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2019 FineMark Women's Pro Tennis Championship
The 2019 FineMark Women's Pro Tennis Championship was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Bonita Springs, Florida, United States between 6 and 12 May 2019. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 29 April 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Usue Maitane Arconada * Sara Kelly * Ann Li * Shelby Rogers The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Louisa Chirico * Leylah Annie Fernandez * Olga Govortsova * Maegan Manasse * Gabriela Talabă * Renata Zarazúa Champions Singles * Lauren Davis def. Ann Li, 7–5, 7–5 Doubles * Alexa Guarachi / Erin Routliffe Erin Hope Routliffe (born April 11, 1995) is a New Zealand professional tennis player who previously represented Canada. She reached a career-high doubles ranking of wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. The French Open uses clay courts, the only Grand Slam tournament to do so. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia-Pacific or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness. Play Clay courts are considered "slow" because the balls bounce relatively high and lose much of their initial speed when contacting the surface, making it more difficult for a player to deliver an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allie Kiick
Alexandra Kiick (; born June 30, 1995) is an American tennis player. Kiick has won seven singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In June 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 126. In May 2014, she peaked at No. 214 in the doubles rankings. Career Between August 2015 and May 2017, Kiick did not play in any ITF Circuit tournaments. She was sidelined during this time because she was diagnosed with stage-II-skin cancer (melanoma) and severe knee injuries that caused her to be out for a total of three years and two months. She also was diagnosed with mononucleosis. In 2021, she was diagnosed with acoustic neuroma. Personal life Kiick's parents are mother Mary, a former professional softball player, and father Jim Kiick, a former NFL player who won two Super Bowls with the Miami Dolphins. Allie described her father as her hero upon his death. She has one brother, Austin. Her mother introduced her to tennis at the age of nine. Kiick w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Zarazúa
Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl (; born 30 September 1997) is a Mexican tennis player. She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 117 in September 2021, and she peaked at No. 135 in the doubles rankings on 8 October 2018. Zarazúa made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Brasil Cup, where she reached the main draw through qualifying. On the ITF Circuit, she has won two titles in singles and sixteen titles in doubles. On the WTA Tour, her biggest result to date was reaching the semifinals of the 2020 Mexican Open, where she defeated former No. 3, Sloane Stephens, in the first round. In 2020, she qualified for the main draw of the French Open, her Grand Slam debut. She was the first Mexican female tennis player to compete in the main draw of a Grand Slam championship since 2000. Playing for Mexico Fed Cup team, Zarazúa has a win–loss record of 14–11 in Fed Cup competition (as of December 2022). Early life and background Zarazúa was born on 30 September 1997 to Jose Luis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Talabă
Gabriela Lee (née Talabă; born 23 August 1995) is a Romanian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 1 August 2022, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 229, also set on 1 August 2022. To date, she has won five singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Talabă made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Lexington Challenger, having received a wildcard into the doubles event, partnering Caitlin Whoriskey. In September 2020, she entered the qualifying round of the French Open, her first Grand Slam tournament ever played. However, she lost her first match against Clara Tauson from Denmark. Performance timeline Singles ''Current after the 2022 Emilia Romagna Open.'' ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups) Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups) Notes References External links Official website* * Gabriela Leeat Texas Tech University Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maegan Manasse
Maegan Manasse (born 16 April 1995) is an American tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 327 in singles, reached on 15 July 2019, and 175 in doubles, achieved on 29 July 2019. Manasse won a WTA 125 title at the 2018 Houston Challenger, in the doubles draw, partnering Jessica Pegula Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles of world No. 3, both achieved on October 24, 2022. She has won two singles titles and five doubles title .... She has also won seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. WTA 125 tournament finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF finals Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups) Doubles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner–ups) External links * * 1995 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis people from California 21st-century American women {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Govortsova
Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( be, Вольга Аляксееўна Гаварцова (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 24 in the doubles rankings. Tennis career She reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2008 Memphis Open but lost in straight sets to Lindsay Davenport. Govortsova is sponsored by Wilson and Chinese clothing company Peak. She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardère Unlimited. 2009 She began her season at the Brisbane International, where she defeated eighth seed Francesca Schiavone en route to the quarterfinals. However, she fell against world No. 41, Sara Errani. At the Australian Open, she received main-draw entry but lost in straight sets against 20th seed Amélie Mauresmo in the first round. She then played in Indian Wells, a Premier-Mandatory event where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leylah Annie Fernandez
