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2022 Citi Open – Women's Singles
Liudmila Samsonova defeated Kaia Kanepi in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2022 Washington Open. Kanepi was aiming to win her first title since 2013 Brussels Open – Singles, 2013, and to be the oldest player to win a WTA Tour title since Serena Williams in 2020 ASB Classic – Women's singles, 2020. Jessica Pegula was the defending champion from when the event was last held in 2019 Citi Open – Women's singles, 2019, but lost in the second round to Daria Saville. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier References External linksMain draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2022 Citi Open - Women's Singles 2022 WTA Tour, Citi Open - Women's Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailey Baptiste
Hailey Baptiste (born November 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. Career On the junior tour, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 38 on January 29, 2018. She ended runner-up at the US Open junior doubles tournament in 2018. Baptiste made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Washington Open, beating Grand Slam finalist and former top-ten player Madison Keys in the first round. She has won three singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Baptiste made her World TeamTennis debut in 2020 with the Vegas Rollers as an alternate, later ending up on the roster for the New York Empire in the 2020 season at The Greenbrier The Greenbrier is a luxury resort located in the Allegheny Mountains near White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in the United States. Since 1778, visitors have traveled to this part of the state to "take the waters" of the .... On 7 March 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 119. Performance time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tereza Martincová
Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech tennis player. Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 40. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 77 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career 2013–2015 In June 2013, Martincová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup. After coming through all three qualifying rounds, she lost to Estrella Cabeza Candela in round one. One month later, Martincová once again came through qualifying at the Baku Cup, defeating Oksana Kalashnikova in the first round, but losing to Tadeja Majerič in the second. In 2014, first WTA tournament for Martincová was the Nürnberger Versicherungscup, where she qualified for the main draw, and then lost to Anastasia Rodionova. She qualified for the Swedish Open in Båstad, before Mona Barthel defeated her in the first round. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatjana Maria
Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In November 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 46, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings. She has won two singles titles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 16 singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has made twelve appearances (18 matches) for Germany in Fed Cup competition between 2006 and 2011 and between 2018 and 2020. Career 2013–2015: Wimbledon & Miami Open third rounds, top 100 debut Maria took a sabbatical in 2013, to have her first child, and returned to tour at the 2014 Copa Colsanitas. 2017–2022: Top 50, two WTA titles, first major semifinal at Wimbledon Maria won her two singles WTA Tour titles at the 2018 Mallorca Open and the 2022 Copa Colsanitas. At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships, she won in the third round against world No. 5, Maria Sakkari (her fifth top 10 win), and in the round of 16 agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Vekić
Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player and businesswoman. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, and the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open. She has also won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Entering the quarterfinals of the 2019 US Open was her best performance at a major singles event. In November 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 19. Professional career 2012: First WTA Tour final Born in Osijek, Vekić is a member of the Croatia Fed Cup team. In February 2012, she played three rubbers at the tournament, including helping her country to a 2–0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the Tashkent Open, Vekić made it to her first final on the WTA Tour. It was her first main-draw appearance there, and she was the youngest player in six years to make it to the final of such an event. However, she was defeated by Irina-Came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greet Minnen
Greet Minnen (born 14 August 1997) is a Belgian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of World No. 69 in singles, achieved on 18 October 2021, and World No. 50 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022. Career Minnen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Open in the doubles draw, partnering Alison Van Uytvanck. They won the title, defeating Vera Lapko and Mandy Minella in the final, in two sets. A second WTA tournament doubles final in May 2021, again partnering Van Uytvanck, she lost to Aleksandra Krunić and Nina Stojanović in Belgrade. In September 2021, she won the Luxembourg Open, her second WTA doubles title, also partnering Van Uytvanck. In the first round of Wimbledon 2022, she beat former world number 1 and former Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Muguruza 6:4 6:0 and scored a first top 10 win of her career. Personal life Minnen was in a relationship with fellow Belgian tennis player Alison Van Uytvanck Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Dart
Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player. Dart entered the WTA top 100 for the first time in March 2022 and achieved her career-high singles ranking of 84 on 25 July 2022. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 92, achieved April 2019. She reached the final of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles with Joe Salisbury. Dart has won one doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments, and also four singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2015 Eastbourne International. Personal life Dart was born in Hampstead, London and attended The Royal School. Her mother is a teacher and her father is a surveyor. She started playing tennis aged seven, her favourite surfaces are hardcourt and grass. Professional career 2018 Dart began playing at ITF events where she beat Freya Christie, Laura Pigossi, Nastja Kolar, Conny Perrin before she reached the final of an ITF event in Germany and beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhu Lin (tennis)
Zhu Lin (; ; born 28 January 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. On 31 October 2022, Zhu reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 58, while on 24 February 2020, she reached her best WTA doubles ranking of 103. To date, she has won the 2019 Jiangxi Open in doubles. Along with that WTA title, she also won one singles and one doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 14 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 February 2019, she entered the top 100 in singles, reaching world No. 93. Playing for China Fed Cup team, Zhu has a win–loss record of 7–4. Early life and background Zhu Lin was born on 28 January 1994 to Zhu Jiangming and Chen Yunqi in Wuxi, China. Her father introduced her to tennis at age four. She has a very aggressive style of play, and her signature shot and also favorite shot is forehand. Her tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis. Junior career Zhu debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in September 2009 at the age of 15 at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Kalinskaya
Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. Ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she reached a career-high of No. 51 as a singles player in September 2022, and No. 53 as a doubles player in August 2022 . On the WTA Tour she won three doubles and seven singles titles; on the ITF Women's Circuit she won nine doubles titles . Her promising career started at age 17 when she won the Grand Slam girls' doubles title at the 2016 Australian Open alongside Tereza Mihalíková. She had previously reached the finals in the 2015 French Open in the girls' singles event as well as the 2015 US Open final in the doubles event, alongside her compatriot Anastasia Potapova. In 2017, she defeated former US Open champion Sloane Stephens in the first round of the tournament, achieving her firsGrand Slam victory In 2022, she won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 May, she reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 35. Her greatest victory came in 2017 over world No. 2, Serena Williams. She has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, 19 singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In August 2007, she was ranked fourth in the world in juniors. Brengle then toiled for years in the ITF Circuit. Over the course of 24 consecutive majors between 2008 and 2014, she failed to make it out of the pre-tournament qualifier. The streak ended when she earned a wildcard for the 2014 US Open main draw, which she capitalized on for her first major match-win. Her ranking soon rose into the top 100 for the first time in September 2014. Early life Brengle was born and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Bucșa
Cristina Bucșa (born 1 January 1998) is a Moldovan-born Spanish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 86, achieved on 30 January 2023, and of world No. 61 in the doubles rankings, set on 6 February 2023. Professional career 2018: First pro title Bucșa won her first major ITF Circuit title 2018 at L'Open de Saint-Malo, in the doubles draw partnering María Fernanda Herazo. 2021: Grand Slam debut She qualified for a Grand Slam singles main draw for the first time in her career at the 2021 US Open. 2022: First Grand Slam win and WTA 1000 debut At the 2022 French Open, Bucșa qualified into her second major main draw for the season following the Australian Open. She won her first major match at the US Open defeating Kaja Juvan, before losing to 19th seed Danielle Collins. 2023: Top 100, Major first two wins & third round, Maiden WTA 1000 singles win & 250 doubles title She reached the top 100 on 16 January 2023. Next, she qualified f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 at the age of 18. A former top-10 player, Petkovic reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 on 10 October 2011, becoming the first German female player ranked inside the top 10 since Steffi Graf in 1999. That year, she played in the quarterfinals of three Grand Slam tournaments as well as a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open, and qualified as an alternate to the WTA Tour Championships. Petkovic suffered three separate injuries in 2012: a back injury in January, an ankle injury in August and a knee injury in December that kept her out for nine months, and almost saw her fall out of the top 200. She rebounded in 2014 by reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2014 French Open and later winning the WTA Tournament o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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