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Taipei Women's Championships
The Taipei Women's Championships is a defunct WTA Tour-affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1986 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1994. It was held in Taipei, Taiwan and played on indoor carpet courts from 1986 to 1988, and on outdoor hard courts in 1989 and from 1992 to 1994. The 1980s tours were sponsored partly by Virginia Slims, and the 1990s events were sponsored by Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble, the latter of which were named P&G Taiwan Women's Open or Taiwan Open in short. Anne Minter and Shi-Ting Wang were the most successful players at the tournament, each winning the singles competition twice. History The inaugural 1986 tournament was called the Chung Cheng Centennial Cup International Women's Tennis Championships and ran from October 6–12, 1986 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Chiang Kai-shek's birth. The 32-draw singles and 16-draw doubles was played on carpet and the prize money for singles was $50,000. The winner of the singles tournament was Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. The city of Taipei is home to an estimated population of 2,646,204 (2019), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or just the city itself. Taipei has been the seat of the ROC central government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Villagrán
Adriana Villagrán (born 7 August 1956) is an Argentine tennis player, who played professionally in the 1980s. She is also known under the married name Adriana Villagrán-Reami. Career In 1980, with compatriot Ivanna Madruga, she reached the women's doubles final at Roland Garros (losing to Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith). She participated in seven Grand Slam tournaments. Adriana Villagrán represented her country in Federation Cup Federation Cup or Fed Cup is the former name of the premier world team competition in women's tennis. Federation Cup may also refer to: * Capital Football Federation Cup, an Australian territory-based association football tournament *Federation Cup ... from 1979 to 1985. Grand Slam finals Women's doubles: (1 runner–up) WTA Tour finals Singles (2 runner-ups) Doubles (6 runner-ups) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Villagran, Adriana 1956 births Argentine female tennis players Living people 20th-century Argentine women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 P&G Taiwan Women's Tennis Open
The 1993 P&G Taiwan Women's Tennis Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Taipei Municipal Tennis Court in Taipei, Taiwan that was part of the Tier IV category of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 5 October through 10 October 1993. First-seeded Wang Shi-ting won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money. Finals Singles Wang Shi-ting defeated Linda Harvey-Wild 6–1, 7–6(7–4) * It was Wang's 2nd singles title of the year and of her career. Doubles Yayuk Basuki / Nana Miyagi defeated Jo-Anne Faull / Kristine Radford 6–4, 6–2 * It was Basuki's 2nd doubles title of the year and of her career. It was Miyagi's 2nd doubles title of the year and the 4th of her career. See also * List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws {{DEFAULTSORT:1993 PandG Taiwan Women's Tennis Open Taipei Women's Championship The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Grossman
Ann Grossman-Wunderlich (born October 13, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. Grossman was born in the United States. She competed on the 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 tou ... for over a decade, from 1987 to 1998. She twice reached the fourth round of the French Open and once at the US Open, and was ranked as high as 29 in singles and 31 in doubles. She recorded wins over Martina Navratilova, Mary Jo Fernandez and Zina Garrison. After Grossman retired, she has served on the USTA Olympic and Federation Cup committees. WTA career finals Singles: 7 runner-ups Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grossman, Ann American female tennis players Tennis players at the 1995 Pan American Games 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Stafford
Shaun Stafford Beckish (born December 13, 1968), née Shaun Stafford, is an American former college and professional tennis player who played on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour from 1989 to 1996. As a collegiate tennis player, Stafford won the 1988 NCAA national singles championship while playing for the University of Florida. She won two WTA tournaments in her professional career, one in singles and the other in doubles. Early years Stafford was born in Ocala, Florida, but moved to Gainesville, Florida with her family when she was 11 years old. She graduated from Buchholz High School in Gainesville, where she played for the Buchholz Bobcats high school tennis team. As a junior in 1985, she was the high school state singles champion.Bobb Pulley, Shaun Stafford: On the court, she's in her own league" ''The Gainesville Sun'', p. 4B (April 1, 1986). Retrieved March 13, 2012. As a senior in 1986, Stafford won the Florida Class 4A state singles championship again, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 P&G Taiwan Women's Open
