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Andrea Glass
Andrea Glass (born 17 July 1976) is a former professional German tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 53rd, which she reached on 1 February 1999, as a result of reaching the third round of the Australian Open, where Anna Kournikova beat her 4–6, 6–2, 6–3. Her career high in doubles was at 85 set on 20 November 2000. Glass won the German Tennis Championship in both singles and doubles, partnering 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, sh ..., in 1997. She played for Germany in the Fed Cup from 1998 to 2001. ITF finals Singles (0–4) Doubles (3–1) External links * * * 1976 births Living people German female tennis players Sportspeople from Darmstadt Tennis people from Hesse {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest city in the state of Hesse after Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, and Kassel. Darmstadt holds the official title "City of Science" (german: link=no, Wissenschaftsstadt) as it is a major centre of scientific institutions, universities, and high-technology companies. The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) are located in Darmstadt, as well as Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research, where several chemical elements such as bohrium (1981), meitnerium (1982), hassium (1984), darmstadtium (1994), roentgenium (1994), and copernicium (1996) were discovered. The existence of the following elements were also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virág Csurgó
Virág Csurgó (born 10 November 1972) is a retired Hungarian tennis player. Csurgó won six singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 20 November 1995, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 160. On 21 September 1998, she peaked at No. 84 in the WTA doubles rankings. Csurgó reached the second round in both women's singles and doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She wasn't originally entered in the singles event but was added when another competitor had to withdraw at the last minute. With only five minutes to take the court, she arrived at the match wearing her practice shorts and a T-shirt, and went on to defeat Aleksandra Olsza before falling to Kimiko Date in the second round. Csurgó also reached the second round in three Grand Slam doubles tournaments. She made 16 appearances for the Hungary Fed Cup team The Hungary women's national tennis team represents Hungary in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Magyar Tenisz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Female Tennis Players
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1976 Births
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Stephens
Shelley Stephens (born 29 July 1978) is a New Zealand former professional tennis player. She won two singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 11 June 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 249. On 4 March 2002, she peaked at No. 133 in the doubles rankings. Playing for New Zealand at the Fed Cup, Stephens has a win–loss record of 14–22. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2001 ASB Classic in the doubles event, partnering with María Emilia Salerni María Emilia Salerni (born 14 May 1983), known as "Pitu Salerni", is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. On 25 February 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 65. On 23 September 2002, she peaked at No. 45 in t .... Stephens retirement from tennis 2009. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (2–8) Doubles: 35 (21–14) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephens, Shelley Living people 1978 births New Zealand female te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Steinbach
Lydia Steinbach (born 30 July 1980) is a German former professional tennis player. Biography Steinbach was born in the city of Chemnitz, which was then known as Karl-Marx-Stadt and part of East Germany. A right-handed player, Steinbach reached a best singles ranking of 262. In 2001 she won an ITF tournament in San Severo, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the Pattaya Open in 2003, where she made the round of 16. As a doubles player she won 10 ITF titles and was ranked as high as 176 in the world. At the 2003 Sparkassen Cup in Leipzig, Steinbach and partner Aniko Kapros held a match point against top seeds Martina Navratilova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, before going down 5–7 in the third set. While studying sports at university she was a participant in the 2003 Summer Universiade The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea. Emblem * The alphabet letter "U" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hechingen
Hechingen ( Swabian: ''Hächenga'') is a town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about south of the state capital of Stuttgart and north of Lake Constance and the Swiss border. Geography The town lies at the foot of the Swabian Alps below Hohenzollern Castle. City districts The city of Hechingen is subdivided into nine neighborhoods, and the downtown is separated into ''Oberstadt''/''Altstadt'' (Upper Town/Old Town) and ''Unterstadt'' (Lower Town). Surrounding region Other cities in the area include Bodelshausen, Mössingen, Jungingen, Bisingen, Grosselfingen, Rangendingen, and Hirrlingen. History Early history Recent research shows that the battle of Solicinium, fought in 368 between the invading Alamanni and a Roman army led by Emperor Valentinian I, probably took place in the northern part of what is today Hechingen and the lost city Solicinium was located where the Roman museum of Hechingen is located today. Middle Ages Hechingen is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Birnerová
Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 29 January 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 59. On 21 May 2012, she peaked at No. 52 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Czech Republic Fed Cup team, Birnerová has a win–loss record of 0–2. Career Birnerová was an all-court player who preferred playing on grass. On the junior tour, she was the 2002 European Champion and No. 1 in the combined world ranking of 18-U. In 2006, Birnerová won her first WTA Tour doubles title in Stockholm, alongside Jarmila Gajdošová. In 2011, she reached her first WTA Tour singles final in Tashkent, losing to top seed Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak (russian: Ксения Юрьевна Первак; born 27 May 1991) is a retired tennis player from Russia. Pervak won one singles title on the WTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirstin Freye
Kirstin Freye-Menzler (born 29 May 1975 in Herford) is a former German professional tennis player. She took part in the 2002 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge and was the champion in doubles. Freye-Menzler has never won a singles event but she has won 22 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. In addition, she played doubles on the WTA Tour, reaching the last 16 of the 2003 Australian Open The 2003 Australian Open was a tennis tournament held in 2003. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2003 ATP Tour and the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 91st edition of the event and attracted 512,225 spectators. Thomas Johansson could not defend ... (her best result at a Grand Slam), and the semifinals in Quebec City in 2002 (her best result on the WTA Tour). ITF finals Singles (0–3) Doubles (22–19) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Freye, Kirstin 1975 births Living people German female tennis players Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Stosur
Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten singles player, Stosur reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on 21 February 2011 and spent a total of 165 weeks ranked inside the top ten, between March 2010 and June 2013. Stosur was also the top-ranked Australian singles player for 452 consecutive weeks, from October 2008 to June 2017, and was ranked inside the top 25 for a period of nine straight years. She won a combined total of 40 career titles (9 in singles, 28 in doubles, and 3 in mixed doubles)——including 8 major titles, and amassed more than $20 million in prize money. Stosur won a Grand Slam singles title at the 2011 US Open, where she beat Serena Williams in the final and became the first Australian woman since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 to win a Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Sewell
Nicole Sewell (born 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography A right-handed player from Perth, Sewell was most prominent on the doubles circuit, with 11 ITF titles and a best ranking of 107 in the world. She made most of her Grand Slam and WTA Tour main-draw appearances partnering Casey Dellacqua. She is the daughter of former East Fremantle and Footscray footballer Jim Sewell James Sewell (born 3 February 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s. Born in Geraldton, Sewell joined West Australian Football League (WAFL) club East .... ITF finals Singles (1–1) Doubles (11–12) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sewell, Nicole 1981 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Perth, Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
