Beatriz Villaverde
Beatriz Isabelle Villaverde (born 5 June 1958) is an Argentine former professional tennis player Who has specialised in doubles. She played in doubles at the French Open in 1977. Her partner in women's doubles, Argentina Viviana Segal lost in the first round to Yugoslavian Mima Jaušovec and Czechoslovak Renáta Tomanová. Her partner in mixed doubles, Jaime Pinto Bravo lost in the Second round to French Patrick Proisy and Czechoslovak Regina Maršíková Regina Maršíková (born 11 December 1958) is a retired tennis player from Czechoslovakia, present-day Czech Republic. Career Maršíková won the French Junior Championships in 1975. She had career wins over Martina Navratilova, Billie Jea .... Career finals Doubles (5–5) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Villaverde, Beatriz 1958 births Argentine female tennis players Living people 20th-century Argentine women ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1977 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event. Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier References External links1977 French Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there a ... {{DEFAULTSORT:1977 French Open - Women's Singles Qualifying Women's Singles Qualifying French Open by year – Qualifying ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cathy Drury
Cathy Drury (born 25 March 1960) is a British former professional tennis player. A right-handed player, Drury made her grand slam singles main draw debut at the 1977 Australian Open, where she was beaten in the opening round by second seeded countrywoman Sue Barker. Drury competed as a singles wildcard in the 1983 Wimbledon Championships. As a doubles player she twice featured in the Wimbledon second round. Since the 1990s she has run the Set Point Tennis Academy in Thames Ditton Thames Ditton is a suburban village on the River Thames, in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England. Apart from a large inhabited island in the river, it lies on the southern bank, centred 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest of Charing Cross ..., along with husband Gordon Birt, a tennis player turned coach from South Africa. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Drury, Cathy 1960 births Living people English female tennis players British female tennis players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bad Hersfeld
The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld (''Bad'' is "spa" in German; the Old High German name of the city was ''Herolfisfeld'') is the district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel. Bad Hersfeld is known countrywide above all for the ''Bad Hersfelder Festspiele'' (festival), which have taken place each year since 1951 at the monastery ruins. These themselves are said to be Europe's biggest Romanesque church ruin. In 1967, the town hosted the seventh ''Hessentag'' state festival. Geography Location The town lies in the Hersfeld Basin formed here by the forks of the Fulda and the Haune. The inner town lies on the Fulda's left bank. Furthermore, the Geisbach and the Solz empty into the Fulda in the municipal area. In the southwest lie the Vogelsberg Mountains, in the northwest the Knüll and in the northeast the Seulingswald (ranges, the latter visible in the background of this image). The town's lo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Renata Šašak
Renata Šašak-Ružir (born 14 June 1964) is a former Yugoslavian professional tennis player. Biography Born in Zagreb, Šašak debuted for the Yugoslavia Federation Cup team in 1979. One of her Federation Cup doubles teammates was Mima Jaušovec, who Šašak teamed up with to win a gold medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games. She won a further gold medal four years in Casablanca at the 1983 Mediterranean Games, beating Laura Golarsa to win the women's singles. Šašak competed in the main draw of both the French Open and US Open during her career. Her best performance came at the 1983 French Open, where she made it to the second round, then took fifth seed Pam Shriver to a third set before being eliminated. She was awarded the Croatian Sportswoman of the Year award from Sportske novosti in 1983. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Šašak represented Yugoslavia in the women's singles event, for what was then a demonstration sport. She fell in the second round, aft ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manuela Maleeva
Manuela Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Мануела Георгиева Малеева; born 14 February 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage, Maleeva began representing Switzerland officially from January 1990 until her retirement in February 1994. One of the most consistent players on tour in the 1980s and early 1990s, Maleeva reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 3 in the world in February 1985 and finished with a year-end top 10 ranking for nine consecutive years (1984 till 1992). A winner of 19 WTA singles titles and four doubles titles, she also reached a total of 14 Grand Slam quarterfinals in her career, including two US Open semifinals in 1992 and 1993, which are her career-best Grand Slam results. She was a semifinalist at the 1987 Virginia Slims Championships. Maleeva was the bronze medalist in singles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, winning Bulgaria's first (and thus far, on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Catrin Jexell
