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2018 ACT Clay Court International
The 2018 ACT Clay Court International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Canberra, Australia, on 19–25 March 2018. It was the first of two tournaments held back-to-back at the same location. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 5 March 2018. Other entrants The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: * Masa Jovanovic * Genevieve Lorbergs * Ivana Popovic * Alicia Smith The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Maddison Inglis * Kaylah McPhee * Abbie Myers * Ramu Ueda Champions Singles * Dalila Jakupović def. Destanee Aiava 6–4, 6–4 Doubles * Priscilla Hon / Dalila Jakupović def. Miyu Kato / Makoto Ninomiya is a Japanese professional tennis player. During her career, she has won one singles title on the ITF Circuit, and achieved a career- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125K series. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125k series and the bigger mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriella Taylor
Gabriella Patricia Taylor (born 7 March 1998) is an inactive British tennis player. Taylor has won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 December 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 162. On 19 March 2018, she peaked at No. 479 in the WTA doubles rankings. Personal life Taylor was born on 7 March 1998 in Southampton, to a British father from Newcastle and a Bulgarian mother from Plovdiv. She started playing tennis at the age of four. She began to play in local tennis groups in Southampton’s David Lloyd until coaches saw her potential to take her on with individual lessons. She moved to Marbella, Spain at the age of 13 to further her tennis career and to Barcelona at 19. She turned pro at the age of 16. In 2020, Taylor opened up about her struggles with her mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. As of 2022, she is taking an indefinite break from tennis, working as a freelance artist and pursuing a degree at the Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Ninomiya
is a Japanese professional tennis player. During her career, she has won one singles title on the ITF Circuit, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of 280. In doubles, she has won six titles on the WTA Tour, one title on the WTA Challenger circuit as well as 21 ITF titles, and peaked at No. 20 in the WTA rankings The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1. Ranking method The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A pla ... on 22 October 2018. Ninomiya began playing tennis on ITF events in 2009. Playing for Japan Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 5–1. Performance timeline Doubles Grand Slam tournament finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) WTA career finals Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups) WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups) Doubles: 33 (21 tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destanee Aiava
Destanee Gabriella Aiava (born 10 May 2000) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 147 in singles, achieved on 11 September 2017, and of 192 in doubles, achieved October 2019. Aiava has won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut after winning the 2016 U18 Australian Championships, granting her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open. She thus became the first player, male or female, born in 2000 or later to participate in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. Early life Aiava is Samoan descent; her father, Mark, was born in New Zealand to Samoan parents, and her mother, Rosie, was born in American Samoa. Junior career 2012–2016 In 2012, at the age of 12, Aiava represented Australia at Roland Garros in the Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament. Competing against fifteen of the top under-13 female tennis players, Aiava won the tournament and won the right to pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramu Ueda
The Ramu River is a major river in northern Papua New Guinea. The headwaters of the river are formed in the Kratke Range from where it then travels about northwest to the Bismarck Sea. Along the Ramu's course, it receives numerous tributaries from the Bismarck Range to the south and the Finisterre and Adelbert. History For many millennia, people have lived along the river, and the river has formed the basis for food, transport, and culture. German exploration The area encompassed by the Ramu was part of Kaiser-Wilhelmsland when Germany established German New Guinea in 1884. The Germans were quick to explore their territory, and the mouth of the Ramu was discovered in 1886 by Vice-Admiral Freiherr von Schleinitz after returning to Finschhafen from an expedition to the nearby Sepik.Souter (1963) p. 73 Schleinitz called the Ramu, ''Ottilien'' after his ship the ''Ottilie''. The course of the river was first discovered 10 years later in 1896 after Dr Carl Lauterbach, a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbie Myers
Abbie Jane Myers (born 18 July 1994) is an Australian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 257 in singles and 182 in doubles. Myers has won one singles title and 17 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. She notably represented Australia at the World Junior Competition at the age of 14. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Myers reached a career-high ranking of 52, on 2 January 2012, and she won the 2012 Australian 18's Championships. Career 2013–21 Myers made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2013 Sydney International doubles tournament, partnering Storm Sanders. They lost in the first round. At the 2013 Australian Open, she lost in the first round of the qualifying draw to Chan Yung-jan Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 .... 2022 I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaylah McPhee
