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Danielle Thomas
Danielle Thomas (born 23 April 1973) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Thomas competed on the professional tour in the early 1990s, reaching a best ranking of 384 in singles and 237 in doubles. Her biggest achievement was qualifying for the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships, with Austria's Heidi Sprung Heidi Sprung Vasudevan (born 10 January 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Biography Sprung, who is originally from Salzburg, played Fed Cup tennis for Austria in 1988. She teamed up with Judith Wiesner to win the decidin .... They were beaten in the first round by Lindsay Davenport and Chanda Rubin. ITF finals Doubles (1–2) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Danielle 1973 births Living people Australian female tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1994 Australian Open The 1994 Australian Open (also known as the 1994 Ford Australian Open for sponsorship purposes) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 82nd edition of the Australi .... Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier External links 1994 Australian Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1994 Australian Open - Women's Singles Qualifying Women's Singles Qualifying Australian Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizma Nortje
Elizma Nortje (born 1 February 1966) is a Namibian tennis coach and former professional player. She is the most successful Namibian woman to have played professionally and was the first to be ranked on the WTA Tour. Born in Windhoek in 1966, Nortje represented South Africa as a junior and early in her professional career, before Namibian independence. She played collegiate tennis for United States International University in San Diego, competing in the NCAA Division I Championships. In the early 1990s she made appearances in the doubles qualifying draws at Wimbledon and won two ITF doubles tournaments. Nortje served as president of the Namibian Tennis Association from 1996 to 1999 and was Namibia's team captain when the country made its Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Births
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (First inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1969, Second inauguration of Richard Nixon, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953, Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenia Maniokova
Eugenia Aleksandrovna Maniokova ( rus, Евгения Александровна Манюкова, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪə mənʲʊˈkovə ; born 17 May 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Russia. She is a former world No. 18 in doubles. Biography Maniokova is best known for winning the mixed doubles event at the 1993 French Open partnering Andrei Olhovskiy. In her career, she won four titles in women's doubles on the WTA Tour, and three titles in singles and 24 in women's doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Maniokova represented Commonwealth of Independent States at both the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1992 Federation Cup The 1992 Federation Cup was the 30th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. For the first time, qualifying rounds were split among three regional zones, each sending teams to the main World Group tour ..., due to the separation of the Soviet Union. Maniokova retired after playing at the 1996 French Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Makarova
Elena Alekseyevna Makarova (russian: Елена Алексеевна Макарова, ; born 1 February 1973), is a former Russian professional tennis player. Makarova played in the WTA Tour between 1991 and 1999. Her best performances were in 1995, when she was ranked world No. 36 in doubles, and in 1996, when she was ranked No. 43 in singles. She as of 2011 coached Russian tennis player Margarita Gasparyan. WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 finals (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 8 finals (6 titles, 2 runner-ups) Head vs. head * Lindsay Davenport: 0-3 * Venus Williams: 1-0 * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario: 1-2 * Dominique Monami: 0-1 * Martina Hingis: 0-1 Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Legacy In Russia, despite her modest popularity as a top-50 player, Makarova is well-known for providing her locally much-quoted 1990s explanation for the issue of LGBT-athletes being more common a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janette Husárová
Janette Husárová (; born 4 June 1974) is a Slovak former tennis player. On 13 January 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 31. On 21 April 2003, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings. She won the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002, partnering with Elena Dementieva. With Dementieva, she reached the final of US Open doubles competition in the same year, losing to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez. Playing for Slovakia Fed Cup team, Husárová has a win–loss record of 17–12. Together with Daniela Hantuchová, she was a member of the Slovak team winning the Fed Cup in 2002. In her career, Husárová won 25 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the season-ending WTA Championships and three Tier I The WTA Tier I tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis elite tournaments held from 1990 until the end of the 2008 season. From 1988 to 1990, the different levels of WTA tournaments were referred to by the term 'Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Taylor (tennis)
Jane Taylor (born 7 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Taylor comes from Maitland, in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. She made her grand slam debut as a 16-year old at the 1989 Australian Open and featured regularly in that event in the 1990s. Her best performance was a third round appearance at the 1994 Australian Open. Competing as a wildcard, she had wins over Caroline Vis and Christina Singer, before being eliminated in the third round by fifth seed Jana Novotna Jana may refer to: Entertainment * ''Jana'' (film), a 2004 Tamil film by Shaji Kailas * Jana (singer) (born 1974), Serbian singer * Jana (Native American singer), née Jana Mashonee * ''Jana of the Jungle'', animated series created by Doug Wild .... She had a career best ranking of 126 in the world. ITF finals Singles (9–11) Doubles (9–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Jane 1972 births Living people Australian female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate McDonald
Kate Hergeaves (born 21 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She competed during her tennis career under her maiden name Kate McDonald. Biography A right-handed player from Albury, McDonald was the girls' doubles runner-up partnering Rennae Stubbs at the 1988 Australian Open. As a professional player she competed in the main draw of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ... during her career. She was most successful in the doubles format, with a top ranking of 103 in the world. Now known as Kate Hergeaves, she has remained involved in tennis as a coach. ITF finals Singles (2–3) Doubles (15–14) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Kate 1970 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Mawdsley
Robyn Mawdsley (born 3 May 1971) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Biography Mawdsley competed on the professional tour in the 1990s, after playing college tennis in the United States for Texas A&M. In her career, Mawdsley reached a best singles ranking of No. 366 in the world. She was more successful on tour as a doubles player. Ranked as high as 182 for doubles, she twice featured in the main draw of the Australian Open, in 1991 and 1994. She won a total of six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit 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 ..., four of which came in 1995. ITF finals Singles (0–1) Doubles (6–12) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mawdsley, Robyn 1971 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva successfully defended their title, defeating Larisa Neiland and Jana Novotná in the final, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (champions) Larisa Neiland / Jana Novotná ''(final)'' Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková ''(quarterfinals)'' Lori McNeil / Rennae Stubbs ''(quarterfinals)'' Mary Joe Fernández / Zina Garrison-Jackson ''(semifinals)'' Pam Shriver / Elizabeth Smylie ''(semifinals)'' Jennifer Capriati / Steffi Graf ''(withdrew)'' Jill Hetherington / Kathy Rinaldi ''(quarterfinals)'' Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf ''(first round)'' Amanda Coetzer / Inés Gorrochategui ''(first round)'' Magdalena Maleeva / Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière ''(third round)'' Patty Fendick / Meredith McGrath ''(second round)'' Sandra Cecchini / Patricia Tarabini ''(withdrew)'' Eugenia Maniokova / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Billingham
Caroline Billingham-Jones (born 12 July 1967) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Billingham is a daughter of Labour politician Angela Billingham, Baroness of Banbury. Educated at Banbury School, Billingham joined the international tennis circuit in the late 1980s. She competed regularly in Wimbledon qualifying during her career and made a main draw appearance in the women's doubles at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships The 1987 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 101st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from .... Her four ITF doubles titles included one $25,000 tournament, in Nigeria in 1991. As a singles player she reached a best ranking of 359 in the world and was the joint winner of the 1992 Scottish Championships. She is a former captain of the Oxfordshire women's county side, holding the positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
