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2018 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles
Duan Yingying and Han Xinyun were the defending champions, but did not participate this year. Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok won the title, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Lidziya Marozava in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 0–7 Players Draw Final Lily group Bougainvillea group References Doubles Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 WTA Elite Trophy WTA Elite Trophy WTA Elite Trophy 2018 in Chinese tennis ...
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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 ...
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Nadiia Kichenok
Nadiia Viktorivna Kichenok ( uk, Надія Вікторівна Кіченок, born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 6 January 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 100. On 31 January 2022, she peaked at No. 29 in the WTA doubles rankings. Kichenok has won eight WTA Tour doubles titles, including four with her twin sister Lyudmyla. She has also won four singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career Playing for Ukraine Fed Cup team, Nadiia Kichenok has a win–loss record of 6–6. In 2015, Nadiia and Lyudmyla came back from a 0–5 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 and Kristýna Plíšková, to win a WTA Tour doubles title. They had previously been runners-up at Tashkent in 2011, and at Shenzhen in 2014. At the inaugural edition of the 2022 Tallinn Open seed ...
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Shuko Aoyama
is a Japanese tennis player. Aoyama became a professional tennis player after graduating from Waseda University. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4, on 28 February 2022. She has predominantly played doubles and has won 17 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, having had her most successful Grand Slam appearances at Wimbledon, reaching the semifinals at the 2013 and 2021 tournaments. She has also won four singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Personal life and background Aoyama started playing tennis at age 9. Her favorite surface is grass. She studied at Waseda University in Japan. Professional career 2007–12: First steps, first WTA title in doubles Aoyama made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in the doubles event at Gifu in 2007. In March 2009, she won her first ITF title at the $10K Kōfu doubles event. In June 2010, she won her first singles ITF title at the $10K Toky ...
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Lidziya Marozava
Lidziya Marozava ( be, Лідзія Аляксандраўна Марозава, russian: Лидия Александровна Морозова, ''Lidiya Aleksandrovna Morozova''; born 8 October 1992) is a professional tennis player from Belarus. Marozava has won three doubles titles on WTA Tour plus two doubles titles on WTA Challenger Tour as well as 21 doubles titles and one singles title on the ITF Circuit. On 25 September 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 468. On 1 October 2018, she peaked at No. 37 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for the Belarus Fed Cup team The Belarus women's national tennis team represented Belarus in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Belarus Tennis Association. They compete in the World Group. After the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine, the Internatio ..., Marozava has a win–loss record of 4–3. Performance timeline Doubles Significant finals WTA Elite Trophy Doubles: 1 (runn ...
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Duan Yingying
Duan Yingying (; born 3 July 1989) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and two WTA Challenger doubles titles, as well as eleven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her nickname is lightning for her amazing forehand. On 24 April 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 60. On 3 February 2020, she peaked at No. 16 in the doubles rankings. Career 2012 Starting the year as the No. 378 in the world, Duan's ranking would improve significantly to No. 128 by the year's end. Some of the highlights of her 2012 season included winning four ITF titles at the 25k level in Wellington, Changwon, Gimcheon and Goyang. Playing qualifying at the US Open, Duan had her first experience in a Grand Slam tournament. She would win her first qualifying round defeating Réka Luca Jani, but would fall in the next round to Kirsten Flipkens. She received a wild ca ...
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Han Xinyun
Han Xinyun (; ; born 30 May 1990), also known as Monica Han, is a Chinese professional tennis player. Han has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also has won nine singles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 105. On 29 July 2019, she peaked at No. 50 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for China Fed Cup team, Han has a win–loss record of 2–1 as of July 2022. Personal The only child of father Han Lei and mother Fu Deyuan first played tennis at the age of seven. Han Xinyun is coached by Wang Hufu. Her tennis idol is Li Na, her favorite tournaments are the Australian Open and China Open. Career Han had reached a WTA Tour doubles final before in China where she and her partner Xu Yifan lost to the pairing of Caroline Wozniacki and Anabel Medina Garrigues. In 2010, Han made her Grand Slam debut, as she went through qualifying ...
