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Amy Jönsson Raaholt
Amy Elisabeth Jönsson Raaholt (born 8 June 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Norway. She was born Amy Jönsson. Biography Jönsson, who was born in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, debuted for the Norway Fed Cup team The Norway women's national tennis team represents Norway in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Norges Tennisforbund. They compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I. History Norway competed in its first Fed Cup ... in 1985. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at Bastad in 1987 when she made the quarter-finals, a run which included a win over eighth seed Carina Karlsson. At the 1988 Australian Open she featured in the women's singles and doubles draws. She was beaten in the first round of the singles by top seed Steffi Graf, who went on to win the title. In the doubles she and partner Helena Dahlström reached the second round. Her last Fed Cup appearance came in 1995 and she finished with a 30/19 over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothenburg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 590,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. In addition to the generous privileges (e.g. tax relaxation) given to his Dutch allies from the ongoing Thirty Years' War, the king also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the Göta älv, where Scandinavia's largest drainage basin enters the sea, the Port of Gothenburg is now the largest port in the Nordic countries. Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitka Dubcová
Jitka is a Czech female given name. It is nickname of Hebrew name Judith, meaning ''He will be praised'' or ''woman of Judea''. The old Czech form is Jutka, derived the German name Jutta. Name day celebrate 5 December. Pronounced "YIT-kah". Famous bearers * Jitka ze Svinibrodu - Czech princess * Jitka Babická - Czech figure skater * Jitka Čechová - Czech actress * Judita Čeřovská - Czech jazz and swing singer * Jitka Čvančarová - Czech actress * Jitka Harazimova - Czech professional bodybuilder * Jitka Janáčková (born 1973, Mladá Boleslav), a Czech-Czechoslovak sprint canoer * Jitka Kocurová - Czech model * Jitka Landová - Czech Biathlete * Jitka Legatová, a Czechoslovak slalom canoer * Jitka Licenik - Czech-Canadian journalist * Jitka Molavcová - Czech actress and singer * Jitka Němcová - Czech director * Jitka Obzinová - Czech journalist * Jitka Seitlová - Czech politician * Jitka Schneiderová - Czech actress * Jitka Bartosová - Czech linguist * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merete Balling-Stockmann
Merete Balling-Stockmann (born 10 December 1970) is a Danish former professional tennis player. Balling-Stockmann is the daughter of tennis player Pia Balling, who was a five-time Danish national singles champion in the 1960s. A Danish national title winner herself in 1990, Balling-Stockmann competed briefly on the professional tennis tour and won four ITF doubles tournaments. In 1990 she also represented the Denmark Federation Cup team in a tie against Luxembourg in Atlanta, where she and Sofie Albinus lost a dead rubber doubles match to Marie-Christine Goy and Karin Kschwendt. In the early 1990s she played college tennis for Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and th .... ITF finals Doubles: 7 (4–3) References External links * * * {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Feistel
Magdalena Feistel (born Magdalena Mróz 22 August 1970) is a former Polish tennis player. She holds the record for most 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 chan ... ties played for Poland (24; 43 matches) and most Fed Cup wins for Poland (23). In her career, she won one singles title and 11 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Feistel's career-high singles ranking is world No. 192 (reached in February 1994), and her best doubles ranking, achieved in June 1994, is 91. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (1–3) Doubles: 20 (11–9) External links * * * 1970 births Living people Polish female tennis players Sportspeople from Gdynia Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for Poland Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the "city of seven mountains". Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, and Åsane. Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Olav Kyrre and was named Bjørgvin, 'the green meadow among the mountains'. It served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Lundqvist
Monica Lundqvist (born 18 April 1967) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. Biography Lundqvist, who comes from Sundsvall, reached a best singles ranking of 143 in the world. Her best performances on the WTA Tour came in 1986, when she made the round of 16 at the Taipei Women's Championships and Singapore Open, beating a young Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the former. She appeared in two Federation Cup ties for Sweden, against France and Belgium, both in 1986. ITF finals Singles (0-1) Doubles (1-2) 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:Lundqvist, Monica 1967 births Living people Swedish female tennis players Sportspeople from Sundsvall 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Ekstrand
