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Kim Kessaris
Kimberly Lynn Kessaris (born March 27, 1973) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Early life Kessaris grew up in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the daughter of Jim and Peggy. Her father, a dentist by profession, got her started in tennis when she was five. She attended the local Heritage Hall school. Considered a tennis prodigy, she was a top ranked junior and trained at Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy in Florida. Tennis career Kessaris made her WTA Tour debut at Charleston in 1987, just days after her 14th birthday. In 1988 she was beaten by Steffi Graf in only 32-minutes at a tournament in Mahwah. At the 1989 Australian Open she defeated Andrea Farley in the girls' singles final to become the first American to win an Australian Open junior title. She also qualified for the main draw of the women's singles and made the third round. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance at the 1989 Virginia Slims of Houst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Defending champion Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, defeating Helena Suková in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1989 Australian Open. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Steffi Graf is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Steffi Graf ''(champion)'' # Martina Navratilova ''(quarterfinals)'' # Gabriela Sabatini ''(semifinals)'' # Pam Shriver ''(third round)'' # Helena Suková ''(finalist)'' # Zina Garrison ''(quarterfinals)'' # Barbara Potter ''(first round)'' # Claudia Kohde-Kilsch ''(quarterfinals)'' # Lori McNeil ''(first round)'' # Mary Joe Fernández ''(third round)'' # Sylvia Hanika ''(first round)'' # Patty Fendick ''(second round)'' # Raffaella Reggi ''(fourth round)'' # Anne Minter ''(second round)'' # Hana Mandlíková ''(fourth round)'' # Nicole Provis ''(fourth round)'' Qualifying Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Today
''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virginia. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. With an average print circulation of 159,233 as of 2022, a digital-only subscriber base of 504,000 as of 2019, and an approximate daily readership of 2.6 million, ''USA Today'' is ranked as the first by circulation on the list of newspapers in the United States. It has been shown to maintain a generally center-left audience, in regards to political persuasion. ''USA Today'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Open (tennis) Junior Champions
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The Australian Open starts in the middle of January and continues for two weeks coinciding with the Australia Day holiday. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles; junior's championships; and wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events. Novak Djokovic has the most Australian Open men's singles titles of all time with nine. Before 1988, it was played on grass courts, but since then three types of hardcourt surfaces have been used: green-coloured Rebound Ace up to 2007, blue Plexicushion from 2008 to 2019, and blue GreenSet since 2020. First held in 1905 as the Australasian championships, the Australian Open has grown to become one of the biggest sporting events in the Southern Hemisphere. Nicknamed "th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Hendersonville, North Carolina
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Tennis People From North Carolina
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 covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Female Tennis Players
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Living People
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1973 Births
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (1969, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (1953, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria; 176 people are killed. * January 27 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. February * February 8 – A m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Australian Open
The 1990 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 78th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1990. Seniors Men's singles Ivan Lendl defeated Stefan Edberg 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–2 (Edberg retired) * It was Lendl's 8th and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title. Women's singles Steffi Graf defeated Mary Joe Fernández 6–3, 6–4 * It was Graf's 9th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Australian Open title. Men's doubles Pieter Aldrich / Danie Visser defeated Grant Connell / Glenn Michibata 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 * It was Aldrich's 1st career Grand Slam title and his only Australian Open title. It was Visser's 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title. Women's doubles Jana Novotná / Helena Suková defeated Patty Fendick / Mary Joe Fernández 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6) * It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Oklahoman
''The Oklahoman'' is the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma, United States, and is the only regional daily that covers the Greater Oklahoma City area. The Alliance for Audited Media (formerly Audit Bureau Circulation) lists it as the 59th largest U.S. newspaper in circulation. ''The Oklahoman'' has been published by Gannett (formerly known as GateHouse Media) owned by Fortress Investment Group and its investor Softbank since October 1, 2018. On November 11, 2019, GateHouse Media and Gannett announced GateHouse Media would be acquiring Gannett and taking the Gannett name. The acquisition of Gannett was finalized on November 19, 2019. Copies are sold for $2 daily or $3 Sundays/Thanksgiving Day; prices are higher outside Oklahoma and adjacent counties. Ownership The newspaper was founded in 1889 by Sam Small and taken over in 1903 by Edward K. Gaylord. Gaylord would run the paper for 71 years, and upon his death, the paper remained under the Gaylord family. It was announced o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Virginia Slims Of Houston
The 1989 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the United States that was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 24 through April 30, 1989. Unseeded Monica Seles won the singles title. Finals Singles Monica Seles defeated Chris Evert 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 * It was Seles' only title of the year and the 1st of her career. Doubles Katrina Adams / Zina Garrison defeated Gigi Fernández / Lori McNeil 6–3, 6–4 * It was Adams' 3rd title of the year and the 7th of her career. It was Garrison's 2nd title of the year and the 19th of her career. External links ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws {{1989 WTA Tour Virginia Slims of Houston Virginia Slims of Houston Virginia Slims of Houston Virginia Slims of Houston Virginia Slims of Houston Virginia Slims of Houston The Virginia Slims of Houston is a defunct WTA Tour aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reno Gazette-Journal
The ''Reno Gazette Journal'' is the main daily newspaper for Reno, Nevada. It is owned and operated by the Gannett Company. It came into being when the ''Nevada State Journal'' (founded on November 23, 1870) and the ''Reno Evening Gazette'' (founded on March 28, 1876) were combined on October 7, 1983. Speidel Newspapers bought the ''Gazette'' on October 1, 1939 and bought the ''Journal'' a month later. Gannett bought Speidel Newspapers on May 11, 1977. On April 16, 2019, an edition of the ''Nevada State Journal'' was found during the opening of a time capsule from 1872 in the cornerstone of a demolished Masonic lodge in Reno Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is th .... References External links * 1870 establishments in Nevada Daily newspapers published in the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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