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Elitsa Kostova
Elitsa Kostova ( bg, Елица Костова) (born 10 April 1990) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 130, achieved on 12 September 2016, her best doubles ranking is world No. 154, reached on 26 October 2015. Playing for Bulgaria Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 16–18. Career At the $25k tournament in Wellington, New Zealand, held in November 2010, Kostova, ranked 254 in the world, achieved her greatest victory in her career. She defeated world No. 42, Jarmila Groth, in the semifinals in two sets. In the final, she lost to world No. 241, Erika Sema, in three sets. Kostova won her first match in a WTA Tour main draw by beating Alizé Lim at the 2014 Bucharest Open, after coming through the qualifying competition. At the 2015 Rio Open, she reached her first WTA semifinal in doubles along with Hsu Chieh-yu. They lost to defending champions, Irina-Camelia Begu and María Irigo ...
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Kardzhali
Kardzhali ( bg, Кърджали , ''Kărdžali''; tr, Kırcaali; gr, Κάρτζαλι, ''Kártzali''), sometimes spelt Kardžali or Kurdzhali, is a town in the Eastern Rhodopes in Bulgaria, centre of Kardzhali Municipality and Kardzhali Province. The noted Kardzhali Dam is located nearby. Name Named after the 14th-century Ottoman conqueror Kırca Ali, from the Turkish name Kırca and the Islamic name Ali, derived from an Arabic root which means "high" or "elevated". Geography Kardzhali is located in the low eastern part of Rhodope Mountains, on both banks of the river Arda between the Kardzhali Reservoir to the west and the Studen Kladenets Reservoir to the east. The town is southeast of Sofia. It has a crossroad position from Thrace to the Aegean Sea — part of European transportation route 9, via the Makaza mountain pass. Climate Kardzhali has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa), that is bordering closely on a humid subtropical ...
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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 tournaments Structure (2021–present) The WTA Tour underwent slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were organized on par with the nomenclature used on ATP Tour: *Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *WTA 1000 tournaments (9): ** Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players with prize money ranging from US$6.5 million to US$8.3 million. These tournaments are held in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and China Open (tennis), Beijing. However, Beijing tournament could not be held in 2021–22 due to the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic. ** Non-mandatory: Five events in Qatar Ladies Open, Doha/Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, Italian Open (tennis), Rome, Canadian Open (tennis), Montreal/ ...
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2011 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The 2011 WTA Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments (sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions and the WTA Championships. Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2011 WTA Tour. Player progression will be documented from the quarterfinals stage. ;Key January February March April May June July August September October Statistical information These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2011 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA ...
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Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch tennis player. In 2008, she won the girl's singles title at the 2008 Australian Open – Girls' singles, Australian Open, defeating Jessica Moore (tennis), Jessica Moore from Australia in the final. With this win she went from 35th to second place on the junior rankings, ultimately becoming the world No. 1 junior player. Her biggest singles successes to date are a second-round upset over world No. 2, Kim Clijsters, at the 2011 French Open, saving two match points in the second set, reaching the fourth round at the 2012 French Open, and defeating world No. 5, Samantha Stosur, in the 2012 Wimbledon Championships to reach the third round. Her maiden WTA Tour title was winning the 2017 Swedish Open doubles event, partnering Quirine Lemoine. Tennis career 2005–07 At age 14, Arantxa played her first ITF Women's Circuit tournament at Alkmaar where she lost in the second round to Julie Coin. In 2006, she played two more ITF events at ...
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2021 Belgrade Challenger
The 2021 Belgrade Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia between 12 and 18 April 2021. For the first time, a women's tournament was also held between 26 and 31 July, categorized as a WTA 125 event at the same venue, which was part of 2021 WTA 125K series. ATP singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 5 April 2021. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Peđa Krstin * Hamad Međedović * Marko Miladinović The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: * Gonçalo Oliveira * Blaž Rola The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Matthias Bachinger * Elliot Benchetrit * Alessandro Giannessi * Marco Trungelliti WTA singles main-draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 19 July 2021. Other en ...