Catrin Jexell (born 17 February 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Originally from Halmstad, Jexell played professionally in the 1980s. She first competed for the Sweden Fed Cup team in 1982 and featured in a total of seven ties. Her only WTA title came at the 1982 Hong Kong Open. In 1983 she was runner-up at Ridgewood and had a win over Hana Mandlikova at Filderstadt. She made the third round of the 1984 French Open The 1984 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 28 May until 10 June. It was the 88th staging of the French Open, and the first Grand .... WTA Tour finals Singles (1-1) Doubles (0-1) ITF finals Singles (3–2) Doubles (3–1) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jexell, Catrin 1963 births Living people Swedish female tennis players Sportspeople from Halmstad Sportspeople from Halland County 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Taranto
Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label= Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base. Founded by Spartans in the 8th century BC during the period of Greek colonisation, Taranto was among the most important in Magna Graecia, becoming a cultural, economic and military power that gave birth to philosophers, strategists, writers and athletes such as Archytas, Aristoxenus, Livius Andronicus, Heracleides, Iccus, Cleinias, Leonidas, Lysis and Sosibius. By 500 BC, the city was among the largest in the world, with a population estimated up to 300,000 people. The seven-year rule of Archytas marked the apex of its development and recognition of its hegemony over other Greek colonies of southern Italy. During the Norman period, it became the capital of the Principality of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sabina Simmonds
Sabina Simmonds (born 17 April 1960) is a retired tennis player from Italy. She competed in the 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 cha ... from 1978 to 1984. at fedcup.com WTA career finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (7–9) Doubles (4–5) References 1960 births[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iwona Kuczyńska
Iwona Kuczyńska (born 22 February 1961) is a retired tennis player from Poland. She won one doubles title in 1988, partnering with Martina Navratilova. From 2010 to 2017, she lived in the village of Omice in Czech Republic, with her partner, former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotná. WTA career finals Doubles 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (1–1) Doubles (6–3) Head-to-head record * Chris Evert 0–1 * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. She won 14 Grand Slam titles: four in singles, six in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She also won four Ol ... 0–1 References External links * * Polish female tennis players 1961 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) LGBT tennis players Lesbian sportswomen Polish LGBT sportspeople 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish women {{poland-tenn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrea Tiezzi
Andrea Tiezzi Rojas (born 26 November 1964) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Biography Tiezzi, a top-10 junior, played on the professional tour in the 1980s and early 1990s. At the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Tiezzi won silver medals for Argentina in both the women's doubles and mixed doubles events. She featured once in the singles main draw of a grand slam tournament, as a qualifier at the 1988 French Open The 1988 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 23 May until 5 June. It was the 92nd staging of the French Open, and the second Grand .... Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance at Guaruja in 1989. ITF finals Singles (1–5) Doubles (2–11) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiezzi, Andrea 1964 births Living people Argentine female tennis players Pan American Games silver meda ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nicolosi
Nicolosi ( scn, Niculùsi) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about northwest of Catania. Nicolosi borders the following municipalities: Adrano, Belpasso, Biancavilla, Bronte, Castiglione di Sicilia, Maletto, Mascalucia, Pedara, Randazzo, Sant'Alfio, Zafferana Etnea. Twin towns — sister cities Nicolosi is twinned with: * Edremit, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ... since 2010 References External links Official websiteUnofficial website Cities and towns in Sicily {{Sicily-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monica Giorgi
Monica Giorgi (born 3 January 1946) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Livorno, Giorgi twice reached the third round of the French Open during her career and played one Federation Cup tie for Italy, against Australia in the 1972 World Group quarter-finals. Giorgi was very politically active and wore an anti-apartheid shirt onto the court for the tie, which was held in South Africa, for which she was briefly banned by the Italian tennis federation. Giorgi was jailed in the early 1980s for her association with anarchist group Azione Rivoluzionaria. Authorities accused her of being involved in an attempted kidnapping, as well as attempted murder for those injured in the attempt, but she was acquitted of all these charges due to insufficient evidence. She served around two years in prison. See also *List of Italy Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Italy Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. It ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |