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List Of South Africa Fed Cup Team Representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the South Africa Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. South Africa have taken part in the competition since 1963. Players References External linksTennis South Africa {{DEFAULTSORT:South Africa Fed Cup Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ... Lists of Billie Jean King Cup tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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] |
Rosalyn Fairbank
Rosalyn Doris Fairbank-Nideffer (born 2 November 1960) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa. She played her first grand slam in 1979, with her last appearance in 1997. She won a WTA Tour singles event in Richmond in 1983 and numerous doubles titles, with the highlight being her Grand Slam titles at the 1981 French Open with Tanya Harford and 1983 with Candy Reynolds Candy Reynolds (born March 24, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the French Open in 1983 (partnering Rosalyn Fairbank). She was also a runner .... She won 317 singles and 472 doubles matches on the tour during her career. Grand Slam finals Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairbank, Rosalyn 1960 births South African people of British descent Sportspeople from Durban South African female tennis players S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrie Le Roux
Madrie Le Roux (born 19 April 1995) is a South African former tennis player. Born in Uitenhage, Le Roux was introduced to tennis at the age of six. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she has been ranked as high as world No. 69, achieved in January 2013. 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 ..., Le Roux has won seven doubles titles. From November 2017 until November 2018, she did not play a single professional match. ITF finals Singles (0–3) Doubles (7–8) Fed Cup participation Singles Doubles External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Roux, Madrie 1995 births Living people South African people of French descent South African female tennis players Sportspeople from Uitenhage Sportspeople from Potchefstroom White South African peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joannette Kruger
Joannette Kruger (born 3 September 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Johannesburg, South Africa. Her career-high in singles is No. 21 in the world, a ranking she achieved on 4 May 1998. Kruger turned professional in 1989, but it was not until 1992 that she finally broke into the world's top 100. In 1995, she had her breakout season winning her first WTA Tour title in San Juan where she beat Kyoko Nagatsuka in the final. She also recorded her first two top ten wins over Anke Huber and Lindsay Davenport. After an injury-plagued 1996 season, she won her second career title in 1997 in Prague, Czech Republic by defeating Marion Maruska in the final. Other highlights included the quarterfinals of the Tier I in Rome, defeating Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Karina Habšudová en route, both top twenty players, and reaching the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time at the US Open, beating Barbara Paulus in the first round. She continued her success in 1998, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilana Kloss
Ilana Sheryl Kloss (born 22 March 1956) is a former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and commissioner of World TeamTennis from 2001-21. She was the World's No. 1 ranked doubles player in 1976, and World No. 19 in singles in 1979. She won the Wimbledon juniors singles title in 1972, the US Open juniors singles title in 1974, and the US Open Doubles and French Open Mixed Doubles titles in 1976. She won three gold medals at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Personal life Kloss was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is Jewish. Kloss is married to Billie Jean King, the US tennis player. The two were married in a secret ceremony in 2018 and have been together for over 40 years. The two of them became minority owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team in September 2018 and Angel City FC, a Los Angeles-based team set to start play in the National Women's Soccer League in 2022, in October 2020. Tennis career Before turning professional, she won the juniors sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Kiro
Lynn Kiro (born 6 August 1995) is a South African tennis coach and former player. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she achieved her highest ranking of world No. 60 in March 2013. In April 2013, she was South Africa's number-two-ranked female junior tennis player, behind Ilze Hattingh. On the pro circuit, Kyro reached two $10k doubles finals alongside Malagasy Zarah Razafimahatratra, winning one and losing one. Her highest singles ranking is 840 while her highest in doubles is 744. In 2012, Kyro made her debut for the South Africa Fed Cup team, for which she played doubles. Kiro attended Texas Tech University from 2013–2017 and had a decorated collegiate tennis career. She is currently head coach of women’s tennis at Wagner College Wagner College is a private liberal arts college in Staten Island, New York City. Founded in 1883 and with an enrollment of approximately 2,200 students, Wagner is known for its academic program, The Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Kirk
