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Batumi Ladies Open
The Batumi Ladies Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players. The event is classified as a $15,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament. It has been held on outdoor hardcourts in Batumi Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of th ..., Georgia, since 1997 ($10k; later $15–75k). Past finals Singles Doubles References External links Official websiteITF search {{ITF Women's Circuit ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in Georgia (country) Recurring sporting events established in 1997 Sport in Batumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batumi
Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of the Caucasus. Much of Batumi's economy revolves around tourism and gambling (it is nicknamed "The Las Vegas of the Black Sea"), but the city is also an important seaport and includes industries like shipbuilding, food processing and light manufacturing. Since 2010, Batumi has been transformed by the construction of modern high-rise buildings, as well as the restoration of classical 19th-century edifices lining its historic Old Town. History Early history Batumi is located on the site of the ancient Greek colony in Colchis called "''Bathus"'' or "''Bathys"'', derived from ( grc-gre, βαθύς λιμεν, ; or , ; lit. the 'deep harbour'). Under Hadrian (), it was converted into a fortified Roman port and later deserted for the fortress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ani Amiraghyan
Ani Amiraghyan ( hy, Անի Ամիրաղյան; born 9 October 1993) is an Armenian tennis player. Amiraghyan has won one singles title and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 August 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 422. On 27 June 2016, she peaked at No. 505 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Armenia Fed Cup team, Amiraghyan has a win–loss record of 29–20 as of July 2022. ITF finals Singles: 9 (1 title, 8 runner–ups) Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups) References External links * * * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Yerevan Armenian female tennis players {{Armenia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alona Bondarenko
Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko Dyachok ( uk, Альона Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 13 August 1984) is a Ukrainian former tennis player. Her younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko plays on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 19, achieved on 14 April 2008. Alona defeated former world No. 1, Jelena Janković, in the third round of the 2010 Australian Open, and won the 2008 Australian Open women's doubles title with her sister Kateryna, beating Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Pe'er in the finals. She also formerly paired with her older sister Valeria in doubles. Tennis career Early years Bondarenko started competing in the pro tour in 1999 at the age of 14. Then she competed in ITF Women's Circuit, where she reached two second rounds in Tallinn, Estonia, and Kharkiv, Ukraine. She began the year 2000 reaching her first ITF final in Kalamata, Greece but ended up losing to Ekaterina Kozhokina 5–7, 5–7, even though not losing a set before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Nadejda Ostrovskaya ( be, Надзея Астроўская; born 29 October 1980) is a Belarusian former tennis player. She won ten singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 January 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 96. On 15 April 2002, she peaked at No. 78 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Belarus Fed Cup team The Belarus women's national tennis team represented Belarus in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Belarus Tennis Association. They compete in the World Group. After the 2022 Russia invasion of Ukraine, the Internati ..., Ostrovskaya has a win–loss record of 13–9. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 17 (10–7) Doubles: 37 (19–18) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostrovskaya, Nadejda 1980 births Living people Tennis players from Minsk Belarusian female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgenia Linetskaya
Evgenia Simonovna Linetskaya (russian: Евгения Симоновна Линецкая, he, יבגניה לינצקיה; born 30 November 1986) is an Israeli professional tennis player. She won seven singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 4 July 2005, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. On 20 February 2006, she peaked at No. 283 in the doubles rankings. Linetskaya made it to the fourth round of the 2005 Australian Open, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo. Biography Linetskaya was born in Moscow, and is Jewish and plays with a Star of David necklace around her neck. She is coached by George Akopian. Her mother introduced her to tennis at age 6; she hit balls against school building for practice. Her father's Simon Linetsky is a professor of mathematics with a black belt in karate, and her mother Maria is an artist. She studied psychology for three years at Moscow University and plans to study via online education to recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Tatarkova
