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Kim Mi-ok
Kim Mi-ok (born 1 October 1978) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Tennis career A right-handed player, Kim was a gold medalist for South Korea at the 2002 Asian Games, partnering Choi Young-ja in the women's doubles. The pair, who were unseeded, won the gold medal with a win in the final over the tournament's top seeds, Indonesians Wynne Prakusya and Angelique Widjaja. Between 2002 and 2006, she represented South Korea in a total of nine ties. Her only singles win came against Hong Kong's Kristin Godridge and she won five doubles rubbers. Kim has featured mostly in ITF level events during her professional career, with three singles and thirteen doubles titles to her name. She made a WTA Tour main-draw appearance in the doubles at the Korea Open in 2005, reaching the quarter-finals. They defeated Marion Bartoli and Tamarine Tanasugarn Tamarine Tanasugarn ( th, แทมมารีน ธนสุกาญจน์, , ; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125K series. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125k series and the bigger money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn ( th, แทมมารีน ธนสุกาญจน์, , ; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai former tennis player. Born in Los Angeles, she turned professional in 1994, and has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles. Tanasugarn's career-high WTA ranking is No. 19, achieved on 13 May 2002, which is the highest ranking ever achieved of a Thai female player. She won four singles and eight WTA doubles titles, and was briefly a doubles partner with Maria Sharapova, with whom she won two titles in 2003. Her career-high doubles ranking was 15, which she achieved on 13 September 2004. With Liezel Huber, she reached the 2004 US Open doubles quarterfinals, and at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, she reached the women's doubles semifinal with Marina Erakovic. Her biggest success came in 2008, when she reached the singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon. In her career, Tanasugarn has defeated former and current No. 1 players, including Amélie Mauresmo, Jennif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Chin-wei
Chan Chin-wei (, born 8 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Taiwan. She won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with six singles and 49 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 152 in October 2006. On 3 August 2015, she peaked at No. 74 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career Chan started tennis at the age of ten. In 2002, she played for Taiwan's Fed Cup team for the first time. Her coach was Chan Fu-chen. In 2013, she won the doubles competition at the Korea Open in Seoul, her first title on the WTA Tour. She also won three $25k events (in Changwon, Huzhu and Tsukuba) on the ITF Circuit. In September 2014, Chan won the doubles competition at the Suzhou Ladies Open, her first doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012. In the past (2012–2015) sometimes call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Yang-jin
Chung Yang-jin (born 6 November 1978) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Biography A right-handed player born in Jochiwon, Chung reached a best singles ranking on the professional tour of 362 in the world and featured in a total of 15 Fed Cup ties for South Korea. In 2000 she won ITF titles in Jakarta and Seoul. Chung was a singles bronze medalist for South Korea at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing. At the 2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 ... in Busan, Chung was a member of the bronze medal winning South Korean team. ITF Finals Singles (2–5) Doubles (1–3) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chung, Yang-jin 1978 births Living people South Korean female tennis players Universiade medalists in tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xie Yanze
Xie Yanze (born 11 January 1984) is a former Chinese professional tennis player. In her career, she won six singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 7 June 2004, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 184. On 27 September 2004, she peaked at No. 149 in the WTA doubles rankings. In 2005, Xie along with Peng Shuai reached the semifinals at the Guangzhou International Open, losing to eventual finalists Neha Uberoi and Shikha Uberoi. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner-ups) Doubles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups) External links * * Yan-Ze Xie at TennisLive.netYanze Xie at the Tennis Channel {{DEFAULTSORT:Xie, Yan-Ze 1986 births Living people Chinese female tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 21st-century Chinese women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Jin-young (tennis)
Choi Jin-young (born 24 August 1979) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Choi represented South Korea at the 2002 Asian Games and played in seven Fed Cup ties for her country. As a professional player, Choi spent her career on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental ..., where she won three singles and eight doubles titles. She reached a best singles ranking of 378 and was ranked as high as 266 in the world for doubles. ITF finals Singles (3–2) Doubles (8-4) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Choi, Jin Young 1979 births Living people South Korean female tennis players Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea 21st-century South Korean women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baotou
Baotou (; mn, Buɣutu qota, Бугат хот) is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of its 5 urban districts is home to 2,261,089 people with a total population of 2,709,378 accounting for counties under its jurisdiction. The city's namesake, literally translated to "place with deer", is of Mongolic origin or "Lucheng" (), meaning "City of Deer". Alternatively Baotou is known as the "City of Steel in Gobi" (). Previously the town's principal industry was steel. However, in recent decades Baotou has become internationally known for processing rare earth minerals mined in Bayan Obo, making the city the largest Chinese source of the minerals. Though central to the city's economy, it also produces toxic tailings contained by the Baotou Tailings Dam . History Ancient times The area now known as Baotou was inhabited by nomads, some of whose descendan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoo Mi
Yoo Mi (born 9 May 1986 in Seoul) is a former South Korean tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 299, and a best doubles ranking of 203, both achieved on 8 September 2014. Yoo made her WTA Tour debut at the 2009 Hansol Korea Open The 2009 Hansol Korea Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the event known that year as the Hansol Korea Open, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It was ..., where she had been given a wildcard into the singles main draw. She lost in the first round to Meghann Shaughnessy. Playing in Fed Cup for South Korea, Yoo has a win–loss ratio of 10–10. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 35 (18 titles, 17 runner-ups) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoo, Mi 1986 births Living people South Korean female tennis players Tennis players from Seoul Sportspeople from Daegu Tennis players a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seogwipo
Seogwipo () is the second-largest city on Jeju Island, settled on a rocky volcanic coastline in the southern part of Jeju Province, South Korea. In July 2006, Seogwipo's boundaries were expanded to include the entire southern half of Jeju island. A UNESCO World Heritage site and 2002 FIFA World Cup host, it had a population of 155,691 as of December 31, 2011. History Early history Hundreds of Seogwipo’s oldest archeological artifacts were found in Saengsugwe Cave near Cheonjiyeon Waterfall on the south coast of Jeju. After an extensive excavation by a team of experts from Jeju National Museum in November 2010, hundred of Stone Age artifacts were unearthed. Another ancient location in Seogwipo is the village of Hamo. Artifacts found there during a 2005 excavation include pieces of earthenware and shell mounds from the Neolithic Age. In the beginning, Seogwipo was a part of Tamna, an ancient kingdom of Jeju. The kingdom traded with other nations across the Korean peninsula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daegu
Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is the third-largest official metropolitan area in the nation with over 2.5 million residents; and the second-largest city after Busan in the Yeongnam region in southeastern Korean Peninsula. It was overtaken by Incheon in the 2000s, but still it is said to be the third city, according to the "Act on the Establishment of Daegu City and Incheon City" (Act No. 3424 and April 13, 1981). Daegu and surrounding North Gyeongsang Province are often referred to as Daegu-Gyeongbuk, with a total population over 5 million. Daegu is located in south-eastern Korea about from the seacoast, near the Geumho River and its mainstream, Nakdong River in Gyeongsang-do. The Daegu basin is the central plain of the Yeongnam List of regions of Korea, regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Eun-jeong (tennis)
Lee Eun-jeong (born 27 October 1976) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Lee began competing in professional tournaments in the 1990s and reached a best singles world ranking of 316 during her career. She won three singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental ... in 2004, including the $25,000 Changwon Challenger. Her husband Kim Yong-seung was also a tennis player. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (3–3) Doubles: 7 (1–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Eun-jeong 1976 births Living people South Korean female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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