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2019 Open De Limoges
The 2019 Open de Limoges was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and part of the 2019 WTA 125K series, offering a total of $125,000 in prize money. It took place at the Palais des Sports de Beaublanc in Limoges, France, from 16 to 22 December 2019. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 9 December 2019. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Ekaterina Alexandrova * Clara Burel * Océane Dodin * Caroline Garcia * Chloé Paquet * Alison Van Uytvanck The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nicole Gibbs * Jessika Ponchet * Isabella Shinikova * Yanina Wickmayer Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Patricia Maria Țig → replaced by Liudmila Samsonova * Heather Watson → replaced by Pauline Parmentier Doubles entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 9 December 2019. Other entrants The following team re ...
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WTA 125K Series
WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012. In the past (2012–2015) sometimes called the WTA Challenger seriesOEC WTA Challenger
2015 (analogous to the men's ) it is the second highest level of women's competition, right below the top-tier , and just above the

Clara Burel
Clara Burel (; born 24 March 2001) is a French tennis player. On 21 February 2022, she peaked at No. 74 in the WTA singles rankings. In singles, she reached two Grand Slam junior finals and won two silver medals at the Youth Summer Olympics. In 2018, she became the junior world No. 1. Junior career In 2018, Burel reached the junior singles final at three major events, the Australian Open, the US Open and the Youth Summer Olympics (YOG). Partnering with compatriot Hugo Gaston, she also won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the YOG. In October, Burel qualified for the ITF Junior Masters, where she captured her first major title. She became the junior world No. 1 the next week, on October 29. Junior Grand Slam results - Singles: * Australian Open: F (2018) * French Open: 3R (2018) * Wimbledon: 3R (2018) * US Open: F (2018) Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles: * Australian Open: 2R (2018) * French Open: 2R (2017, 2018) * Wimbledon: QF (2018) * US Open: 2R (2018) Professional c ...
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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 ...
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Cornelia Lister
Cornelia Lister (born 26 May 1994) is a former Swedish tennis player. She has won one singles title and 25 doubles titles on the 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 .... On 7 May 2018, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 383. On 3 February 2020, she peaked at No. 72 in the doubles rankings. Doubles performance timeline WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (title) WTA 125 tournament finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner–ups) Doubles: 40 (25 titles, 15 runner–ups) External links * * * 1994 births Living people Swedish female tennis players People from Linköping Sportspeople from Östergötland County 20th-century Swedish women 21st-century Swedish women {{Sweden-tenn ...
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Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles title at WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 19 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has ranked within the top 30 for several years in singles. Niculescu entered the Grand Slam doubles final at Wimbledon 2017 tournament, together with Chan Hao-ching. She reached the quarterfinals in doubles in all Grand Slam championships. In WTA 1000 tournaments, she got into three finals (doubles), six semifinals (5 in doubles), and 12 quarterfinals (11 in doubles). In singles, her best Grand Slam performance is reaching round four, which she did at the 2011 US Open and 2015 Wimbledon Championships. Early life Niculescu was born in Slatina but moved to Bucharest when she was fou ...
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Pauline Parmentier
Pauline Parmentier (; born 31 January 1986) is a French former tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking is world No. 40, which she attained on 21 July 2008. On 30 April 2012, she peaked at world No. 89 on the WTA doubles rankings. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She competed in the Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, singles and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles, women's doubles events at the Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, and had been playing for France Fed Cup team, France in the Fed Cup since 2010 (win–loss record: 7–14). Parmentier retired following the 2020 French Open. Personal life Parmentier was born in the northern French town of Cucq. Parmentier's parents are named Dominique and Jean-Philippe and she has two older brothers named Olivier and Julien. Pauline began playing tennis at age six ...
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Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships partnering Henri Kontinen, making her the first British woman to win a major title since Jo Durie in 1991, and the first to win a Wimbledon title since Durie in 1987. In October 2012, Watson won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Japan Open, becoming the first British woman to win a WTA Tour singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988. In her junior career, Watson won the US Open and a gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She reached No. 3 in the world on the ITF Junior Circuit. Early life and junior career Heather Watson was born in Guernsey to Michelle and Ian Watson. Her mother is from Papua New Guinea and her father is British, and was the managing director of Guernsey Electricity from 1995 until retirement in 2010. She has one brother ...
