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2021 Tennis In The Land
The 2021 Tennis in the Land event was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Jacobs Pavilion. It was the first edition of the tournament held in the city of Cleveland in the United States and was a part of the WTA 250 category of the 2021 WTA Tour. Champions Singles * Anett Kontaveit def. Irina-Camelia Begu, 7–6(7–5), 6–4. This was Kontaveit's second WTA Tour title, and first since 2017 Ricoh Open – Women's singles, 2017. Doubles * Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Christina McHale / Sania Mirza, 7–5, 6–3. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team Singles main-draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of August 16, 2021. Other entrants The following players received Wild card (sports), wildcards into the main draw: * Daria Kasatkina * Maria Mateas * Bethanie Mattek-Sands The following players received entry from the qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, WTA International Tournaments. As of 2021, WTA 250 tournaments include events with prize money of approximately $250,000. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 280. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament ("major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 470 for winning a WTA 500 tournament. This system differs slightly from that used for the men's ATP Tour, which has ATP Tour 250 events with 250 points for the winner (similar to WTA 250 tournaments), and two higher tiers of ATP tournaments offer 1000 and 500 points for winning, respectively. Events Historic names 1990–2008 ''WTA Tier III / IV / V'' 2009–2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British former professional tennis player, having represented Australia until 2012. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. The former British no. 1 reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 4 on 17 July 2017. She reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the French Open. Born to Hungarian parents in Sydney, Australia, Konta moved to England when she was 14. She has treble citizenship: Hungarian, Australian and British. She switched her sporting allegiance from Australia to Great Britain after she became a British citizen in May 2012. Konta achieved a steep rise in her WTA ranking from the spring of 2015 to late 2016, climbing from 150th to inside the world's top ten, becoming the first Briton to be ranked amongst the WTA's top ten since Jo Durie was ranked fifth over 30 years prior. This period included her best Grand Slam resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Fruhvirtová
Linda Fruhvirtová (; born 1 May 2005) is a Czech professional tennis player. In February/March 2023, she achieved career-high WTA rankings of 50 in singles and 221 in doubles. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Prague Open, where she was in receipt of a main-draw wildcard. She won her maiden WTA singles title at the 2022 Chennai Open. Early life and background Born on 1 May 2005 in the Czech Republic, Linda has a younger sister, Brenda (born 2007), who is also a tennis player. Linda and Brenda are recipients of Patrick Mouratoglou's foundation. Linda has been training at the Mouratoglou Academy in Southern France since 2017; she also trained at the Evert Tennis Academy in January 2021. Junior career At the junior level, Fruhvirtová won the singles and doubles titles of the Petits As tournament. Her sister Brenda won the singles title the year after, making them the first members of the same family to win the title for two consecutive years. Linda Fruhvir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Harrison (tennis)
Catherine Elizabeth Frances Harrison (born April 9, 1994) is an American tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 236 in singles, achieved on July 25, 2022, and world No. 69 in doubles, reached on July 11, 2022. Professional career Harrison made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2011 Cellular South Cup, after receiving a wildcard for the singles competition. She won her first doubles title at the 2022 Monterrey Open, partnering compatriot Sabrina Santamaria. She made her Grand Slam doubles debut at the 2022 French Open and qualified to make her singles debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, having never contested a major qualifying event before. College career She played college tennis at the University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Glatch
Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions and the Dunlop Orange Bowl, Orange Bowl in the Girls-16s division in 2004. She achieved a world junior ranking of No. 5 in 2005, advancing to the 2005 US Open (tennis), 2005 US Open finals in both singles and doubles. She lost the singles final to junior, and future senior world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka. She represented the United States in numerous international competitions including Junior Fed Cup. Professional career Glatch turned professional in 2005 and in that year reached the semifinals of the 2005 Forest Hills Tennis Classic – Singles, Forest Hills Tennis Classic and the second round of the 2005 US Open – Women's singles, US Open. She was in an accident in November 2005; her injuries included a broken right wrist and left elbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrikke Eikeri
Ulrikke Pia Eikeri (born 16 December 1992) is a Norwegian tennis player. Eikeri has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on WTA Challenger Tour and 11 singles titles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles final at the 2022 French Open alongside Joran Vliegen. In 2022, she peaked at World No. 40 in the WTA doubles rankings. She reached a best singles ranking of World No. 206 on 16 April 2018. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Eikeri had been ranked as high as No. 16 in the world. Playing for the Norway Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 32–19. Career 2010: Juniors In 2010, Eikeri reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in girls' doubles alongside Camila Silva. 2021: First doubles title Eikeri won her first WTA Tour title in doubles in October 2021, playing alongside Ellen Perez at the 2021 Tenerife Open. 2022: Historic mixed doubles final At the 2022 French Open she reached the final in mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emina Bektas
Emina Bektas (born March 30, 1993) is an American tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 188 in singles, reached on 7 March 2022, and 78 in doubles, achieved on 11 July 2022. Bektas has won five singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Professional career 2016-17: Grand Slam doubles debut Bektas made her Grand Slam debut at the 2016 US Open in the mixed doubles main-draw with Evan King; they fell in the first round. The following year, she also had her debut at the 2017 US Open, where she played with Amanda Anisimova in women's doubles as a wildcard pair; they also fell in the first round. Her biggest singles win to date on ITF Circuit came at the 2017 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque. 2022: Grand Slam singles debut She qualified into the main draw in her Grand Slam singles debut at the Australian Open, losing in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova. She reached her first WTA doubles final in April at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former world No. 1 in doubles. In women's doubles, Mattek-Sands has won 27 career titles, including five Grand Slam titles at the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 French Open, 2016 US Open, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 French Open, all partnering Lucie Šafářová. The pair also were the runners-up of the 2016 WTA Finals. Mattek-Sands became the world No. 1 in doubles on January 9, 2017, and held the top ranking for 32 consecutive weeks. Mattek-Sands has also found great success in mixed doubles; she won the 2012 Australian Open with and the 2015 French Open and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Mattek-Sands then suffered a major knee injury in 2017 that required surgery and a year away from competition to heal, but eventually came back t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Mateas
Maria Mateaș (born 21 July 1999) is a Romanian-American tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 284, achieved on 13 August 2018. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Mateas has a career-high combined ranking of 26, achieved in April 2016. Career She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2016 Bank of the West Classic, having received a wildcard into the singles tournament. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2023 US Open in mixed doubles partnering Mackenzie McDonald Michael Mackenzie Lowe "Mackie" McDonald (born April 16, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 on 1 August 2022, and No. 90 in doubles on 17 October 2022. He won the 2016 NCAA .... Ranked No. 348, she made her singles debut at a WTA 1000 level after qualifying into the main draw of the 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that fails to qualify in the normal way; for example, by having a high ranking or winning a qualifying stage. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. In Olympics, countries that fail to produce athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Shuai
Zhang Shuai (; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang also finished runner-up at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships with Elise Mertens, and has reached four further major semifinals across women's and mixed doubles. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022, and has won 12 titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2021 Cincinnati Open with Stosur. Zhang has also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions. She has also enjoyed success in singles, and reached her highest ranking of world No. 23 in November 2016. Zhang has won three WTA singles titles, at the Guangzhou International in 2013 and 2017, and the 2022 Lyon Open, and finished runner-up at three further tournaments. She has reached two major quarterfinals, at the 2016 Australian Open and 2019 Wimbledon Ch ... [...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] |
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