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Mariana Mesa
Mariana Mesa Pineda (born 1 April 1980) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. Biography Tennis career Mesa, who grew up in the city of Pereira, made her Fed Cup debut in 1995, having just turned 15. She featured in a total of 12 ties for Colombia during her career, mostly as doubles player, winning seven matches overall. On the WTA Tour, she made most of her main-draw appearances at her home event, the Copa Colsanitas, playing in every edition of the tournament from 1998 to 2000. She had her best performance in 1998, when she made the round of 16 of the singles and was a doubles semifinalist. Her only other singles main draw came at the 1999 Brasil Open, which she made as a qualifier. Mesa reached a best singles ranking on tour of 251 in the world and won five ITF Women's Circuit tournaments. As a doubles player she had a top ranking of 161, with seven ITF titles. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Mesa represented Colombia in the doubles competition, with Fabiol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pereira, Colombia
Pereira () is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It is located in the foothills of the Andes in a coffee-producing area of Colombia officially known as the " Coffee Axis". Pereira, alongside the rest of the Coffee Axis, form part of UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia"."Colombia green guide Michelin 2012-2013." Michelin. 2012. Accessed at Google Books 29 December 2013. It is the most populated city in the Coffee Axis. Pereira is also part of the Central West Metropolitan Area, which has 709,322 residents and is composed of Pereira and the neighboring cities of Dosquebradas and |
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] |
Helga Vieira
Helga Vieira (born 8 July 1980) is a Portuguese female tennis player. Vieira has won two singles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 16 July 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 371. On 25 June 2001, she peaked at world number 394 in the doubles rankings. In 2000 she represented Portugal in the 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 chan .... ITF finals (2–2) Singles (2–1) Doubles (0–1) Fed Cup participation Singles (1–1) Doubles (1–0) ITF Junior Finals Singles Finals (0–1) Doubles finals (2–2) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vieira, Helga 1980 births Living people Angolan female tennis players Angolan people of Portuguese descent Portuguese female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliénor Tricerri
Aliénor Tricerri (born 20 March 1980) is a Swiss former tennis player. Tricerri won four singles titles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 20 September 1999, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 286. On 18 September 2000, she peaked at number 203 in the doubles rankings. In July 2001, Tricerri appeared in Switzerland Fed Cup team The Switzerland women's national tennis team represents Switzerland in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by Swiss Tennis. They currently compete in World Group. Current team ''Most recent year-end rankings are used.'' History S .... ITF Circuit finals Singles (4–8) Doubles (21–13) Fed Cup participation Singles Doubles External links * * * Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Tricerri, Alienor 1980 births Living people Tennis players from Geneva Swiss female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Voleková
Gabriela Voleková (; born 10 March 1981) is a former professional Slovak 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 ... player. Voleková won three doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 19 November 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 191. On 10 July 2000, she peaked at number 180 in the doubles rankings. ITF finals Singles (0–9) Doubles (3–10) References * * 1981 births Living people Tennis players from Bratislava Slovak female tennis players 21st-century Slovak women {{Slovakia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzipora Obziler
Tzipora "Tzipi" Obziler ( he, ציפורה אובזילר; born 19 April 1973) is a former Israeli professional right-handed tennis player. She reached her career-high singles world ranking of No. 75 in on 8 July 2007, and career-high doubles ranking of No. 149 on 10 April 2000. In Federation Cup she is a shared world record holder for most ties played, at 61. Early and personal life She was born in Givatayim, Israel, and is Jewish. Obziler speaks Hebrew and English. After graduating from high school, she served two years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF; the Israeli Army). Obziler attended classes at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She and her girlfriend Hadas have a daughter together. Obziler took a break from professional tennis when the baby was born, and came back to play in 2008. Tennis career She won 13 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Liggan
Kelly Liggan (born 5 February 1979) is a retired tennis player from Ireland. Liggan resides in Marbella, Spain, but plays tennis for Ireland. She has had some success on the ITF Women's Circuit winning several titles in both singles and doubles, and in 2002 she won her sole WTA Tour doubles title. Liggan had two Grand Slam doubles main-draw appearances. She reached the second round at the 2003 US Open and 2004 Wimbledon Championships The 2004 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on Grass court, grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 118th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and .... Liggan had several WTA Tour main-draw appearances; however, she never reached a quarterfinal. Due to nagging injuries, Kelly retired in 2010. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (title) ITF Circuit finals Singles (4–4) Doubles (7–13) External links * * * References 1979 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuzana Váleková
Zuzana Váleková (; born 23 August 1979) is a former Slovak tennis player. Váleková won two singles and 19 doubles 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 her career. On 13 April 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 204. On 1 November 1999, she peaked at No. 96 in the doubles rankings. Váleková retired from tennis in 2002. ITF finals Singles: 9 (2–7) Doubles: 31 (19–12) References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valekova, Zuzana 1979 births Living people Slovak female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian retired professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she reached No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding this ranking for 10 weeks. Srebotnik won four singles titles on the WTA Tour and was ranked inside the top 30 for several years. However, her best results have been on the doubles circuit, where she has won 39 WTA titles, including one Grand Slam title, at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships alongside Květa Peschke. She has also won five Grand Slam titles in mixed doubles, at the French Open in 1999, 2006 and 2010, the US Open in 2003 and the Australian Open in 2011. Career As a junior, she won the 1998 Wimbledon singles title and was runner-up at the US Open. Srebotnik was ranked No. 2 in the junior rankings in 1997 and 1998. She was mentored by Gabriela Sabatini. 1995–1999: WTA Tour debut and historic Guinness World record Srebotn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Gussoni
Natalia Gussoni (born 24 August 1981) is a retired Argentine tennis player. Gussoni has career-high WTA rankings of 134 in singles, achieved on 3 May 2004, and 220 in doubles, reached on 5 July 2004. She won seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Argentina in 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 ... competitions, Gussoni has a win–loss record of 3–3. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups) Doubles (3 titles, 13 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gussoni, Natalia 1981 births Living people Argentine female tennis players 21st-century Argentine women ... [...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] |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino (; born 31 March 1981) is a retired tennis player from Spain. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and 45 in doubles. Tennis career In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final. In 2000, she played her first WTA Tour main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33 Cristina Torrens Valero. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for cocaine that March. In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to Flavia Pennetta. She ended at No. 77 in the world in singles and No. 63 in doubles. She won her first WTA title in Bogotá by defeating No. 18 Flavia Pennetta. She reached the final of Budapest, losing to Anna Smashnova, and ended the year at No. 52 in singles. In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Bogot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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