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Julia Abe
Julia Abe (born 21 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Biography A right-handed player from Bielefeld, Abe was coached during her career by her father Wolfgang. Abe turned professional at the age of 19 and won two ITF singles titles in her first year on the ITF circuit in 1996. Her best performances on the WTA Tour were quarterfinals appearances at the 1998 Intersport Grand Prix in Hamburg and the 1999 Nokia Cup in Prostějov, both as a qualifier. Ranked a career best 111 in the world at the beginning of 2000, she received direct entry into the Australian Open main draw, where she lost in the first round to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. At the 2000 French Open she had to compete in qualifying and made her way through to the main draw. She defeated Marion Maruska in the first round, then challenged top seed Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the 18th largest city in Germany. The historical centre of the city is situated north of the Teutoburg Forest line of hills, but modern Bielefeld also incorporates boroughs on the opposite side and on the hills. The city is situated on the ', a hiking trail which runs for 156 km along the length of the Teutoburg Forest. Bielefeld is home to a significant number of internationally operating companies, including Dr. Oetker, Gildemeister and Schüco. It has a university and several technical colleges ('' Fachhochschulen''). Bielefeld is also famous for the Bethel Institution, and for the Bielefeld conspiracy, which satirises conspiracy theories by claiming that Bielefeld does not exist. This concept has been used in the town's marketing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino (; born 31 March 1981) is a retired tennis player from Spain. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and 45 in doubles. Tennis career In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final. In 2000, she played her first WTA Tour main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33 Cristina Torrens Valero. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for cocaine that March. In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to Flavia Pennetta. She ended at No. 77 in the world in singles and No. 63 in doubles. She won her first WTA title in Bogotá by defeating No. 18 Flavia Pennetta. She reached the final of Budapest, losing to Anna Smashnova, and ended the year at No. 52 in singles. In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Bogot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzipora Obziler
Tzipora "Tzipi" Obziler ( he, ציפורה אובזילר; born 19 April 1973) is a former Israeli professional right-handed tennis player. She reached her career-high singles world ranking of No. 75 in on 8 July 2007, and career-high doubles ranking of No. 149 on 10 April 2000. In Federation Cup she is a shared world record holder for most ties played, at 61. Early and personal life She was born in Givatayim, Israel, and is Jewish. Obziler speaks Hebrew and English. After graduating from high school, she served two years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF; the Israeli Army). Obziler attended classes at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She and her girlfriend Hadas have a daughter together. Obziler took a break from professional tennis when the baby was born, and came back to play in 2008. Tennis career She won 13 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Murić
Maja Murić (born 27 February 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who is now active with several non-profit organizations. Tennis career During a professional tennis career that spanned 1990–2000, Muric played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. Together with Nadin Ercegović, Gorana Matić, and Maja Palaveršić she was a member of the original Croatian Fed Cup team in 1992. In 1993, Murić represented Croatia at the 1993 Mediterranean Games, where she claimed two gold medals, including one earned with doubles partner Silvija Talaja. With doubles partner Ingelise Driehuis, Murić reached the quarterfinals at 1994 Wimbledon Championships. Murić represented Croatia in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where she and partner Iva Majoli reached the second round before losing to the Spanish team of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Conchita Martínez, 6–2, 6–1. Murić competed in all of women's doubles Grand Slams from 1991 to 1999. Non-profit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Courtois
Laurence Courtois (born 18 January 1976) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium. Courtois, who was born in Kortrijk, won four 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 ... during her career. WTA Tour finals Singles 2 Doubles 9 (4–5) ITF finals Singles: 5 (3–2) Doubles: 16 (13-3) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Courtois, Laurence 1976 births Living people Belgian female tennis players Flemish sportspeople French Open junior champions Olympic tennis players of Belgium Sportspeople from Kortrijk Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Schneider
Caroline Schneider (born 1 June 1973) is a German professional tennis player. During her career, she won several titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career highlights On 25 April 1994, Schneider reached her highest doubles ranking: World Number 61. Her highest singles ranking came on 12 December 1994, when she became World Number 289. In her career, she won $ US 256,449. Grand Slam Doubles From 1988 to 2002, Schneider competed in twenty Grand Slam doubles tournaments, but never advanced beyond the second round. She competed six times at the Australian Open, nine times at the French Open, four times at Wimbledon and once at the US Open. ITF Women's Doubles In July 1996, with her partner Kirstin Freye, she won the $25,000 Buenos Aires. In 1997, she won the $10,000 Salzburg with Austria's Patricia Wartusch; and the $25,000 Kyiv with Sweden's Annica Lindstedt. In April 2006, she partnered with Italy's Romina Oprandi to win the $25,000 Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubomira Bacheva
