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Mariana Díaz Oliva
Mariana Díaz Oliva (born 11 March 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She played professionally from September 1992 until 12 October 2006. Her highest ranks were world No. 42 for singles and No. 93 for doubles, both achieved in 2001. At the 2001 Bol Open, she defeated Kim Clijsters to reach the final, where she lost to Ángeles Montolio. In 2002, she won the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo The Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, also known as the Palermo Ladies Open, is a women's tennis tournament in Palermo, Italy that is played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. The first two editions were part of the Satellite Circu .... In 2003, she also reached the Mexican Open singles final. WTA career finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 2 (runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 27 (16–11) Doubles: 23 (15–8) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz Oliva, Mariana 1976 births Living people Tennis players from Buenos Aires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South America's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre", named after the Madonna of Bonaria in Sardinia, Italy. Buenos Aires is classified as an alpha global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) 2020 ranking. The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vania King
Vania King (born February 3, 1989) is an American former tennis player. A former top-ten doubles player, King won both the Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles titles in 2010 with partner Yaroslava Shvedova, with whom she also reached the final of the 2011 US Open. She won a total of 15 WTA doubles titles and reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world. She also ended runner-up in the mixed-doubles final at the French Open in 2009, with Marcelo Melo. In singles, King has been ranked as high as No. 50 in the world. Her biggest accomplishments included a WTA Tour title at the 2006 Bangkok Open and two runner-up finishes at the 2013 Guangzhou International and 2016 Jianxi International. She also progressed as far as the third round in Grand Slam tournaments, doing so on four occasions (the 2009 US Open, the 2011 French Open, the 2011 US Open, and the 2012 Australian Open). King announced her retirement on April 6, 2021. Personal life King's parents moved to the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Fernanda Landa
María Fernanda Landa (born 29 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography Landa competed on the WTA Tour from 1995 and made all of her main-draw appearances in the doubles format, in which she reached 108 in the world. As a singles player she won six ITF Women's Circuit, ITF titles, with a best ranking of 183. She qualified for the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1996 US Open (tennis), 1996 US Open with Marlene Weingärtner and with the same partner was runner-up at the 1999 WTA Madrid Open. At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Landa and Weingärtner received direct entry and were beaten in the first round by eventual champions Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu. She also competed in the mixed-doubles draw at Wimbledon that year with Diego del Río. She now runs a tennis school in Tigre, Buenos Aires. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (6–9) Doubles: 27 (14–13) References External links< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larissa Schaerer
Larissa Schaerer (born 15 April 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Paraguay. Biography A right-handed player, Schaerer was born in Asuncion and began playing tennis aged eight. She was a member of the Paraguayan team that finished runner-up to Germany at the 1991 World Youth Cup, during which she was unbeaten in singles play. While still a junior, she started her Fed Cup career for Paraguay, first appearing at the age of 16, including in a World Group tie against the Soviet Union. At the 1992 US Open, she reached the semifinals of the girls' singles. Schaerer represented Paraguay at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She competed in the women's doubles tournament with Rossana de los Ríos as her partner. The pair lost to the French pairing of Isabelle Demongeot and Nathalie Tauziat in the opening round. On the WTA Tour, her best performances came on the clay courts of the Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, where she was a semifinalist in 1998 and quarterfinalist in 1999. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Rosado
Paula or PAULA may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Paula, in video game ''EarthBound'' * Paula, in ''The Larry Sanders Show'' * Paula Campbell (''EastEnders''), in 2003 Film and television * ''Paula'' (1915 film), a silent film * ''Paula'' (1952 film), an American drama * ''Paula'' (2011 film), a Canadian animation * ''Paula'' (2016 film), a German film * ''Paula'' (TV series), 2017 Music * ''Paula'' (album), by Robin Thicke, 2014 * "Paula" (Zoé song), 2006 * "Paula", a 1972 song by Monica Verschoor * "Paula", a 1981 song by Tim Weisberg People * Paula (given name), including a list of people with the name * Paula of Rome (347–404), ancient Roman saint * Paula (surname) Other uses * Paula (computer chip), the sound chip of the Commodore Amiga computer * ''Paula'' (novel), memoir by Isabel Allende, 1994 * ''Paula'' (1876 barque), a German ship from which was sent the longest travelled message in a bottle * ''Paula'' (insect), a synonym for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmiña Giraldo