Leylah Annie Fernandez (born 6 September 2002) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 8 August 2022. Fernandez won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 Monterrey Open. As a 19-year-old, she finished runner-up at the 2021 US Open to fellow teenager Emma Raducanu, defeating three top-5 players en route to the final (including defending champion Naomi Osaka). Early life Fernandez was born in Montreal, Quebec. Her father Jorge is from Ecuador and is a former soccer player. Her mother Irene (née Exevea) is a Filipino Canadian. Her younger sister Bianca Jolie is also a tennis player. Junior career On 25 January 2019, as a 16-year old, Fernandez entered the Australian Open girls' singles final, where she lost to the top-seeded Clara Tauson. On 8 June 2019, Fernandez defeated Emma Navarro in the French Open final to become the first Canadian female winner of a junior Grand Slam title sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisa Chirico
Louisa Chirico (born May 16, 1996) is an American tennis player. She is of Korean descent through her mother. Chirico, who comes from Harrison, New York, has won five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 58. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 184 in the WTA doubles rankings. Tennis career Early years Partnering Jan Abaza, Chirico won her first $50k tournament at the 2013 Melbourne Pro Classic, defeating Asia Muhammad and Allie Will in the final. 2015: Grand Slam debut She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2015 French Open after being awarded a wildcard into the event by the USTA. She lost in the first round to the ninth seed Ekaterina Makarova, in straight sets. Chirico won her first WTA Tour match at the 2015 Washington Open where she defeated Heather Watson. She then beat the top-30 player Alizé Cornet in a third set tie-breaker but lost to Sloane Stephens in the quarterfinals. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelby Rogers
Shelby Rogers (born October 13, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 30 in singles achieved August 2022 and No. 40 in doubles, achieved February 2022, and has won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won the girls' national championship at 17. Her best results as a professional came at the 2016 French Open and the 2020 US Open where she reached the quarterfinals. Rogers is noted for her victories against top-ranked players which include Simona Halep (No. 4) at the 2017 Australian Open, Serena Williams (No. 9) at the 2020 Top Seed Open and Ashleigh Barty (No. 1) at the 2021 US Open. Rogers is also undefeated against two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová, with wins at the 2016 French Open and 2020 US Open, the latter in which she saved four match points. Both are also the only instances in her career where she made the quarterfinals at the majors. Personal life From Mount Pleasant, So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Li (tennis)
Ann Li (born June 26, 2000) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of No. 44 in the world, and was the runner-up at the 2017 Junior Wimbledon Championships. Personal background Li was born into a sports family. Her aunt was a professional speed skater in China. Her father played soccer in college, while her mother ran track in college. Tennis career 2017 Li reached her first Junior Grand Slam singles final in 2017 at Wimbledon. In the first all-American girls' final since 1979, the unseeded Li lost to third seed Claire Liu, in three sets. Two weeks later, Li won her first professional title on the ITF Circuit, a $15k tournament in Evansville, Indiana. 2018 Li entered the Kentucky Championships where she defeated Renata Zarazúa, Julia Glushko, Anastasia Nefedova, Jessica Pegula before losing to Asia Muhammad, in straight sets. She participated at the Koser Challenge where she defeated former British No. 1, Heathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Kelly (tennis)
Sara "Sally" Kelly is a Democratic former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative district ..., representing the Merrimack 7th District from 2006 through 2014. External linksNew Hampshire House of Representatives - Sally Kellyofficial NH House websiteProject Vote Smart - Representative Sara 'Sally' Kelly (NH)profile *''Follow the Money'' - Sara (Sally) Kelly 2006campaign contributions Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Living people Women state legislators in New Hampshire Year of birth missing (living people) People from Chichester, New Hampshire 21st-century American women {{NewHampshire-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usue Maitane Arconada
Usue Maitane Arconada (born 28 October 1998) is an American tennis player born in Argentina. Arconada is the 2016 Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles champion, alongside Claire Liu Claire Liu (born May 25, 2000) is an American tennis player. On 24th October 2022, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 60. In 2017, she was the world No. 1 in the junior rankings, after winning the Wimbledon girls' sing .... In May 2015, she achieved a career-high ITF juniors combined ranking of No. 5. To date, she has won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Performance timelines Singles WTA 125 tournament finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 2 (runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups) Doubles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner–ups) Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' doubles: 1 (1 title) External links * * 1998 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires Sportspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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