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Liudmila Samsonova
Liudmila Dmitriyevna Samsonova ( rus, Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, , lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian tennis player. She also competed for Italy, from 2014 to 2018. Samsonova has a career-high WTA rankings, singles ranking of world No. 19. She won her first WTA Tour title at the 2021 WTA German Open – Singles, 2021 German Open, a WTA 500, WTA 500 title, and has overall won four singles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won a total of six titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. At the 2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup, Samsonova led the Russia Billie Jean King Cup team, Russian team to their first triumph since 2008, winning all five of her matches in both singles and doubles. Early life Samsonova was born 11 November 1998 in the industrial city of Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Their family moved with the then-one-year-old Liudmila to Italy. Her father Dmitry, a table tennis player, was invit ...
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Patricia Maria Țig
Patricia Maria Țig (born 27 July 1994) is a Romanian tennis player. Țig has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 56, achieved on 26 October 2020. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 155, she achieved on 14 November 2016. Țig has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, plus one on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 14 singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She is coached by Răzvan Sabău. Career overview 2015: First WTA-level finals Țig made her WTA Tour debut at the Bucharest Open where she received a wildcard into the singles main draw, and she won to Sílvia Soler Espinosa (retired at 6–4, 3–1) in the first round, before losing 0–6, 2–6 to Polona Hercog. In the doubles competition, paired to conational Andreea Mitu, Țig reached her first WTA final, but they lost. She then did much better in Baku by defeating Oksana Kalashnikova 6–1, 6–3 to qualify, then in the main draw, qualifiers Olga Ianchuk (6–4, 6–2) and Olga Savchuk (7–5, ...
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Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieved a career-high of world No. 71 on 15 February 2010. She was awarded "Most Improved Player" by the WTA in 2009. In June 2011, ''Time magazine'' named her one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future". Personal life Wickmayer was born on 20 October 1989 to Marc Wickmayer and Daniella Dannevoye. She was introduced to tennis at the age of nine by friends at local courts. Her mother died at an early age shortly thereafter. She is named after Diego Maradona's youngest daughter Gianinna. The surname 'Wickmayer' traces back to Austria through her father Marc. Wickmayer, who fluently speaks Dutch, English, and French, most admires former Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters. In 2017, she announced that Clijsters would be working with her during the 2017 ...
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Isabella Shinikova
Isabella Shinikova ( bg, Изабелла Шиникова) (born 25 October 1991) is a Bulgarian tennis player. On 20 February 2017, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 133. On 20 May 2019, she peaked at No. 159 in the WTA doubles rankings. She also plays for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team, with a current win–loss record of 15–20. Junior career Shinikova started playing tennis at the age seven. She played on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2006 and won two singles titles and one doubles title. Professional career 2009–15: Professional debut, success on the ITF Circuit In 2009, Shinikova made her pro debut at a $25k event. Since then, she has been playing on the ITF Women's Circuit, and in 2015, she topped the annual leaderboard winning eight titles through the year. 2016–17: WTA Tour & major qualifications, top 150 debut In April 2016, Shinikova made her main-draw debut at a WTA Tour tournament at the Katowice Open, losing to Alizé Cornet in the first round. ...
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Jessika Ponchet
Jessika Ponchet (born 26 September 1996) is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 138 in singles, achieved on 27 February 2023, and No. 101 in doubles, achieved on 28 November 2022. Career Ponchet did not play any ITF Junior Circuit tournaments, plunging straight into the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14. 2011–2013 Ponchet played the singles events of four tournaments and the doubles event of one tournament on the 2011 ITF Circuit, starting with a $100k tournament held in early July in the French city of Biarritz. She played a total of 11 and 18 ITF tournaments in 2012 and 2013, respectively. 2014–2015 Ponchet played a total of 17 ITF tournaments in 2014. She suffered a major setback when torn knee ligaments forced her to miss tournaments in the first eight months of 2015. She played the singles events of seven tournaments and the doubles event of one tournament on the 2015 ITF Circuit. 2016 Ponchet played a total of 22 tournamen ...
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