Brenda Kirk (11 January 1951 – 6 September 2015) was a South African tennis player. Career Her best singles result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the third round at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships. In January 1971 she won the singles title of the Natal Sugar Championships. She won two doubles titles during her career; in July 1971 she won the Swiss Open partnering Laura Rossouw and in July 1972 she won the Irish Open with Pat Walkden. She played for the South African Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ... team in 15 ties between 1969 and 1973 comprising a record of 17 wins and 10 losses. She was part of the South African team that won the Federation Cup in 1972 after a victory in the final over Great Britain at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mareze Joubert
Mareze Joubert (born 18 August 1973) is a South African former professional tennis player. Tennis career Joubert began competing on the professional tour in the early 1990s. She reached a best singles ranking of 245 in the world and qualified for two WTA Tour main draws, at the Japan Open and Birmingham Classic in 1994. During her career, she won a total of 18 titles on the ITF Circuit, three in singles and 15 in doubles. In 2001, she was called up to South Africa's Fed Cup team for a tie against Slovenia in Spain as a last minute replacement for Jessica Steck, who was unable to secure a visa. Playing club tennis in the Netherlands at the time, Joubert made the trip to Spain and featured in the doubles rubber, which she and Kim Grant won against Maja Matevžič and Tina Pisnik. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (3 titles, 9 runner-ups) Doubles: 26 (15 titles, 11 runner-ups) See also * List of South Africa Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Hunt (tennis)
Margaret Lilian Hunt (born 25 April 1942) is a South African former professional tennis player Active in the 1960s, Hunt reached women's doubles semi-finals at both the French Championships and Wimbledon. In the 1963 Federation Cup, the tournament's inaugural edition, Hunt was a member of the South African team with Renée Schuurman. She won each of her singles and doubles rubbers in the first two ties, against Czechoslovakia and France, to set up a semi-final versus Australia. Schuurman lost the opening rubber, but Hunt looked like levelling the tie when she led Jan Lehane by a set and 5–0, before the Australian came back to won, eliminating the South Africans. Hunt, who comes from Pretoria, was married to the late Johann Barnard, who headed the SA Tennis Union. She was the daughter of Eric Pfeilitzer Hunt (1911-2007) and Margaret Evelyn Colenbrander (1916-1999). See also *List of South Africa Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber (née Horn; born 21 August 1976) is a South African-American retired tennis player who represented the United States internationally since August 2007. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On 12 November 2007, she became the co-world No. 1 in doubles with Cara Black. On 19 April 2010, Huber became the sole No. 1 for the first time in her career. Personal life At age 15, she moved from South Africa to the United States to attend the Van Der Meer Tennis Academy in Hilton Head, South Carolina in 1992. Huber has since resided in the U.S. and became a naturalized American citizen in July 2007. She married Tony Huber, an American, in February 2000. In 2005, she started a foundation, 'Liezel's Cause', to raise money and gather basic supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. She competed for the United States in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in doubles, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilze Hattingh
Ilze Hattingh (born 22 April 1996) is a South African former professional tennis player. Born in Durban, Hattingh was introduced to tennis at the age of seven. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she was ranked as high as world No. 49, which she achieved in January 2013. She has held the position as South Africa's junior number one girl tennis player on multiple occasions. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she reached one $10k semifinal in singles, in Potchefstroom in December 2012. She also made her debut for the South Africa Fed Cup team in 2012. Career 2013 Hattingh began her 2013 campaign with back to back junior tournaments in Australia, the Grade-1 Loy Yang Power Traralgon International and the Australian Open, but lost in the first round of both. She then continued her training before resuming competitive play at three back to back Grade 2's in her home country, starting on 18 February. She reached semifinals of all three in singles, and claimed one doubles title alongside Madrie L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Grant (tennis)
Kim Grant (born 1 May 1971) is a former professional South African tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1. Ranking method The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A pla ... are 414 in singles, achieved on 31 July 1995, and 76 in doubles, set on 6 May 2002. WTA Tour career finals Doubles: 1 runner-up ITF Circuit finals Singles (0–1) Doubles (10–12) External links * * Kim Grant's High Performance Tennis Training and Summer Camp {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Kim 1971 births Living people People from Klerksdorp South African people of British descent South African expatriates in the United States South African female tennis players People from Atherton, California White South African people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
