristie Hyerim Ahn (born June 15, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. She has won seven singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 September 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87. He .... WTA Challenger fin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships partnering Henri Kontinen, making her the first British woman to win a major title since Jo Durie in 1991, and the first to win a Wimbledon title since Durie in 1987. In October 2012, Watson won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Japan Open, becoming the first British woman to win a WTA Tour singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988. In her junior career, Watson won the US Open and a gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She reached No. 3 in the world on the ITF Junior Circuit. Early life and junior career Heather Watson was born in Guernsey to Michelle and Ian Watson. Her mother is from Papua New Guinea and her father is British, and was the managing director of Guernsey Electricity from 1995 until retirement in 2010. She has one brother ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ana Bogdan
Ana Bogdan (born 25 November 1992) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2007, she peaked at No. 46 in the WTA rankings in October 2022. Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January 2009. Tennis career 2016: Grand Slam debut and first WTA semifinal In May, she won her first ITF tournament of the year in Grado by defeating Susanne Celik in the final. In July, she qualified for the Bank of the West Classic. She won her first round match against Asia Muhammad before losing to Alison Riske in three sets in the second round. At her next tournament at Brasil Tennis Cup, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal, defeating former world number 1, Jelena Jankovic along the way. At the US Open she made it out of qualifying and defeated her countrywoman, Sorana Cirstea, in the first round. This was her first main draw Grand Slam match win. In the second round, she lost to countrywoman Monica Niculescu in straight sets. 2017: Se ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anhelina Kalinina
Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( uk, Ангеліна Сергіївна Калініна ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Kalinina has won 15 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 June 2022, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 34. On 15 July 2019, she peaked at No. 196 in the doubles rankings. In June 2022, she was the No. 1 Ukrainian player. Juniors In 2014, Kalinina partnering with Elizaveta Kulichkova won the girls' doubles tournament at the Australian Open, defeating Katie Boulter and Ivana Jorović in the final. Later that year, she reached the final of the Junior US Open, losing to Marie Bouzková in straight sets. Professional career 2018: Grand Slam debut At the 2018 US Open (tennis), Kalinina had her main-draw debut in a Grand Slam singles tournament, after winning three matches in the qualifying. She defeated Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the first qualifying round, Tereza Martincová in roun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. Described as a 'resident Grand Slam upset specialist' by ''The Guardian'' - with 19 wins over seeded players in the first week of Grand Slams; only three active players (Victoria Azarenka, Venus Williams and Serena Williams) have more. She has also reached seven Grand Slam quarterfinals in all four championships (French Open in 2008 and 2012, Wimbledon in 2010 and 2013, the US Open in 2010 and 2017, and Australian Open 2022), becoming the first Estonian to achieve this and was the first Estonian to be ranked inside the world's top 15. Kanepi's numerous achievements have made her one of Estonia's most famous and successful professional tennis players in history. Kanepi reached her first final in 2006, becoming the first Estonian female player to do so, at the Gaz de France Stars where ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Katherine Sebov
Katherine Sebov (born January 5, 1999) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 190, on 16 January 2023, and a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 22, on 20 July 2015. Early life Sebov was born in Toronto and is of Ukrainian descent. Her coaches are Simon Bartram in Toronto and Robert Lansdorp in Los Angeles. Tennis career 2013–14 Sebov made her professional debut in November 2013 at a $50k event in Toronto, but was defeated in the qualifying second round in singles and in the first round in doubles. In July 2013, she had won her first junior singles title at the G4 in Vancouver. In July 2014 at Wimbledon, she qualified for her junior Grand Slam main-draw debut where she lost in the first round in singles and in the quarterfinals in the doubles. In September 2014, Sebov advanced to the third round in singles as a qualifier at the junior US Open and was defeated in the first round in doubles. 2015 In January, Sebov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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María Camila Osorio Serrano
María Camila Osorio Serrano (; born 22 December 2001) is a Colombian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as high as No. 33 in singles and 273 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour and three singles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Junior career Junior Grand Slam results - Singles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: SF (2019) * Wimbledon: 3R (2017) * US Open: W (2019) Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: QF (2017) * Wimbledon: 2R (2017, 2019) * US Open: QF (2018) She won the girls' singles title at the 2019 US Open. In the final, she defeated Alexandra Yepifanova, losing only one game. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Osorio advanced to the world No. 1 in September 2019. At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, she won the bronze medal in girls' singles and a silver medal in mixed doubles, alongside Nicolás Mejía. Professional career 2021: Maiden WTA Tour t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |