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2022 Wimbledon Championships
The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tier tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentlemen's singles title to claim his 21st Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title, defeating Nick Kyrgios in the final. Ashleigh Barty was the reigning ladies' champion, but did not defend her title after retiring from professional tennis in March 2022. The ladies' singles title was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Ons Jabeur in the final. This year, the AELTC #Controversy regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian players, barred Russian and Belarusian tennis players from competing, because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In reaction, the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, and International Tennis Federation, ITF withdrew ranking points from the tournament. This was the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SW Postcode Area
The SW (South Western) postcode area, also known as the London SW postcode area, is a group of 20 postcode districts within the London postal district, London post town in England. The area comprises the South Western operational district (covering the subdivisions of postcode district SW1, plus SW2 through SW10) and the Battersea operational district (covering SW11 through SW20), and is the only area within the London post town to lie on both sides of the River Thames. Mail for the area is sorted at the Jubilee Mail Centre in Hounslow, along with mail for the TW postcode area, TW, KT postcode area, KT and GU postcode area, GU postcode areas. Postal administration The postcode area originated in 1857 as the SW district. In 1868 it gained some of the area of the very short-lived S district, with the rest going to SE postcode area, SE. It was divided into numbered districts in 1917. The South Western district consists of the postcode districts SW1–SW10 and the once Battersea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diede De Groot
Diede de Groot (born 19 December 1996) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. De Groot is a 31-time major champion, having won 16 titles in singles, and 15 titles in doubles. In 2021, she achieved the first calendar-year Super Slam in tennis history by winning all four singles major titles, the Paralympic gold medal, and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters title in women's singles. The following year, she became the first player in any discipline of tennis to "defend" the Grand Slam, and win all four majors in two consecutive years. De Groot also completed the Grand Slam in doubles in 2019, partnering Aniek van Koot. Apart from her major titles, de Groot has won multiple Wheelchair Tennis Masters titles between 2016 and 2018 in both singles and doubles, as well as gold medals in both disciplines at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She was part of the Dutch team that won the World Team Cup on eight occasions between 2011 and 2019. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angella Okutoyi
Angella Okutoyi (born 29 January 2004) is a Kenyan professional tennis player. She became the first Kenyan to win a Grand Slam title at the girls’ juniors Wimbledon event partnering Rose Marie Nijkamp. At the 2022 Australian Open, Okutoyi became the first representative of Kenya to win a girls’ junior singles Grand Slam match. On the ITF Circuit, she has won one doubles title. Playing for Kenya Billie Jean King Cup team, Okutoyi has a win/loss record of 2–4. Personal life Okutoyi and her sister were raised by their grandmother Mary as their mother died in childbirth. Her sister Roselinda Asumwa is also a tennis sensation currently playing ITF fixtures and local tournaments. Growing up, she was a constant fixture at Nairobi Club with her grandmother on the court side. ITF finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 1 (title) Junior career Angella participated in the 2022 Australian Open bracket. She defeated Italian qualifier Federica Urgesi in three sets in the first ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Marie Nijkamp
Rose Marie Nijkamp (born 3 February 2006) is a Dutch tennis player. Nijkamp has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of 76 achieved on 13 June 2022. Nijkamp won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles title with her Kenyan partner Angella Okutoyi Angella Okutoyi (born 29 January 2004) is a Kenyan professional tennis player. She became the first Kenyan to win a Grand Slam title at the girls’ juniors Wimbledon event partnering Rose Marie Nijkamp. At the 2022 Australian Open, Okutoyi becam .... Junior Grand Slam titles Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * 2006 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Michelsen
Alex Michelsen (born August 25, 2004) is an American tennis player. Michelsen has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 356 achieved on 27 February 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 693 achieved on 6 February 2023. He won the singles and doubles title at the 2022 Easter Bowl, becoming the first American champion in both disciplines since Donald Young in 2006. He also won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles title. He is committed to play college tennis at the University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ .... ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 5 (2–3) Doubles: 2 (1–1) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runners-up) References External links * * 2004 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Gorzny
Sebastian Gorzny (born January 24, 2004) is an American tennis player. Gorzny has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of 38 achieved on 17 January 2022. At the 2019 USTA under-16 nationals in Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolit ..., Gorzny was in a coma for four days after a mosquito bite left him with an infection in his brain. Gorzny won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles title. Junior Grand Slam titles Doubles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * 2004 births Living people American male tennis players Sportspeople from Irvine, California Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 21st-century American people Tennis people from California {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Hovde
Liv Hovde (born 25 October 2005) is an American tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. On the junior tour, Hovde has a career high ITF combined ranking of 4, achieved on 4 July 2022. She reached the semifinals of the 2022 Australian Open girls' singles, the quarterfinals of the 2022 French Open girls' singles and was champion of the 2022 Wimbledon girls' singles. Grand Slam singles performance timeline ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' singles: 1 (1 title) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hovde, Liv 2005 births Living people American female tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Wimbledon junior champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mili Poljičak
Mili Poljičak (born 13 July 2004) is a Croatian tennis player. Poljičak has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 500 achieved on 17 October 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 292 achieved on 3 October 2022. Career Poljičak made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw. Partnering with Admir Kalender, the pair defeated 2nd seed Pablo Cuevas and Fabrice Martin in the first round in straight sets but lost in the next round to eventual champions Fernando Romboli and David Vega Hernández in three sets. At the 2022 Zagreb Open he reached his maiden Challenger final as a wildcard where he lost to Filip Misolic. At the same tournament also as a wildcard he reached the semifinals in doubles partnering Antonio Šančić Antonio Šančić (born 23 November 1988, in Samobor) is professional Croatian tennis player. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Vink
Niels Vink (born 6 December 2002) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Vink won a gold medal with partner Sam Schröder Sam Schröder (born 25 September 1999) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Schröder has a career high Quad Wheelchair singles ranking of 1, achieved on 14 February 2022. He also has a career high Quad Wheelchair doubles ranking of 1, achieve ... in the Quad Doubles, and a bronze in the Quad Singles. Grand Slam tournament finals Quad singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Quad doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vink, Niels 2002 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Wheelchair tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of the Netherlands Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Schroder
Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictional characters * Sam (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sam (surname), a list of people with the surname ** Cen (surname) (岑), romanized "Sam" in Cantonese ** Shen (surname) (沈), often romanized "Sam" in Cantonese and other languages Religious or legendary figures * Sam (Book of Mormon), elder brother of Nephi * Sām, a Persian mythical folk hero * Sam Ziwa, an uthra (angel or celestial being) in Mandaeism Animals * Sam (army dog) (died 2000) * Sam (horse) (b 1815), British Thoroughbred * Sam (koala) (died 2009), rescued after 2009 bush fires in Victoria, Australia * Sam (orangutan), in the movie ''Dunston Checks In'' * Sam (ugly dog) (1990–2005), voted the world's ugliest dog in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Mathewson
Dana Mathewson (born December 19, 1990) is an American professional wheelchair tennis player. Mathewson won a major title in doubles (with doubles partner Yui Kamiji) at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tier tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentleme ..., which made Mathewson the first American woman to win a major wheelchair tennis title. References External links * * 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Tucson, Arizona Tennis players from San Diego Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of the United States Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games People with paraplegia University of Arizona alumni Alumni of University College London {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
