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Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships partnering Henri Kontinen, making her the first British woman to win a major title since Jo Durie in 1991, and the first to win a Wimbledon title since Durie in 1987. In October 2012, Watson won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Japan Open, becoming the first British woman to win a WTA Tour singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988. In her junior career, Watson won the US Open and a gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She reached No. 3 in the world on the ITF Junior Circuit. Early life and junior career Heather Watson was born in Guernsey to Michelle and Ian Watson. Her mother is from Papua New Guinea and her father is British, and was the managing director of Guernsey Electricity from 1995 until retirement in 2010. She has one brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Wimbledon Championships
The 2019 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on Monday 1 July 2019 and finished on Sunday 14 July 2019. The defending gentlemen's singles champion Novak Djokovic retained his title, while the defending ladies' singles champion Angelique Kerber lost in the second round to Lauren Davis. Simona Halep won the ladies' singles title. This was the first Grand Slam tournament where both singles titles were won by players born in the Balkans. This was the first edition of the tournament to feature a standard tie break in the final set when the score in the set was 12 games all. The winner was the first player or pair to reach seven points whilst leading by two or more points or, in the case of a 6-6 point score, to establish a subsequent lead of two points. Henri Kontinen and John Peers won the first such tie break played in Wimbledon his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 US Open – Women's Singles
Sloane Stephens defeated Madison Keys in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2017 US Open. It was her first major title. Stephens became the second unseeded woman in the Open Era to win the title after Kim Clijsters in 2009. It was the first all-American final at the US Open since 2002. For the first time at a major since the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, all four semifinalists were American, and all from the same country overall. Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Naomi Osaka. Kerber became the second US Open defending champion to lose in the first round, after Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2005. Garbiñe Muguruza became the new world No. 1 despite losing in the fourth round, after Karolína Plíšková failed to defend her finalist points. Eight of the top nine seeds (with the exception of Kerber) were in contention for the top ranking. This was Maria Sharapova's first major since the 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Henri Kontinen and Heather Watson defeated Robert Farah (tennis), Robert Farah and Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. Kontinen became the first Finn to win a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title, while Watson became the first British woman to win the title since Jo Durie in 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, 1987. Leander Paes and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Kontinen and Watson. Seeds All seed (tennis), seeds receive a bye (tennis), bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links Mixed Doubles Draw [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together. Mirza played alongside Robert Lindstedt, but lost in the first round to Cara Black and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, while Bhupathi competed with Casey Dellacqua, but lost to Anastasia Rodionova and Santiago González in the first round. Lucie Hradecká and František Čermák won the title, defeating Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor in the final, 1–6, 6–4, 0–6 Seeds Main draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Main draw at the |
Tennis At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina defeated Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, the Czech Republic's Lucie Šafářová and Barbora Strýcová defeated compatriots Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká, 7–5, 6–1. The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6–14 August 2016. The United States' Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the two-time reigning gold medalists and top seeds, but they lost in the first round to Šafářová and Strýcová. The defeat ended the Williams sisters' 15 match winning streak in women's doubles at the Olympics, and marked their first loss together in Olympic competition. Hingis attempted her chance to complete the career Golden Slam, she was originally to partner with Belinda Bencic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 US Open – Women's Doubles
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2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Nicole Melichar and Květa Peschke in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–0 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. They became the first team to win the Channel Slam (the French Open and Wimbledon titles in the same season) since Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama in 2003, and the first team to win both the Wimbledon junior and senior doubles titles together (achieving the former in 2013). Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the reigning champions, but Vesnina was unable to compete due to an injury. Makarova partnered Vera Zvonareva, but was defeated in the second round by Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs. Tímea Babos attained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the end of the tournament. Makarova, Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Latisha Chan were also in contention for the top ranking. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Samantha Stosur were each bidding to complete the career Grand Slam, but Matte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 French Open – Women's Doubles
Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic defeated Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2022 French Open. It was their second French Open title as a team (the first being in 2016). Mladenovic extended her winning streak at the event to 18 consecutive match wins and three titles, having last lost in the quarterfinals of the 2018 tournament (she did not play in 2021). Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková were the reigning champions, but were unable to defend their title as Krejčíková tested positive for COVID-19 before their first round match. As a result, Elise Mertens regained the WTA No. 1 doubles ranking from Siniaková. The elimination of Sania Mirza and Lucie Hradecká in the third round guaranteed two first-time French Open doubles finalists from the top half of the draw, those ultimately being Gauff and Pegula. Mertens and Mirza were vying to complete the career Grand Slam, but Mertens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 French Open – Women's Doubles
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2021 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
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Tennis At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
Puerto Rico's Monica Puig defeated Germany's Angelique Kerber in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was Puerto Rico's first Olympic gold medal, and Puig became the first unseeded female player to win the Olympic tennis gold medal. In the bronze medal match, the Czech Republic's Petra Kvitová defeated the United States' Madison Keys 7–5, 2–6, 6–2. It was Germany's first medal in women's singles since 1992 and the Czech Republic's first since 1996. The tournament was held from 6 to 13 August 2016 at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro . The draw for the event was conducted at 11 a.m. local time on Thursday, 4 August. There were 64 competitors from 36 nations. Background This was the 13th appearance of the women's singles tennis. A women's event was held only once during the first three Games (only men's tennis was played in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
The United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics, United States' Serena Williams defeated Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Russia's Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Both finalists were attempting to become the second woman (after Steffi Graf) to complete the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Golden Slam, career Golden Slam in singles. Williams won the gold without losing a set, without losing more than three games in any set, and without losing more than five games in any match. Her serve was broken only once during the tournament (by Urszula Radwańska in the second round). She also became the first tennis player (male or female) to complete the career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. It was the United States' first victory in the event since Serena's sister Venus Williams won in Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2000, and its fifth gold overall. In the bronze medal mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
