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Adriana Villagrán
Adriana Villagrán (born 7 August 1956) is an Argentine tennis player, who played professionally in the 1980s. She is also known under the married name Adriana Villagrán-Reami. Career In 1980, with compatriot Ivanna Madruga, she reached the women's doubles final at Roland Garros (losing to Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan (born December 3, 1959) is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won seven Grand Slam titles, five of them in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. She also was the 1983 Australian Open women's singles runn ... and Anne Smith). She participated in seven Grand Slam tournaments. Adriana Villagrán represented her country in Federation Cup from 1979 to 1985. Grand Slam finals Doubles: (1 runner–up) WTA Tour finals Singles (2 runner-ups) Doubles (6 runner-ups) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Villagran, Adriana 1956 births Argentine female tennis players Living people 20th-century Argentine women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Chris Evert defeated Helena Suková in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1984 Australian Open. It was her second Australian Open title and 16th major singles title overall, completing the double career Grand Slam. With her third round victory, Evert became the first player in the Open Era to win 1,000 matches. She finished the tournament with a 1,003-97 career match record. Martina Navratilova was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by Suková. Navratilova entered the semifinals with a 74-match winning streak, having won the previous six major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ... singles titles and attempting to complete the Grand Slam. Her 74-match win streak remains an Open Era record. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was changed to the Fed Cup in 1995, and changed again in September 2020 in honor of former World No. 1 Billie Jean King. The Billie Jean King Cup is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition in terms of the number of nations that compete. The current chair is Katrina Adams. The men's equivalent of the Billie Jean King Cup is the Davis Cup, and the Czech Republic, Australia, Russia, Italy and the United States are the only countries to have won both Cups in the same year. History In 1919, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman had an idea for a women's team tennis competition. This was not adopted but she persisted, presenting a trophy at the 1923 annual contest between the United States and Great Britain, named the Wigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 1984 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix and the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from 8 October through 14 October 1984. David Pate and Lilian Drescher won the singles titles. Finals Men's singles David Pate defeated Terry Moor 6–3, 7–5 *It was Pate's 1st singles title of his career. Women's singles Lilian Drescher defeated Shawn Foltz 6–4, 6–2 * It was Drescher' only career title. Men's doubles David Dowlen / Nduka Odizor defeated Mark Dickson / Steve Meister 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 *It was Dowlen's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was Odizor's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of her career. Women's doubles Betsy Nagelsen / Candy Reynolds Candy Reynolds (born March 24, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career During her career, Reynolds won the wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronni Reis
Ronni Reis (sometimes spelled Ronnie Reis; also Ronni Reis-Bernstein) (born May 10, 1966) is an American former tennis player. Reis won three gold medals at the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, the doubles bronze medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games, and the doubles gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games. Reis played for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami, where she won the NCAA doubles tournament in 1986 and was named the NCAA Senior Player of the Year in 1988. Biography She attended Miami Sunset High School in Miami, Florida. Reis won the 1984 Florida state singles championship while a senior in high school. Reis won the gold medal, defeating American Jamie Golder, in the women's singles tennis event at the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, when she was 19 years old. She also won the women's doubles (with Eileen Tell) and the mixed doubles at the 1985 Maccabiah Games. She won the doubles bronze medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games, and the doubles gold medal at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Paz
Mercedes María Paz (; born 27 June 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. She won three singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 28 in April 1991. Her best Grand Slam result was the fourth round at the 1986 French Open and the 1990 French Open. Paz unexpectedly defeated defending champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 12 weeks, as well as ... in the second round of the 1990 French Open. Later that year, at the Virginia Slims of Worcester, Paz also defeated Sánchez Vicario in the round of 16. Five years before, in the semifinals of the 1985 Brazil Open, she beat top-seeded Gabriela Sabatini en route to beating Peruvian Laura Arraya for the title. In so doing, Paz became the first Argentinian woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilse Longo
Emilse Raponi Longo (born December 19, 1957) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography Tennis career Longo began competing on the professional tour in 1978, as Emilse Raponi. She had early success at her home tournament, the 1978 River Plate Championships, making it through to a WTA Tour final in her first season. En route she upset top seed Regina Maršíková, but was unable to get past Caroline Stoll in the final. In 1979 she made her debut for Argentina's Fed Cup team and went on to feature in a total of 11 ties for her native country. From 1980 to 1982 she appeared in only one WTA Tour tournament, but returned to the circuit in 1983. At the 1983 US Open she came up against top seed Martina Navratilova in the opening round and was comfortably beaten. She was a member of the Argentinian side which reached the quarter-finals of the 1983 Fed Cup. Her best performances in doubles came in 1984 when she partnered with Adriana Villagrán-Reami to finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Borden Classic
