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2020 WTA Lyon Open
The 2020 Lyon Open (WTA) (also known as the Open 6ème Sens — Métropole de Lyon for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the Lyon Open (WTA) and an WTA International tournaments, International tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from 2 to 8 March 2020. Singles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of 24 February 2020. Other entrants The following players received Wild card (sports), wildcards into the main draw: * Clara Burel * Daria Kasatkina * Chloé Paquet The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Vera Lapko The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Irina Bara * Jaqueline Cristian * Magdalena Fręch * Anastasiya Komardina * Marta Kostyuk * Antonia Lottner The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA International Tournaments
The WTA International Tournaments was a category for professional tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. The winner of a WTA International adds 280 points to her WTA ranking. For the 2020 season, there were 32 tournaments, all knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $275,000 ($775,000 for Shenzhen, and $525,000 for Guangzhou and Hong Kong). Events Internationals Defunct Winners by tournament Singles Current tournaments Previous tournaments See also * WTA Premier tournaments * WTA 250 tournaments WTA 250 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International Tournaments. As of 2021, WT ... {{WTA International tournaments * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktória Kužmová
Viktória Kužmová (; born 11 May 1998) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 43 in singles and No. 27 in doubles in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Kužmová has won three WTA doubles titles and 21 titles (14 in singles, 7 in doubles) on the ITF Circuit. She also ended runner-up at the Premier-level 2019 St. Petersburg Trophy in the doubles event, along with Anna Kalinskaya. As a junior, she won the girls' doubles event at the 2015 US Open alongside Aleksandra Pospelova, defeating Kalinskaya and Anastasia Potapova in the final. A year later, she entered final of the 2016 US Open in the girls' singles, where she lost to Kayla Day. She continued her success at majors as a senior, reaching the 2019 US Open semifinal in the women's doubles alongside Aliaksandra Sasnovich, where they lost to the eventual champions Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka. Early life and background Kužmová was born 1998 in Košice to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Lena Friedsam
Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German tennis player. She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 singles title as well as 12 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. She played also in the fourth round of one Grand Slam championship, at the 2016 Australian Open. In August 2016, Friedsam reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45. In doubles, she peaked at world No. 34 in September 2020. Career overview Friedsam won her first $25K tournament in 2012, at the Infond Open. At the 2016 Australian Open, she reached her first and so far only Grand Slam round of 16. There she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska after big battle and struggling with injury during the match. In the previous round, she defeated US Open finalist and top 20 player, Roberta Vinci. At the 2020 WTA Lyon Open, she reached final but lost to Sofia Kenin. On her way to the final she defeated two former top 10 players, Kristina Mladenovic and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, links=no; ; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titles and seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 26 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 21. On 26 September 2022, she also peaked at No. 58 in the WTA doubles rankings Personal life Since 1996, Alexandrova has been living and training in Prague, Czech Republic, with her parents and two siblings, a brother and a sister. They moved after travelling to the city for a youth tournament, attracted by the local availability of tennis courts compared to Russia. According to the player, the Russian Tennis Federation didn't know about her existence before 2016 and she has never been good enough to cause interest from the Czech one (Czech Tennis Association or cz, Český tenisový svaz) in terms of citizenship switch. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (born 4 November 1991) is a professional tennis player from the Netherlands. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 6 June 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 135. On 25 June 2018, she peaked at No. 58 in the doubles rankings. Career In July 2013, Kerkhove made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Swedish Open. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open as a qualifier, and recorded her first major singles match-win at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships over Svetlana Kuznetsova. She recorded her second major singles win as a lucky loser at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships over wildcard Sonay Kartal before being defeated by world No. 1, Iga Świątek, in three sets. Personal life In July 2019, she married football player Edinho Pattinama and changed her name to Pattinama Kerkhove. Performance timelines ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonia Lottner
Antonia Lottner (; born 13 August 1996) is a German tennis player. Lottner has won seven singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In June 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 128. In April 2015, she peaked at No. 131 in the doubles rankings. Career highlights In June 2017, Lottner won her first WTA Tour match in s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. As a qualifier she upset then-world No. 6, Dominika Cibulková, in the first round. Grand Slam performance timeline ''Only results in WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments main-draw, Olympic Games and Fed Cup are included in win–loss records.'' Singles ''Current through the 2022 WTA Tour.'' WTA 125 tournament finals Singles: 1 (1 runner–up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner–up) Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner–ups) Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Girls' singles: 1 (1 runner–up) Head-to-head records Record against top 10 players * Andrea Petkovic 2–0 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Kostyuk
Marta Olehivna Kostyuk ( uk, Марта Олегівна Костюк; born 28 June 2002) is a Ukrainian tennis player. She has career-high rankings of 49 in singles, achieved on 14 February 2022, and world No. 39 in doubles, reached on 19 September 2022. Early and personal life Marta is the daughter of Oleh Kostyuk and his wife, Talina Beiko. Her father was the technical director of the Antey Cup, a junior tennis tournament in Kyiv; her mother was a professional tennis player who reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 391, and won a $10k title in her home city of Kyiv in 1994, and represented a Ukrainian tennis team. Her uncle Taras Beyko is also a retired tennis player. Marta is a sister of collegiate tennis player Mariya Kostyuk, who competed for Chicago State University and Southeast Missouri State University. Marta is a cousin of professional football players Vadym Slavov and Myroslav Slavov. Kostyuk started playing tennis at a young age at the Antey Tennis Club, on the we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasiya Komardina
Anastasiya Andreyevna Komardina (russian: Анастасия Андреевна Комардина; born 8 July 1997) is a Russian tennis player. Komardina has reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 15, achieved in July 2014. On 10 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 172. On 11 June 2018, she peaked at No. 89 in the doubles rankings. She has won 12 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Komardina made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour at the 2015 Hong Kong Tennis Open, where she received entry as lucky loser. She had her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open at the qualifying stage Qualification is either the process of qualifying for an achievement, or a credential attesting to that achievement, and may refer to: * Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper .... Grand Slam singles performance timeline ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (12 titles, 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Fręch
Magdalena Fręch (; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won five singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 July 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 82. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 174 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for the Poland Fed Cup team, Fręch has a win–loss record of 9–3. Professional career 2013: WTA Tour debut Fręch made her WTA Tour debut at the Katowice Open, partnering Katarzyna Pyka in doubles. 2018: Grand Slam debut Fręch started 2018 season in Auckland where she lost in qualifying (in the first round) to Sachia Vickery, in straight sets. She then took part at the first Grand Slam qualifying in her career - at the Australian Open. She beat Miyu Kato, Sofya Zhuk and Kayla Day, and became one of the 12 qualifiers, making her main-draw debut at the Grand Slam championship. In the first round, she lost to eventual q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaqueline Cristian
Jaqueline Adina Cristian (born 5 June 1998) is a professional tennis player from Romania. Cristian has career-high WTA rankings of 58 in singles and 168 in doubles. Up to date, she has won ten doubles and ten singles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Career 2015–2020: WTA Tour debut Cristian made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Elena-Gabriela Ruse. In March 2017, she received a qualifying wildcard for the Miami Open. Cristian reached her maiden WTA tournament final at the 2019 Bucharest Open in the doubles event, partnering Elena-Gabriela Ruse. 2021: Breakthrough & top 100 She reached the quarterfinals of a WTA event for the first time as a qualifier at the WTA 500 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy where she lost to fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. In September, she reached the first semifinals of a WTA tournament at the Astana Open. She reached the quarterfinals of the first edition of the Transylvania Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Bara
Irina Maria Bara (born 18 March 1995) is a professional tennis player from Romania. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 104, achieved on 18 April 2022. On 13 May 2019, she peaked at No. 56 in the WTA doubles rankings. She won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Ekaterine Gorgodze. Bara has also won five doubles titles on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, where she is undefeated in finals, and nine singles titles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit, most of them on clay. In singles, she reached a $100k and an $80k finals, three finals at $60k events, but lost all of them, having $25k as her highest category that she won. In doubles, she won a couple of $60k and $80k tournaments, but also won one $100k event, the 2016 Soho Square Ladies Tournament – Doubles, 2016 Soho Square Tournament in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt. Bara is better known for her performances in doubles, reaching the top 100. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Lapko
Vera Valeryevna Lapko ( be, Вера Валер'еўна Лапко; born 29 September 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has won six singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 60. On 14 May 2018, she peaked at No. 83 in the doubles rankings. Lapko reached the 2014 US Open and 2015 Wimbledon girls' doubles finals, both times partnering Tereza Mihalíková. She won the 2016 Australian Open girls' singles title, defeating Mihalíková in the final. Playing for Belarus Fed Cup team, Lapko has a win–loss record of 6–2 (as of November 2022). Performance timeline ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.'' Singles ''Current through the 2021 Astana Open The 2021 Astana Open was a tennis tournament organized for professional tennis players, held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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