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2023 Budapest Grand Prix
The 2023 Budapest Grand Prix (officially the Hungarian Grand Prix) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the event, a WTA 250-level tournament on the 2023 WTA Tour. It took place at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 through 23 July 2023. Champions Singles * Maria Timofeeva def. Kateryna Baindl, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 Doubles * Katarzyna Piter / Fanny Stollár def. Jessie Aney / Anna Sisková, 6–2, 4–6, 0–4 Singles main draw entrants Seeds † Rankings are as of 3 July 2023 Other entrants The following players received wildcard entry into the singles main draw: * Fanny Stollár * Natália Szabanin * Amarissa Tóth The following players received entry with a protected ranking: * Kristína Kučová * Evgeniya Rodina The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Irene Burillo Escorihuela * Louisa Chirico * Kaja Juvan * Astra Sharma * Anna Siskov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Tatjana Maria
Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In November 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 46, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings. She has won two singles titles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 16 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has made twelve appearances (18 matches) for Germany in Fed Cup competition between 2006 and 2011 and between 2018 and 2020. Career 2013–2015: Wimbledon & Miami Open third rounds, top 100 debut Maria took a sabbatical in 2013, to have her first child, and returned to tour at the 2014 Copa Colsanitas. 2017–2022: Top 50, two WTA titles, first major semifinal at Wimbledon Maria won her two singles WTA Tour titles at the 2018 Mallorca Open and the 2022 Copa Colsanitas. At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, she won in the third round against world No. 5, Maria Sakkari (her fifth top 10 win), and in the round of 16 agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Volodko
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; uk, Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. She was the doubles champion in 2008 at the Australian Open, partnering her sister Alona Bondarenko. Kateryna is the younger sister of professional tennis players Valeria and Alona. She plays right-handed and turned pro in 2000. Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are world No. 29 and No. 9, respectively. Her best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 US Open. Over her career, Bondarenko has defeated top ten players Elena Dementieva, Sara Errani, Ana Ivanovic, Garbiñe Muguruza, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwańska, Roberta Vinci, and Venus Williams. In 2022, she changed her name to Kateryna Volodko after marrying Denis Volodko. Biography Bondarenko was born on 8 August 1986 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR (nowadays Ukraine) to father, Vladimir, and mother, Natalia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astra Sharma
Astra Sharma (born 11 September 1995) is a Singaporean-born Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 84 in singles and world No. 91 in doubles. Sharma has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. In December 2017, she won the 2018 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries#Australian Wildcard Playoff, Australian Open Wildcard Playoff alongside Belinda Woolcock, their main-draw entry into the 2018 Australian Open. The highlight of her career came in the 2019 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2019 Australian Open, when she and fellow Australian John-Patrick Smith reached the final of the mixed-doubles competition, after receiving a wildcard to enter the main draw. Personal life Astra was born and raised in Singapore to Singaporean parents, before her parents moved to Perth, Western Australia in 2005, when she was ten ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaja Juvan
Kaja Juvan (born 25 November 2000) is a Slovenian tennis player who turned professional on 17 October 2016. Juvan has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 58, achieved on 6 June 2022, and peaked at No. 99 in the doubles rankings on 11 July 2022. She won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the 2021 Winners Open in Cluj-Napoca, partnering Natela Dzalamidze. Junior career On the junior tour, she achieved a career-high combined ranking of 5, in January 2017. She reached the semifinals of both the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the 2016 US Open girls' doubles events. She was also winner of the Orange Bowl in 2016. Professional career 2019: Breakthrough, Grand Slam debut She made her Grand Slam debut as a lucky loser at the French Open where she lost in the first round. After winning her qualifier bracket, she reached the second round of the Wimbledon Championships where she lost a three-set match to Serena Williams. 2021: Australian Open and Wimbledon third rounds, top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisa Chirico
Louisa Chirico (born May 16, 1996) is an American tennis player. She is of Korean descent through her mother. Chirico, who comes from Harrison, New York, has won five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 58. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 184 in the WTA doubles rankings. Tennis career Early years Partnering Jan Abaza, Chirico won her first $50k tournament at the 2013 Melbourne Pro Classic, defeating Asia Muhammad and Allie Will in the final. 2015: Grand Slam debut She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2015 French Open after being awarded a wildcard into the event by the USTA. She lost in the first round to the ninth seed Ekaterina Makarova, in straight sets. Chirico won her first WTA Tour match at the 2015 Washington Open where she defeated Heather Watson. She then beat the top-30 player Alizé Cornet in a third set tie-breaker but lost to Sloane Stephens in the quarterfinals. 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Burillo Escorihuela
Irene Burillo Escorihuela (born 23 July 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Burillo Escorihuela has career-high WTA rankings of 207 in singles, achieved January 2022, and 279 in doubles, set on 3 February 2020. She has won four singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career In January 2021, Burillo Escorihuela won the inaugural Georgia's Rome Tennis Open The Georgia's Rome Tennis Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on indoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour tournament and has been held in Rome, Georgia Rome is the ..., a $60k event, by defeating Grace Min in her fifth three-setter of the week to win her first title since 2017 – and her first above $15k level. She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Morocco Open. Grand Slam singles performance timeline ITF finals Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups) Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner–ups) Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeniya Rodina
Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina (russian: Евгения Сергеевна Родина, born 4 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of 67. Rodina has won 13 singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit along with one singles and one doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments. Personal life Rodina is married to her coach Denis Shteyngart. They have a daughter, born in November 2012. Career 2004–05 Rodina began her career on the ITF Circuit with the assistance of a wildcard into the first round of the main draw of a $25k tournament at Moscow in late August 2004, when she was fifteen and a half years old, and took a set from up-and-coming fellow Russian Elena Vesnina, though she lost the match in three. Further wildcards into two successive $10k events at Dubrovnik, Croatia that October gave her the opportunity to win her first and second main-draw ITF matches without ever having had to qualify for an ITF event, though she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristína Kučová
Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour with eleven singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Kučová was an accomplished junior player, having won the girls' singles title at the 2007 US Open and reaching a combined career-high junior ranking of world No. 3, on 10 September 2009. Playing for Slovakia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 1–5. Kučová was born in Bratislava. Her elder sister Zuzana retired from the professional tour in 2013. Tennis career Junior years At the 2007 US Open, the unseeded Kučová took the girls' singles title, defeating the 13th seed Julia Glushko in the third round, top seed and defending champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals, and number two seed Urszula Radwańska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarissa Tóth
Amarissa Kiara Tóth (born 10 February 2003) is a Hungarian tennis player. Tóth has career-high WTA rankings of 370 in singles, attained on 10 June 2024, and 264 in doubles, achieved on 3 October 2022. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Budapest Grand Prix, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament. During her round of 32 match at the 2023 Budapest Grand Prix against Zhang Shuai, Tóth erased a ball mark after Zhang's shot was called out by the umpire despite repeated calls by Zhang for Tóth to not smear the mark. Zhang insisted the shot was in, which seemed to be the case, and retired from the match shortly after the incident citing a severe panic attack. Tóth was condemned by many players and fans alike for her allegedly unsportsmanlike behavior. A few days after the incident, Tóth apologized for her actions. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runner-ups) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natália Szabanin
Natália Szabanin (born 11 October 2003) is a Hungarian tennis player. Szabanin has career-high WTA rankings of 245 in singles, achieved on 28 November 2022, and 435 in doubles, set on 6 November 2023. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Budapest Grand Prix The 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the Budapest Grand Prix, a 250-level tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It took place at Római Tennis Academy in Budapest, Hungary, f ..., where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament. At the 2022 Budapest Grand Prix, she made her singles Tour level debut after receiving wildcard. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) Head-to-head record Top 5 highest rank wins * Statistics correct . References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Szabanin, Natalia 2003 births Living people Hungarian female tennis players 21st-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Podoroska
Nadia Natacha Podoroska (; born 10 February 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Podoroska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 July 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 36, and on 18 October 2021, she peaked at No. 62 in the WTA doubles rankings. Early life Podoroska was born on February 10, 1997 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, and grew up in a middle-class family in Fisherton, a neighborhood founded in the late 1880s by railroad workers. She is one of three children born to father Marcelo and mother Irene; she is of Ukrainian descent as her grandparents were Ukrainian but she does not speak the language at all. Her father was a watchmaker by profession who over the years became a pharmacist, and her mother is also a pharmacist. Nadia was the first in her family to play tennis, a sport that she began to practice at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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