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Mihaela Buzărnescu
Mihaela Buzărnescu (born 4 May 1988) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 20, achieved on 6 August 2018. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 24, she reached on 22 October 2018. She has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Buzărnescu has a Ph.D. in sports science from the National University of Physical Education and Sport. Career highlights Junior success Buzărnescu played her first professional match in 2004. She then won the junior doubles title at the 2006 US Open with Raluca Olaru. Seeded No. 2, they defeated the top-seeded pair of Sharon Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final. Injuries and hiatus Shoulder and knee injuries (the latter prompting two surgeries) forced her off the pro tour for years, long enough that she went back to school, graduating a doctorate at the National University of Physical Education and Sport in December 2016. 2017–2018: Grand Slam & top 100 deb ...
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Alicja Rosolska
Alicja Rosolska (; born 1 December 1985) is a professional tennis player from Poland. On 9 June 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 636. On 10 June 2019, she peaked at No. 23 in the doubles rankings. Rosolska has won nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour in her career (in Cachantún with Līga Dekmeijere, in Marbella with Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, in Budapest with Anabel Medina Garrigues, in Monterrey with Gabriela Dabrowski, in Bastad with Andreea Mitu, in St. Petersburg with Jeļena Ostapenko, again in Monterrey with Nao Hibino, in Nottingham with Abigail Spears and in Charleston with Anna-Lena Grönefeld), as well as 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She represented Poland in Fed Cup and both 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, in the women's doubles competitions again with Jans-Ignacik. Personal life Her sister, Aleksandra Rosolska, is also a tennis player. Professional career 2004–07: First WTA doubles final, Grand Slam debut In August 2004, she play ...
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Miyu Kato (tennis)
is a professional Japanese tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 122 in January 2018. On 30 January 2017, she peaked at No. 30 in the WTA doubles rankings. In her career, Kato has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour and two WTA 125 doubles titles. On the ITF Circuit, she has won four singles and 13 doubles titles. Playing for Japan Fed Cup team, Kato has win–loss record of 6–1, as of December 2022. Personal life and background Kato has one brother named Yuki. She started playing tennis at the age of eight. She has stated that her tennis idols growing up were Justine Henin and Roger Federer. Her favorite surface to play on is hardcourt, but her favorite tournament is Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * .... Perfo ...
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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 on 22 October 2018. Ninomiya began playing tennis on ITF events in 2009. Playing for Japan Fed Cup team The Japan women's national tennis team represents Japan in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Japan Tennis Association. They were most recently promoted to the 2019 Fed Cup World Group II after defeating Great Britain in the 2018 W ..., 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 titl ...
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Jiang Xinyu
Jiang Xinyu (; ; born 3 March 1999) is an inactive Chinese tennis player. On 29 May 2017, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 561. On 2 April 2018, she peaked at No. 88 in the doubles rankings. Jiang has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Jiang won her biggest title to date in 2017 at the Jiangxi International in Nanchang, partnering Tang Qianhui Tang Qianhui (; ; born 10 September 2000) is an inactive Chinese tennis player. Tang has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 617, achieved on 24 June 2019. She peaked at No. 109 in the doubles rankings on 3 February 2020. Tang has won t ..., and then successfully defended it the following year. WTA career finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 22 (14 titles, 8 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jiang, Xinyu 1999 births Living people Chinese female tennis players 21st-century Chinese women ...
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Yang Zhaoxuan
Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Yang reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 11 in the WTA rankings, WTA doubles rankings on 24 October 2022. Yang has won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger doubles title. On 14 September 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. She also has three singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Career Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 WTA Shenzhen Open, 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Ye Qiuyu in 2014 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles, doubles. The pair lost their first-round match against third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova. In 2017, she reached final of the 2017 Wuhan Open – Doubles, Wuhan Open alongside Shuko Aoyama. They lost to Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis in the final. At the WTA Elite Trophy, she lost both matches in the round robin together with Han Xinyun. At th ...
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