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2002 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 2002, the ITF Women's circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $75,000. In addition to the traditional tournament format, there were also two four-week circuits worth $40,000 each in prize money and two four-week development circuits (both held in India) each worth $20,000. The ITF world champions in 2002 were Serena Williams (senior singles), Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (senior doubles), Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (junior singles) and Elke Clijsters Elke Clijsters (born 18 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. The daughter of Belgian football player Lei Clijsters (1956–2009) and sister of former world No. 1, Kim Clijsters (born 1983), won 2002 the girls' Wimb ... (junior doubles). Tournament breakdown by region ''*Includes figures f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 are 211 national and six regional associations that make up ITF's membership. The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. The ITF partners with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to govern professional tennis. The ITF organizes the Grand Slam events, annual team competitions for men ( Davis Cup), women (Billie Jean King Cup), and mixed teams (Hopman Cup), as well as tennis and wheelchair tennis events at the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on behalf of the International Olympic Committee. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ATP Tour. WTA Tour tournaments Structure (2021–present) The WTA Tour underwent slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were organized on par with the nomenclature used on ATP Tour: *Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *WTA 1000 tournaments (9): ** Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players with prize money ranging from US$6.5 million to US$8.3 million. These tournaments are held in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and China Open (tennis), Beijing. However, Beijing tournament could not be held in 2021–22 due to the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic. ** Non-mandatory: Five events in Qatar Ladies Open, Doha/Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, Italian Open (tennis), Rome, Canadian Open (tennis), Montreal/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. She won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time. Along with her older sister Venus, Serena Williams was coached by her parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams. Turning professional in 1995, she won her first major singles title at the 1999 US Open. From the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open, she was dominant, winning all four major singles titles (each time over Venus in the final) to achieve a non-calendar year Grand Slam and the career Grand Slam, known as the 'Serena Slam'. The next few years saw her claim two more singles majors, but suffer from inju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual (; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three career Women's Tennis Association (WTA) titles as well as reaching two Grand Slam quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had been far more successful in doubles. She won 43 career WTA doubles titles, including eleven at Grand Slam tournaments: ten in women's doubles (eight partnering Paola Suárez, and two partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues) and one in mixed doubles (partnering Tomás Carbonell). Between 2002 and 2004, along with Suárez, she reached nine consecutive Grand Slam tournament finals (won five) and they reached at least the semifinals of the last twelve Grand Slam tournaments they played. Their winning run came to an end when they lost in the 2009 Wimbledon semifinals. Alongside Suarez, the pair was names as a ITF World Champions for the three consecutive years in-a-row (2002-2004). Personal life Her father, Jua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Suárez
Paola Suárez (; born 23 June 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascual, and holding the No. 1 doubles ranking for 87 non-consecutive weeks. She was also a singles top ten player and semifinalist at the 2004 French Open. Career Suárez began playing professional tennis at the age of 15. In 1994, she joined the professional tour as a singles player. Suárez won four WTA titles (2004 Canberra, 2003 Vienna, 1998 & 2001 Bogotá) and 12 other minor tournaments. In 2004, she reached her only Grand Slam singles semi-final by defeating the 18th seed and future Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova, but lost to Elena Dementieva. That year, she reached her highest WTA ranking of No. 9, to become the highest-ranked Argentine women's player since Gabriela Sabatini achieved the No. 3 ranking in 1989. Also in 2004, she won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
Barbora (; ) is a Czech and Slovak female given name. It was derived from the Greek word ''barbaros'' ( el, βαρβαρος) meaning "foreign", a variant of " Barbara". It is the 36th most popular given name in the Czech Republic (as of 2007). Notable people with the name include: * Barbora Bobuľová (born 1974), Slovak actress *Barbora Bukovská, Czech-Slovak human rights attorney *Barbora Dibelková (born 1983), Czech race walker *Barbora Kodetová (born 1970),Czech actress * Barbora Krejčíková (born 1995), Czech Tennis Player. * Barbora Seemanová (born 2000), Czech Swimmer *Barbora Silná (born 1989), Czech-Austrian ice dancer *Barbora Špotáková (born 1981), Czech javelin thrower *Barbora Štefková (born 1995), Czech tennis player *Barbora Strýcová (born 1986), Czech tennis player See also *Barbara (given name) *Varvara (other) Varvara (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Варвара; el, Βαρβάρα, ''Varvára''), a variant of "Barbara (given name), Barba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elke Clijsters
Elke Clijsters (born 18 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. The daughter of Belgian football player Lei Clijsters (1956–2009) and sister of former world No. 1, Kim Clijsters (born 1983), won 2002 the girls' Wimbledon Championships doubles title with Barbora Strýcová, and the girls' US Open doubles title with compatriot Kirsten Flipkens. Her highest singles ranking was 389, a ranking she achieved on 15 September 2003. She played in the Belgium Fed Cup team in 2002, 2003 and 2004, losing all four matches, of which one was a singles match. In 2004, she reached the finals of two ITF singles tournaments, winning the one in Bournemouth. In the same year, she also reached the finals of two ITF doubles tournaments, of which she also won one. She retired in 2004 due to a persistent back injury. Elke married footballer Jelle Van Damme on 31 May 2008 in Bree. They had their first child in 2009, a boy. She gave birth to their second baby, a girl in Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 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 2002, the ITF Women's circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $75,000. In addition to the traditional tournament format, there were also two four-week circuits worth $40,000 each in prize money and two four-week development circuits (both held in India) each worth $20,000. The ITF world champions in 2002 were Serena Williams (senior singles), Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (senior doubles), Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (junior singles) and Elke Clijsters Elke Clijsters (born 18 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. The daughter of Belgian football player Lei Clijsters (1956–2009) and sister of former world No. 1, Kim Clijsters (born 1983), won 2002 the girls' Wimb ... (junior doubles). Tournament breakdown by region ''*Includes figures f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
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 circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125K series. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125k series and the bigger money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In Tennis
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2002. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup. Serena Williams triumphed in three top tennis contests in 2002: Wimbledon, the US Open, and the French Open. Other champions that year included Lleyton Hewitt at Wimbledon and in the Tennis Masters Cup; Pete Sampras in the US Open; Jennifer Capriati and Thomas Johansson in the Australian Open; Albert Costa in the French Open; and Kim Clijsters in the WTA Tour Championships. In international team competitions, the Russian men's team beat France to win the Davis Cup, and the Slovak women's team beat Spain in the Fed Cup. ITF Grand Slam events Australian Open *Men's singles: Thomas Johansson def. Marat Safin, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(4) *Women's singles: Jennifer Capriati def. Martina Hingis, 4–6, 7–6(7), 6–2 French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
