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2023 Internationaux De Strasbourg
The 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Strasbourg, France. It was the 37th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA 250 tournaments of the 2023 WTA Tour. It took place at the ''Tennis Club de Strasbourg'' between 21 and 27 May 2023. Finals Singles * Elina Svitolina def. Anna Blinkova, 6–2, 6–3 Doubles * Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan def. Desirae Krawczyk / Giuliana Olmos 6–3, 6–2 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 8 May 2023. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova * Elina Svitolina The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: * Amandine Hesse The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Angelina Gabueva * Hsieh Su-wei * Sarah Iliev * Elena Malõgina The following players received entry as lucky losers: * B ... [...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] |
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-high ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March 2009. Her biggest achievements include reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 French Open and the final at the 2013 Rogers Cup. Early and personal life Cîrstea was born to Mihai and Liliana in Bucharest,. She resides in Târgoviște, her parents' home town. She has a younger brother, Mihnea. Cîrstea was introduced to tennis at the age of four by her mother. Sorana's father owns an ice cream factory in Târgoviște. She has cited Steffi Graf and Roger Federer as her idols. Career 2005–2006: Last junior years and turning professional Cîrstea is a former ITF Junior Circuit top-ten player, reaching a highest combined ranking of No. 6 in 2006. Her best results include a title in the 2005 German Junior Open (Grade 1), a tournament in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Routliffe
Erin Hope Routliffe (born April 11, 1995) is a New Zealand professional tennis player who previously represented Canada. She reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 29 on 8 August 2022 and a career-high junior rank of No. 17 on 21 January 2013. She studied at the University of Alabama and was part of their tennis team from September 2013 until her graduation in May 2017, majoring in public relations. Routliffe is a two-time NCAA doubles champion with Maya Jansen for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Her win in the 2018 Hardee's Pro Classic in Dothan, Alabama allowed her to break into the top 200 in the doubles rankings for the first time, while her win two weeks later in Charleston, South Carolina pushed her into the top 150. Her runner-up finish at the Washington Open took her into the top 100. Her first WTA doubles title came at the 32nd Palermo Ladies Open in July 2021. Partnered with Alicja Rosolska, Routliffe reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2022 for her bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Chang (tennis)
Sophie Chang (born May 28, 1997) is an American tennis player. Chang has career-high WTA rankings of No. 217 in singles, reached in January 2023, and No. 59 in doubles, achieved September 2022. She has won one WTA Tour doubles title with Angela Kulikov in July 2022. On the ITF Circuit, Chang has won 21 doubles titles (five of them with Alexandra Mueller) and three singles titles. Career She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Washington Open, in the doubles draw, partnering with Alexandra Mueller. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour at the 2022 Hamburg European Open, partnering with Angela Kulikov Angela Kirsten Kulikov (born 31 March 1998) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 57 achieved on 24 October 2022. Kulikov has played college tennis at the University of Southern California (USC). Caree .... Her first tour-level singles match was at the 2022 Charleston Open. Grand Slam performance timelines Dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bai Zhuoxuan
Bai Zhuoxuan (Chinese: 白卓璇; born 16 November 2002) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Bai has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 83, achieved on 4 March 2024, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 789, achieved on 3 October 2022. Career 2023: WTA Tour, major and top 125 debuts Ranked No. 209, Bai made her WTA Tour debut at the 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg, after entering the singles main draw as a lucky loser. She held two match points against Varvara Gracheva in the first round. She made her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon, after qualifying for the main draw. She reached the second round defeating Ysaline Bonaventure for her first major match win, before losing to eventual finalist, sixth seed Ons Jabeur, in 45 minutes. At the beginning of the Asian swing, she also qualified for the Ningbo Open. She received a wildcard for the qualifying competition into the WTA 1000 China Open. She also received a wildcard for the WTA 500 Zhengzhou Open where s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Malõgina