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2018 Ladies Championship Gstaad
The 2018 Ladies Championship Gstaad was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the Ladies Championship Gstaad, and part of the WTA International tournaments, International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switzerland, from 16 July through 22 July 2018. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings are as of 2 July 2018. Other entrants The following players received Wild card (sports), wildcards into the main draw: * Leonie Küng * Francesca Schiavone * Patty Schnyder The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: * Mandy Minella * Zheng Saisai The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Valentyna Ivakhnenko * Veronika Kudermetova * Conny Perrin * Sílvia Soler Espinosa * Martina Trevisan * Kathinka von Deichmann Withdrawals * Kiki Bertens → replaced ...
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Viktoriya Tomova
Viktoriya Konstantinova Tomova ( bg, Виктория Константинова Томова, born 25 February 1995) is a professional Bulgarian tennis player. Tomova reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 89 achieved on 31 October 2022. Her best doubles ranking is world No. 254, achieved on 11 August 2014. She is currently the No. 1 Bulgarian in singles. She also plays for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team with a current win–loss record of 12–11. Professional career 2016: WTA debut and top 150 In July 2016, Tomova reached the biggest final of her career so far at the Hungarian Ladies Open, losing to fellow Bulgarian Elitsa Kostova. The following week, she failed to qualify for the Bucharest Open, losing in the final qualifying round to Nadia Podoroska. Tomova made her debut at US Open reaching qualifying competition. She finished the year as No. 152 in the world. 2017: WTA 250 tour-level debut, top 150 year end Tomova started the season with a loss to Elitsa Kostova a ...
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2016 Europe Tennis Center Ladies Open
The 2016 Europe Tennis Center Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Budapest, Hungary, from 4 to 10 July 2016. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of 27 June 2016. Other entrants The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw: * Ágnes Bukta * Viktorija Golubic * Tereza Mihalíková * Fanny Stollár The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ema Burgić Bucko * Martina Di Giuseppe * Anastasiya Vasylyeva * Ekaterina Yashina The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot: * Sofia Kvatsabaia Champions Singles * Elitsa Kostova def. Viktoriya Tomova, 6–0, 7–6(7–3) Doubles * Ema Burgić Bucko / Georgina García Pérez def. Lenka Kunčíková / Karolína Stuchlá, 6–4, 2–6, 2–10 External link ...
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María Irigoyen
María Irigoyen (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine former tennis player. On 13 July 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 147. On 13 June 2016, she peaked at No. 47 in the WTA doubles rankings. In her career, Irigoyen won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 17 singles and 60 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Argentina Fed Cup team The Argentina women's national tennis team represents Argentina in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis. The team's historical best results came in 1986 Federation Cup (tennis), 1986 and 1 ... since 2008, she has a win–loss record of 21–18. WTA career finals Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 30 (17 titles, 13 runner-ups) Doubles: 99 (60 titles, 39 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Irigoyen, Maria 1987 births Argentine female tennis players Argentine people of Basq ...
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Irina-Camelia Begu
Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 22 in the world, in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking, also No. 22. Begu has won five singles titles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also has won two singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as 12 singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. As a junior, she reached semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Oksana Kalashnikova. Later, as a senior, she continued with Grand Slam doubles success. She reached the semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open and quarterfinals of the 2017 French Open and 2018 Wimbledon Championships. In singles, she has the round of 16 as her best Grand Slam result at the 2015 Australian Open, 2016 French Open and 2022 French Open. In singles, she reached one Premier final, at the 2014 Kremlin Cup, but lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. ...
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Hsu Chieh-yu
Hsu Chieh-yu (; also known as Connie Hsu; born 14 January 1992) is a Taiwanese tennis player. Hsu has won six singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 April 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 224. On 23 February 2015, she peaked at No. 114 in the WTA doubles rankings. Hsu, born in Taiwan, moved to the United States in 2001 and represented the U.S. in her junior and college tennis career. In 2007, she debuted on the WTA Tour at the Cincinnati Masters. In 2010, she studied at the University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ... before turning professional in the summer of 2011. However, at the Melbourne Pro Classic in April 2014, she started competing under the flag of Chinese Taipei. ITF Circuit finals Si ...
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