The 1984 Borden Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the sixth and last edition of the tournament and was held from 1 October through 7 October 1984. Third-seeded Etsuko Inoue won the singles title. Finals Singles Etsuko Inoue defeated Beth Herr 6–0, 6–0 * It was Inoue's first title of the year and the 2nd of her career. Doubles Mercedes Paz / Ronni Reis Ronni Reis (sometimes spelled Ronnie Reis; also Ronni Reis-Bernstein) (born May 10, 1966) is an American former tennis player. Reis won three gold medals at the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, the doubles bronze medal at the 1986 Goodwill Game ... defeated Emilse Raponi-Longo / Adriana Villagrán-Reami 6–4, 7–5 * It was Paz's 1st career title, and it was Reis's 1st career title. References External links ITF tournament edition details {{DEFAULTSORT:1984 Borden Classic Borden Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renáta Tomanová
Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Career Tomanová won the girls' singles title at the 1972 French Open. In 1975, she and Martina Navratilova represented Czechoslovakia in the Federation Cup, the international women's team competition. They won the cup after beating the Australian team 3–0 in the final of the World Group. Between 1975 and 1981, she played in 18 ties for the Czechoslovakian team and compiled a 20–7 win–loss record. In May 1975, she won the singles title at the West German Championships in Hamburg after a three-set final against Kazuko Sawamatsu. In 1976, Tomanová reached the singles final at both the French Open and the Australian Open. She lost at the French Open to Sue Barker in three sets and at the Australian Open to Evonne Goolagong in straight sets. Tomanová also reached the women's doubles final at the Australian Open with Lesley Turner Bowrey, losing to Goolagong and Helen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a Czech–Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in the mid-1980s. Mandíková won 27 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including four majors: the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Open, 1985 US Open and 1987 Australian Open. She was the runner-up at a further four singles majors – twice at Wimbledon and twice at the US Open. She also won 19 career doubles titles, including a major in women's doubles at the 1989 US Open partnering Martina Navratilova. Competing for Czechoslovakia and later Australia, Mandlíková was one of the brightest stars of her generation and is considered one of the greatest female players of the Open Era. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1994. Mandlíková was ranked in the top 50 for twelve consecutive seasons (1978–89), including seven seasons ranked in the top 10. She led Czec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Italian Open (tennis)
The 1980 Italian Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts. For the first time in the history of the tournament the men and women competed in different locations. The men's event was held at the traditional location of Foro Italico in Rome, while the women played in Perugia. It was the 37th edition of the tournament. The men's tournament was part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix while the women's tournament was part of the Colgate Series (Category AA). The women's event was played from 5 May through 11 May 1980 while the men's event was organized from 19 May through 25 May 1980. First-seeded Guillermo Vilas, runner-up in 1976 and 1979, won the men's singles title and the accompanying $28,000 first-prize money. The women's singles title was won by first-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd, her third Italian Open title after 1974 and 1975. Finals Men's singles Guillermo Vilas defeated Yannick Noah 6–0, 6–4, 6–4 * It was Vilas' 1st singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Hy
Patricia Hy-Boulais (born 22 August 1965) is a former tennis player. She turned professional on 12 October 1986. Early in her career she represented Hong Kong (since the beginning until the end of the 1987 season). She became a citizen of Canada in 1991. However, she represented Canada since the beginning of the 1988 season. Her best performance at a Grand Slam came when she got to the quarter-finals of the 1992 US Open, defeating Eva Švíglerová, Judith Wiesner, Jennifer Capriati and Helena Suková before losing to eventual champion Monica Seles. After Hy-Boulais did it in 1992, Canada did not have another woman to survive into the second week at the French Open until Aleksandra Wozniak did it in 2009. Hy-Boulais represented her new country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was eliminated in the second round by the number one seed Monica Seles. Hy-Boulais reached her highest ranking in the WTA Tour on 8 March 1993, when she became the number 28 of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Women's Championship
The Taipei Women's Championships is a defunct WTA Tour-affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1986 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1994. It was held in Taipei, Taiwan and played on indoor carpet courts from 1986 to 1988, and on outdoor hard courts in 1989 and from 1992 to 1994. The 1980s tours were sponsored partly by Virginia Slims, and the 1990s events were sponsored by Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble, the latter of which were named P&G Taiwan Women's Open or Taiwan Open in short. Anne Minter and Shi-Ting Wang were the most successful players at the tournament, each winning the singles competition twice. History The inaugural 1986 tournament was called the Chung Cheng Centennial Cup International Women's Tennis Championships and ran from October 6–12, 1986 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Chiang Kai-shek's birth. The 32-draw singles and 16-draw doubles was played on carpet and the prize money for singles was $50,000. The winner of the singles tournament wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
