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Anastasia Pivovarova
Anastasia Olegovna Pivovarova (russian: Анастасия Олеговна Пивоварова, born 16 June 1990) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached a career-high ranking of 93, in May 2011. During a successful junior career, she was ranked as high as No. 2. Career Pivovarova 2005 began her professional career on the ITF Women's Circuit. In only her second tournament, she won the first singles title. In Moscow, she won the final against Olga Panova, in straight sets. In 2007, she won three singles titles and one doubles title on the circuit. At the 2008 French Open, she tried to qualify for the first time for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, failing to do so. At the US Open, she qualified but then lost against Patty Schnyder, in three sets. In Seoul, she managed her first victory in the main draw of a WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Tennis Championships. In 2016, the qualifiers were: Tatjana Maria, Amra Sadiković, Jana Čepelová, Aleksandra Krunić, Maria Sakkari, Julia Boserup, Tamira Paszek, Luksika Kumkhum, Mandy Minella, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Marina Erakovic and Paula Kania. Duan Yingying received a lucky loser as a replacement for Victoria Azarenka, who withdrew because of injury. Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier Tenth qualifier Eleventh qualifier Twelfth qualifier References External links Ladies' Qualifying Draw [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Elliott
Amanda Elliott (born 1 November 1989) is a British tennis player. Elliott has won 4 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 24 November 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 311. On 4 May 2009, she peaked at world number 251 in the doubles rankings. Elliott made her WTA main draw debut at the 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open in the doubles event partnering Han Xinyun. Elliott competed in the Ladies Singles Qualifying event at The Championships, Wimbledon in 2008 and 2009, and competed in the Ladies Doubles event at The Championships, Wimbledon in 2008 and 2009, partnering Katie O'Brien and Elena Baltacha respectively. In 2008, Amanda Elliott and Katie O'Brien lost in the first round to Aiko Nakamura and Aravane Rezai 7–5, 6–4, and in 2009 Amanda Elliott and Elena Baltacha lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Van Uytvanck
Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player. Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 12 singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In August 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37. Personal life Van Uytvanck was born in the small town of Grimbergen to René Van Uytvanck and Krista Laemers. She started playing tennis at age five when her older brother Sean introduced her to the game. She has a twin brother named Brett. Van Uytvanck graduated from high school at Sint-Donatus in Merchtem. As a junior, she alternated between training with local coach Sacha Katsnelson and the Flemish Tennis Association, where she was coached by Ann Devries. She admires Roger Federer, and her compatriot Kim Clijsters. Van Uytvanck was in a relationship with fellow Belgian tennis player Greet Minnen. Career 2011: WTA debut In 2011, she won four ITF si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lu Jingjing
Lu Jingjing (; ; born 5 May 1989) is a Chinese tennis player. Jingjing has won one WTA doubles title, and four singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 January 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 159. On 21 September 2009, she peaked at No. 105 in the WTA doubles rankings. WTA career finals Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) WTA 125 tournament finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 25 (14 titles, 13 runner-ups) Ranking history References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lu, Jingjing Chinese female tennis players Tennis players from Inner Mongolia 1989 births Living people 21st-century Chinese women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Lale Cup
The 2016 Lale Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 11–17 April 2016. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 4 April 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Başak Akbaş * İnci Öğüt * Selin Övünç * Pemra Özgen The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Freya Christie * Lina Gjorcheska * Viktoria Kamenskaya * Pia König Champions Singles * Barbora Štefková def. Anastasia Pivovarova, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1 Doubles * Nigina Abduraimova / Barbora Štefková def. Valentyna Ivakhnenko / Lidziya Marozava, 6–4, 1–6, 0–6 External links 2016 Lale Cupat ITFtennis.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Lale Cup, 2016 2016 ITF Women's Circuit 2016 in Turkish tennis 2016 Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbora Štefková
Barbora Štefková (born 4 April 1995) is a retired Czech tennis player. Štefková had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 154, achieved on 27 February 2017. On 14 January 2019, she peaked at No. 100 in the doubles rankings. She won nine singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Štefková won her biggest title to date at the 2016 Lale Cup in Istanbul, where she defeated Anastasia Pivovarova in the final. Her WTA Tour main-draw debut she made at the 2016 Prague Open in the doubles draw alongside Tereza Smitková. Štefková made her WTA main-draw singles debut at the 2016 Coupe Banque Nationale. She upset defending champion Annika Beck in the first round, before falling to Alison Van Uytvanck. Due to reactive arthritis Reactive arthritis, also known as Reiter's syndrome, is a form of inflammatory arthritis that develops in response to an infection in another part of the body (cross-reactivity). Coming into contact with bacteria and developing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari ( gr, Μαρία Σάκκαρη, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek player in history alongside Stefanos Tsitsipas. Her career-best doubles ranking is world No. 169, achieved on 9 September 2019. Sakkari has won one singles title on the WTA Tour at the 2019 Morocco Open, where she defeated Johanna Konta in the final. She was also a semifinalist at the 2017 Wuhan Open, where she defeated Caroline Wozniacki en route, her first top-10 win. In 2019, she reached another Premier 5 semifinal at the Italian Open where she defeated, among other players, Petra Kvitová. In 2020, Sakkari reached the fourth round at both the Australian Open and US Open. In 2021, she has reached the semifinals at the French Open and the 2021 US Open making her the first woman from Greece to reach a Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melis Sezer
Melis Sezer (born 2 June 1993) is a Turkish tennis player. On 3 March 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 336. On 19 May 2014, she peaked at No. 219 in the doubles rankings. Sezer has won nine singles and 37 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Turkey Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 3–4. She is a member of the Enkaspor Enkaspor ( tr, Enka Spor Kulübü) is a multi-sports club established in 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey by the Turkish construction conglomerate Enka Construction Co. Enkaspor's main activities are in athletics, water polo, tennis and swimming with 3 ... tennis team. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner-ups) Doubles: 66 (37 titles, 29 runner-ups) See also * Turkish women in sports References External links * * * 1993 births Living people Turkish female tennis players Sportspeople from İzmir Enkaspor tennis players 21st-century Turkish women {{Top Middle Eastern female tennis pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dia Evtimova
Dia Evtimova ( bg, Диа Евтимова; born 30 April 1987) is a Bulgarian tennis player. On 31 October 2011, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 145 whilst her best doubles ranking was 228 on 23 June 2014. She has more than 550 match wins on the pro circuit which puts her 42nd on the List of Open era and tenth among the active players. Evtimova also played for Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 15–20 record. Professional career In 2010, she qualified for the Internationaux de Strasbourg where she was defeated by Maria Sharapova in the second round. In 2011, she qualified for the Gastein Ladies and reached her first quarterfinal on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tou ..., before she was defeated by Patricia Mayr-Achleitner. Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb Ladies Open
The Zagreb Ladies Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. It is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's Circuit event and has been held in Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ..., Croatia, since 2005. The tournament returned in 2018, having not being held since 2011. Past finals Singles Doubles External links ITF search {{DEFAULTSORT:Zagreb Ladies Open ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Clay court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Croatia Recurring sporting events established in 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch tennis player. In 2008, she won the girl's singles title at the Australian Open, defeating Jessica Moore from Australia in the final. With this win she went from 35th to second place on the junior rankings, ultimately becoming the world No. 1 junior player. Her biggest singles successes to date are a second-round upset over world No. 2, Kim Clijsters, at the 2011 French Open, saving two match points in the second set, reaching the fourth round at the 2012 French Open, and defeating world No. 5, Samantha Stosur, in the 2012 Wimbledon Championships to reach the third round. Her maiden WTA Tour title was winning the 2017 Swedish Open doubles event, partnering Quirine Lemoine. Tennis career 2005–07 At age 14, Arantxa played her first ITF Women's Circuit tournament at Alkmaar where she lost in the second round to Julie Coin. In 2006, she played two more ITF events at Heerhugowaard and Vlaardingen, reaching the semifinals at the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Vogt
Stephanie Vogt (; born 15 February 1990) is a retired tennis player from Liechtenstein. In her career, Vogt won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 24 February 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 137. On 22 February 2016, she peaked at No. 69 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Liechtenstein Fed Cup team, Vogt achieved a win–loss record of 23–18. Biography Vogt was born on 15 February 1990 to parents Erika and Ewald (the latter died 2007). She began playing tennis at age five. After playing with the Swiss junior team for some time, she turned professional in 2006, and simultaneously decided to move to Hungary to train with Zoltan Kuharszky, which would result in reaching the mid-200s of the WTA rankings in 2008. She was awarded an invitation spot at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but she was forced to withdraw due to a patella injury, which further required surgery. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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