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Keri Phebus
Keri Phebus (born May 1, 1974) is a professional tennis player from the United States. During her pro career from 1991 to 1998, she won five titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, received a wildcard entry and won her first round match at the 1995 US Open. Phebus is the most decorated player in the history of UCLA women's tennis. Early career While a student at Corona del Mar High School, Phebus was the nation's top-ranked girl in juniors for multiple seasons. College While at UCLA, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female tennis player in 1995. In 1995, she was the first UCLA player ever to win the national singles championship and became the second woman in history to win both the NCAA singles and doubles titles in the same year. Phebus was the first women's tennis player inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. No other player has been so decorated in the history of women's tennis at UCLA. Professional career In professional tennis, on December 8, 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School (now San José State University). This school was absorbed with the official founding of UCLA as the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the 10-campus University of California system (after UC Berkeley). UCLA offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines, enrolling about 31,600 undergraduate and 14,300 graduate and professional students. UCLA received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, including transfers, making the school the most applied-to university in the United States. The university is organized into the College of Letters and Science and 12 professional schools. Six of the schools offer undergraduate degre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Nelson (tennis)
Pam Nelson (born July 1, 1975) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Nelson, who comes from Ross, California, was a girls' singles semi-finalist at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships and girls' doubles runner-up at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships. In the early 1990s, Nelson featured in several WTA Tour tournaments, registering main draw wins over Hu Na, Kristin Godridge and Åsa Carlsson. Nelson left the professional tour to play college tennis for the California Golden Bears of UC Berkeley, winning Pac-10 doubles championships in both 1993 and 1994, with Keirsten Alley Keirsten Alley (born September 17, 1973) is an American former professional tennis player. Alley, who comes from Melrose, Massachusetts, played college tennis for UC Berkeley. A four-time All-American, she won two Pac-10 doubles championships pa .... The pair also reached the NCAA doubles semifinals in 1995. After her college career she returned to the international circuit and won two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Pullin
Julie Pullin (born 5 November 1975), now Julie Hobbs, is a retired British tennis player who turned professional in 1993. She won eight singles titles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF circuit, many with compatriot Lorna Woodroffe. She is most well known for receiving nine wild cards over her career for the ladies' singles at Wimbledon, but failing to win a match. She reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of 125 in April 2000, after she achieved her best performance in a Grand Slam championship, qualifying and reaching the second round of the Australian Open for the first time. Pullin had defeated Slovak 15th seed Martina Suchá in the first round of qualifying 6–4, 7–5, Gloria Pizzichini 6–4, 6–0 in the second and American Samantha Reeves in the final round 6–2, 7–6. She defeated another American, Jane Chi, 6–1, 6–3 in the first round proper, before narrowly losing to Chinese wild card Yi Jing-Qian, 3–6, 6–2, 7–9. It was the only tournament where Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peachtree City
Peachtree City is the largest city in Fayette County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 34,364. Peachtree City is located in South Metro Atlanta. Peachtree City is noted for its extensive use of golf carts. Over 10,000 households in the city own golf carts, and most areas of the city can be reached via more than of golf cart paths. Geography Peachtree City is located in western Fayette County in the southern Atlanta metro area. It is bordered to the west by Coweta County and to the north by the Town of Tyrone. It is crossed by Georgia State Route 74 and Georgia State Route 54. SR 54 leads east to Fayetteville, the county seat, and southwest to Luthersville. Newnan is to the west via SR 54 and SR 34. SR 74, the Joel Cowan Parkway, runs through the west side of Peachtree City, leading north to Tyrone and to Interstate 85 near Fairburn. Downtown Atlanta is to the north via SR 74 and I-85. According to the U.S. Census B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Palme
Karin Palme (born 27 December 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico. Biography Born in Guadalajara, Palme made her debut for the Mexico Fed Cup team in 1994. She played Fed Cup ever year up until 1999, by which time she was in her second season of college tennis at Arizona State University. In 2000 she earned All-American honors for singles. After graduating she continued to compete on the professional tour and represent Mexico in international events. She won two medals at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games and was a doubles bronze medalist at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo. In 2003 she made a comeback to Fed Cup tennis for a further two ties, finishing her career with appearances in 26 ties, second only to Jessica Fernández Jessica Fernández (born 19 July 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico. Biography Fernández holds the Mexico Fed Cup record for most ties played, which stands at 29. She started out as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adria Engel
