2022 Monterrey Open
The 2022 Monterrey Open (also known as the Abierto GNP Seguros for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Monterrey Open and a WTA 250 tournament on the 2022 WTA Tour. It took place at the Club Sonoma in Monterrey, Mexico, from February 28th to March 6th, 2022. During this tournament, the WTA and other international governing bodies of tennis including the ATP did not have players of Russia and Belarus compete under their country flags as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Champions Singles * Leylah Fernandez def. Camila Osorio, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3) Doubles * Catherine Harrison / Sabrina Santamaria def. Han Xinyun / Yana Sizikova, 1–6, 7–5, 0–6 Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money *per team Singles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of February 21, 2022. Other entrants The following players received wildcar ... [...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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Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 7 by the Women's Tennis Association The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tenni ... (WTA), a ranking she first achieved in October 2016. Keys has played in one Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament final at the 2017 US Open (tennis), 2017 US Open, competed at the 2016 WTA Finals, and was a semifinalist at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2016 Summer Olympics. She has won six WTA tournaments, five of which were at the WTA Premier Tournaments, Premier level, and she achieved her biggest title at the 2019 Western & Southern Open, 2019 Cincinnati Open, a Premier 5 event. Known for having a fast serve and one of the most powerful ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Diane Parry
Diane Parry (born 1 September 2002) is a French professional tennis player. On 24 October 2022, she peaked at No. 58 in the WTA singles rankings. In 2019, she became the junior world No. 1. Career Junior years Junior Grand Slam results - Singles: * Australian Open: 1R (2018) * French Open: 2R (2019) * Wimbledon: SF (2019) * US Open: 2R (2018) Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles: * Australian Open: 1R (2018) * French Open: SF (2019) * Wimbledon: QF (2018) * US Open: QF (2019) Parry has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 1, attained on 21 October 2019. She was designated ITF Junior World Champion for 2019. 2017: WTA Tour debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the French Open thanks to a wildcard, partnering Giulia Morlet; they were defeated by the 13th-seeded pair of Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson, in two sets in the first round. Parry won her first ITF Circuit tournament in Hammamet, Tunisia, partnering Yasmine Mansouri. 2018-19: Grand Slam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jule Niemeier
Jule Niemeier (born 12 August 1999) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 7 November 2022. Career 2018–2019: WTA debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2018 Nürnberger Versicherungscup in doubles, partnering Lara Schmidt. She made her singles main-draw debut at the 2019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, as a qualifier. 2021: Two WTA semifinals, top 150 debut In 2021, Niemeier reached two semifinals on clay, in May at the Internationaux de Strasbourg as a qualifier, losing to the eventual champion Barbora Krejčíková, and in July at the Hamburg European Open as a wildcard, losing to Andrea Petkovic. As a result, she entered top 150 at world No. 140, on 12 July 2021. On her Grand Slam qualifying competition debut at Wimbledon, she reached the third round losing to Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove. 2022: Top 100, first WTA 125 title, Grand Slam debut and quarterfinal At the French Op ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dalma Gálfi
Dalma Rebeka Gálfi (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has won nine singles titles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 20 June 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 81. On the same day, she peaked at No. 151 in the WTA doubles rankings. Personal life and background Galfi started playing tennis when she was five years old. Her father had two tennis courts, and he taught her how to play tennis. Junior career Junior Grand Slam results - Singles: * Australian Open: SF (2015) * French Open: 2R (2015) * Wimbledon: 2R (2014) * US Open: W (2015) Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles: * Australian Open: 2R (2015) * French Open: QF (2015) * Wimbledon: W (2015) * US Open: 2R (2014) Career highlights 2013 Gálfi was given a wildcard for the Budapest Grand Prix, where she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut alongside Lilla Barzó in doubles, only to lose to the 2011 French Open champions Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sara Errani
Sara Errani (; born 29 April 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is a former top five player in singles and former world No. 1 in doubles. With 9 singles titles and 27 doubles titles (including 5 Grand Slam doubles championships and 5 Premier Mandatory/Premier doubles titles), she is the Italian tennis player with the highest number of WTA titles. She entered the Top 10 in doubles on 11 June 2012, remaining there for 94 straight weeks, and she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 on 20 May 2013. Errani became the world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on 10 September 2012. She was the year-end No. 1 doubles player in both 2013 and 2014, and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 87 weeks. Errani's breakthrough season occurred in 2012. At the Australian Open, she reached the quarterfinals in singles (the first time she advanced past the third round in a Grand Slam singles draw) and was a finalist in doubles. Known as a clay-court s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wang Qiang (tennis)