Maria Ekstrand (born 2 March 1970) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. Ekstrand, who reached a best singles ranking of 149, claimed two $25,000 ITF titles during her career, in Benin City in 1988 and York, Pennsylvania in 1990. Most notably, Ekstrand won through to the second round of the 1991 Australian Open, where she was eliminated by fourth seed Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine-Italian former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 .... ITF finals Singles: 5 (3–2) Doubles: 8 (1–7) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekstrand, Maria 1970 births Living people Swedish female tennis players 20th-century Swedish women 21st-century Swedish women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulette Moreno
Paulette Moreno Hjorth (born 12 March 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Hong Kong. Biography Moreno was a national champion in Hong Kong at the age of 13 in 1982. She made her debut for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team in 1985 and won a doubles match against West Germany that year. Another of her doubles wins came against Sweden in 1987, when she and Patricia Hy teamed up to claim the deciding rubber 9–7 in the third set. As a junior she was a finalist in the girls' doubles at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, where she and Korean Kim Il-Soon lost to Natalia Medvedeva and Natasha Zvereva. From 1987 to 1991 she competed on the WTA Tour. She appeared twice in the main draw at Wimbledon, both times in mixed doubles, partnering Todd Woodbridge in 1987 and Neil Borwick in 1989. In between she also featured at the 1988 Australian Open and made the second round of the singles, with a win over Marianne van der Torre Marianne van der Torre (born 18 August 1961) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llorca
Llorca is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * José Pedro Pérez-Llorca (born 1940), Spanish politician *Ricardo Llorca Ricardo Llorca (born 1958, Alicante) is a Spanish-American Composer based in New York City since 1988. Llorca is a Juilliard School graduate and a faculty member of the performing arts conservatory's Evening Division since 1996. In addition, Ll ... (born 1962), Spanish composer * Rubén Torres Llorca (born 1957), Cuban-American artist * Samuel Llorca Ripoll (born 1985), Spanish footballer * Álex Llorca Castillo (born 1989), Spanish basketball player See also * Lorca (other) {{surname, Llorca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Bielsa
Rosa Bielsa-Hierro (born 9 January 1966) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Biography Bielsa competed in two Fed Cup, Federation Cup ties for Spain, both in the 1985 Federation Cup (tennis), 1985 edition, as the doubles partner of Ana Almansa. The pair won the deciding doubles rubber against Hong Kong Fed Cup team, Hong Kong, to advance to a second round fixture against Australia Fed Cup team, Australia, which they and their teammates lost 0–3. At the 1989 French Open she lost in the qualifying draw for the singles but featured in the main draw of the women's doubles, with Soviet player Eugenia Maniokova. Bielsa won two medals for Spain at the 1991 Summer Universiade in Sheffield, a bronze in the singles and a bronze in the mixed doubles. In 1996 she was a member of the Spanish women's team which finished runner-up in the Padel Tennis World Championship. ITF finals Singles (0–2) Doubles (8–10) See also *List of Spain Fed Cup team representatives Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicante
Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in the Valencian Community. Toponymy The name of the city echoes the Arabic name ''Laqant'' () or ''al-Laqant'' (), which in turn reflects the Latin ''Lucentum'' and Greek root ''Leuké'' (or ''Leuka''), meaning "white". History The area around Alicante has been inhabited for over 7000 years. The first tribes of hunter-gatherers moved down gradually from Central Europe between 5000 and 3000 BC. Some of the earliest settlements were made on the slopes of Mount Benacantil. By 1000 BC Greek and Phoenician traders had begun to visit the eastern coast of Spain, establishing small trading ports and introducing the native Iberian tribes to the alphabet, iron, and the pottery wheel. The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca established the fortifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Rittner
Barbara Rittner (born 25 April 1973) is a German former professional tennis player. She currently is the captain of the German Fed Cup team. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 24 in the world, achieved on 1 February 1993. As a junior, she won the 1991 Wimbledon Championships. She won her first WTA Tour title in 1992, and almost nine years later, she won her second at the Belgian Open in Antwerp. This marked the second longest time between singles titles in the Open Era (behind Marcie Louie, who captured her second title nine and half years after her first one). She also won three doubles titles with three different partners. She reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament twice in her professional career; once at the French Open in 1996, and again at the Australian Open in 2001. Her best performances at Wimbledon and the US Open are the third round in both. At 's-Hertogenbosch in 2003, as a main-draw alternate, she recorded the best win of her career over the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