Adria Engel Raines (born December 21, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player. Born in Chicago, Engel is of Czech heritage through both of her parents, who were noted sportspeople in their native Czechoslovakia. Her mother played tennis and trained with Věra Suková, while her father was a professional soccer player. She also has an elder brother, Marty, who played some professional tennis. Engel was a member of the Arizona State Sun Devils (ASU) varsity tennis team and amassed an ASU record 132 career-singles wins. In 2001, as a sophomore, she became the first player from ASU to claim a Pac-10 The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA D ... singles title. ITF finals Singles: 6 (2–4) Doubles: 9 (3–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Mount Pleasant is a large suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. In the Low Country, it is the fourth largest municipality and largest town in South Carolina, and for several years was one of the state's fastest-growing areas, doubling in population between 1990 and 2000. The population was 90,801 at the 2020 census. The estimated population in 2019 was 91,684. At the foot of the Arthur Ravenel Bridge is Patriots Point, a naval and maritime museum, home to the World War II aircraft carrier , which is now a museum ship. The Ravenel Bridge, an eight-lane highway that was completed in 2005, spans the Cooper River and links Mount Pleasant with the city of Charleston. History The site of Mount Pleasant was originally occupied by the Sewee people, an Algonquian language-speaking tribe. The first European settlers arrived from England on July 6, 1680, under the leadership of Captain Florentia O'Sullivan. Captain O'Sullivan had been granted , which includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Kolbovic
Renata Kolbovic (born July 30, 1976) is a former tennis player, who was born in Czechoslovakia but competed for Canada. Kolbovic had a professional career from 1996 to 2002. A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, Kolbovic reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour on December 4, 2000, when she became the No. 159 in the world. Alongside Aneta Soukup, she won the bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ..., Canada. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ITF finals Singles (1–9) Doubles (12–13) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolbovic, Renata 1976 births Living people Canadian female tennis players Czech female tennis players Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Drake
Maureen Elizabeth Drake (born March 21, 1971) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 47, which she reached on September 13, 1999. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 77, set on October 30, 2006. After Drake qualified for the round of 16 at the 1999 Australian Open, there was no Canadian to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event until Aleksandra Wozniak at the French Open in 2009. Drake retired in April 2011 but returned to professional tennis in July 2014. In August 2016, she announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 runner-up ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner-ups) Doubles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups) Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles Record against top-50 players Drake's win–loss record (14–54, 21%) against players who were ranked world No. 50 or higher when played is as follows: ''Players who have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Okada
Jean Okada (born June 7, 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Okada grew up in Lahaina, on the Hawaiian island of Maui. From 1992 to 1996 she played collegiate tennis at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). She has the distinction of being the first women's UCSB player to earn All-American honors, which she achieved in 1996 after reaching the round of 16 at the NCAA championships. As a professional player her most notable performance was qualifying for the singles main draw of the 1998 US Open. One of her wins in qualifying was over former top 50 player Elena Makarova. In the main draw she was beaten in the first round by the Czech Republic's Radka Bobková Radka Bobková (born 12 February 1973) is a former Czech professional tennis player. Bobková has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 47, achieved on 20 September 1993. She also has a best doubles ranking of 59, reached on 14 August 1995. She w .... She retired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Lee
Lindsay Lee-Waters (born June 28, 1977) is an American former professional tennis player. Lee-Waters has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 33, achieved on 1 April 1996. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 85, achieved on 25 February 2013. Lee-Waters won 11 singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF. Her results on the WTA Tour include semifinals at the Bell Challenge 1995 and British Hard Court Championships, and Canberra International, as well as the quarterfinals of Indian Wells in 1996. Personal life and career Lindsay Lee married her coach Heath Waters on March 7, 2000.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour , Players , Info (Biography) , Lindsay Lee-Waters Heath Waters is the owner of Strive Tennis Academy in |
Janet Lee
Janet Lee (, born October 22, 1976) is a Taiwanese-American retired tennis player. She won three doubles titles during her professional career on the WTA Tour. She competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments in both singles and doubles. Her career-high singles ranking is 79, and her best doubles ranking world No. 20. Since retiring, she has been an assistant coach for the California State University, Fullerton(CSUF) women's tennis team. She was a full-time undergraduate student at the university, majoring in Business with an emphasis in Accounting and Finance. After earning her B.A. at CSUF, she joined the professional services firm Deloitte & Touche, LLP. Personal Her father is Shun-Yi Lee, a physicist, and her mother is Vanni Lee, a DP coordinator. Lee graduated from high school in 1994 and decided to postpone college to pursue a professional tennis career. She started playing tennis at age five. Career Lee competed in tennis competitions for Chinese Taipei at the 2000 Summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
