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Jim Thomas (tennis)
Jim Thomas (born September 24, 1974) is an American former professional tennis player. His highest ATP world singles ranking was number 288, which he reached on November 2, 1998. His career high in doubles was at 29, set on August 21, 2006. He retired following the 2008 season. Biography Thomas began playing tennis at age three and is the youngest of six children (four brothers, one sister). He has 16 nephews and nieces and considers his parents most inspirational people in his life. His father is a doctor and his mother is a teacher. Favourite players he enjoyed watching while growing up were John McEnroe and Boris Becker. Jim played four years at Stanford University from 1992 to 1996 and earned a degree in American Studies before turning pro. He also earned All-American honours during his senior year and was a member of NCAA team champions in 1995–96. Thomas is interested in national and international politics. He is involved with Victory Gallop in Bath, Ohio, an equest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the two-time defending champions but did not play together. Björkman partnered with Max Mirnyi and Woodbridge partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi but both pairs lost to Stephen Huss and Wesley Moodie, in the semifinals and the second round respectively. Huss and Moodie defeated Bob and Mike Bryan in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships In doing so, Huss and Moodie became the first qualifiers to win the men's doubles title. Seeds Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi ''(semifinal)'' Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan ''(final)'' Mark Knowles / Michaël Llodra ''(Quarterfinal)'' Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett ''(semifinal)'' Leander Paes / Nenad Zimonjić ''(Quarterfinal)'' Mahesh Bhupathi / Todd Woodbridge ''(second round)'' Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley ''(first round)'' Simon Aspelin / Todd Perry ''(first round)'' František Čermák / Leoš Friedl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan defeated Květa Peschke and Martin Damm in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2006 US Open. It was Navratilova's 59th and final major title, 32 years after her first (at the 1974 French Open). Daniela Hantuchová and Mahesh Bhupathi were the defending champions, but neither participated in the Mixed Doubles tournament. Seeds # Lisa Raymond / Jonas Björkman ''(first round)'' # Rennae Stubbs / Mark Knowles ''(first round)'' # Samantha Stosur / Leander Paes ''(first round)'' # Yan Zi / Todd Perry ''(second round)'' # Martina Navratilova / Bob Bryan ''(champions)'' # Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić ''(second round)'' # Elena Likhovtseva / Daniel Nestor ''(first round)'' # Cara Black / Simon Aspelin ''(first round)'' Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links2006 US Open – Doubles draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Us Open - M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Andy Ram and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions but Zvonareva did not compete. Ram partnered with Nathalie Dechy but lost in the third round to Marcin Matkowski and Cara Black. Jamie Murray and Jelena Janković defeated Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. Murray became the first British champion of a senior Wimbledon title since Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie won the same title at the 1987 Championships. from This was the first and only Grand Slam title won by Janković in her career, and she became the first Serbian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament. < ...
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2006 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Andy Ram and Vera Zvonareva defeated Bob Bryan and Venus Williams in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships. Mahesh Bhupathi and Mary Pierce were the defending champions, but Pierce did not compete. Bhupathi partnered with Yan Zi, but lost in the second round to Bryan and Williams. Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round. Jonas Björkman / Lisa Raymond ''(third round, withdrew)'' Max Mirnyi / Zheng Jie ''(semifinals)'' Wayne Black / Cara Black ''(semifinals)'' Leander Paes / Samantha Stosur ''(quarterfinals)'' Daniel Nestor / Elena Likhovtseva ''(quarterfinals)'' Todd Perry / Rennae Stubbs ''(third round)'' Nenad Zimonjić / Katarina Srebotnik ''(quarterfinals)'' Mark Knowles / Martina Navratilova ''(third round)'' Andy Ram / Vera Zvonareva (champions) Martin Damm / Květa Peschke ''(third round)'' Mahesh Bhupathi / Yan Zi ''(second round)'' Leoš Friedl / Liezel Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Wayne and Cara Black were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Mahesh Bhupathi and Mary Pierce. Bhupathi and Pierce defeated Paul Hanley and Tatiana Perebiynis in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round. Bob Bryan / Rennae Stubbs ''(second round)'' Wayne Black / Cara Black ''(second round)'' Jonas Björkman / Lisa Raymond ''(semifinals)'' Kevin Ullyett / Liezel Huber ''(semifinals)'' Mike Bryan / Martina Navratilova ''(quarterfinals)'' Todd Woodbridge / Samantha Stosur ''(quarterfinals)'' Leoš Friedl / Janette Husárová ''(third round)'' Mark Knowles / Venus Williams ''(third round)'' Pavel Vízner / Nicole Pratt ''(second round)'' Nenad Zimonjić / Katarina Srebotnik ''(third round)'' Jared Palmer / Corina Morariu ''(second round)'' Olivier Rochus / Kim Clijsters ''(quarterfinals)'' Julian Knowle / Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Leoš Friedl and Daniela Hantuchová were the defending champions but decided not to play together. Friedl played with Tina Križan and lost in first round to Mike Bryan and Liezel Huber, while Hantuchová competed with Kevin Ullyett. Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Likhovtseva defeated Ullyett and Hantuchová in the final, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Jared Palmer / Rennae Stubbs ''(third round)'' Donald Johnson / Kimberly Po-Messerli ''(semifinals)'' Mahesh Bhupathi / Elena Likhovtseva (champions) Kevin Ullyett / Daniela Hantuchová ''(final)'' Leander Paes / Lisa Raymond ''(quarterfinals)'' Mike Bryan / Liezel Huber ''(third round)'' Jonas Björkman / Anna Kournikova ''(quarterfinals)'' Mark Knowles / Elena Bovina ''(first round)'' Gastón Etlis / Paola Suárez ''(first round)'' Bob Bryan / Katarina Srebotnik ''(quarterfinals)'' Joshua Eagle / Barbara Schett ''(third round, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Donald Johnson and Kimberly Po-Messerli were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Leoš Friedl and Daniela Hantuchová. Friedl and Hantuchová defeated Mike Bryan and Liezel Huber in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Todd Woodbridge / Rennae Stubbs ''(second round)'' Ellis Ferreira / Ai Sugiyama ''(quarterfinals)'' Sandon Stolle / Cara Black ''(second round)'' Mahesh Bhupathi / Elena Likhovtseva ''(semifinals)'' Donald Johnson / Kimberly Po-Messerli ''(quarterfinals)'' Leander Paes / Lisa Raymond ''(third round)'' Jared Palmer / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(first round)'' Joshua Eagle / Barbara Schett ''(first round)'' Mark Knowles / Nicole Arendt ''(third round)'' Lucas Arnold Ker / Paola Suárez ''(second round)'' Petr Pála / Janette Husárová ''(first round)'' Rick Leach / Amanda Coetzer ''(third round)'' Jiří Novák / Miriam Oremans '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 French Open – Mixed Doubles
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smallest composite number, behind 4; its proper divisors are , and . Since 6 equals the sum of its proper divisors, it is a perfect number; 6 is the smallest of the perfect numbers. It is also the smallest Granville number, or \mathcal-perfect number. As a perfect number: *6 is related to the Mersenne prime 3, since . (The next perfect number is 28.) *6 is the only even perfect number that is not the sum of successive odd cubes. *6 is the root of the 6-aliquot tree, and is itself the aliquot sum of only one other number; the square number, . Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers. Unrelated to 6's being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler". Six is a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
