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Karolina Jovanović
Karolina Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Каролина Јовановић; born 13 February 1988) is a Serbian former 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 ... player. Jovanović won two singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 30 July 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 404. On 20 August 2007, she peaked at No. 201 in the doubles rankings. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (2–4) Doubles: 25 (13–12) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jovanovic, Karolina 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Niš Serbian female tennis players Serbia and Montenegro female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while its administrative area (City of Niš) has a population of 260,237 inhabitants. Several Roman emperors were born in Niš or used it as a residence: Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople, Constantius III, Constans, Vetranio, Julian, Valentinian I, Valens; and Justin I. Emperor Claudius Gothicus decisively defeated the Goths at the Battle of Naissus (present-day Niš). Later playing a prominent role in the history of the Byzantine Empire, the city's past would earn it the nickname ''Imperial City.'' After about 400 years of Ottoman rule, the city was liberated in 1878 and became part of the Principality of Serbia, though not without great bloodshed—remnants of which can be found throughou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maša Zec Peškirič
Maša Zec Peškirič (born 21 January 1987) is a Slovenian former tennis player. In her career, she won 14 singles titles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 June 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 93. On 19 October 2009, she peaked at No. 130 in the doubles rankings. Zec Peškirič made her debut for the Slovenia Fed Cup team The Slovenia Billie Jean King Cup team represents Slovenia in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovene Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II. History Slovenia competed in its first F ... in April 2006. She has a win–loss record of 8–22 in the competition. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 23 (14 titles, 9 runner-ups) Doubles: 25 (10–15) External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zec Peskiric, Masa 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice Slovenian female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Cup NLB Montenegro
The Royal Cup NLB Montenegro was a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor clay courts, held in Donji Kokoti, Podgorica, Montenegro, from 2004 to 2019. The event was part of the ITF Women's Circuit and was classified in the $25,000 category. It was previously a $50k event but was downgraded in 2013. Past finals Singles Doubles Record Titles by player Since first edition of Podgorica tour, Czech player Renata Voráčová is the only participant which won the singles tournament twice (2009, 2012). Among the players which won title in singles and in doubles are Andrea Petković, Dijana Stojić, Irina-Camelia Begu and Stephanie Vogt. Below is the list of players which won at least two tournaments in singles and doubles. Titles by country By now, tennis players from 16 different countries won the trophy in singles or doubles competition at Royal Cup NLB Montenegro. Most successful were players from Romania, which won five titles. Additionally, more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Niculescu
Gabriela Niculescu (born 7 June 1986) is a retired professional tennis player and former member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On July 4, 2005, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 376, and her best doubles ranking was 199 on February 20, 2006. In 2008 playing for the University of Southern California in doubles, teamed up with Amanda Fink, she won the 2008 Pac-10 Doubles Championship, won the ITA West Regional doubles title, and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation. She became a national platform tennis champion after retiring from professional tennis. She won titles in 2016, 2018 and 2019. Personal life She is the older sister of tennis player Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten doubles .... ITF finals Singles (1–2) Doubles (25-11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Ioana Paar
Laura Ioana Paar (née Andrei; born 31 May 1988) is a Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 190 in singles, achieved on 31 January 2021, and 113 in doubles, set on 9 March 2020. Laura has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 53 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Career She started tennis at age six and is coached by German Calin Alexandru Paar. In December 2016, she won the singles and the doubles at the ITF Cordenons tournament. On 19 May 2019, she made her WTA Tour debut when she entered the main draw of the Nürnberger Versicherungscup by defeating Raluca Șerban Raluca Georgiana Șerban (born 17 June 1997) is a Romanian-born professional tennis player, who since 2018 has represented Cyprus. Career She has career-high WTA rankings of 173 in singles and 176 in doubles. Șerban has won 13 singles and 13 do ... in the qualifying round. Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles WTA career finals Doubles: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Vollmeier
