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2017 Rogers Cup – Women's Doubles
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina successfully defended their title, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Květa Peschke in the final, 6–0, 6–4. Seeds The top four seeds A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiosperm pl ... received a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Bottom half ReferencesMain Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers Cup - Women's Doubles, 2017 Women's Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova ( rus, Екатери́на Вале́рьевна Мака́рова; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open and 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles, all alongside compatriot Elena Vesnina, as well as the 2012 US Open in mixed doubles with Bruno Soares. Makarova and Vesnina also finished runners-up at the 2014 and 2018 Australian Opens, 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 French Open. She and Jaroslav Levinský reached the mixed doubles final at the 2010 Australian Open. In singles, Makarova achieved her best Grand Slam results at the 2014 US Open and 2015 Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals. She became world No. 1 in doubles on 11 June 2018, and won 15 titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2016 WTA Finals and seven at Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Dellacqua
Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham Classic, a quarterfinal finish at the 2014 Indian Wells Masters and fourth round appearances at the 2008 Australian Open, the 2014 Australian Open and the 2014 US Open; she also won 22 ITF singles titles. Dellacqua's career highlights, however, have all come in doubles. She has won seven WTA Tour doubles titles, 23 ITF doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed-doubles title at the 2011 French Open. She reached the finals of all four Grand Slam events in women's doubles, appearing in seven major finals from 2008 to 2017, however failed to win a title. Dellacqua won her biggest women's doubles title at the Premier Mandatory 2015 Madrid Open, partnered with Yaroslava Shvedova. Dellacqua achieved her highest singles ranking of world No. 26 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Robillard-Millette
Charlotte Robillard-Millette (born January 12, 1999) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 532 on September 25, 2017 and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 231 on May 15, 2017. She achieved her best junior ranking of No. 4 on June 1, 2015. As of 2021, she is not playing professional tennis. Early life Robillard-Millette started playing tennis at age four, inspired by her big brother. She has been a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal since the fall of 2013. Tennis career 2013–14 In October 2013, Robillard-Millette won her first junior title in doubles at the G5 in Burlington, Ontario. A week later, she made her professional debut at the $50k Toronto Challenger where she was defeated in the qualifying second round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles. In December 2013, she won the Orange Bowl in the U16 category with a three-set win over Alexis Nelson in the final. In May 2014, Robi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Voráčová
Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 56 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 October 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 74. On 21 August 2017, she peaked at No. 29 in the WTA doubles rankings. Background and early life Voracova's father, Frantisek, owns a gas company, while her mother, Vlasta, manages a sports center. She also has brother, David, that is a professional dancer and still studying. She started playing tennis at age of 7. Junior achievements As a junior, Voráčová reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles and No. 3 in doubles. One of the highlights of her junior tennis career was winning the 2001 French Open doubles title, alongside Petra Cetkovská. Career 2017 At the Wimbledon Championships, Voráčová made the second week of a Grand Slam tournament for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuang Chia-jung
Chuang Chia-jung (; ; born 10 January 1985) is a retired Taiwanese tennis player. In her career, she won 22 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three doubles titles on tournaments of the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as ten singles titles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 13 November 2006, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 177. On 18 August 2008, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 28 October 2018, Chuang announced her retirement from professional tennis and her marriage via Instagram. Career At the 2007 Australian Open, Chuang reached the final of the women's doubles tournament with her partner Chan Yung-jan that they lost in three sets to Cara Black and Liezel Huber. She also reached the women's doubles final of the 2007 US Open. In 2001, Chuang played for the first time for the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team. Her win–loss record in Fed Cup is 26–11. Biography Chuang was coached by her father Chuang Wen-teng. Her mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian retired professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she reached No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding this ranking for 10 weeks. Srebotnik won four singles titles on the WTA Tour and was ranked inside the top 30 for several years. However, her best results have been on the doubles circuit, where she has won 39 WTA titles, including one Grand Slam title, at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships alongside Květa Peschke. She has also won five Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles, at the French Open in 1999, 2006 and 2010, the US Open in 2003 and the Australian Open in 2011. Career As a junior, she won the 1998 Wimbledon singles title and was runner-up at the US Open. Srebotnik was ranked No. 2 in the junior rankings in 1997 and 1998. She was mentored by Gabriela Sabatini. 1995–1999: WTA Tour debut and historic Guinness World record Srebotn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abigail Spears
Abigail Michal Spears (born July 12, 1981) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She was suspended for doping offences from 7 November 2019 until 7 September 2021. Biography 2000–2011 Spears turned professional in 2000. She reached the third round at the 2005 Australian Open, and the first round at the 2005 French Open, 2005 Wimbledon tournament (where she also reached the third round in the doubles tournament with Lisa McShea) and the 2005 US Open.. She reached the third round at the 2008 Wimbledon doubles tournament with Raquel Kops-Jones, and the duo bettered that result by reaching the quarterfinals at the 2008 US Open. Spears also qualified in singles for the US Open twice. She achieved a singles ranking of world No. 66 on June 6, 2005. Her highest doubles ranking was world No. 11 on June 24, 2013. Spears has not won a WTA singles title, but as of the end of December 2018, she has won 21 WTA doubles titles. She participated in the US Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Melichar
Nicole Melichar-Martinez (née Melichar; cz, Nicole Melicharová, ) is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has won twelve doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles title as well as two singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In May 2021, she peaked at No. 9 in the doubles rankings. Melichar has won one Grand Slam title, winning the mixed-doubles crown at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Austrian partner Alexander Peya. She is also a two-time Grand Slam finalist in women's doubles, finishing runner-up at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Květa Peschke and the 2020 US Open with Xu Yifan. She has reached three WTA 1000 finals at the Cincinnati Open in 2020 with Xu Yifan and 2022 with Ellen Perez and at the Canadian Open also in 2022 with Perez. Personal life and background She was born in the Czech Republic, but has lived in Florida since shortly after her birth. Her older sister Jane played tennis, and Melichar claims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmyla Kichenok
Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok ( uk, Людмила Вікторівна Кіченок; born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 21 July 2014, Lyudmyla reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 156. On 12 September 2022, she peaked at No. 9 in the doubles rankings. Kichenok has won eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including four with her twin sister Nadiia. Career 2015: First WTA doubles title and singles top-10 win In 2015, she won her first WTA doubles title together with her sister. They escaped a 5–0 deficit in the second set tie-break of their 6–4, 7–6 defeat of Liang Chen and Wang Yafan in the Shenzhen Open final. That made the Kichenoks the second pair of twins, after Karolína Plíšková and Kristýna Plíšková, to win a WTA doubles title. They previously had been runners-up at Tashkent in 2011 and Shenzhen in 2014. She won the second WTA doubles title at Brasil Tennis Cup. During the Tianjin Open, Lyudmyla caused the bigg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson Branstine
Carson Branstine (born September 9, 2000) is a Canadian-American tennis player and model. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 468 on July 29, 2019 and a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 4 on July 17, 2017. She won the 2017 Australian Open and French Open junior doubles titles with Bianca Andreescu. Branstine represented the United States from 2014 to February 2017, but has started representing Canada, the birth country of her mother, since March 2017. Early life Branstine was born in Irvine, California to an American father, Bruce, and a Canadian mother, Carol Freeman, from Toronto. She has two older sisters, Cassidy and Constance, both of whom play collegiate tennis. Her cousin Freddie Freeman is a professional baseball first baseman and MVP for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Carson began playing tennis at the age of 7. After spending a few years training at the USTA, Branstine accepted an offer from Tennis Canada to train at the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Andreescu
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (; born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world, and is the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Andreescu was the champion at the 2019 US Open – Women's singles, US Open and the 2019 Rogers Cup, Canadian Open in 2019, defeating Serena Williams to win both titles. She is the first Canadian tennis player to win a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles title, and the first to win the Canadian Open in 50 years. She was also the first player to win a major singles title as a teenager since Maria Sharapova in 2006. Andreescu began playing tennis in her parents' home country of Romania before returning to Canada, the country of her birth. She had success as a junior, winning the Orange Bowl (tennis), Orange Bowl and two major doubles titles with compatriot Carson Branstine en route to reaching a career-best junior ranking of No. 3 in the w ... [...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] |
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