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2023 Wimbledon Championships
The 2023 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Tournament The tournament was played on grass courts, with all main draw matches played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, from 3 to 16 July 2023. Qualifying matches were played from 26 to 29 June 2023 at the Bank of England Sports Centre, Bank of England Sports Ground in Roehampton. The 2023 Championships was the 136th edition, the 129th staging of the Ladies’ Singles Championship event, the 55th in the Open Era (tennis), Open Era and the third Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and included in the 2023 ATP Tour and the 2023 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category, as well as the 2023 ITF tours for junior and wheelchair competitions respectively. The tournament co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SW Postcode Area
The SW (South Western) postcode area, also known as the London SW postcode area, is a group of 20 postcode districts within the London postal district, London post town in England. The area comprises the South Western operational district (covering the subdivisions of postcode district SW1, plus SW2 through SW10) and the Battersea operational district (covering SW11 through SW20), and is the only area within the London post town to lie on both sides of the River Thames. Mail for the area is sorted at the Jubilee Mail Centre in Hounslow, along with mail for the TW postcode area, TW, KT postcode area, KT and GU postcode area, GU postcode areas. Postal administration The postcode area originated in 1857 as the SW district. In 1868 it gained some of the area of the very short-lived S district, with the rest going to SE postcode area, SE. It was divided into numbered districts in 1917. The South Western district consists of the postcode districts SW1–SW10 and the once Battersea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diede De Groot
Diede de Groot (born 19 December 1996) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who is the current world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. De Groot is a 31-time major champion, having won 16 titles in singles, and 15 titles in doubles. In 2021, she achieved the first calendar-year Super Slam in tennis history by winning all four singles major titles, the Paralympic gold medal, and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters title in women's singles. The following year, she became the first player in any discipline of tennis to "defend" the Grand Slam, and win all four majors in two consecutive years. De Groot also completed the Grand Slam in doubles in 2019, partnering Aniek van Koot. Apart from her major titles, de Groot has won multiple Wheelchair Tennis Masters titles between 2016 and 2018 in both singles and doubles, as well as gold medals in both disciplines at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She was part of the Dutch team that won the World Team Cup on eight occasions between 2011 and 2019. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ceban
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2023 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' 14&U Singles
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Samsonová
Laura Samson (also known as Laura Samsonová; born 10 March 2008) is a Czech tennis player. Career Junior career A member of TK Sparta Prague, Samsonová won her first junior title as a 13 year-old at a J5 event in Prostějov in a October 2021, without dropping a set. It was her first junior-level event. She then won her second J5 event in November 2021 in Silla-Saledar in Spain, and reached the final in her third, in Montemar. In July 2023, she won the final of the Girls' doubles alongside compatriot Alena Kovačková. In the final they faced Hannah Klugman and Isabelle Lacy of Great Britain, winning in straight sets. It was the first Czech pairing to win the title since Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in 2013. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (title) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Samson, Laura 2005 births Living people Sportspeople from Prague Czech female tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alena Kovačková
Alena Kovačková (born 13 June 2008) is a Czech 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. Career Junior career Whilst ranked European number one in the U14s, Kovackova won the U16 title at the Tennis Europe Masters in Monte Carlo in October 2022. Later that year she became the first girl to win both the U14 and U16 "Player of the Year" awards in the same year. In July 2023, she won the final of the Girls' doubles alongside compatriot Laura Samsonová. In the final they faced Hannah Klugman and Isabelle Lacy of Great Britain, winning in straight sets. It was the first Czech pairing to win the title since Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in 2013. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 title References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovackova, Alena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriele Vulpitta