The 1992 P&G Taiwan Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Taipei City Courts in Taipei, Taiwan that was part of the Tier V category of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 25 September through 4 October 1992. Unseeded Shaun Stafford won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money. Finals Singles Shaun Stafford defeated Ann Grossman 6–1, 6–3 * It was Stafford's only singles title of her career. Doubles Jo-Anne Faull / Julie Richardson defeated Amanda Coetzer / Cammy MacGregor 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 * It was Faull's 1st doubles title of the year and the 2nd of her career. It was Richardson's only doubles title of the year and the 7th and last of her career. See also * List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links ITF tournament edition details Tournament draws {{DEFAULTSORT:1992 PandG Taiwan Women's Open Taipei Women's Championship The Taipei Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cammy MacGregor
Cammy MacGregor (born October 11, 1968) is an American former tennis player from the mid-1980s until 1995. Her elder sister Cynthia Cynthia is a feminine given name of Greek origin: , , "from Mount Cynthus" on Delos island. The name has been in use in the Anglosphere since the 1600s. There are various spellings for this name, and it can be abbreviated to Cindy, Cyndi, Cyndy, ... was also a tennis player, and they sometimes partnered in doubles. WTA Tour finals Singles (1 runner-up) Doubles 10 (3 titles – 7 runners-up) External links * * American female tennis players 1968 births Living people 21st-century American women Tennis people from California {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Taipei Women's Championships
The 1989 Taipei Women's Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Taipei, Taiwan that was part of the Category 1 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 24 April through 30 April 1989. First-seeded Anne Minter won the singles title. Finals Singles Anne Minter defeated Cammy MacGregor 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 * It was Minter's only singles title of the year and the 4th and last of her career. Doubles Maria Lindström / Heather Ludloff defeated Cecilia Dahlman / Nana Miyagi 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 * It was Lindstrom's first doubles title of her career. It was Ludloff's only doubles title of the year and the 2nd of her career. See also * List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws {{1989 WTA Tour Taipei Women's Championship The Taipei Women's Championships is a defunct WTA Tour-affiliated women's tennis tournament played fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy (born 28 December 1970) is a former Dutch tennis player. Primarily known by her maiden name Brenda Schultz, she married Sean McCarthy, a former American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ... player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April 1995 and adopted his surname.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour , Players , Info (Biography) , Brenda Schultz-McCartney Schultz is known for her fast serve (tennis), serve; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Rehe
Stephanie Rehe (born November 5, 1969) is a retired American tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour between 1985 and 1993, won five singles titles and two doubles titles, and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 10, in March 1989. Career A successful amateur player, Rehe was ranked No. 1 in every age group as a junior (12s, 14s, 16s, 18s). She was the first player to receive a dual No. 1 ranking in 14s and 16s (1983). At the age of 13 years and one month, Rehe was in 1982 the youngest player to compete in a WTA Tour event. In 1983, she became the youngest player to be ranked on the WTA computer, coming on at 13 years and two months in January, two months younger than Steffi Graf. She won her first tournament in 1985 in the Virginia Slims of Utah not dropping a set along the way; as well as upsetting Camille Benjamin in the final. She defeated Michelle Torres, Carling Bassett, and Gabriela Sabatini to capture her first major Virginia Slims Series event at the Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Taipei Women's Championships
The 1988 Taipei Women's Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Taipei, Taiwan and was part of the Category 1 tier of the 1988 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from April 18th through April 24th 1988. Third-seeded Stephanie Rehe won the singles title. Finals Singles Stephanie Rehe defeated Brenda Schultz 6–4, 6–4 * It was Rehe's 1st singles title of the year and the 4th of her career. Doubles Patty Fendick / Ann Henricksson defeated Belinda Cordwell / Julie Richardson 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 * It was Fendick's 5th title of the year and the 5th of her career. It was Henricksson's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of her career. See also * List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws {{1988 WTA Tour Taipei Women's Championship The Taipei Women's Championships is a defunct WTA Tour-affiliated women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Porwik
Claudia Porwik, born on 14 November 1968, is a former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour from 1986 to 1996 and reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1988 and the semifinals in 1990. Porwik retired with a 195–191 career record, including wins over Gabriela Sabatini and Conchita Martínez "Conchita" Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1994. Martínez also was the runner-up at the 1998 Australi .... Fed Cup Porwik first played for West Germany in the Federation Cup in 1986. She played two singles matches in the Federation Cup, both for Germany in 1990, and won them both. She played her last Fed Cup match in 1995. WTA career finals Singles: 1 runner-up Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (3–0) Doubles (1–3) External links * * * 1968 births Living people German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
