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Katarzyna Nowak
Katarzyna Nowak (born 13 January 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Poland. Biography Professional tour Nowak, who comes from Łódź, turned professional at the age of 19. On the WTA Tour, her best performance was a semifinal appearance at the 1995 Barcelona Open. Soon after, she beat Kimberly Po and Meredith McGrath to make the third round of the 1995 French Open, then months later reached her career-high ranking of 47 in the world. Representative Nowak first played for the Poland Fed Cup team in 1988 in Melbourne, were Poland played against Italy and lost 1–2. The only one point won Katarzyna Nowak who beat Laura Garrone. She won a total of nine singles matches in the Fed Cup, the most famous of which came in 1991, over Nathalie Tauziat in Nottingham, to help Poland eliminate sixth seeded France from the tournament. The best result came in 1992 when Poland achieved quarterfinal of Fed Cup which is the best results in Polish tennis history. Poland beat Israe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canting arms, canting, as it depicts a boat ( in Polish language, Polish), which alludes to the city's name. As of 2022, Łódź has a population of 670,642 making it the country's List of cities and towns in Poland, fourth largest city. Łódź was once a small settlement that first appeared in 14th-century records. It was granted city rights, town rights in 1423 by Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło and it remained a private town of the Kuyavian bishops and clergy until the late 18th century. In the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, Łódź was annexed to Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia before becoming part of the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw; the city joined Congress Poland, a Russian Empire, Russian client state, at the 1815 Congress of Vien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Fed Cup Team
The France women's national tennis team represents France in international women's tennis and is directed by the Fédération Française de Tennis. The team played in the first ever tournament in 1963, and is one of four teams that has taken part in every single edition since. While the French national team has not been one of the most successful in women's tennis, it has been very consistent over the years. Throughout the first ten years of competition, it never failed to reach the quarterfinals, and continued its good record through the early 1980s, accumulating a 63% win–loss percentage, reaching four semifinals, and winning the consolation rounds in 1982 despite being defeated in the first round of the main draw. The team experienced a slight downturn in the mid-to-late 1980s, winning only 40% of their ties from 1983 to 1989, but they returned to a successful form by reaching all but four semifinals from 1990 to 1999 and managing to win the 1997 edition, mainly thanks to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maaike Koutstaal
Maaike Koutstaal (born 20 June 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Biography Born in Rotterdam, Koutstaal competed on the ITF junior circuit in the early 1990s and most notably was runner-up in the girls' doubles at the 1993 French Open. As a professional player she was most successful in the doubles format, with a best ranking of 86 in the world. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the 1995 Indonesia Open, where she qualified for the singles main draw and was a quarterfinalist in the doubles, partnering Dominique Monami. In 1995, she competed in the main draw of the women's doubles at all four Grand Slam tournaments, which included a round of 16 appearance at the Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Schnell
Melanie Schnell (born 22 February 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Biography Schnell, a right-handed player from Radstadt, began competing on tour in 1993. She made her grand slam main draw debut at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, where she had a win over Katerina Maleeva. Aged 18, she broke into the world's top 100 in 1995 and had a peak ranking of 90 the following year. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the 1996 Budapest Open, where she was a losing finalist to Ruxandra Dragomir. She represented the Austria Fed Cup team in one tie, a 1996 World Group playoff against Germany, in which she featured in the dead rubber doubles. Partnering with Barbara Schett, the pair beat Sabine Hack and Christina Singer, to give Austria its only win of the fixture. Married to tennis player Lars Rehmann, Schnell is now based in Germany. She was previously in a relationship with Italian tennis player Diego Nargiso Diego Nargiso (born 15 March 1970) is a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katalin Miskolczi
Katalin Miskolczi (born 6 August 1976) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. Miskolczi had a career singles high ranking of 221 and won two ITF titles, both in 1995. At WTA Tour level, her best performance came when she qualified for the main draw of the 1996 Meta Styrian Open and had a first round win over Anna Smashnova Anna Smashnova ( he, אנה סמשנובה, russian: Анна Смашнова; born July 16, 1976) is a Soviet-born Israeli former tennis player. She retired from professional tour after Wimbledon 2007. Smashnova reached her career-high singles .... ITF finals Singles: 5 (2–3) Doubles: 4 (1–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miskolczi, Katalin 1976 births Living people Hungarian female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Földényi
