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2000 Du Maurier Open – Women's Singles
Defending champion Martina Hingis won the women's singles tennis title at the 2000 Canadian Open after Serena Williams retired from the final due to a left foot injury, with the score at 0–6, 6–3, 3–0. Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. # Martina Hingis (champion) # Lindsay Davenport ''(third round, retired due to a left ankle injury)'' # Conchita Martínez ''(semifinals)'' # Serena Williams ''(final, retired due to a left foot injury)'' # Nathalie Tauziat ''(second round)'' # Anke Huber ''(third round)'' # Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(semifinals)'' # Sandrine Testud ''(quarterfinals)'' # Amanda Coetzer ''(second round)'' # Julie Halard-Decugis ''(third round, withdrew due to lower back pain)'' # Anna Kournikova ''(third round)'' # Dominique Van Roost ''(first round)'' # Jennifer Capriati ''(third round)'' # Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Eagle (; born 10 March 1976) is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks as the singles world No. 1 and 90 weeks as doubles world No. 1, holding both No. 1 rankings simultaneously for 29 weeks. She won five major singles titles, 13 major women's doubles titles (including the Grand Slam in 1998), and seven major mixed doubles titles, for a combined total of 25 major titles. In addition, she won the season-ending WTA Finals twice in singles and thrice in doubles, an Olympic silver medal in doubles, and a record 17 Tier I singles titles. Hingis set a series of "youngest-ever" records during the 1990s, including youngest-ever Grand Slam champion and youngest-ever world No. 1. Before ligament injuries in both ankles forced her to withdraw temporarily from professional tennis in early 2003, at the age of 22, she had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Frazier
Amy Frazier (born September 19, 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won eight singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour. On February 27, 1995 she achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 13, while on March 29, 1993 she achieved a career-high doubles ranking of No. 24. Biography Active career Frazier made her first appearance in four tour qualifying events in 1986 and debuted in the main draw in 1987, including at the 1987 US Open, where she lost to Catarina Lindqvist in the first round. She was an active player until the 2006 US Open, in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance (a record among active players). She also appeared in 18 Australian Open, 18 Wimbledon, and 15 French Open tournaments for an all-time record of 71 Grand Slam appearances, until compatriot Venus Williams surpassed this record at the 2016 US Open. She qualified two times for year end WTA Tour Championships, first time in 1992 and then in 2000. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika DeLone
Erika deLone (born October 14, 1972) is an American retired tennis player who turned professional in 1992. She reached one WTA Tour singles final in her career, finishing runner-up to Åsa Svensson at the Wismilak International in 1999. In April 2000, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 65. DeLone won one WTA Tour doubles title in her career, winning the 2000 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, partnering Australian Nicole Pratt. She reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 45 in December 2000. In 2003, she retired from professional tennis. Her sister Amy Amy is a female given name, sometimes short for Amanda, Amelia, Amélie, or Amita. In French, the name is spelled ''"Aimée"''. People A–E * Amy Acker (born 1976), American actress * Amy Vera Ackman, also known as Mother Giovanni (1886– ... was a professional tennis player as well. WTA career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruxandra Dragomir
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired tennis player from Romania. She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual WTA ranking on 25 August 1997, when she became the No. 15 of the world. Between 2009 and 2013 she was the president of Romanian Tennis Federation. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when she got to the quarterfinals of the 1997 French Open, defeating Sonya Jeyaseelan, Yayuk Basuki, Karina Habšudová and Nicole Arendt before losing to the eventual champion, Iva Majoli. Dragomir retired from professional tennis in 2005. WTA career finals Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (7–2) Doubles (8–6) Grand Slam singles performance timeline Head-to-head records * Serena Williams 0-1 * Venus Williams 0-3 * Martina Hingis 0-4 * Lindsay Davenport 0-7 * Anna Kournikova 2-1 * Domi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángeles Montolio
Ángeles Montolio (born 6 August 1975) is a former tennis player from Spain. Montolio reached a career high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto, Estoril, and Bol, as well as reaching the finals of Madrid and Palermo. Her best results in Grand Slam tournaments were appearances in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships in 2001, and of the US Open in 1999 and 2001. As a junior, she won the 1993 Orange Bowl The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Miami metropolitan area. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935, making it, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, the second-oldest bowl game ... for over-18s. WTA career finals Singles: 5 (3–2) ITF Circuit finals Singles (12–6) Doubles (1–3) Grand Slam singles performance timeline External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montolio, Angeles Spanish female tennis players Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Panova
Tatiana Urayevna Panova (born 13 August 1976, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet UnionMeet the Aces '' St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', July 6, 2004 ("Born Aug 13 1976 in Moscow.")) is a former Russian tennis player. On 23 September 2002, she reached her career-high singles ranking, when she peaked at world No. 20. Career 2002 was the first year that Panova really jumped into the spotlight, reaching finals in Auckland and Sarasota early in the season. That year she also reached quarterfinals of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabiola Zuluaga
Fabiola Zuluaga (born 7 January 1979) is a retired tennis player from Colombia. She reached the Australian Open semifinals in 2004 and became the first Colombian tennis player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. Zuluaga is one of the most successful tennis players that Colombia has had. She won a record seven singles titles in Bogotá, of which four were on the WTA Tour and three on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental .... She retired from the professional tour on 9 September 2005. Entrevista a Fabiola Zuluaga Accessed 28 October 2006. WTA career fin ...
