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Guangzhou International Women's Open
The Guangzhou International Women's Open is a tennis tournament held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Held since 2004, the inaugural tournament had Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand ... as the first ever Chinese singles title winner. Past finals Singles Doubles External linksWTA Tour profile Tennis tournaments in China Hard court tennis tournaments WTA Tour Sports competitions in Guangzhou Recurring sporting events established in 2004 {{WTAtour-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road; it continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub as well as being one of China's three largest cities. For a long time, the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou was captured by the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major transshipment port. Due to a high urban population and large volumes of port traffic, Guangzhou is classified as a Large-Port Megacity, the largest type of port-city in the world. Due to worldwide travel restrictions at the beginni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Yan Zi was the defending champion, but lost in first round to Olga Puchkova. Anna Chakvetadze won the title, defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues in the final 6–1, 6–4. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links Official results archive (ITF) Official results archive (WTA) {{DEFAULTSORT:Guangzhou International Women's Open - Singles, 2006 2006 Singles 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ... 2006 WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alla Kudryavtseva
Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player. Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 4 October 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 56. On 8 September 2014, she peaked at No. 15 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 2 November 2021, Kudryavtseva announced on Instagram that she had retired from the sport. Professional career Early career Kudryavtseva debuted on the WTA Tour at the 2004 Kremlin Cup, where she could not succeed beyond the qualifying rounds. In the following season, her best WTA Tour result was reaching the first rounds of the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm in singles and the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in doubles. Her first major appearance was at the 2006 Australian Open, where she could not win a qualification round. The same result was seen at the other three Grand Slam tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Groth
Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won her first WTA Tour title in 2006, emerging as the Nordic Light Open doubles champion, her first singles title came in 2010 at the Guangzhou International Open, and the following year she won the Hobart International. In May 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 25. In August 2012, she peaked at No. 31 in the doubles rankings. Her greatest achievement came at the 2013 Australian Open, where she won the mixed-doubles title with countryman Matthew Ebden. Personal life Wolfe's father Ján Gajdoš is an engineer, as was her mother who died in September 2012; her older brother Ján Gajdoš Jr. was a professional skier. She married Australian tennis player Sam Groth in February 2009 and compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles ...
Shahar Pe'er was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year. Jarmila Groth won her first WTA tour title, defeating Alla Kudryavtseva in the final 6–1, 6–4. Groth won the tournament without dropping a single set. Seeds Main draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Main drawQualifying draw References {{DEFAULTSORT:Guangzhou International Women's Open - Singles, 2010 2010 WTA Tour 2010 Singles 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti (born 5 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. On 13 June 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55. On 13 February 2012, she peaked at No. 68 in the doubles rankings. She won one singles title on the WTA Tour in her career, at Fes Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ..., Morocco in 2011. Biography She is coached by Laura Golarsa and Niccola Vercellino. Her parents are Attilio and Rita, and her brothers are Andrea (engineer) and Alessandro (student). Her favourite surface is hard and she began playing tennis at age 6 when her family introduced her to the sport at a local club. She speaks Italian, English and French. Her favourite tournaments are Wimbledon and Stuttgart. WTA career finals Singles: 2 (1–1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er ( he, שחר פאר, ; born ) is an Israeli retired tennis player. Pe'er won five singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. She reached her best singles ranking of world number 11, the highest of any Israeli tennis player in history, in January 2011. She peaked at number 14 in the doubles rankings in May 2008. Pe'er is widely regarded as the most successful Israeli female tennis player in history, having twice reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal in singles and appeared in the doubles final of the 2008 Australian Open, with Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. She won her first senior national title at the age of 14, and won the Junior Girls’ Australian Open title when she was 16. Playing for Israel at the Fed Cup, Pe'er has a win–loss record of 39–28. She also represented Israel in two Olympics. Early life Pe'er was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is Jewish. Her father is D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Vera Zvonareva was the 2009 defending champion, but chose not to participate that year. Shahar Pe'er won the title, defeating Alberta Brianti Alberta Brianti (born 5 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. On 13 June 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55. On 13 February 2012, she peaked at No. 68 in the doubles rankings. She won one sin ... in the final 6–3, 6–4. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Main drawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open - Singles Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou International Women's Open - Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Zvonareva
Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲɛrə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian professional tennis player. She was introduced to tennis at the age of six and turned professional in 2000. Her career-high ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is world No. 2. Zvonareva has won twelve WTA Tour singles titles, including the 2009 Indian Wells Open, and reached the finals of the 2008 WTA Tour Championships, 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and 2010 US Open. She also was a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In doubles, Zvonareva has won five major titles. Three came in women's doubles, first at the 2006 US Open, partnering Nathalie Dechy, and the 2012 Australian Open, with Svetlana Kuznetsova. Following her return to tennis, Zvonareva won her third major title at the 2020 US Open, partnering Laura Siegemund. Her other two major titles came in mixed doubles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Virginie Razzano was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year. Vera Zvonareva won the title, defeating Peng Shuai in the final 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2. Seeds # Vera Zvonareva (champion) # Patty Schnyder ''(withdrew due to a back injury)'' # Zheng Jie ''(semifinals)'' # Peng Shuai ''(final)'' # Gisela Dulko ''(second round)'' # Olga Govortsova ''(second round)'' # Pauline Parmentier ''(second round)'' # Mariya Koryttseva ''(second round)'' # Marta Domachowska ''(withdrew due to a viral illness)'' Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Draw and Qualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Guangzhou International Women's Open - Singles 2008 Singles Guangzhou International Women's Open The Guangzhou International Women's Open is a tennis tournament held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Held since 2004, the inaugural tournament had Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzipora Obziler
Tzipora "Tzipi" Obziler ( he, ציפורה אובזילר; born 19 April 1973) is a former Israeli professional right-handed tennis player. She reached her career-high singles world ranking of No. 75 in on 8 July 2007, and career-high doubles ranking of No. 149 on 10 April 2000. In Federation Cup she is a shared world record holder for most ties played, at 61. Early and personal life She was born in Givatayim, Israel, and is Jewish. Obziler speaks Hebrew and English. After graduating from high school, she served two years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF; the Israeli Army). Obziler attended classes at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She and her girlfriend Hadas have a daughter together. Obziler took a break from professional tennis when the baby was born, and came back to play in 2008. Tennis career She won 13 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginie Razzano
Virginie Razzano (born 12 May 1983) is a former French professional tennis player. She won two WTA Tour singles titles, both of them in 2007. Razzano reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 16 on 14 September 2009. She represented France in the Fed Cup from 2001 to 2014; her overall Fed Cup win–loss record is 16–9 (singles 10–5, doubles 6–4). Career 2005 She was chosen by Georges Goven to play in the Fed Cup first round when Tatiana Golovin had an injury and when Marion Bartoli and Émilie Loit were suspended. However, she was replaced by Séverine Brémond Beltrame because of injury in the quarterfinals. 2006–2007 On 31 August 2006, Razzano upset eighth seed Martina Hingis in the second round of the US Open. On 2 January 2007, she defeated former world No. 5 Daniela Hantuchová in two sets in the second round at the ASB Classic tournament in Auckland. In the first round at Wimbledon, she was upset by unseeded Yvonne Meusburger. At Forest Hills, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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