Elena Tatarkova or Olena Tatarkova (Ukrainian: Олена Tатаркова, born 22 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. She won four doubles titles on WTA Tour, and four singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best career result came in doubles; she reached the 1999 Wimbledon final with partner Mariaan de Swardt, which they lost to Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu. Tatarkova also made the 2001 French Open doubles semifinals with Justine Henin Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Henin, coming from a country with limited success in te .... She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 45, and highest doubles ranking of No. 9, both in 1999. Since retiring from professional tennis in 2004, she married Timothy Feltham in September 2007 and is mother to Stanley ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Chakvetadze
Anna Djambuliovna Chakvetadze ( ; born 5 March 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. In her career, Chakvetadze won eight WTA Tour singles titles, the biggest being the 2006 Kremlin Cup. She booked her highest singles ranking of world No. 5 in September 2007, after reaching the US Open semifinals. She also made the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and French Open that same year. She announced her retirement on 11 September 2013, due to a persisting back injury. She is currently a commentator on Eurosport channel. Career Chakvetadze began playing tennis at the age of eight after being introduced to the sport by her mother. She hit her peak of world No. 5 in 2007 after a semifinal appearance at the US Open. Also in that year, she reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the French Open, both of which were career bests for those events. Four of her eight career singles titles also occurred in 2007. Junior tournaments In 2003, she made it to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Schweinsteiger ( sr, Ана Швајнштајгер / ''Ana Švajnštajger''; born 6 November 1987), professionally known by her birth name Ana Ivanovic (Ана Ивановић / ''Ana Ivanović'', ), is a Serbian former world No. 1 tennis player. She gained the top ranking in 2008 after she won the 2008 French Open, and held it for a total of 12 weeks. She was also the runner-up at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open, losing to Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova respectively. She qualified for the year-end WTA Tour Championships three times, in 2007, 2008 and 2014 and won the year-end WTA Tournament of Champions twice, in 2010 and 2011. Ivanovic won 15 WTA Tour singles titles, and one Grand Slam singles title, the French Open in 2008. Additionally during this time, she earned over $15.5 million in prize money, which is the 25th highest in the all-time rankings. In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Futu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Timotić
Ana Timotić ( sr, Aнa Tимoтић, born 30 December 1982) is a former professional Serbian tennis player. During her career, Timotić won nine singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She also made 19 appearances for the Serbia Fed Cup team (previously Serbia and Montenegro), scoring 3–6 in singles and 6–4 in doubles.Ana Timotić at the Personal life Timotić was born and raised in Belgrade, and currently resides in , UAE with her husband Cesar Ferrer-Victoria ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasiya Yakimova
Anastasiya Yakimova ( be, Настасся Аляксееўна Якімава; russian: Анастасия Алексеевна Екимова; born 1 November 1986) is a former tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round. The last tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit she played in August 2017, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Career Yakimova began the year by qualifying for the 2009 Medibank International Sydney. She defeated Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Sophie Ferguson and Klára Zakopalová en route to qualifying. She faced Annabel Medina Garrigues in the first round and lost in three sets. She then headed to the Australian Open where she lost to Gisela Dulko, also in three sets. She played her first ITF tournament of the year at the $50k event in Cali, Colombia. As the fourth seed, Yakimova battled through to the final where she defeated Rossana de lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Cetkovská
Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech tennis player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players Marion Bartoli, Elena Dementieva, Angelique Kerber, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwańska, Caroline Wozniacki, and Vera Zvonareva. Personal life Cetkovská has been playing tennis since she was five. Her father Petr works at a pro shop in a local tennis club, while her mother Alena is a nurse. She has one younger brother, Matěj. Petra's father is of Macedonian origin. When she was 14, Cetkovská was involved in an incident with a friend while playing sport when her friend had accidentally pushed her against a wall. Two years later, she had brain surgery due to the swelling caused by the incident. A year later, she had contracted glandular fever, further hampering her tennis career prospects and the third obstacle had come when she broke her foot play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ágnes Szatmári
Ágnes Szatmári (born 28 June 1987) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. On 24 March 2008, she reached her highest singles ranking of 187 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). On 20 August 2007, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 123. She won two singles and 14 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 .... Szatmári was coached by Portik Endre. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (2–6) Doubles: 28 (14–14) Year-end rankings References External links * * 1987 births Living people People from Gheorgheni Romanian female tennis players Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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