Elena Malõgina (born 27 May 2000) is an Estonian tennis player. Malõgina made her debut on the professional tour in 2016. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 236, achieved on 7 November 2022, while her career-high WTA singles ranking is 347 (19 December 2022). She has won eight ITF doubles titles and three in singles. Malõgina made her debut for Estonia Fed Cup team in 2018, and has a win–loss record of 2–14 in Fed Cup competitions. Personal life She was born in Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ..., Russia to an Estonian father and a Russian mother. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner–ups) Doubles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner–ups) References External links * * * 2000 births Living people Estoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Iliev
Sarah Iliev (born 3 October 2006) is a French female tennis player. Iliev has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 550 achieved on 6 November 2023. Career Iliev made her WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tourna ... main-draw debut at the 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg, after qualifying into the singles main draw, having received a qualifying wildcard, and in doubles as a wildcard partnering Séverine Deppner.https://www.wtatennis.com/photos/3013222/photos-the-players-contesting-their-first-wta-main-draw-in-2023 Performance timeline ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups) References External links * * 2006 births Living people French female tennis players {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsieh Su-wei
Hsieh Su-wei ( ;''Xiè 謝淑薇Shūwēi'' in Chinese mainland. Taiwanese Mandarin: ; in Standard Mandarin of Chinese mainland. born 4 January 1986) is an inactive Taiwanese professional tennis player. She has won three singles titles and 30 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 doubles title, 27 singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, seven medals at the Asian Games (2 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze), 1 gold and bronze medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and has amassed over $10 million in prize money. On 25 February 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23, and on 12 May 2014, she reached world No. 1 in the doubles rankings for the first time; she has spent a total of 47 weeks with the top ranking, the longest tenure by a tennis player from the Far East. Hsieh is the highest-ranked Taiwanese player in history, in both singles and doubles. Known for playing with two hands on both sides, flat and quick groundstrokes, crafty gameplay, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina Gabueva
Angelina Alexandrovna Gabueva (russian: Ангелина Александровна Габуева; born 7 December 1988) is a Russian tennis player. Gabueva has won two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 17 June 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 423. On 26 September 2022, she peaked at No. 94 in the doubles rankings. Career Gabueva made her WTA Tour debut at the 2006 Tashkent Open, partnering Diana Narzykulova in doubles, they lost their first-round match against fellow Russians Anastasia Rodionova and Galina Voskoboeva. In October 2021, Gabueva and Anastasia Zakharova reached their first WTA tournament final at the Astana Open which they lost to Anna-Lena Friedsam and Monica Niculescu. Her first WTA Tour-level main-draw match in singles was at the 2022 Internationaux de Strasbourg, in that she advanced as a lucky loser A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Hesse
Amandine Hesse (; born 16 January 1993) is a French professional tennis player. Hesse has won six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 154. On 2 May 2016, she peaked at No. 108 in the doubles rankings. Playing for France Fed Cup team, Hesse has accumulated a win–loss record of 3–1. Personal life Amandine Hesse was born in Montauban and started playing tennis at the age of five. She is coached by father, Yannick Hesse. Her mother's name is Nicole Nicole may refer to: People * Nicole (name) * Nicole (American singer) (born 1958), a contestant in season 3 of the American ''The X Factor'' * Nicole (Chilean singer) (born 1977) * Nicole (German singer) (born 1964), winner of the 1982 Euro .... She has two half-sisters, Géraldine and Stéphanie. Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner–ups) Doubles: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won three junior Grand Slam titles and became the junior world No. 1, in January 2006, at the age of 14. She continued her success after turning professional, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has been continuously ranked inside the top 50 since 3 November 2008, when she entered the top-50 rankings for the first time in her career (a span of more than 13 and a half years). Between the 2008 French Open and the 2020 Australian Open, she participated in 48 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, which is tied with Ana Ivanovic for the eighth-longest streak of consecutive Grand Slam tournament appearances in history. Pavlyuchenkova has won 12 singles titles on the WTA Tour and five singles ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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