Carmiña Giraldo (born 6 August 1976) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. Biography Giraldo comes from the city of Pereira in Risaralda and is the elder sister of Colombian Davis Cup competitor Santiago Giraldo, who is the country's highest ever ranked male player. From 1992 to 1997, Giraldo represented the Colombia Fed Cup team in a total of 23 ties. Her biggest performances at Fed Cup level include partnering Cecilia Hincapié in a doubles win over Chile in the 1993 World Group Play-off, secured 13–11 in the third set, to prevent Colombia being demoted. In a 1994 World Group tie against Germany she took the second set off top 20 player Anke Huber in a singles rubber, before losing in the third. Giraldo reached her best singles ranking of 256 in 1997 and left the professional tour at the end of the year to attend Clemson University in the United States. As a member of the Clemson Tigers women's tennis team she earned All-ACC selection in both 1999 and 2000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Nittinger
Nina Nittinger (born 16 June 1976) is a German former professional tennis player. Nittinger reached a best singles ranking of 286 in the world and won two ITF titles. She won a further five ITF titles in doubles. All of her WTA Tour main-draw appearances were in doubles, with her best performance coming at the 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open, where she and partner Amanda Grahame Amanda Grahame (born 25 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Grahame was born in Canberra, one of four daughters of stockbroker Denis and maths teacher Jeanette. Coached by Chris Kachel, Grahame began co ... were quarterfinalists. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2–2) Doubles: 9 (5–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nittinger, Nina 1976 births Living people German female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenia Maia
Eugenia Maia (born 26 April 1974) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Maia competed on the professional tour in the 1990s and won seven ITF doubles titles. In both 1996 and 1997 she was a member of the Brazil Fed Cup team The Brazil Billie Jean King Cup team represents Brazil in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Brazilian Tennis Confederation. They currently compete in the Americas Zone of Group I. History Brazil competed in its ..., playing singles in a total of five ties. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (0–3) Doubles: 14 (7–7) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maia, Eugenia 1974 births Living people Brazilian female tennis players 20th-century Brazilian women 21st-century Brazilian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Montalvo
Laura Montalvo (born 29 March 1976) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Montalvo won eight ITF singles titles and reached a career high of No. 191 in singles in June 1995. Her win–loss record for singles is 143–76, 266–152 for doubles. Being a "doubles specialist" on the WTA Tour, she reached the ranking of No. 23 in doubles in May 2001. She played on doubles teams with both Liezel Huber and Paola Suárez. With Huber, she reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2000. They regularly competed together in Grand Slam tournaments and tour events for the next two years. She also frequently partnered her countrywoman Suárez, including at the 2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ..., where they lost in the second round. The pair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Devillé
Stephanie Devillé (born 24 July 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. Biography Born in Antwerp, Devillé began playing tennis at the age of six and was coached by Christophe Delzenne. She was a member of the Belgian team which won the 1992 World Youth Cup (now known as Junior Fed Cup), along with Laurence Courtois and Nancy Feber. In 1996 she had her breakthrough year on tour. After winning ITF tournaments in Bordeaux and Budapest, she made her WTA Tour main draw debut in Palermo, as a qualifier. She defeated Sandra Cecchini in the first round, then was rewarded her second round match against Irina Spîrlea when the Romanian was defaulted for swearing in the first game of the deciding set. Her run ended with a three-set loss to Jana Kandarr in the quarter-finals. She improved on that performance by making the semi-finals of the Styrian Open later in the season, then made it through qualifying at the 1996 US Open to feature in the main draw of a grand s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefania Pifferi
''Stefania'' is a genus of frogs in the family Hemiphractidae. They are native to the highlands of the Guiana Shield in southern Venezuela, Guyana, and adjacent far northern Brazil. Most are restricted to the tepui highlands, but '' S. evansi'' also occurs in lowlands. On most mountains there are only 1–2 species from this genus, but five are known from Mount Ayanganna and the neighbouring Mount Wokomung has six species. They are usually found near streams at low levels on branches/leaves or on the ground among vegetation/rocks. They are famous for their breeding strategy where the development from eggs to froglets is completed on the back of the female (the eggs hatch to froglets; there is no free-swimming tadpole A tadpole is the larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial. Tadpoles have some fish-like features that may not be found i ... stage). The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