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Paola Suárez
Paola Suárez (; born 23 June 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascual, and holding the No. 1 doubles ranking for 87 non-consecutive weeks. She was also a singles top ten player and semifinalist at the 2004 French Open. Career Suárez began playing professional tennis at the age of 15. In 1994, she joined the professional tour as a singles player. Suárez won four WTA titles (2004 Canberra, 2003 Vienna, 1998 & 2001 Bogotá) and 12 other minor tournaments. In 2004, she reached her only Grand Slam singles semi-final by defeating the 18th seed and future Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova, but lost to Elena Dementieva. That year, she reached her highest WTA ranking of No. 9, to become the highest-ranked Argentine women's player since Gabriela Sabatini achieved the No. 3 ranking in 1989. Also in 2004, she won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Květa Hrdličková
Květa is a Slavic female given name, derived from the Czech word ''květ'' meaning ''flower, blossom''. Květa is also a nickname form of Květoslava (pronounced ''kvye-taw-slah-vah''.) Other forms *Slovak: ''Kveta'', ''Kvetava'', ''Kvetana'' *Russian: ''Cvetana'' *Bulgarian: ''Cveta'', ''Cvetana'', ''Cvetomira'' *Serbian: ''Cveta'', ''Cvetana'', ''Cvetislava'', ''Cvetoslava'', ''Cvetimira'', ''Cvijeta'' *Croatian: ''Cveta'', ''Cvetana'', ''Cvetislava'', ''Cvetoslava'', ''Cvetimira'' Name Days *Czech: ''20 June'' (Květa), ''8 December'' (Květoslava) Famous bearers *Květa Fialová, Czech actress *Květa Peschke, Czech tennis player *Květa Jeriová, Czech cross country skier *Květa Legátová, Czech writer * Květa Kočová, Czech speaker of ČSSD *Květa Pacovská, Czech painter and sculptor * Květoslava Kořínková, Czech politician and pedagogue See also *Slavic names Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Nejedly
Jana Nejedly (born June 9, 1974 as Jana Nejedlá) is a Czech-born Canadian former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 64th, which she reached on October 2, 2000. Her career high in doubles was at 227 set on August 12, 1996. Born in Prague and raised in Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ..., Nejedly resided in Toronto, Boston, and Naples, Florida at different times. Nejedly retired in 2003 but had a brief return in 2012. She would finally retire for the last time that July. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (8–4) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nejedly, Jana 1974 births Living people Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian female tennis players Canadian people of Czech descent Czec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Reeves
Samantha Reeves (born January 17, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player. Her best results in singles have been reaching the quarterfinals at Hawaii (2002), Bahia and Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ... (2001). WTA career finals Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ITF Circuit titles Singles (2) Doubles (6) External links * * 1979 births Living people American female tennis players People from Redwood City, California Tennis people from California 21st-century American women {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Brandi
Kristina Brandi (born March 29, 1977) is a former Puerto Rican tennis player. She was the first tennis player representing Puerto Rico to win a singles match in an Olympic tennis tournament. Some of Brandi's career highlights: She achieved her best ranking in singles of 27 on 4 December 2000, and her high rank for doubles of 246 in June 1995. Brandi won one career singles title, in 1999 on grass at 's Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. Career Early years Brandi was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she became interested in the sport of tennis at an early age. She made her professional debut in 1995 when she was 17 years old. Her father is Joe Brandi, who coached Pete Sampras. USTA Circuit In 2003, Brandi won the most titles of any woman on the "USTA Circuit". She took home trophies from six events. Brandi was a member of the 2003 Puerto Rican Fed Cup team where she captured the singles championship at the $75k event in Albuquerque, New Mexico plus, the $50k event in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