Patricia is a female given name of Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word ''patrician'', meaning "noble"; it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick. The name Patricia was the second most common female name in the United States according to the 1990 US Census. Another well-known variant of this is "Patrice". According to the US Social Security Administration records, the use of the name for newborns peaked at #3 from 1937 to 1943 in the United States, after which it dropped in popularity, sliding to #745 in 2016.Popularity of a NameSocial Security Administration''ssa.gov'', accessed June 26, 2017 From 1928 to 1967, the name was ranked among the top 11 female names. In Portuguese and Spanish-speaking Latin-American countries, the name Patrícia/Patricia is common as well, pronounced . In Catalan and Portuguese it is written Patrícia, while in Italy, Germany and Austria Patrizia is the form, pronounced . In Polish, the variant is Patrycja. It is also used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandra Lukič
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script.Tablet MY V 659 (61). Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken. Variants * Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) ( Spanish) * Aleksandra (Александра) (Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) * Alessandra ( Italian) * Alessia (Italian) * Alex (various languages) * Alexa (Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Stanivuk
Jelena Stanivuk (born 17 February 1988) is a Bosnia and Herzegovinan former tennis player who also competed for Croatia. She was studying at Baylor University, between 2007–2011. Playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Fed Cup, Stanivuk has a win/loss record of 1–3. In 2013, she was the captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Fed Cup team. ITF finals Doubles: 5 (2–3) Junior career Stanivuk has a career-high ITF juniors ranking of 482, achieved on 29 March 2005. ITF Junior Circuit finals Doubles (0–1) National representation Fed Cup Stanivuk made her Fed Cup debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ... in 2012, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Fed Cup (1–3) Singles (0–1) Doubles (1–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ani Mijačika
Ani Mijačika (; born 15 June 1987) is a Croatian former tennis player. On 17 October 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 193 whilst her best doubles ranking was 222 in September 2011. Mijačika retired from professional tennis in September 2014, but she has resurfaced in low level ITF events as of April 2016, and has played matches until September 2018. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups) Doubles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups) Fed Cup participation Singles References External links * * * 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Makarska Croatian female tennis players Clemson Tigers women's tennis players {{Croatia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Obrež
Tina Bohorič ( Obrez, born 21 April 1986) is a retired Slovenian tennis player. Obrez was born in Ljubljana. She won two singles and six doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 27 February 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 489. On 15 May 2006, she peaked at world number 447 in the doubles rankings. She played for the Slovenia Fed Cup team The Slovenia Billie Jean King Cup team represents Slovenia in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovene Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II. History Slovenia competed in its first F ... on two occasions. Obrez made the third qualifying round at the 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, losing to Maria Elena Camerin and narrowly missing out on a place in the main draw, but received a wildcard alongside Anja Prislan in the doubles draw. ITF finals (8–7) Singles (2–0) Doubles (6–7) References External links * * * 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Popović
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrey, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek language, Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronicus (other), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', with others being Elia (other), Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas (other), Aeneas), Luca (given name), Luca (Lucas (given name), Lucas), Mattia (other), Mattia ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neda Kozić
Neda Kozić ( sr-cyr, Неда Козић; born 21 November 1985) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Kozić has career-high WTA rankings of 399 in singles, achieved on 15 September 2008, and 224 in doubles, set on 13 October 2008. She won nine doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Biography and Coaching Neda Kozić was born in Serbia and took up tennis at age 12 to help on her path to becoming a professional soccer player. She continued with tennis, began touring professionally from 2003- 2011, and achieved a WTA ranking of No. 399 in singles and 224 in doubles —along with wins over Ana Ivanovic and Mona Barthel. Her coaching accolades include being an adviser to professional players Aleksandra Krunić, Jelena Janković, Georgina Garcia Perez and other highly ranked singles and doubles players on the WTA Tour. In 2010, Kozić team competed with Bielefelder TC in German tennis league. In 2011, Kozić fine-tuned her coaching ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