Gabriele Vulpitta is an Italian tennis player. He became a junior Grand Slam champion in the Boys' doubles at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. Early life From Taranto, in Apulia, Southern Italy. He trained at the Tennis Training School in Foligno. Career Vulpitta reached the quarter-finals in the singles’ at the Trofeo Bonfiglio in May 2023. He reached the final of the boys' doubles tournament at the 2023 French Open with Lorenzo Sciahbasi in June 2023, where they lost to Yaroslav Demin and Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez (born 25 April 2005) is a Mexican professional tennis player. He has reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 684 achieved on 10 September 2023 and a career high doubles ranking of No. 1062 on 8 August 2022. Care .... The following month, he also reached the final of the boys' doubles at the 2023 Wimbledon Championship, this time alongside the Czech player Jakub Filip. They won the final in straight sets against Arthur Gea an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Filip
Jakub Filip (born 25 September 2005) is a Czech tennis player. He became a junior Grand Slam champion in the Boys' doubles at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. Career Junior career From Dvůr Králové nad Labem, he is a member of TK Sparta Prague. Filip made his junior grand slam debut at the 2023 Australian Open. Preparation for the tournament included practising with former top-ten player Tomáš Berdych. Playing in the boys' singles at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he lost in the first round to Brit Charlie Robertson. However, he enjoyed more success in the boys doubles, reaching the final alongside his Italian partner Gabriele Vulpitta Gabriele Vulpitta is an Italian tennis player. He became a junior Grand Slam champion in the Boys' doubles at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. Early life From Taranto, in Apulia, Southern Italy. He trained at the Tennis Training School in Folig .... They won the final in straight sets against Arthur Gea and Branko Djuric. Junior Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clervie Ngounoue
Clervie Ngounoue (born July 19, 2006) is an American female tennis player. Ngounoue has a career-high doubles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 366, achieved on January 9, 2023. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she has a career-high ranking of 8, achieved on December 12, 2022. Ngounoue won the 2022 Australian Open girls' doubles event, partnering with Diana Shnaider. At the 2022 US Open, she and Reese Brantmeier received a wildcard into the women's doubles tournament. They beat Alison Van Uytvanck and Rosalie van der Hoek in the first round, before they lost to Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Perez has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ..., in three sets in the second. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Searle (tennis)
Henry Searle (born 29 March 2006) is a British tennis player. In July 2023 he won the Wimbledon Boys' singles title. Career In 2022 he won the Under 16 & Junior British National Championship. Searle reached the quarterfinals at the 2023 French Open boys singles before losing to eventual winner Dino Prizmic. In July 2023, he defeated the top seed Juan Carlos Prado Ángelo in Boys' singles at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. He followed that up with wins over Manas Dhamne, Arthur Gea and João Fonseca, without dropping a set. He defeated American junior Grand Slam winner Cooper Williams in the semifinals, again winning in straight sets. During the semi-final he was recorded as serving a first serve at 129mph. In the final he faced Yaroslav Demin again winning in straight sets, becoming the first British junior to win the boys' title at Wimbledon since Stanley Matthews, in 1962. In the final he had a serve registered at 134mph. Searle's coach Morgan Phillips, being the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Schröder
Sam Schröder (born 25 September 1999) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Schröder has a career high Quad Wheelchair singles ranking of 1, achieved on 14 February 2022. He also has a career high Quad Wheelchair doubles ranking of 1, achieved on 31 December 2021. Schröder won his first major title at the 2020 US Open, defeating Dylan Alcott in the final of the Quad Singles Quad as a word or prefix usually means 'four'. It may refer to: Government * Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States * Quadrilateral group, an informal group which inc ... event. Personal life Schröder has split hand/split foot syndrome (SHFM), a rare genetic disorder which has caused his hands and feet to develop abnormally. Grand Slam tournament finals Quad singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) Quad doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schroder, Sam 1999 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiske Griffioen
Jiske Griffioen (born 17 April 1985) is a Dutch professional wheelchair tennis player. In doubles, Griffioen is a 14-time major champion, Paralympic gold medalist, seven-time Masters champion, and a former world No. 1. Alongside Aniek van Koot, Griffioen completed the Grand Slam in doubles in 2013. In singles, Griffioen is a three-time Masters champion (2012, 2015, 2016), Paralympic gold medalist, four-time major champion, and a former world No. 1. Griffioen was born with spina bifida. She played wheelchair basketball representing her nation at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, aged 14.http://www.centercourt.de/Neuigkeiten/#34cad5593635d5974c1b3e4bcfcf8108 , Sponsorship Announcement: CenterCourt.de supports Jiske Griffioen Tennis career 2001–2004 In 2001, Griffioen won three singles draws in as many weeks when she won the second draw in Zoetermeer, followed by the consolation draw in Jambes and the second draw in Amsterdam. Griffioen did not win another tournament draw until she won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
