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Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic
The Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic (formerly known as the ''Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital Tennis Classic'') is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $60,000 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 ... tournament and has been held in Ashland, United States, since 2004. The tournament was not held from 2009 to 2017 due to unsuitable courts. Past finals Singles Doubles External links Official websiteITF search {{ITF Women's Circuit ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States Recurring sporting events established in 2004 Tennis in Kentucky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashland, Kentucky
Ashland is a home rule-class city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The largest city in Boyd County, Ashland is located upon a southern bank of the Ohio River at the state border with Ohio and near West Virginia. The population was 21,625 at the 2020 census. Ashland is a principal city of the Huntington-Ashland metropolitan area, referred to locally as the "Tri-State area", home to 359,862 residents as of 2020. Ashland serves as an important economic and medical center for northeastern Kentucky. History Ashland dates back to the migration of the Poage family from the Shenandoah Valley via the Cumberland Gap in 1786. They erected a homestead along the Ohio River and named it Poage's Landing. Also called Poage Settlement, the community that developed around it remained an extended-family affair until the mid-19th century.''A History of Ashland, Kentucky, 1854–2004''. Ashland Bicentennial Committee. 2004. January 2, 2007. In 1854, the city name was changed to Ashland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Brandi
Kristina Brandi (born March 29, 1977) is a former Puerto Rican tennis player. She was the first tennis player representing Puerto Rico to win a singles match in an Olympic tennis tournament. Some of Brandi's career highlights: She achieved her best ranking in singles of 27 on 4 December 2000, and her high rank for doubles of 246 in June 1995. Brandi won one career singles title, in 1999 on grass at 's Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. Career Early years Brandi was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she became interested in the sport of tennis at an early age. She made her professional debut in 1995 when she was 17 years old. Her father is Joe Brandi, who coached Pete Sampras. USTA Circuit In 2003, Brandi won the most titles of any woman on the "USTA Circuit". She took home trophies from six events. Brandi was a member of the 2003 Puerto Rican Fed Cup team where she captured the singles championship at the $75k event in Albuquerque, New Mexico plus, the $50k event in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Pandžić
Jelena Pandžić (; born 17 March 1983) is a retired tennis player from Croatia. Tennis career She began playing tennis at the age of seven and was considered a very promising junior player, achieving a world No. 1 ranking in the under-14 category. In the mid-1990s, she was spotted by Nick Bollettieri who personally coached her for a time. 1999–2002 Pandžić's first senior tournament on the ITF Circuit was in April 1999 where she qualified and reached the quarterfinals of the Makarska $10k tournament. By 2002, she had made some progress up the rankings, winning three ITF singles titles, but had not yet fulfilled her initial promise. Her highest ranking was 374, achieved in October 2002. 2003–2006 In 2003, Pandžić only played one game of tennis before a car crash put her out of action. Over the next few years, she did not play in any professional ranking tournaments. Instead, she attended university in the USA and played on the college tennis circuit, representing Fresno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Līga Dekmeijere
Līga Dekmeijere (born 21 May 1983) is a Latvian tennis player. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 August 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 287. On 5 April 2010, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings. Dekmeijere has won her only WTA tournament title at the 2008 Cachantún Cup, where she entered the doubles draw with Poland's Alicja Rosolska, defeating Mariya Koryttseva and Julia Schruff in the final. Playing for the Latvia Fed Cup team The Latvia women's national tennis team represents Latvia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Latvian Tennis Union. They currently compete in World Group II. History Latvia competed in its first Fed Cup in 1992. Their best res ..., Dekmeijere has a win–loss record of 14–16. Doubles performance timeline WTA career finals Doubles: 7 (1 title, 6 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 1 (1 runner–up) Doubles: 30 (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Osuigwe
Whitney Osuigwe ( ; born April 17, 2002) is an American tennis player. In 2017, Osuigwe was the ITF Junior World Champion. She won the juniors 2017 French Open to become the first American to win the girls' singles event in Paris in 28 years. Personal life Osuigwe has been playing tennis at the IMG Academy since age six, where her father Desmond has been a teacher at the academy since 1997 and acts as her primary coach. Desmond is from Lagos in Nigeria and played professional tennis events at the ITF Futures level before coming to the United States to attend college. Whitney has an older brother named Deandre who is a college basketball player and a younger sister named Victoria who also plays tennis. Junior career In June 2017, Osuigwe climbed to No. 2 in the junior rankings by dominating the clay-court events in the previous six months. She started by reaching the semifinals at the Orange Bowl in December, and then won two Grade-1 clay-court tournaments in back-to-back weeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Zarazúa
Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl (; born 30 September 1997) is a Mexican tennis player. She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 117 in September 2021, and she peaked at No. 135 in the doubles rankings on 8 October 2018. Zarazúa made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Brasil Cup, where she reached the main draw through qualifying. On the ITF Circuit, she has won two titles in singles and sixteen titles in doubles. On the WTA Tour, her biggest result to date was reaching the semifinals of the 2020 Mexican Open, where she defeated former No. 3, Sloane Stephens, in the first round. In 2020, she qualified for the main draw of the French Open, her Grand Slam debut. She was the first Mexican female tennis player to compete in the main draw of a Grand Slam championship since 2000. Playing for Mexico Fed Cup team, Zarazúa has a win–loss record of 14–11 in Fed Cup competition (as of December 2022). Early life and background Zarazúa was born on 30 September 1997 to Jose Luis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovana Jakšić
Jovana is a Serbian feminine name. People with the name include: *Jovana Brakočević, Serbian volleyball player *Jovana Crnogorac, Serbian cyclist *Jovana Damnjanović, Serbian football player *Jovana Jakšić, Serbian tennis player *Jovana Janković, Serbian television presenter * Jovana Jovičić, Serbian volleyball player *Jovana Jovović, Serbian handball player *Jovana Karakašević, Serbian basketball player *Jovana Kovačević, Serbian handball player * Jovana Marjanović, Serbian beauty pageant *Jovana Milosevic, Australian handball player * Jovana Mrkić, Montenegrin football player * Jovana Nikolić, Serbian figure skater * Jovana Pašić, Montenegrin basketball player *Jovana Petrović (boen 2001), Serbian women's football goalkeeper *Jovana Preković, Serbian karateka, Olympic champion *Jovana Rad, Serbian basketball player *Jovana Rapport, Serbian chess player *Jovana Rogić, Serbian judoka *Jovana Risović, Serbian handball player *Jovana Sretenović, Serbian football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic – Doubles
Līga Dekmeijere and Jelena Pandžić were the defending champions, having won the previous event in 2008. However, Dekmeijere has been inactive on the women's tour since 2015, while Pandžić retired from the professional circuit in 2017. Jovana Jakšić and Renata Zarazúa won the title after defeating Sanaz Marand Sanaz Marand ( fa, ساناز مرند; born June 21, 1988) is an American former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2014, she reached her best singles ranking o ... and Whitney Osuigwe 6–3, 5–7, 0–4in the final. Seeds Draw Draw ReferencesMain Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic - Doubles Braidy Industries Women's Tennis Classic - Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Rosenqvist
Julia is usually a feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. (For further details on etymology, see the Wiktionary entry "Julius".) The given name ''Julia'' had been in use throughout Late Antiquity (e.g. Julia of Corsica) but became rare during the Middle Ages, and was revived only with the Italian Renaissance. It became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century. Today, it is frequently used throughout the world. Statistics Julia was the 10th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for women in the 1990 census there. It has been among the top 150 names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It was the 89th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Scotland in 2007; the 13th most popular name for girls born in Spain in 2006; the 5th most popular name for girls born in Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladica Babić
Vladica Babić (born 27 October 1995) is a Montenegrin former professional tennis player. Playing for the Montenegro Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 5–9. Babić was studying at Oklahoma State University, between 2015 and 2018. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) Doubles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups) National representation Fed Cup Babić made her Fed Cup debut for Montenegro ) , image_map = Europe-Montenegro.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Podgorica , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = M ... in 2011, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III, when she was 15 years and 193 days old. Singles (4–5) Doubles (1–4) Games of the Small States of Europe Singles: 1 (win) Mixed doubles: 1 (runner-up) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Babic, Vladica 1995 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitlin Whoriskey
Caitlin Whoriskey (born February 19, 1988) is an American former professional tennis player. She played collegiately at the University of Tennessee, where she was a three-time All-American. Whoriskey finished runner-up in doubles at the 2010 NCAA Women's Tennis Championship, playing with Natalie Pluskota. She recorded a victory in her first-ever ITF tournament as a professional, partnering with Kaitlyn Christian and taking the doubles crown at the 2010 Mt. Pleasant Pro Classic. College career Whoriskey played her college tennis for co-head coaches Mike Patrick and Sonia-Hahn Patrick at the University of Tennessee. She recorded 92 singles victories and 113 doubles wins in her four years at UT. Her doubles total ranks fourth in school history. She was a three-time ITA All-America selection: twice in doubles (2009–10) and once in singles (2009). She captured the doubles championship at the ITA All-American Championships in 2007 and 2009, the first such wins in school history. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanaz Marand
Sanaz Marand ( fa, ساناز مرند; born June 21, 1988) is an American former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 242. In November 2015, she peaked at No. 119 in the doubles rankings. Marand made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Washington Open in doubles, partnering with Louisa Chirico; they lost to Arina Rodionova and Olivia Rogowska in the first round. Marand played collegiate tennis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ..., where she received All American honors and graduated in 2010. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups) Doubles: 37 (20 titles, 17 run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