Kaylah McPhee (born 4 February 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 199 in singles, achieved on 16 September 2019, and 228 in doubles, reached on 10 February 2020. She has won four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. McPhee won her biggest ITF title at the 2019 Bendigo Women's International in the doubles event, partnering Maddison Inglis Maddison Inglis (born 14 January 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 112, achieved on 2 March 2020. Inglis has won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career Inglis made her Gr .... Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) Notes References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcphee, Kaylah 1998 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Brisbane Sportswomen from Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddison Inglis
Maddison Inglis (born 14 January 1998) is an Australian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 112, achieved on 2 March 2020. Inglis has won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career Inglis made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2015 Australian Open in the doubles event, partnering Alexandra Nancarrow. She was awarded a main-draw wildcard into the 2016 Australian Open after she won the Wildcard Playoff, defeating Arina Rodionova in the final, in straight sets. She lost in round one to 21st-seed Ekaterina Makarova. In January 2020, Inglis won the Burnie International, increasing her ranking to a career high of 116. 2022 Inglis made her first Grand Slam third round at the Australian Open. She defeated 23rd seed Leylah Fernandez and Hailey Baptiste in first and second round, respectively, before losing to Kaia Kanepi in the next round. She qualified into the main draw at the Wimbledon Championships making her debut at this major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Smith (tennis)
Alicia Smith (born 27 September 1996) is a professional Australian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 662 in singles, achieved on 10 August 2020, and 394 in doubles, achieved on 9 March 2020. Smith made her Grand Slam Grand Slam most often refers to: * Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category te ... main-draw debut after winning the 2016 Australian Open Women's Doubles Wildcard Playoff, granting her a wildcard into the 2017 Australian Open women's doubles event. In 2021, Smith won her debut ITF singles title at a $15k event in Solarino, Italy. ITF finals Singles: 1 (title) Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner–ups) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Alicia 1996 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Brisbane Sportspeople from Tamworth, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivana Popovic
Ivana Popovic (born 19 September 2000) is an Australian tennis player. Popovic has a highest singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 354, achieved on 10 August 2020. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 250, set on 15 November 2021. Popovic made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Gippsland Trophy, where she received a wildcard into the doubles competition, partnering Abbie Myers. Her brother Milislav Popovic is a professional footballer. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 1 (runner–up) Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) References External links * * Ivana Popovicat Tennis Australia Tennis Australia Limited is the governing body for Tennis in Australia. It is owned by Australian states and territories. The association organises national and international Tennis tournaments including the Australian Open, the Australian Open S ... 2000 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Sydney Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genevieve Lorbergs
Genevieve (french: link=no, Sainte Geneviève; la, Sancta Genovefa, Genoveva; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) is the patroness saint of Paris in the Catholic Church, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox traditions. Her Calendar of saints, feast is on 3 January. Genevieve was born in Nanterre and moved to Paris (then known as Lutetia) after encountering Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus of Troyes and dedicated herself to a Christian life.McNamara, Halborg, and Whatley 18. In 451 she led a "prayer marathon" that was said to have saved Paris by diverting Attila's Huns away from the city. When the Germanic king Childeric I besieged the city in 464, Genevieve acted as an intermediary between the city and its besiegers, collecting food and convincing Childeric to release his prisoners. Her following and her status as patron saint of Paris were promoted by Clotilde, who may have commissioned the writing of her ''Hagiography, vita''. This was most likely written in Tours, where Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masa Jovanovic
Masa Jovanovic ( sr, Maša Jovanović, Маша Јовановић; born 23 November 1994) is an Australian tennis player born in Serbia. Jovanovic has a WTA singles career-high ranking of 583 achieved on 29 January 2018. She also has a WTA doubles career high-ranking of 650 achieved 26 February 2018. Jovanovic has won two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Alongside Samuel Thompson, she won the mixed-doubles Wildcard Playoff into the 2015 Australian Open where they faced off against Martina Hingis and Leander Paes in the main draw, losing 2–6, 6–7(2–7). In 2017, Jovanovic achieved a career-best singles result when she reached the quarterfinals of a $25k tournament in Goyang, South Korea. In late 2017, she reached the top 600 in singles for the first time. In 2018, Jovanovic played her first WTA Tour tournament receiving a qualifying wild card to the Hobart International. There, she won the opening set against former top-15 player Kirsten Flipkens Kirsten "Flippe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
