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Anna Smith (tennis)
Anna Smith (born 14 August 1988) is a British former professional tennis player. She won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Smith, who specialised in doubles, was coached by Dave Sammel at TeamBath. Early and personal life She was born in Redhill, Surrey, to Robert and Gunilla Smith and started playing tennis at the age of ten. Career Junior (2003–2006) Smith first competed as a junior in February 2003 and her last junior tournament was in June 2006 in the qualifying draw for the Wimbledon juniors. She had limited success as a singles player; she reached only one final (in April 2006 at the Sutton ITF junior tournament where she was beaten by Naomi Broady) and did not reach the quarterfinals in any other tournament she played. She had significantly more success as a junior doubles competitor, winning three titles at the Donnybrook Junior International, the Wrexham and the Nottingham ITF event. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 French Open
The 2016 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 120th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 22 May to 5 June and consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events. Novak Djokovic won the men's singles in the 2016 edition. Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion in men's singles, but he lost to Andy Murray in the semifinals. Serena Williams was the defending champion in the women's singles, but she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in the final. Roger Federer withdrew before the tournament to avoid "unnecessary itnessrisk", making this tournament the first Grand Slam he missed since the 1999 US Open. Furthermore, nine-time champion Rafael Nadal withdrew during the tournament due to injury, for the first time in his French Open career. Novak Djokovic's vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion but did not compete in the Juniors this year. Caroline Wozniacki defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 to win the girls' singles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ''(first round)'' Chan Yung-jan ''(third round)'' Alisa Kleybanova ''(quarterfinals)'' Caroline Wozniacki (champion) Sorana Cîrstea ''(second round)'' Magdaléna Rybáriková ''(final)'' Ayumi Morita ''(quarterfinals)'' Julia Cohen ''(second round)'' Khrystyna Antoniichuk ''(third round)'' Tamira Paszek ''(semifinals)'' Ksenia Milevskaya ''(first round)'' Teliana Pereira ''(first round)'' Kateřina Vaňková ''(first round)'' Marina Erakovic ''(first round, retired)'' Evgeniya Rodina ''(third round)'' Alexandra Dulgheru Alexandra Dulgheru (; born 30 May 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. On 11 April 2011, she achieved her career-high singles r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Coin
Julie Coin (; born 2 December 1982) is a retired French tennis player. Coin recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating the then- world No. 1 ranked Ana Ivanovic at the 2008 US Open. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 60, achieved on 27 July 2009. She peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 19 April 2010. Personal life Her parents, Philippe and Doriane Coin, were competitive team handball players. Career Early career Coin played at Clemson University, where she was an All-American, All-ACC, and ACC Player of the Year. She also holds numerous Clemson Women's Tennis records. Coin graduated from Clemson with a degree in mathematics. 2008 Coin and her doubles partner Violette Huck made it to the second round of the French Open women's doubles draw. Coin's breakthrough came at the US Open when she was ranked 188th in the world. She entered the main draw as a qualifier after defeating Amanda McDowell, Sesil Karatantcheva, and Elena Baltacha in the qualifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
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Pauline Wong
Pauline Wong (born 23 November 1985) is a former professional Dutch tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. She won eight ITF titles in her career- four apiece in singles and doubles. Her highest singles ranking was world No. 323, which she achieved on 28 January 2008. Wong participated at the Odense Open in 2008, but lost in the first round. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Pauline 1985 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Sportspeople from Vlaardingen 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Babáková
Martina Babáková (born 18 April 1983) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Biography A right-handed player born in Žilina, Babáková was a top-50 junior who was most prominent on the professional tour as a doubles player. Babáková won 18 ITF doubles titles and made her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance at the 2008 Budapest Grand Prix, with Anna Lapushchenkova in the doubles. At the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, she partnered Katarína Kachlíková Katarína Kachlíková (born 2 June 1985) is a retired Slovak tennis player. She took part in the 2006 Bangalore Open and qualified but lost in the first round to Isha Lakhani. She won three doubles titles and one singles title on the ITF Wom ... to win a women's doubles bronze medal for Slovakia. She also won a bronze medal for the team event. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 37 (18–19) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Babakova, Martina 1983 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Sema
Retrieved 3 July 2010. is a Japanese professional player. She is the younger sister of who retired from professional tennis in November 2015. Her coach is Shunsuke Ogata. Her mother is Japanese and her father is French. Sema, who is playing 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 A ...
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Anna Hawkins
Anna Hawkins (born 7 July 1984) is an English former professional tennis player. In her career, Hawkins won sixteen doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental .... On 7 July 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 581. On 29 September 2003, she peaked at number 215 in the WTA doubles rankings. Hawkins retired from professional tennis in 2009. ITF finals Doubles (16–12) Grand Slam doubles performance timeline External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkins, Anna 1984 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis people from Wiltshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgie Stoop
Georgina Gent (formerly Stoop, born 13 January 1988) is an English tennis player. She won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 178. The AEGON Award-winning former professional player was coached by Damien Roberts. Personal life Stoop's parents are named Angus and Tessa and she has three older siblings, Sam, Olly and Milly, who she used to play tennis against. Her mother, Tessa, an interior designer spent time with her children playing tennis during their childhood. Stoop first began playing tennis at the age of 5 but enjoys all other sports as well, particularly hockey. After attending St Faith's School, she was selected to be educated at The Leys School while being coached by national coaches, and left school when she was sixteen. In 2008, Stoop's mother remarried and in 2010 Stoop changed her surname to her mother's new married name, to be known as Georgie Gent. Career Junior (2003–2006) Stoop's fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Fitzpatrick
Anna Fitzpatrick (born 6 April 1989) is a British former professional tennis player. Personal life Fitzpatrick attended St Thomas of Canterbury school in Sheffield, St Mary's Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield and Woodhouse Grove School in Apperley Bridge, City of Bradford. She has three older brothers named Chris, Peter and Michael, who were all keen tennis players themselves and very supportive of their sister. Growing up, she played tennis at Beauchief Tennis Club and at Graves Tennis Centre. Playing style Fitzpatrick liked to play aggressively, coming to the net as often as possible. When at the back of the court she was looking for opportunities to attack, and often tried to serve and volley to change the pace of the match. According to Fitzpatrick, her volley was ''"what erwhole game is built on"'' and her least favourite surface is clay. Career Junior (2003–2007) Fitzpatrick's first match on the junior ITF circuit came in July 2003 and her last in June 2007. Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour. In 2006, the ITF Women's Circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $75,000. The ITF world champions in 2006 were Justine Henin (senior singles), Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (senior doubles) and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won ... (combined junior ranking). Tournament breakdown by event category Tournament breakdown by region Singles titles by nation ''This list displays only the top 20 nations in terms of singles titles wins.'' SourcesList of ITF World Champions2006 ITF statistics summary [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Llewellyn
Rebecca Llewellyn (born 5 October 1985) is a retired tennis player from Wales. In her career, she won one title in singles and seven in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 280 in singles and No. 309 in doubles. She has not competed professionally since 2007. Career Playing style Rebecca began playing tennis aged seven in school. In 2003, she graduated from Haileybury High School. She played right-handed and cited her favourite shots as the backhand and the volley. Her preferred playing surfaces were grass and clay. Junior years (1999–2003) Llewellyn played her first match on the junior ITF circuit in February 1999 and her last in June 2003 in the Junior Wimbledon Championships. Her best performances in singles came when she reached two semifinals of lower-tier junior events in 2000. She also reached the quarterfinals in one other event. In terms of Grand Slam success, her best singles result came at Wimbledon in 2000 when she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
