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Choi Ji-hee
Choi Ji-hee ( ko, 최지희; born 10 February 1995) is a professional South Korean tennis player. Choi has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as three singles and 19 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Playing for South Korea Fed Cup team The South Korea Fed Cup team represents South Korea in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Korea Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group I. History South Korea competed in its first Fed Cup in ..., Choi has a win–loss record of 3–3. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (title) WTA 125 tournament finals Doubles: 1 (title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups) Doubles: 31 (21 titles, 10 runner–ups) Notes External links * * * 1995 births Living people South Korean female tennis players Tennis players from Seoul Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2018 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi (Korean Surname)
Choi is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population. In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized ''Choi'', and sometimes also ''Chey'', ''Choe'' or ''Chwe''. Ethnic Koreans in the former USSR prefer the form ''Tsoi'' (''Tsoy'') especially as a transcription of the Cyrillic Цой. Origin *According to Samguk Sagi, the Gyeongju clan originates from chief Sobeoldori (소벌도리, 蘇伐都利) of Goheochon (고허촌, 高墟村), one of six villages that united to found Silla; The Gyeongju clan traces their origin back to Choi Chiwon (857–10th century), a noted Korean scholar, philosopher, and poet of the late Unified Silla period (668–935). *One theory of origin suggests that Haeju clan's progenitor Choi Choong (최충, 崔沖, 984–1068) was given the surname 崔 during the reign of Goryeo king Mokjong. *The progenitor of the Chungju cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Korea Open – Doubles
Lara Arruabarrena and Tatjana Maria were the reigning champions, but chose not to participate. Choi Ji-hee and Han Na-lae won the title, defeating Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Réka Luca Jani Réka Luca Jani (born 31 July 1991) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has won 24 singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. On 19 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 104. On 22 Augu ... in the final, 6–4, 6–4. Seeds Draw Draw ReferencesMain Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2021 Korea Open - Doubles Korea Open - Doubles 2021 Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Seo-kyung
Kang Seo-kyung is a South Korean former tennis player. Kang has a career-high singles ranking of 560, achieved on 9 September 2013. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 484, reached on 31 October 2011. Kang made her 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 ... doubles main-draw debut at the 2014 Korea Open partnering Hong Seung-yeon. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 15 (6–9) External links * * * * * 1989 births Living people South Korean female tennis players Sportspeople from Daejeon Tennis players from Seoul Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea 20th-century South Korean women 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Ting-fei
Juan Ting-fei (; born 28 August 1992) is a former Taiwanese tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 455 in singles, achieved on 21 May 2012, and 580 in doubles, reached on 29 April 2013. Juan won two singles titles and two doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Playing for Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team The Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team represents the Republic of China in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Chinese Taipei Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II play-offs. History Chinese Taipei competed i ..., Juan has a win–loss record of 1–7. ITF finals Singles: 2 (2–0) Doubles: 8 (2–6) External links * * * 1992 births Living people Taiwanese female tennis players 21st-century Taiwanese women {{Taiwan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuka Higuchi
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Akari Inoue
Akari (ASTRO-F) was an infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea. It was launched on 21 February 2006, at 21:28 UTC (06:28, 22 February JST) by M-V rocket into Earth sun-synchronous orbit. After its launch it was named ''Akari'' (明かり), which means ''light'' in Japanese. Earlier on, the project was known as IRIS (InfraRed Imaging Surveyor). Its primary mission was to survey the entire sky in near-, mid- and far-infrared, through its aperture telescope. Technical design Its designed lifespan, of far- and mid-infrared sensors, was 550 days, limited by its liquid helium coolant. Its telescope mirror was made of silicon carbide to save weight. The budget for the satellite was ¥13,4 billion (~). History By mid-August 2006, Akari finished around 50 percent of the all sky survey. By early November 2006, first (phase-1) all-sky survey finished. Second (phase-2) all-sky survey started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Da-yeon
Back Da-yeon (born 24 January 2002) is a Korean tennis player. Back has a career-high singles ranking of 494 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 21 August 2023. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 563, reached on 14 October 2022. Career Back made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Korea Open, after qualifying for the singles main draw. She is a winner of the Heart Award in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup. Ranked No. 569, at the 2023 Korea Open where she received a wildcard, she upset second seed Jelena Ostapenko Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Slavic given name. It is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helen, which is of uncertain origin. Diminutives of the name include Jelica, Jelka, Jele, Jela, Lena, Lenotschka, Jeca, Lenka, and Alena. Nota .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner–ups) Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups) References External links * * 2002 births Living people South Korean female tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lulu Sun
Lulu Sun (formerly known as Lulu Radovcic; born 14 April 2001) is a Swiss tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 226, achieved on 3 April 2023, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 329, reached on 27 June 2022. Career Sun played college tennis at the University of Texas at Austin. She won her first major ITF title at the 2022 Saint-Gaudens Open, partnering Fernanda Contreras in doubles. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2022 Morocco Open just two days later, where she received a wildcard into the singles draw. Personal life Having moved with her family from New Zealand to Geneva when still a toddler, she represented Switzerland as a junior, finishing runner-up with Violet Apisah in the 2018 Australian Open girls' doubles, but played under the New Zealand flag at junior Wimbledon that year while waiting for a new Swiss passport, losing in the second round in singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeong Su-nam
Jeong Su-nam ( ko, 정수남; born 6 June 1996) is a South Korean female tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 357 in singles, achieved on 29 May 2017, and 937 in doubles, achieved on 25 July 2016. Jeong has won seven ITF Circuit singles titles in her career. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Korea Open The 2017 Korea Open (also known as the 2017 KEB Hana Bank-Incheon Airport Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 ..., where she received a wildcard alongside Park Sang-hee in the doubles tournament. ITF finals Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner–ups) External links * * 1996 births Living people South Korean female tennis players Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Yan (tennis)
'Wang Yan (; ; born 1 January 1996; nickname: Helen) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. On 23 March 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 359. On 1 May 2017, she peaked at No. 220 in the WTA doubles rankings. Wang won two singles titles and four doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Tianjin Open where she was given a wildcard into the doubles tournament, partnering Xun Fangying Xun Fangying (; ; born 14 January 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. On 24 February 2020, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 167. On 8 April 2019, she peaked at No. 176 in the WTA doubles rankings. Xun made her WTA Tour .... ITF Circuit finals Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) External links * * 1996 births Living people Chinese female tennis players 21st-century Chinese women {{China-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Chang (tennis)
Hanna Chang (born February 25, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Chang has a career-high singles ranking of 214 by the WTA, achieved on 21 March 2022. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 265, reached on 6 June 2022. Chang won her first major ITF title at the 2021 Landisville Challenge in the doubles draw, partnering Alexa Glatch Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups) Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups) References External links * * 1998 births Living people American female tennis players 21st-century American women {{US-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Yuxuan
Zhang Yuxuan (; ; born 19 August 1994) is a inactive professional tennis player from China. In her career, she won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. On 18 April 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 166. On 2 November 2015, she peaked at No. 299 in the doubles rankings. Biography Zhang began playing tennis at the age of four. She gained a wildcard to the 2013 Australian Open The 2013 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 to 27 January 2013. It was the 101st edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. The tournament ..., winning the Asia Pacific Wildcard Playoff. ''Tennis Australia'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |