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Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo
The Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, also known as the Palermo Ladies Open, is a women's tennis tournament in Palermo, Italy that is played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. The first two editions were part of the Satellite Circuit, but since 1990 it has been part of the WTA Tour. The tournament was categorized as either a WTA Tier IV or Tier V event from 1990 to 2008 and became an International Tournament in 2009. In 2014, the license for the event was sold to Kuala Lumpur's Malaysian Open for 6 years (contract for 3 years with an option for additional three). The tournament returned to Palermo in 2019 as a WTA International event, replacing Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open which was moved to the autumn calendar as part of the China Open series. Past finals Singles Doubles See also * Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – men's tournament (1935–2006) * List of tennis tournaments List of current and past men's and women's tennis tournaments. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is in the northwest of the island of Sicily, by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as ("flower"). Palermo then became a possession of Carthage. Two ancient Greeks, Greek ancient Greek colonization, colonies were established, known collectively as ; the Carthaginians used this name on their coins after the 5th centuryBC. As , the town became part of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, Empire for over a thousand years. From 831 to 1072 the city was under History of Islam in southern Italy, Arab ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Cueto
Isabel Cueto (born 3 December 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. Her career-high ranking was No. 20, which she achieved in 1989. Early life Isabel Cueto was born in Kehl to her father, Toni, an electrical engineer who had immigrated from Bolivia, and her mother, Jutta, a German. She grew up in Aspach and attended school in Backnang. Career In 1984, Cueto became the youngest German national champion, winning the final against Elke Renz. She also won the German championship in 1986 and 1987. Cueto won a total of six titles on the main WTA Tour over the course of her career; five in singles, one in doubles. She also won four titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She progressed to the third round at the French Open (1985, 1990) and the US Open (1987, 1988), her best finishes at Grand Slam events. She represented the Germany Fed Cup team four times from 1988–1990, playing all four matches in doubles ties. Her win–loss record was 3–1. After tennis Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo – Singles
Irina Spîrlea was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Stephanie Devillé. Barbara Schett won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Sabine Hack. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. # Irina Spîrlea ''(second round)'' # Sabine Hack ''(final)'' # Silvia Farina ''(semifinals)'' # Barbara Schett (champion) # Florencia Labat ''(second round)'' # Barbara Rittner ''(first round)'' # Gala León GarcÃa ''(first round)'' # Henrieta Nagyová Henrieta Nagyová (born 15 December 1978) is a former tennis player from Slovakia. She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as No. 21 in the world (17 September 2001). She won nine singles tournaments and four doubles tournam ... ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw External links 1996 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Singles Internazionali Femminili di Palermo 1996 WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Hack
Sabine Hack (; born 12 July 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She began her career on the WTA Tour in 1983. She won four singles and one doubles titles in her career. Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1994 French Open The 1994 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 23 May until 5 June. It was the 98th staging of the French Open, and the second Gra .... Hack reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 in the world in January 1995. She retired from the tour in 1997. WTA tour finals Singles (4 titles, 4 runners-up) Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up) ITF finals Singles (1–3) Doubles (0–1) External links * * * 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Ulm German female tennis players West German female tennis players Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg {{Germany-tennis-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Internazionali Femminili Di Palermo – Singles
Irina Spîrlea was the defending champion and won in the final 7–6, 6–2 against Sabine Hack. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. # Karina HabÅ¡udová ''(quarterfinals)'' # Irina Spîrlea (champion) # Sandra Cecchini ''(first round)'' # Barbara Rittner ''(first round)'' # Sabine Hack ''(final)'' # Silvia Farina Silvia Farina Elia (; born 27 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. She won three WTA singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. ... ''(quarterfinals)'' # Natalia Medvedeva ''(semifinals)'' # Virginia Ruano-Pascual ''(first round)'' Draw External links 1995 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Singles Internazionali Femminili di Palermo 1995 WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Spîrlea
Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she became No. 7 in the world. She retired in 2000. Personal life Spîrlea married Massimiliano Pace, her former coach, in 2001, and has a son, Tommaso, born in 2002, as well as a younger daughter, Francesca. Career Irina Spîrlea is one of the more successful tennis players from Romania, being one of only three women to have reached the top 10 (the others being Virginia Ruzici and Simona Halep.) Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was a semifinal at the US Open in 1997. She won the WTA Newcomer of the Year award in 1994. In 1996, Spîrlea became the first player in the history of the Women's Tennis Association to receive a match default for conduct when she swore at an official in Italian during a match played in Palermo, Italy. Spà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Torneo Internazional Femmin Di Palermo
The 1994 Torneo Internazional Femmin di Palermo was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club in Palermo, Italy that was part of the Tier IV category of the 1994 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 5 July until 10 July 1994. Second-seeded Irina Spîrlea won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money. Finals Singles Irina Spîrlea defeated Brenda Schultz 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) * It was Spîrlea's 1st singles title of her career. Doubles Ruxandra Dragomir / Laura Garrone defeated Alice Canepa / Giulia Casoni Giulia Casoni (; born 19 April 1978) is a retired Italian tennis player. As a junior player, she won 1996 French Open in doubles, while her best professional results include singles quarterfinals at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in 1999 ... 6–1, 6–0 References External links ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws Internazionali Femminili di P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radka Bobková
Radka Bobková (born 12 February 1973) is a former Czech professional tennis player. Bobková has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 47, achieved on 20 September 1993. She also has a best doubles ranking of 59, reached on 14 August 1995. She won two singles titles and two doubles titles 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 tourna .... Bobková retired from professional tennis 2001. WTA career finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (5–3) Doubles (5–6) External links * * Living people Czech female tennis players Tennis players from Prague 1973 births Czechoslovak female tennis players {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Di Palermo
The 1993 Torneo Internazionale Femminile di Palermo was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club in Palermo, Italy 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 6 July until 11 July 1993. Unseeded Radka Bobková won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money. Finals Singles Radka Bobková defeated Mary Pierce 6–3, 6–2 * It was Bobková's 2nd singles title of the year and of her career. Doubles Karin Kschwendt / Natalia Medvedeva defeated Silvia Farina / Brenda Schultz 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 player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April 1 ... 6–4, 7–6(7–4) References External links ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws Internazionali Femminili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Schultz
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 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; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Torneo Internazionale Femminile Di Palermo
The 1992 Torneo Internazionale Femminile di Palermo was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club in Palermo, Italy 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 6 July until 12 July 1992. First-seeded Mary Pierce won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money. Finals Singles Mary Pierce defeated Brenda Schultz 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 * It was Pierce's 2nd singles title of the year and the 3rd of her career. Doubles Halle Cioffi / MarÃa José Gaidano defeated Petra Langrová Petra PÃchalová Langrová (born 27 June 1970) is a retired tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic. Langrová gained professional status in 1986. She won one singles title and five double titles in her career on the WTA Tour ... / Ana Segura 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 References External links ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Cecchini
Anna-Maria "Sandra" Cecchini (; born 27 February 1965) is a retired professional tennis player from Italy. Career Cecchini turned professional in 1984. She won 12 singles and 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She had career wins over Chris Evert, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Gabriela Sabatini, Nathalie Tauziat, Natasha Zvereva, and Anke Huber. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came at the French Open in 1985, when she reached the quarterfinals. In March 1988, she achieved her highest singles ranking of world No. 15. WTA career finals Singles: 18 (12–6) Doubles: 22 (11–11) ITF Circuit finals Singles (2–0) Grand Slam singles performance timeline References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cecchini, Sandra 1965 births Living people Italian female tennis players People from Monte Carlo Sportspeople from Bologna Italian expatriates in Monaco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
