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Amanda Wainwright
Amanda "Mandy" Wainwright (born 24 March 1976) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Wainwright grew up in the county of Essex, attending Bancroft's School in Woodford Green. A right-handed player, Wainwright made her Wimbledon debut in 1993 and upset Caroline Kuhlman, the world number 78, in the first round. She didn't progress past the opening round in her two other singles main draw appearances at Wimbledon and was more successful on tour as a doubles player, ranked as high as 95 in the world. Wainwright has now returned to Bancroft's School in Woodford Green Woodford Green is an area of Woodford in north-east London, England, within the London Borough of Redbridge. It adjoins Buckhurst Hill to the north, Woodford Bridge to the east, South Woodford to the south, and Chingford to the west. Epping F ... as a history teacher and Head of Tennis. ITF circuit finals Singles (1–2) Doubles (6–11) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Greater London to the south and south-west. There are three cities in Essex: Southend, Colchester and Chelmsford, in order of population. For the purposes of government statistics, Essex is placed in the East of England region. There are four definitions of the extent of Essex, the widest being the ancient county. Next, the largest is the former postal county, followed by the ceremonial county, with the smallest being the administrative county—the area administered by the County Council, which excludes the two unitary authorities of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea. The ceremonial county occupies the eastern part of what was, during the Early Middle Ages, the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex. As well as rural areas and urban areas, it forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirli-Ann Siddall
Shirli-Ann Valentine (born 20 June 1974), formerly Shirli-Ann Siddall, is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Siddall, who was born in Liverpool, had a promising junior career. In 1990 she won seven out of eight national titles in the under-16 and under-18 divisions. Based in Dorset, Siddall played professionally in the 1990s. In 1995 she featured in Fed Cup ties for Great Britain against both Poland and the Czech Republic, in Murcia, Spain. She competed regularly in the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships and once at the US Open in 1997, partnering Barbara Schett in the women's doubles. She made the second round of Wimbledon in both 1992 and 1994. Her most famous match came against Jennifer Capriati in the first round of the 1993 Wimbledon Championships. Playing as a wildcard, Siddall took the first set off the seventh seeded Capriati, but was unable to secure the upset, as the young American came back to win in three. She was most successful in the mix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Karin Svensson
Anna-Karin Svensson (born 8 May 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Svensson played on the professional tour in the 1990s, with a best ranking in singles of 280 in the world. As a doubles player she had a breakthrough year in 1996 when she won seven ITF titles, to reach a career high ranking of 160. Across 1996 and 1997 she featured in eight Fed Cup ties for Sweden. In Fed Cup play she had a 4/4 record in singles and won both of her two doubles matches. ITF finals Singles (1–3) Doubles (14–10) See also * List of Sweden Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Sweden Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. Sweden have taken part in the competition since 1964. Players References External linksSvenska Tennisförbundet {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweden ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Svensson, Anne-Karin 1974 births Living people Swedish female tennis players 20th-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annica Lindstedt
Annica Lindstedt (born 13 April 1978) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. During her career, she won three singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career highlights On 5 January 1998, Lindstedt reached her highest doubles ranking: world number 139. Her highest singles ranking was on 17 June 1996, when she became world number 401. In her career, she won $ US20,446. In October 1996, with her partner Anna-Karin Svensson, she won the $25,000 Flensberg. In September 1997, she won the $25,000 Kyiv, partnering with Germany's Caroline Schneider Caroline Schneider (born 1 June 1973) is a German professional tennis player. During her career, she won several titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career highlights On 25 April 1994, Schneider reached her highest doubles ranking: World Number .... ITF finals Singles finals: (3-1) Doubles finals (15-5) References External links * * * Swedish female tennis players 1976 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Taylor (tennis)
Claire Shepherd (born 17 February 1975) is a British former professional tennis player. She competed during her career as Claire Taylor. A left-handed player from Oxfordshire, Taylor reached a best ranking of 183 in the world during her career. Taylor made three singles appearances in the main draw of Wimbledon, the first in 1994 when she came up against Martina Navratilova. She won through to the second round once, in 1996, after beating Joanne Ward Joanne Ward (born 22 June 1975) is a British former tennis player. She competed in five Wimbledon Championships between 1994 and 2000, losing each time in the first round, and has represented the Great Britain Fed Cup team. She was for a tim ... in a match between two British wildcards. ITF finals Singles: 6 (2–4) Doubles: 7 (3–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Claire 1975 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis people from Oxfordshire S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Comparateur de territoire INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022. making Caen the second largest urban area in and the 19th largest in France. It is also the third largest commune in all of Normandy after and Rouen. It is located inland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Wood
Jane Wood (born 20 March 1968) is a British former professional tennis player. Wood, a native of Enfield Enfield may refer to: Places Australia * Enfield, New South Wales * Enfield, South Australia ** Electoral district of Enfield, a state electoral district in South Australia, corresponding to the suburb ** Enfield High School (South Australia) ..., competed on the professional tour in the 1980s and 1990s. She featured in the singles main draw of the 1987 Wimbledon Championships. Her career included a stint playing collegiate tennis in the United States for Oklahoma State University, where she achieved All-American honours for doubles in 1988. ITF finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 10 (7–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Jane 1968 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis people from Greater London Oklahoma State Cowgirls tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Lutrova
Julia Lutrova (russian: Юлия Лютрова; born 9 January 1975) is a former Russian tennis player. Lutrova won three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 17 June 1996, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 182. On 7 October 1996, she peaked at world number 124 in the doubles rankings. Lutrova made two appearances for the Russia Fed Cup team in 1994. Two years later she reached the second round of women's doubles at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships The 1996 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 110th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from .... ITF finals (6–10) Singles (3–7) Doubles (3–3) Fed Cup participation Doubles References * * * 1975 births Living people Russian female tennis players 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie Sabas
Sylvie Sabas-Legris (born 19 February 1972) is a French former professional tennis player. Sabas was the 16 and under Orange Bowl champion in 1988. On the professional tour she reached a best singles ranking of 152 in the world. She featured twice in the French Open main draw for singles and made six main draw appearances in doubles. She now works as a sophrologist and is based in Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita .... ITF finals Singles (2–1) Doubles (1–1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sabas, Sylvie 1972 births Living people French female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Apostoli
Julia Sergeyevna Apostoli ( Salnikova (Russian: Юлия Сергеевна Апостоли, Greek: Τζούλια Σεργκέιεβνα Αποστόλη; born 13 August 1964) is a Russian-born Greek former professional tennis player who represented the Soviet Union and (from 1990 onwards) Greece. Biography Apostoli was born in Moscow, the daughter of Russian football player and manager Sergei Salnikov. Her father was a member of the Soviet association football national team which won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, and at club level both played and managed FC Spartak Moscow. She debuted for the Soviet Union Fed Cup team in the 1980 quarterfinal loss to the United States, featuring in the doubles with Olga Zaitseva, a dead rubber which they lost to the Americans. Over the next two years she competed in all ties for the Soviet Union. In 1981 she played the opening rubber in each tie and won them all, over Denmark's Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Czechoslovakia's Renáta Toma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amélie Mauresmo
Amélie Simone Mauresmo (; born 5 July 1979) is a French former List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 tennis player and tournament director. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles titles at the 2006 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2006 Australian Open and 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Wimbledon Championships, and also won the silver medal in singles at the Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2004 Summer Olympics and the singles title at the 2005 WTA Tour Championships – Singles, 2005 year-end championships. Mauresmo first attained the top ranking on 13 September 2004, holding it for five weeks on that occasion. She was known for her powerful one-handed backhand and strong net play. She officially announced her retirement from professional tennis on 3 December 2009, ending a career of 15 years. The following year, she started coaching several Women's Tennis Association, WTA and Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Touquet
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (; pcd, Ech Toutchet-Paris-Plache; vls, 't Oekske, older nl, Het Hoekske), commonly referred to as Le Touquet (), is a commune near Étaples, in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It has a population of 4,227 (2019), but welcomes up to 250,000 people during the summer. Located on the Opal Coast, south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the shoreline of the English Channel, the seaside resort has been nicknamed the "Garden of the English Channel" (french: Jardin de la Manche), the "Pearl of the Opal Coast" (french: Perle de la Côte d'Opale), the "Sports Paradise" (french: Paradis des sports) or the "Four Seasons Resort" (french: Station des quatre saisons). The city bears the scars of wounds inflicted during World War II by the construction of the Atlantic Wall, the planting of mines prior to the German withdrawal and intensive Allied bombings. Nevertheless, part of the architectural heritage of Le Touquet was left intact. A number of unique villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
