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2013 Soho Square Ladies Tournament
The 2013 Soho Square Ladies Tournament was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000+H in prize money. It took place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 18–24 November 2013. Singles entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 11 November 2013 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Fatma Al-Nabhani * Yuliya Kalabina * Pauline Payet * Marina Shamayko The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nastja Kolar * Karin Morgošová * Raluca Olaru * Daniela Seguel The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser: * Maša Zec Peškirič The following player received entry by a protected ranking: * Evgeniya Rodina The following player received entry by a junior exempt: * Kateřina Siniaková Champions Singles * Victoria Kan def. Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharm El-Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh ( ar, شرم الشيخ, ), commonly abbreviated to Sharm, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea. Its population is approximately 53,670 . Sharm El Sheikh is the administrative hub of Egypt's South Sinai Governorate, which includes the smaller coastal towns of Dahab and Nuweiba as well as the mountainous interior, St. Catherine and Mount Sinai. The city and holiday resort is a significant centre for tourism in Egypt, while also attracting many international conferences and diplomatic meetings. Name Sharm El Sheikh ("bay of the wise") is also known as the "''City of Peace''"; Egyptian Arabic: "''Madinet Es-Salam''", referring to the large number of International Peace Conferences that have been held there. Amongst Egyptians and also many visitors, the name of the city is commonly shortened to "Sharm" (), which is its common name in Egyptian Arabic. The name is also sometim ... [...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] |
Kateřina Siniaková
Kateřina Siniaková (; ; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in doubles. She is a six-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2018 and 2021 French Opens, 2018 and 2022 Wimbledon Championships, 2022 Australian Open, and 2022 US Open, thus completing the career doubles Golden Slam, all partnering compatriot Barbora Krejčíková. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2018 WTA Finals, 2021 Australian Open, and 2022 WTA Finals, and Siniaková reached the final at the 2017 US Open with Lucie Hradecká. She became world No. 1 for the first time in October 2018, holding the top ranking for a total of 70 weeks, and has won 20 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2021 WTA Finals and two at WTA 1000 level. In singles, Siniaková reached her career-high ranking of world No. 31 in October 2018, and has won three WTA titles, at the Shenzhen Open and Swedish Open in 2017, and at the Slovenia Open in 2022. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITF Junior Circuit
The ITF Junior Circuit is the premier level for worldwide competition among under-18 junior tennis players. Founded in 1977 with only nine tournaments, the 2011 ITF Junior Circuit offered over 350 tournaments in 118 countries. Mirroring the ATP and WTA circuits, the ITF Junior Circuit ranks players and crowns a year end world champion. History The ITF Junior Circuit is organized by the International Tennis Federation. Since its creation it has been the beginning of many successful careers. Some Junior World Champions that have gone on to achieve great success on the pro tour include Ivan Lendl, Pat Cash, Gabriela Sabatini, Martina Hingis, Marcelo Ríos, Andy Roddick, Amélie Mauresmo, Roger Federer, and many more. From 1982 through 2003, the ITF Junior Circuit recognized Year End Champions in singles and doubles. Beginning in 2004, the rankings were combined and a single champion in both boys' and girls' competition was recognized. Tournament grades Just like the ATP and WTA, ju ... [...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] |
Protected Ranking
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. * Action: Synonym of ''spin''. * Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ''ad'' (''advantage'') point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court. * Ad in: ''Advantage'' to the '' server''. * Ad out: ''Advantage'' to the '' receiver''. * Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the ''advantage'', meaning they won the point immediately after a ''deuce''. See scoring in tennis. * Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maša Zec Peškirič
Maša Zec Peškirič (born 21 January 1987) is a Slovenian former tennis player. In her career, she won 14 singles titles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 June 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 93. On 19 October 2009, she peaked at No. 130 in the doubles rankings. Zec Peškirič made her debut for the Slovenia Fed Cup team The Slovenia Billie Jean King Cup team represents Slovenia in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovene Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II. History Slovenia competed in its first F ... in April 2006. She has a win–loss record of 8–22 in the competition. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 23 (14 titles, 9 runner-ups) Doubles: 25 (10–15) External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zec Peskiric, Masa 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice Slovenian female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Seguel
Daniela Valeska Seguel Carvajal, (born 15 November 1992), is a Chilean tennis player. She has won 16 singles titles and 28 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 28 May 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 162, weeks after reaching quarterfinals on the Copa Colsanitas, her best result on a WTA tournament yet. Seguel's first-round win over Nicole Gibbs was the first professional match won by a Chilean female tennis player since 1980. On 7 July 2014, she peaked at No. 110 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Chile Fed Cup team, Seguel has a win-loss record of 21–18 in Fed Cup competitions. Junior career In 2006, her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit came at the age of 13. She played her first tournament at the first Open Junior International Chile, in May. There, she reached the quarterfinals, before losing to Argentinian player Ornella Caron, in straight sets. In 2007, she won her first singles title at the second Junior Open Chile, in October. In 2008, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raluca Olaru
Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final(25 July 2009) losing to Andrea Petkovic, in straight sets.Sony Ericsson WTA TourPetkovic Wins First Tour Title(26 July 2009) She also has won eleven doubles titles on WTA Tour tournaments. Olaru was a successful junior player. She was the runner–up in both junior singles and doubles at the 2005 French Open, and captured the 2006 US Open doubles title along with Mihaela Buzărnescu. Her best professional Grand Slam result so far has been the third round of the 2007 French Open, when she defeated the 30th seed Julia Vakulenko, in straight sets, and lost to eventual runner–up, the seventh seed Ana Ivanovic. Olaru reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 53, on 27 July 2009, and her best doubles ranking, No. 30, on 31 January 2022. Pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Morgošová
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Nastja Kolar
Nastja Kolar (born 15 July 1994) is a Slovenian tennis player. She was a talented junior, her highest ranking was fourth. Her highest WTA rankings are 178 in singles and 140 in doubles. Tennis career In July 2009, Kolar performed her first WTA Tour tournament, the Slovenia Open in Portorož, where she lost to Roberta Vinci in the first round. In 2010, she won a $10k tournament in Croatia, her first title on the ITF Women's Circuit. In May 2011, Kolar won her second ITF title at a $25k event in Maribor, Slovenia. In July, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies where she won her first WTA Tour-level match when she defeated Alla Kudryavtseva, in straight sets, to advance to the second round. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups) Doubles: 28 (15 titles, 13 runner-ups) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolar, Nastja 1994 births Slovenian female tennis players Living people Sportspeople from Celje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Shamayko
Marina Valeryevna Shamayko (russian: Марина Валерьевна Шамайко, born 3 August 1987) is a former tennis player from Russia. On 30 September 2013, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 317. On 14 July 2008, she peaked at No. 197 in the doubles rankings. In her career, Shamayko won one singles title and five doubles titles 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 .... ITF finals Singles: 5 (1–4) Doubles: 28 (5–23) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shamayko, Marina 1987 births Living people Russian female tennis players 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