Wang Qiang (; ; born 14 January 1992) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 singles title, and 13 singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Her best result at a Grand Slam tournament came at the 2019 US Open where she reached the quarterfinals. On 9 September 2019, Wang reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 12, becoming the second-highest ranked Chinese tennis player in history after Li Na. Alongside Li Na, Zheng Jie, Peng Shuai, and Zhang Shuai, Wang is one of only five Chinese tennis players to have reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament. Career Wang was born in Tianjin. At age nine, she started playing tennis. That year, she became the promotion player for the Tianjin National Tennis Center. For two years consecutively (2006, 2007), she won the Junior's Tennis Championship in China. She officially started touring the ITF Women's Circuit in Japan as of 2007. In F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Renata Zarazúa
Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl (; born 30 September 1997) is a Mexican tennis player. She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 117 in September 2021, and she peaked at No. 135 in the doubles rankings on 8 October 2018. Zarazúa made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Brasil Cup, where she reached the main draw through qualifying. On the ITF Circuit, she has won two titles in singles and sixteen titles in doubles. On the WTA Tour, her biggest result to date was reaching the semifinals of the 2020 Mexican Open, where she defeated former No. 3, Sloane Stephens, in the first round. In 2020, she qualified for the main draw of the French Open, her Grand Slam debut. She was the first Mexican female tennis player to compete in the main draw of a Grand Slam championship since 2000. Playing for Mexico Fed Cup team, Zarazúa has a win–loss record of 14–11 in Fed Cup competition (as of December 2022). Early life and background Zarazúa was born on 30 September 1997 to Jose Luis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marcela Zacarías
Marcela Zacarías Valle (; born 26 March 1994) is a Mexican professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 159, and a doubles ranking of world No. 119, achieved on 24 October 2022. Zacarías has won 17 singles and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and made her debut for the Mexico Fed Cup team in 2012. Playing for her country in Fed Cup, she has a career win–loss record of 19–9. Zacarías achieved greater success on the ITF Junior Circuit, having reached a career-high combined ranking of world No. 7, on 2 December 2012. Personal life In the 2021 distributed film, '' King Richard'', Zacarías played 14-time Grand-Slam-champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Career overview 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 after the 2023 Australian Open The 2023 Australian Open was a Grand Sl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emma Navarro
Emma Navarro (born May 18, 2001) is an American tennis player. Navarro has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 145, achieved on 22 August 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 318, achieved on 2 August 2021. She won the 2019 Junior French Open Doubles Championship with Chloe Beck, and they also finished runners-up in the 2019 Junior Australian Open Championship. Navarro made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Charleston Open, after receiving wildcards for the singles and doubles tournaments. She was rated as the best tennis recruit in the nation, and committed to the University of Virginia for the Fall 2020 semester. Navarro won the NCAA Division 1 women’s singles title on 28 May 2021 as a freshman. With this win, she earned a wildcard into the 2021 US Open main draw. Navarro is the daughter of billionaire businessman Ben Navarro and the granddaughter of former American football player and coach Frank Navarro ... [...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]   |
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Ann Li (tennis)
Ann Li (born June 26, 2000) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of No. 44 in the world, and was the runner-up at the 2017 Junior Wimbledon Championships. Personal background Li was born into a sports family. Her aunt was a professional speed skater in China. Her father played soccer in college, while her mother ran track in college. Tennis career 2017 Li reached her first Junior Grand Slam singles final in 2017 at Wimbledon. In the first all-American girls' final since 1979, the unseeded Li lost to third seed Claire Liu, in three sets. Two weeks later, Li won her first professional title on the ITF Circuit, a $15k tournament in Evansville, Indiana. 2018 Li entered the Kentucky Championships where she defeated Renata Zarazúa, Julia Glushko, Anastasia Nefedova, Jessica Pegula before losing to Asia Muhammad, in straight sets. She participated at the Koser Challenge where she defeated former British No. 1, Heathe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |