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Joana Pedroso
Joana Pedroso (born 6 February 1974) is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. Pedroso was runner-up in the 1994 national singles championships to Sofia Prazeres, which whom she partnered to three national doubles championships. She was also a two-time national champion in mixed doubles. While competing on the professional tour in the 1990s, Pedroso reached career best rankings of 488 in singles and 266 in doubles. She won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Between 1993 and 1997 she featured in 18 Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ... ties for Portugal, winning seven singles and nine doubles matches, from a total of 30 rubbers. ITF finals Doubles: 6 (2–4) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedroso, Joana 1974 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125K series. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125k series and the bigger money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Noszály
Andrea Noszály (born 7 January 1970) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. Biography Noszály, who grew up in Budapest, was raised in a sporting family. Her father Sandor Sr represented Hungary in high jump at the 1960 Rome Olympics and her younger brother Sándor Jr competed on the ATP Tour. During her career she reached a best singles ranking of 208 in the world and appeared in a total of three Federation Cup ties for Hungary, across 1989 and 1990 (overall win/loss 3–2). This included a World Group second round fixture against reigning champions Czechoslovakia, in which she lost to Jana Novotná Jana Novotná (; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. Novotná won the women's singles title at Wimbled ... but won a dead rubber doubles. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 7 (5–2) Doubles: 12 (2–10) See also * List of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1974 Births
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the Germany national football team, German national team won the championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahia Mouhtassine
Bahia Mouhtassine (born 23 August 1979) is a former Moroccan professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is No.139, achieved on 24 June 2002. She is the highest ever ranked player from Morocco. Biography Mouhtassine is the first female Moroccan player to feature at the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. She lost in the first rounds of the 2002 Australian Open and 2003 French Open to Spanish Anabel Medina Garrigues and Czech Zuzana Ondrášková, respectively. In her career, Mouhtassine won eleven ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and nine doubles titles. She also played on many WTA Tour events, won six gold medals at the Pan Arab Games and one gold at the Mediterranean Games, representing Morocco. Mouthassine's biggest career win was at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca in 2004. She upset third-seeded Katarina Srebotnik, who was ranked 183 spots above her, in straight sets. She has also beaten Sania Mirza at an ITF final in Rabat in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caserta
Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Campanian Subapennine mountain range. The city is best known for the Royal Palace of Caserta. History Anciently inhabited by Osco- Samnite tribes, modern Caserta was established around the defensive tower built in Lombard times by Pando, Prince of Capua. Pando destroyed the original city around 863. The tower is now part of the Palazzo della Prefettura that was once the seat of the counts of Caserta, as well as a royal residence. The original population moved from Casertavecchia (former bishopric seat) to the current site in the sixteenth century. Casertavecchia was built on the Roman town of ''Casa Irta'', meaning "home village located above" and later contracted as "Caserta". The city and vicinity were the property of the Acquaviva fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuria Montero
Nuria Montero (born 8 October 1978) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Montero reached a career-best singles ranking of 297 and made her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance as a qualifier at the 1998 Madrid Open. She was beaten in the first round by María Sánchez Lorenzo, after securing qualifying wins over Conchita Martínez Granados, Syna Schmidle and Alicia Ortuño Alicia Ortuño (; born 2 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. From 1990 to 2001, she won 30 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She appeared in six Grand Slam events. Career highlight ..., the latter in a walkover. As a doubles player, Montero had a career-high ranking of 193, and won eleven titles on the ITF Circuit. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montero, Nuria 1978 births Living people Spanish female tennis player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Cano
Marta Cano (born 27 September 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Cano competed on the professional tour in the 1990s and reached a career high singles ranking of 356 in the world. Her only WTA Tour main draw appearance came in doubles, at the 1997 Madrid Open. She had a best doubles ranking of 213 and won seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental .... ITF finals Singles: 3 (0–3) Doubles: 13 (7–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cano, Marta 1975 births Living people Spanish female tennis players 20th-century Spanish women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Salas Lozano
Ana Salas Lozano (born 12 July 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A right-handed player from Madrid, Salas reached a best singles ranking on tour of 275, with four ITF titles. In 1998 she received a wildcard into the main draw of her home WTA Tour tournament, the Madrid Open There are three sporting events known as the Madrid Open: * Madrid Open (golf) The Madrid Open was an annual men's golf tournament which was held in and around the Spanish capital Madrid from 1968 to 2007, apart from a seven-year gap from 1994 to ..., where she was beaten in the first round by Meike Babel. ITF finals Singles (4–4) Doubles (0–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salas Lozano, Ana 1972 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Tennis players from Madrid 20th-century Spanish women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santander, Spain
Santander () is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. It is a port city located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao with a population of 172,000 (2017). It is believed to have been a port since ancient times, due to its favorable location, and is documented as far back as the 11th century. Much of the medieval city was lost in the Great Fire of 1941. Today, its remaining old town, beach and other attractions are popular with tourists and other visitors and its economy is mainly service based. The port is still very active and a regular ferry service operates to the United Kingdom. Fish and seafood dominate the local cuisine. Santander notably houses the headquarters of multinational bank Banco Santander, which was founded there. The city has a mild climate typical of the Spanish northern coastline with frequent rainfall and stable temperatures. Cold snaps and heat waves are very rare. History Origins, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Popescu
Maria Popesco, wife of Victor Popescu (September 4, 1919 – 2004), was a Romanian-born socialite, convicted murderer and memoirist, whose case was at the center of one of the few miscarriages of justice in Switzerland. Born in Bucharest and the daughter in law of Stelian Popescu, a political figure and former Justice Minister, Popesco was arrested in 1945 in Geneva and accused of having murdered her mother in law Lelia Popescu (on June 26, 1945) and her maid Lina Mory (died on July 25, 1945), and for an assassination attempt against her father in law. She was sentenced to life imprisonment, even though critics believe that her guilt has never been proven. Particularly Georges Brunschvig and Anton Gordonoff, two main scientific experts in the case, accused the involved François Naville for wrong arguments concerning the confusion between Veronal and Quadronox. She was finally amnestied in 1957. The following years Popescu wrote her memoires; she married, lived in Valais and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kira Nagy
Kira Nagy (born 29 December 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won 18 singles and ten doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Kira won her first match on the WTA Tour in 2007 at the Palermo Ladies Open, defeating German Tatjana Malek 6–2, 7–5, before losing to Émilie Loit Émilie Loit (; born 9 June 1979) is a retired tennis player from France. Besides her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007, she won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her hi .... She competed in the 2007 US Open, where she drew Venus Williams in the first round, losing 2–6, 1–6. This was her second Grand Slam tournament, after qualifying for the US Open in 2000. Nagy retired from professional tennis 2014. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 33 (18 titles, 15 runner-ups) Doubles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups) ITF Junior Circuit Singles (3–2) Doubles (0–2) External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
