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Louisa Chirico
Louisa Chirico (born May 16, 1996) is an American tennis player. She is of Korean descent through her mother. Chirico, who comes from Harrison, New York, has won five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 58. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 184 in the WTA doubles rankings. Tennis career Early years Partnering Jan Abaza, Chirico won her first $50k tournament at the 2013 Melbourne Pro Classic, defeating Asia Muhammad and Allie Will in the final. 2015: Grand Slam debut She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2015 French Open after being awarded a wildcard into the event by the USTA. She lost in the first round to the ninth seed Ekaterina Makarova, in straight sets. Chirico won her first WTA Tour match at the 2015 Washington Open where she defeated Heather Watson. She then beat the top-30 player Alizé Cornet in a third set tie-breaker but lost to Sloane Stephens in the quarterfinals. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 French Open
The 2022 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2022, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments are also scheduled. Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ... was the defending champion in men's singles, and Barbora Krejčíková was the defending champion in the women's singles. Neither successfully defended their title, with Djokovic losing in the quarter-finals to Rafael Nadal, and Krejčíková losing in the first round to Diane Parry. The event returned to its full spectator capacity after the last two editions due to COVID-19 pandemic in France, COVID-19 restrictions in France. It was the 126th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Journal News
''The Journal News'' is a newspaper in New York (state), New York State serving the New York counties of Westchester County, New York, Westchester, Rockland County, New York, Rockland, and Putnam County, New York, Putnam, a region known as the Hudson Valley, Lower Hudson Valley. It is owned by Gannett. ''The Journal News'' was created through a merger of several daily community newspapers serving the lower Hudson, which had previously been organized under the Gannett Suburban Newspapers umbrella; the earliest ancestor of the paper dates to 1852. Although the current newspaper's name comes from the ''Rockland Journal-News'', which was based in West Nyack, New York, and served Rockland County, the ''Rockland Journal-News'' was actually the third-largest newspaper that Gannett merged to create the larger newspaper. ''The Reporter Dispatch'' from White Plains, New York, and the ''Herald Statesman'' in Yonkers were larger and served Westchester County. For years prior to the October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Citi Open – Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but withdrew from her second round match due to a lower left leg injury. Sloane Stephens won her first WTA title, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won ... in the final, 6–1, 6–2. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier ReferencesMain Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 Citi Open - Women's Singles Citi Open - Women's Singles< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tournaments Structure (2021–present) The WTA Tour underwent slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were organized on par with the nomenclature used on ATP Tour: *Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *WTA 1000 tournaments (9): ** Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players with prize money ranging from US$6.5 million to US$8.3 million. These tournaments are held in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and China Open (tennis), Beijing. However, Beijing tournament could not be held in 2021–22 due to the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic. ** Non-mandatory: Five events in Qatar Ladies Open, Doha/Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, Italian Open (tennis), Rome, Canadian Open (tennis), Montreal/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Makarova
Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova ( rus, Екатери́на Вале́рьевна Мака́рова; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open and 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles, all alongside compatriot Elena Vesnina, as well as the 2012 US Open in mixed doubles with Bruno Soares. Makarova and Vesnina also finished runners-up at the 2014 and 2018 Australian Opens, 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 French Open. She and Jaroslav Levinský reached the mixed doubles final at the 2010 Australian Open. In singles, Makarova achieved her best Grand Slam results at the 2014 US Open and 2015 Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals. She became world No. 1 in doubles on 11 June 2018, and won 15 titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2016 WTA Finals and seven at Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USTA
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grass-roots to the professional levels. The association was created to standardize rules and regulations and to promote and develop the growth of tennis in the United States. The USTA runs the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center which hosts the US Open every year. The USTA has leagues in most places for adults skill levels between beginner and pro. The USTA also hosts tournaments across the country every weekend for club players or professionals. History The USTA was previously known as the United States National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA) and was established in 1881 by a small group of tennis club members in New York City and northeastern clubs, where most lawn tennis was played. In 1920 the word 'National' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 French Open
The 2015 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 119th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 24 May to 7 June and consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events. Rafael Nadal was the five-time defending champion in the Men's Singles, but lost to Novak Djokovic in the quarter finals. Stan Wawrinka won his first French Open title, defeating Djokovic in the final. Maria Sharapova was defending the Women's Singles title, but lost to Lucie Šafářová in the fourth round. Serena Williams defeated Šafářová in the final and won her third French Open title, 20th Grand Slam singles title, and third Career Grand Slam. Tournament The 2015 French Open was the 114th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. The tournament i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Slam (tennis)
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year, also referred to as the "Calendar-year Grand Slam" or "Calendar Slam". In doubles, a team may accomplish the Grand Slam playing together or a player may achieve it with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". The Grand Slam tournaments, also referred to as majors, are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and the longest matches for men (best of five sets, best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic – Doubles
Maria Fernanda Alves and Jessica Moore were the defending champions, having won the event in 2012, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Jan Abaza and Louisa Chirico. Julia Cohen and Tatjana Maria, originally seeded second, withdrew before the tournament began and were not replaced. As a result, their opponents Shelby Rogers and Nicola Slater were given a bye into the second round. Abaza and Chirico won the tournament, defeating Asia Muhammad and Allie Will Allie Will (born April 20, 1991) is an American tennis player. Will was born in Boca Raton, Florida. She has won eleven doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On July 22, 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 293. O ... in the final, 6–4, 6–4. Seeds Draw References Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2013 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic - Doubles Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic - Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allie Will
Allie Will (born April 20, 1991) is an American tennis player. Will was born in Boca Raton, Florida. She has won eleven doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On July 22, 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 293. On February 3, 2014, she peaked at world number 98 in the doubles rankings. In April 2013, Will made her WTA tour debut at the 2013 Monterrey Open alongside Asia Muhammad Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Muhammad has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, four doubles titles on WTA Challenger Tour as well as 13 singles and 35 doubles titles on ... in doubles, reaching the semifinals. ITF finals (11–9) Singles (0–3) Doubles (11–6) References External links * * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Boca Raton, Florida American female tennis players Florida Gators women's tennis players 21st-century American women Tennis peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia Muhammad
Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Muhammad has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, four doubles titles on WTA Challenger Tour as well as 13 singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has reached a WTA 1000 final, at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters with Ena Shibahara, and the semifinals of a major, at the 2020 US Open, partnering with Taylor Townsend. Early career and coaching Muhammad is coached by NCAA champion Tim Blenkiron, owner of the NO QUIT Tennis Academy where Asia trains. Blenkiron started coaching her when she was a child in Andre Agassi’s TEAM AGASSI tennis and education program in Las Vegas where she developed into one of the best junior players in the world. Her first big break was reaching the finals of the Tennis Channel Open at the age of 16. Asia is a famed alumni and board member of the Inspiring Children Foundation and their Team Bryan program, co-created by tennis legends B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic
The 2013 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, United States, on April 29–May 5, 2013. WTA entrants Seeds * 1 Rankings as of April 22, 2013 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Jan Abaza * Jennifer Brady * Elizabeth Lumpkin * Alexandra Stevenson The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Belinda Bencic * Louisa Chirico * Jelena Pandžić * Alyona Sotnikova The following player received entry by a Special Exempt: * Allie Kiick Champions Singles * Petra Rampre def. Dia Evtimova 6–0, 6–1 Doubles * Jan Abaza / Louisa Chirico def. Asia Muhammad / Allie Will Allie Will (born April 20, 1991) is an American tennis player. Will wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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