Anna Maria Földényi (born 22 August 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. In her career, Földényi won 13 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 27 September 1999, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 107. On 19 April 1999, she peaked at No. 142 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Hungary Fed Cup team The Hungary women's national tennis team represents Hungary in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Magyar Tenisz Szövetség. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I. History Hungary competed in its first Fed C ..., she has a win-loss record of 19–5. Földényi retired from tour in 2007. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF finals Singles: 18 (13–5) Doubles: 3 (3–0) External links * * * Hungarian female tennis players German female tennis players 1974 births Living people German people of Hungarian descent Sportspeople from Düsseldorf Tennis pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Demongeot
Isabelle Demongeot (born 18 September 1966) is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional on 1 May 1983. She lived in Saint-Tropez in the French Riviera in the early stages of her career and later settled further south in Gassin. Demongeot won her only WTA Tour singles title in Purchase in New York state in 1991. She achieved her best Grand Slam singles performance by reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon in 1986. She won a total of nine WTA Tour doubles titles. Her best Grand Slam doubles performance was reaching the French Open quarter-finals with Nathalie Tauziat of France in 1987 and 1992. She also represented her country from 1985 to 1993 in the Federation/Fed Cup and in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games.Isabelle Demongeot . sports-reference.com She retired from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Baudone
Nathalie Baudone-Furlan (born 12 July 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Biography Baudone was born in Belgium but represented Italy during her career. As a junior she reached the girls' doubles semi-finals at the 1990 US Open, with Silvia Farina Elia. She won two medals at the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens, a gold partnering Katia Piccolini in the doubles and a bronze in the singles event. Professional tennis Baudone's first WTA Tour quarter-final came in 1992, at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo tournament in her home country. In 1993 she reached her highest ranking of 71 in the world, soon after reaching the third round of the French Open. At the 1993 US Open she lost a close match to 13th seed Mary Pierce in the first round, which was decided by a final set tie-break. She also was a quarter-finalist at Linz that year. At the 1994 Canadian Open she won three matches to make her third WTA Tour quarter-final. Her run in the tournament, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandrine Testud
Sandrine Testud (born 3 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from France. Career Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 2000, she became the sixth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, Nathalie Tauziat, Amélie Mauresmo and Julie Halard to break into the top 10 in the singles rankings. This marked the first time France had four women ranked in the singles top 10 simultaneously (Mary Pierce at No. 5, Nathalie Tauziat at No. 6, Julie Halard at No. 8 and Testud at No. 9). France was the third nation after the USA and Australia to have more than two representatives in the singles top 10 at any one time. She finished in the top 20 for five consecutive years between 1997 and 2001. In the summer of 2002, she took a break from the tennis circuit when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. She resumed her career 12 months after the birth of her child and retired in the summer of 2005. She won a total of three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Brioukhovets
Elena Brioukhovets (Russian: Елена Брюховец) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player and an Honored Master of Sports. Brioukhovets started her own tennis school in 2007. The school was previously based in Odessa, Ukraine, but is currently located in Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census ..., Russia. WTA career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 5 (4–1) Doubles: 16 (14–2) References External links * * * Photo from 1989Biography on Elena Bryukhovets Tennis School site Living people 1971 births Soviet female tennis players Ukrainian female tennis players Sportspeople from Odesa Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{Ukraine-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Pampoulova
Elena Pampulova (also Elena Pampulova-Wagner, Elena Pampulova-Bergomi, bg, Елена Пампулова, born 17 May 1972) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. She has won one singles and three WTA doubles titles. Her professional tennis career span from 1988 to 2001. Pampulova's career-high singles ranking is world No. 62, her career-high doubles ranking is No. 38, both achieved in September 1996. Tennis career Pampoulova played for Bulgaria and the Bulgaria Fed Cup team from 1988 to 1992. Pampulova was one of only three players to represent Bulgaria in tennis at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona (together with Katerina Maleeva and Magdalena Maleeva). From 1997 to 1999, Elena played for the Germany Fed Cup team. She won 13 career titles in singles (one WTA) and 11 titles in doubles (three of them from WTA Tour). Her first tennis coach was her own mother, Bulgarian tennis player Lubka Radkova. Elena's father, Emilian Pampoulov, is also a tennis player. Personal life On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katia Piccolini
Katia Piccolini (born 15 January 1973) is a former tennis player from Italy, who competed on the WTA Tour from 1988 to 1999. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 37 in July 1991 and competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... Other career highlights include reaching the third round of the 1990 US Open and winning the singles title at the San Marino Open in 1991. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (7–5) References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Piccolini, Katia 1973 births Italian female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Italy Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Living people People from L'Aquila Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