Lubomira Bacheva ( bg, Любомира Бачева, born 7 March 1975) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. She reached her career-high ranking of world No. 68 on 1 November 1999. Tennis career As a junior, Bacheva won the European Championships in 1989 and 1991. Bacheva turned professional in 1990 and spent several years on the ITF Women's Circuit building up her ranking. In 1999, she finally broke through the top 100 and reached her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Estoril Open as a lucky loser. She finished that year at No. 73. She finished 2000 again in the top 100. In 2001, she beat Chanda Rubin for her career best win. She played her last professional match in 2004—a first-round loss to Dally Randriantefy in an ITF event. Bacheva won no WTA Tour singles titles, but did win two doubles titles in Casablanca and Budapest, respectively. She was a member of the Bulgarian Fed Cup team from 1993 to 1996 with a win–loss record of 1–6. Grand Slam performance timel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Pirsu
Alice Pirsu (born 16 May 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. Biography Born in Bucharest, Pirsu competed on the professional tour in the 1990s. As a junior, she had a top ranking of 24 and reached the second round at Wimbledon. Beginning on the ITF Circuit in 1994, she won her biggest title at Athens in 1997, defeating Evgenia Kulikovskaya in the final of a $25k tournament. She played five singles and five doubles rubbers for Romania's Fed Cup team across 1997 and 1998, in a total of seven ties. In 1998, her final year on tour, she reached her best singles ranking of 200 in the world. Pirsu left the professional tennis circuit to attend the University of Pennsylvania. While studying for her economics degree she was a co-captain of the university's tennis team, the Penn Quakers The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magda Mihalache
Magda Mihalache (born 6 July 1981) is a retired Romanian tennis player. In May 2005, she reached her highest WTA ranking of 176 in singles whilst her best doubles ranking was 120 in November 1999. She was coached by Dietmar Rau. Mihalache won five singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Romania at the 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 ..., Mihalache has a win–loss record of 7–5. ITF finals Singles (5–10) Doubles (12–15) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mihalache, Magda 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Brăila Romanian female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renee Reid
Renee Reid (born 28 May 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Reid, who grew up in Sydney, was a product of the Australian Institute of Sport and played on the professional tour in the late 1990s, with a best ranking of 174 in the world. Reid competed in Australian Open qualifying for the first time in 1996, where she had a win over Patty Schnyder, before falling in the second round. In 1997 she lost to Amélie Mauresmo in qualifying, then in 1998 received a wildcard into the main draw. In what would be her only main draw appearance, Reid was beaten in the opening round by Elena Likhovtseva. She also completed in the women's doubles with Samantha Smith. She is the elder sister of tennis player Todd Reid Todd Reid (3 June 1984 – 23 October 2018) was an Australian professional tennis player. He excelled as a junior and peaked in the Men's Tour in September 2004, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 105. Tennis career Juni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Pena
Laura Pena Roldán (born 1 November 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Biography Pena grew up in Seville and was ranked in the world's top 50 as a junior. In 1996 she won the Spanish Tennis Championships. On the professional tour, she reached a best ranking of 158 and won five ITF singles titles, three of which were $25,000 tournaments. She had her best year in 1997, when she qualified for WTA Tour main draws at Bol and Cardiff, as well as competing as a wildcard in 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 .... ITF finals Singles (5–5) Doubles (1–1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pena, Laura 1979 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Sportspeople from Seville Tennis players from Andalusia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Nuria Llagostera Vives (; born 16 May 1980) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In June 2005, Llagostera Vives reached her best singles ranking of world No. 35. In November 2009, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings. Professional career Vives was born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands. In her career, she won two singles and 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, losing the final to compatriot Laura Pous Tió. She was the doubles champion at the 2009 WTA Tour Championships, playing with María José Martínez Sánchez. They defeated Serena and Venus Williams en route to a three-set victory over top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber. On 11 November 2013, it was announced that she would be suspended until 7 September 2015 after testing positive for Dextroamphetamine at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford. She subsequently announced her retirement from professional tennis on 20 November, as a result of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
