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Janet Souto
Janet Souto-Garcia (born 22 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Biography Souto, who comes from Galicia but is Venezuelan by birth, began playing on the professional tour in the late 1980s. Often partnering her sister Ninoska, the pair made the doubles semi-finals of the 1988 Spanish Open. In 1992 she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at three grand slam tournaments, all with Ana Segura as her partner. She also featured in the 1994 US Open, partnering Ruxandra Dragomir Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired tennis player from Romania. She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual WTA ranking on 25 August 1997 .... ITF finals Singles (1–0) Doubles (11–10) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Souto, Janet 1967 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Venezuelan emigrants to Spain Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The center of the city is still ''Catedral'', located near Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Guerra (tennis)
Elena Guerra, OSS (23 June 1835 – 11 April 1914) was an Italian Catholic religious sister who founded the Oblates of the Holy Spirit. Guerra was a strong proponent of the Holy Spirit as a motivation to do pious works. She dedicated her life particularly to the education of Chinese and African girls. Life Elena Guerra was born into a wealthy, aristocratic family in Lucca on 23 June 1835 as one of six children to Antonio Guerra and Faustina Franceschi. In her childhood she was known to be talented but timid in nature. Guerra made her Confirmation on 5 June 1843. Guerra first worked with the Vincentians, caring for the poor and the sick. Cholera struck Lucca in 1853 and she tended to the ill after her parents granted her permission to do so. Guerra studied French as well as music and art but also learnt Latin and the lives and works of the Church Fathers during an illness that spanned from 1857 to 1864 as she could not leave the house because of it. In 1866 she established a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bettina Diesner
Bettina Diesner (born 8 February 1970) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Diesner competed on the international tour in the 1980s and achieved a career high singles ranking of 272 in the world. Her best performance 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 tou ... was a second round appearance at the 1989 Brighton Championships. ITF finals Doubles: 5 (2–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diesner, Bettina 1970 births Living people Austrian female tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia, which is the land mass nearest to it. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island. , it had a population of 349,465. The island is a territorial collectivity of France. The regional capital is Ajaccio. Although the region is divided into two administrative departments, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, their respective regional and departmental territorial collectivities were merged on 1 January 2018 to form the single territorial collectivity of Corsica. As such, Corsica enjoys a greater degree of autonomy than other French regional collectivities; for example, the Corsican Assembly is permitted to exercise limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titia Wilmink
Titia Wilmink (born 1 October 1968) is a former professional Dutch tennis player. Wilmink made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 1989 Citizen Cup, in the doubles event, partnering Julie Salmon Julie Salmon (born 8 July 1965) is a British former international tennis player. She competed in the Fed Cup a number of times, from 1988 to 1993. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caltagirone
Caltagirone (; scn, Caltaggiruni ; Latin: ''Calata Hieronis'') is an inland city and ''comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...'' in the Metropolitan City of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, southern Italy, about southwest of Catania. It is the fifth most populous municipality of the Metropolitan City, behind Catania, Acireale, Misterbianco and Paternò. Alongside Catania, it is the only town who is seat of a tribunal in the former province. Since 1987, the comune has obtained the City title, through presidential act. After Caltanissetta, it is the second most populous comune in Central Sicily. The town is a production center of pottery, particularly maiolica and terra-cotta wares. Nowadays, the production is more and more oriented to artistic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Norwood (tennis)
Mary Norwood Rompf (born May 8, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player. Norwood, who was born and raised in Oklahoma, is the daughter of dermatologist O'Tar Norwood, who was considered a pioneer in the field of hair transplants. She never dropped a set during her high school tennis career and played collegiate tennis for the USC Trojans from 1985 to 1988. A two-time doubles All-American, Norwood was a member of USC's 1985 NCAA championship winning team, with the final against the Miami Hurricanes held on her home court in Oklahoma City. Following her graduation from USC, Norwood competed on the professional tour and was ranked in the world's top 100 for doubles, peaking at 98 in 1989. As a singles player she had a best ranking of 297 and featured twice in the main draw of the Virginia Slims of Oklahoma, as well as the qualifiers of the 1989 Wimbledon Championships The 1989 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Cooper
Allison Cooper (born August 4, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player. Cooper, a California native, played college tennis for the UCLA Bruins and won the 1988 NCAA Division I Women's Doubles Championship, partnering Stella Sampras. She and Sampras subsequently received entry into the doubles main draw at the 1988 US Open, where they came up against Louise Allen and Anna-Maria Fernandez Anna-Maria Fernandez (born October 22, 1960) is an American former professional tennis player active during the 1980s. She won five WTA titles during her career, all in doubles. Her career high ranking in singles was number 19, in approximately ... for their first round match, which they lost in a third set tiebreak. ITF finals Singles: 1 (1–0) Doubles: 5 (1–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Allison 1966 births Living people American female tennis players UCLA Bruins women's tennis players Tennis people from California 21st-century A ... [...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] |
Claudia Hernández (tennis)
Claudia Hernández Salas (born 19 January 1966), known as Claudia Hernández, is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Biography Tennis career Hernández was the 16 and under Orange Bowl champion in 1982 and made the girls' singles quarter-finals of the 1983 US Open. As a Pan American Games competitor for Mexico she won two medals, both women's doubles bronze medals, in 1983 and 1987. Hernández, who played college tennis for the USC Trojans, represented Mexico at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, playing singles and doubles (with Xóchitl Escobedo). During her nine-year Federation Cup career she featured in a total of 22 ties for her country. Personal life Hernández is married Rafael Belmar Osuna, who is the nephew of US Open champion Rafael Osuna Rafael Osuna Herrera (15 September 1938 – 4 June 1969), nicknamed "El Pelón" (The Bald), was a former world No. 1 tennis player, the most successful player in the history of Mexico and an Olympian. He was born in Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucila Becerra
Lucila "Lucy" Becerra González (born 22 July 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico. Biography Tennis career Becerra reached a best singles ranking of 253 in the world and won nine professional titles on the ITF circuit. As a doubles player she was ranked as high as 194 and won 22 ITF titles. A three-time Pan American Games medalist, Becerra won the mixed doubles gold at Indianapolis in 1987, to go with her women's doubles bronze medal in the same tournament. She won a further women's doubles bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. Her Fed Cup career for Mexico spanned 10 years and she appeared in a total of 15 ties. She won 11 matches overall, five in singles and six in doubles. Personal life Becerra lives in Mazatlán Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding ''municipio'', known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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