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2019 Manchester Trophy
The 2019 Manchester Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the third edition of the women's tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Manchester, United Kingdom between 10 and 16 June 2019. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 27 May 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alicia Barnett * Naomi Broady * Gabriella Taylor * Emily Webley-Smith The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Vivian Heisen * Mayo Hibi * Maddison Inglis * Yuriko Lily Miyazaki * Samantha Murray * Ingrid Neel Champions Singles * Magda Linette def. Zarina Diyas, 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 6–3 Doubles * Duan Yingying / Zhu Lin def. Robin Anderson / Laura Ioana Paar Laura Ioana Paar (née Andrei; born 31 May 1988) is a Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 190 in singles, achieved on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grass Court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Grass courts are made of grasses in different compositions depending on the tournament. Although grass courts are more traditional than other types of tennis courts, maintenance costs of grass courts are higher than those of hard courts and clay courts. Grass courts (in the absence of suitable covers) must be left for the day if rain appears, as the grass becomes very slippery when wet and will not dry for many hours. This is a disadvantage on outdoor courts compared to using hard and clay surfaces, where play can resume in 30 to 120 minutes after the end of rain. Grass courts are most common in the United Kingdom and Australia, although the Northeastern United States also has some private grass courts. Play style Because grass courts tend to be slippery, the ball often skids and bounces low while retaining most of its speed, rarely rising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Osuigwe
Whitney Osuigwe ( ; born April 17, 2002) is an American tennis player. In 2017, Osuigwe was the ITF Junior World Champion. She won the juniors 2017 French Open to become the first American to win the girls' singles event in Paris in 28 years. Personal life Osuigwe has been playing tennis at the IMG Academy since age six, where her father Desmond has been a teacher at the academy since 1997 and acts as her primary coach. Desmond is from Lagos in Nigeria and played professional tennis events at the ITF Futures level before coming to the United States to attend college. Whitney has an older brother named Deandre who is a college basketball player and a younger sister named Victoria who also plays tennis. Junior career In June 2017, Osuigwe climbed to No. 2 in the junior rankings by dominating the clay-court events in the previous six months. She started by reaching the semifinals at the Orange Bowl in December, and then won two Grade-1 clay-court tournaments in back-to-back weeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Anderson (tennis)
Robin Kimberly Anderson (born April 12, 1993) is an American tennis player. Career She received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 Australian Open on her Grand Slam debut, after winning the USTA's Australian Open Wildcard Challenge. Personal life Anderson's parents are Denom and Trudy Anderson, and she has two siblings, Matthew and Samantha. College Anderson attended UCLA from 2011 to 2015, where she was on the tennis team each year. She won the Honda Sports Award The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ... as the nation's best collegiate female tennis player in 2014, and earned the award as well in the following year, 2015. Grand Slam singles performance timeline WTA 125 tournament finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (5 titles, 8 run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Neel
Ingrid Neel (born June 16, 1998) is an American tennis player. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with two singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 8 June 2015, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 501. On 7 March 2022, she peaked at No. 77 in the WTA doubles rankings. Personal life Her grandmother is Estonian, who emigrated during World War II from Saaremaa to United States. Tennis career Neel was awarded a wildcard into the women's doubles tournament of the 2015 US Open alongside Tornado Alicia Black. In April 2021, she won her first WTA title in her career at the 2021 Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, partnering with French player Elixane Lechemia Elixane Lechemia (born 3 September 1991) is a French tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 343 in singles, achieved on 3 April 2017, and of No. 65 in doubles, set on 7 March 2022. Lechemia has won one doubles title on the WTA To ... defeating the third seeded pair of Buz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Murray (tennis)
Samantha Dawn Murray Sharan (née Murray; born 9 October 1987) is a British tennis player. Murray has won four singles titles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 165. On 22 August 2022, she peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings. Murray made her WTA Tour debut at the 2011 Eastbourne Classic, losing to Anna Tatishvili in the first round. She is not related to tennis player Andy Murray. Personal life Murray married Indian tennis doubles specialist Divij Sharan Divij Sharan (born 2 March 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He specialises in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has won 5 ATP World Tour titles in men's doubles and represents India in the Davis Cup. He won a gold me ... in July 2019. Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups) Doubles: 45 (26 titles, 19 runner-ups) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (born 11 November 1995) is a Japanese-born British tennis player. Miyazaki has career-high rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 199 in singles and 223 in doubles. She has won four singles titles and six doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Personal life Miyazaki settled in London aged 10, having previously resided in Tokyo and then Switzerland. She trained at Sutton Tennis Academy up until the age of 18. She switched to British nationality in March 2022, as Japanese citizens are not allowed to hold dual citizenship. Miyazaki attended the University of Oklahoma (2014–2019), where she completed an undergraduate degree in Mathematics followed by a Masters in Information Technology Management. Career Miyazaki made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Anastasia Gasanova in the doubles tournament. She made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2022 Lyon Open, after qualifying for the main draw ... [...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 Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Career Inglis made her Grand Slam (tennis), 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 2020 Burnie International, Burnie International, increasing her ranking to a career high of 116. 2022 Inglis made her first Grand Slam third round at the 2022 Australian Open – Women's singles, Australian Open. She defeated 23rd seed Leylah Fernandez and Hailey Baptiste in first and second round, respectively, before losing to Kaia Kanep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayo Hibi
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She has won eight singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 3 February 2020, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 157. On 26 May 2014, she peaked at No. 378 in the WTA doubles rankings. Hibi won her first $50k tournament at the 2013 FSP Gold River Women's Challenger, defeating Madison Brengle Madison Brengle (born April 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. Her biggest success she had in early 2015, reaching her first WTA Tour final in January, followed by a fourth round major event appearance at the Australian Open. ... in straight sets in the final. Grand Slam singles performance timeline ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (8 titles, 5 runner–ups) Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups) References External links * * 1996 births Living people People from Toyonaka, Osaka Japanese female tennis players Tennis people from California 21st-century Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivian Heisen
Vivian Heisen (born 27 December 1993) is a German professional tennis player. She is a doubles specialist who reached her career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 61 in April 2022. Career Heisen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Morocco Open in the doubles competition where she and partner Johanna Larsson lost to María José Martínez Sánchez and Sara Sorribes Tormo. She reached her maiden doubles final at the WTA 500 2022 Sydney Tennis Classic partnering Panna Udvardy Panna Udvardy (; born 28 September 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 76 in singles, achieved on 12 September 2022, and 65 in doubles, set on 24 October 2022. Professional career 2017: WTA Tour debut Udvardy .... Doubles performance timeline ''Only WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournament results are considered in the win-loss statistics.'' ''Current through the 2023 Linz Open.'' WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) WTA Challenger finals Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Webley-Smith
Emily Webley-Smith (born 14 July 1984) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 240, achieved on 7 November 2011. She also has a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 113, set on 2 November 2015. Webley-Smith has won four singles titles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has also reached the second round of her home Grand Slam, Wimbledon, on one occasion in 2004. Personal life Emily Webley-Smith was born in 1984 in Thornbury, Avon, which is now in South Gloucestershire. Her mother, Jane, is a PE teacher and her father, Mike, an amateur footballer and cricketer. She also has a sister named Hannah. Her first introduction to tennis was playing swingball in her garden and in the cricket grounds where her father was the club captain. She is coached by Jeremy Bates. Webley-Smith plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand. Her favorite surface is grass. In her spare time of late, she plays on the touchtennis tour agains ... [...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] |
Naomi Broady
Naomi Broady (; born 28 February 1990) is a British tennis player. She has won one WTA doubles title, as well as nine singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 March 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 76. On 22 May 2017, she peaked at No. 56 in the doubles rankings. Background Born in Stockport, Naomi Broady is a sister of tennis player Liam Broady and has another brother, Calum and a sister Emma. She attended Priestnall School. Broady began playing tennis at the age of seven and was the British Under-18 girls' champion in 2007. Career Junior (2004–2008) Broady competed on the junior ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit from January 2004 until June 2008. She won one singles title in April 2006 at the Sutton ITF Junior Tournament and lost in the quarterfinals of four others, one of which was the 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2008 Wimbledon girls' tournament, where she was beaten by Noppawan Lertcheewaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
