2021 Zavarovalnica Sava Portorož
The 2021 WTA Slovenia Open (also known as the Zavarovalnica Sava Portorož for sponsorship purposes) was a WTA 250 tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Slovenia Open, last held in 2010. It was primarily organised due to the cancellation of the Asian tournaments during the 2021 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 event took place at the Tennis Club Portorož in Portorož, Slovenia from 13 to 19 September 2021. Champions Singles * Jasmine Paolini def. Alison Riske, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 This was Paolini's maiden WTA Tour singles title. Doubles * Anna Kalinskaya / Tereza Mihalíková def. Aleksandra Krunić / Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, 4–6, 6–2, 2–10 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of August 30, 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Živa Falkner * Pia Lovrič * Nika Radišić The following players received entry from the qualifyin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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, WTA International Tournaments. As of 2021, WTA 250 tournaments include events with prize money of approximately $250,000. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 280. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament ("major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 470 for winning a WTA 500 tournament. This system differs slightly from that used for the men's ATP Tour, which has ATP Tour 250 events with 250 points for the winner (similar to WTA 250 tournaments), and two higher tiers of ATP tournaments offer 1000 and 500 points for winning, respectively. Events Historic names 1990–2008 ''WTA Tier III / IV / V'' 2009–2020 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 22 in singles and No. 54 in doubles, and is the current number-one Slovene tennis player in singles. She has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger singles titles, as well as 17 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was in top 20 and had a career-high ranking of No. 16, achieved in December 2015. Playing for the Slovenia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 9–8. Professional career 2014: Professional debut Zidanšek made a perfect professional debut in 2014 at her home in Velenje, passing three qualifying rounds to go in the main draw and claim her first title on the pro-level at the age of 16. 2021: First singles major semifinal, top-50 debut, first top-10 win & first WTA singles title She reached the semifinals of a ... [...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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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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Viktória Kužmová
Viktória Kužmová (; born 11 May 1998) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 43 in singles and No. 27 in doubles in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Kužmová has won three WTA doubles titles and 21 titles (14 in singles, 7 in doubles) on the ITF Circuit. She also ended runner-up at the Premier-level 2019 St. Petersburg Trophy in the doubles event, along with Anna Kalinskaya. As a junior, she won the girls' doubles event at the 2015 US Open alongside Aleksandra Pospelova, defeating Kalinskaya and Anastasia Potapova in the final. A year later, she entered final of the 2016 US Open in the girls' singles, where she lost to Kayla Day. She continued her success at majors as a senior, reaching the 2019 US Open semifinal in the women's doubles alongside Aliaksandra Sasnovich, where they lost to the eventual champions Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka. Early life and background Kužmová was born 1998 in Košice to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cristiana Ferrando
Cristiana Ferrando (born 10 August 1995) is an Italian tennis player. On 23 May 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 247. On 2 October 2017, she peaked at No. 302 in the doubles rankings. Ferrando has won four singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2016 Guangzhou International Open where she received entry by a lucky loser spot, losing in the first round to Nigina Abduraimova Nigina Abduraimova ( uz, Нигина Абдураимова; born 7 July 1994) is a professional tennis player from Uzbekistan. Abduraimova has won 12 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 September 2014, she reached her car .... Grand Slam performance timeline Singles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (4 titles, 10 runner–ups) Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups) Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrando, Cristiana 1995 births Living people Italian female t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lucia Bronzetti
Lucia Bronzetti (born 10 December 1998) is an Italian tennis player. Bronzetti has career-high WTA rankings of No. 47 in singles and No. 375 in doubles. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2023 Morocco Open. She has also reached eight singles finals on the ITF Women's Circuit, of which she won five. Additionally, she entered four doubles finals with a record of two wins. Professional career 2021: WTA Tour doubles debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at her home tournament, the Italian Open in Rome with a wildcard, partnering fellow Italian Nuria Brancaccio. 2022: Grand Slam, WTA 1000 & top 100 debuts, maiden WTA Tour final She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2022 Australian Open as a qualifier where she reached second round defeating Varvara Gracheva for her first major match win, before losing to world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty. Ranked No. 102 at the Miami Open on her debut at the WTA 1000 level, she reached the fourth round as a lucky l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Katie Boulter
Katie Boulter (born 1 August 1996) is a British tennis player. Boulter, from Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, has won six singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 February 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 82. On 31 December 2018, she peaked at No. 431 in the WTA doubles rankings. Boulter was ranked the No. 10 junior tennis player in the world in March 2014. She is based at the Lawn Tennis Association's National Tennis Centre in Roehampton and is coached by Jeremy Bates, Nigel Sears, and Mark Taylor. Early and personal life Boulter's mother played tennis at county level and represented Great Britain a few times. Boulter herself started playing tennis aged 5, and went on to represent Great Britain three years later, aged 8. She has said that when she was younger, beating her older brother was a motivating factor. "We used to practise together at this local court down the road from our house. It was the only thing I could ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nika Radišić
Nika Radišić (born 19 March 2000) is a Slovenian tennis player. Radišić has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 386, achieved on 5 February 2024. On 18 September 2023, she peaked at No. 175 in the WTA doubles ranking. Up to date, she has won one singles title and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she has a career-high combined ranking of 18, achieved on 26 February 2018. Radišić made her debut for Slovenia Fed Cup team in 2018. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups) Doubles: 29 (20 titles, 9 runner–ups) Junior Circuit finals Singles: 6 (4–2) Doubles: 11 (5–6) National representation Fed Cup Radišić made her debut for Slovenia Fed Cup team in 2018, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Fed Cup (1–2) Singles (0–1) Doubles (1–1) * walkover John_Carpenter_was_disqualified,_prompting_his_teammates_John_Taylor_(athlete).html" ;"title="John_Carpenter_(ath ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pia Lovrič
Pia Lovrič (born 23 April 2002) is a Slovenian tennis player. Lovrič has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 631, reached on 22nd of November 2021. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 458, achieved on 15th of November 2021. Lovrič represents Slovenia in the Fed Cup. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner–ups) Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups) ITF Junior Circuit results Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups) National representation Billie Jean King Cup Lovrič made her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ... in 2020, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, when she was 17 years and 289 days ol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Živa Falkner
Živa Falkner (born 7 July 2002) is a Slovenian tennis player. Falkner has a career high WTA ranking The WTA rankings are the Sports rating system, ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1. Ranking method The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumu ... of 479 in singles achieved on 13 December 2021. She also has a career high WTA ranking of 414 in doubles achieved on 19 September 2022. Falkner made her WTA main-draw debut at the 2021 Zavarovalnica Sava Portorož after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles main draws. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups) Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' doubles References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Falkner, Ziva 2002 births Living people Slovenian female tennis players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |