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Marinne Giraud
Marinne Giraud (born 23 April 1986) is a Mauritian former professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tenn ... (WTA) of 237, achieved on 15 December 2008, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 291, reached on 12 May 2008, making her the No. 1 Mauritian female tennis player. Giraud first played for Mauritius Fed Cup team in 2007, she has a career win–loss record of 9–6. Her year-end WTA rankings are as follows: 817th (2004), 618th (2005), 591st (2006), 293rd (2007) and 288th (2008).http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100011742 ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (4–1) Doubles 4 (3–1) Fed Cup Singles: 8 (6 wins, 2 losses) Doubles: 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curepipe
Curepipe () also known as ''La Ville-Lumière'' (The City of Light), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Curepipe. Curepipe lies at a higher elevation, often referred to as the "Central Plateau". According to the census made by Statistics Mauritius in 2018, the population of the town was at 78,618. Etymology The town's name, Curepipe, is said to be originated from the French ''curer sa pipe'', which translates to "cleaning his/her pipe". There are several theories by historians as to the naming of the city. Some historians believe that the name was given as travellers and soldiers from the 19th century often travelled from Port Louis and Grand Port (now Mahébourg) to refill their pipes in Curepipe. Other historians believe that the name was given after a late landowner during the 18th century. Geography The town officially covers an area of . It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Wheeler
Christina Wheeler (born 15 April 1982) is an Australian retired tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 147, which she reached on 26 May 2003. Her career high in doubles is 91, achieved on 8 July 2002. Wheeler won three ITF singles titles and ten ITF doubles titles. She retired from professional circuit in 2008. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (3–8) Doubles: 27 (10–17) Highest ranked player victories No. 34 - Tatiana Panova, 2001 No. 43 - Amy Frazier, 2003 No. 54 - Anna Kournikova, 2002 No. 63 - Sara Errani, 2008 No. 64 - Chan Yung-jan Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 ..., 2008 External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wheeler, Christina 1982 births Living people People from Korosten Ukrain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool A
Group A of the 2008 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III was one of two pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 2008 Fed Cup The 2008 Fed Cup was the 46th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain, on 13–14 September. The home team, Spain, lost to the .... Five teams competed in a round-robin competition, with the top team advancing to Group I for 2009. Latvia vs. Zimbabwe Norway vs. Mauritius Norway vs. Zimbabwe Mauritius vs. Iceland Latvia vs. Iceland Mauritius vs. Zimbabwe Latvia vs. Norway Iceland vs. Zimbabwe Latvia vs. Mauritius Norway vs. Iceland * placed first in this group and thus advanced to Group II for 2009. They placed first in their pool of three and also won their promotion play-off match, meaning they achieved promotion to Group I for 2010. References External links Fed Cup website {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walkover
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Sevil Aliyeva
Sevil is a common female Turkish and Azerbaijani given name. "Sevil" derives from "sev". In Turkish, "sev" means "to love" and "Sevil" means the "be loved". In contexts in which Spanish terms are anglicized, "Sevil" can be an anglicization of "Seville", the city of Sevilla (as in "Sevil plate", silver money from Sevilla). People * Sevil Atasoy, a Turkish forensic scientist and immediate past president of the UN International Narcotics Control Board * Sevil Hajiyeva, Azerbaijani singer * Sevil Sabancı (born 1973), a Turkish businesswoman who is a member of the Sabancı family in third generation * Sevil Shhaideh, Romanian politician * Sevil Soyer, a Turkish artist Works * '' Sevil'', a 1928 by Azerbaijani playwright Jafar Jabbarly * ''Sevil'', a 1929 film by Alexander Bek-Nazarov, based on the play * ''Sevil'', a 1953 opera by Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov Fikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov ( az, Fikrət Məşədi Cəmil oğlu Əmirov; November 22, 1922, Ganja – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan Billie Jean King Cup Team
The Azerbaijan Fed Cup team represents Azerbaijan in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Azerbaijan Tennis Federation. They have not competed since 2007. History Azerbaijan competed in its first Fed Cup in 2006. Their best result was fifth place in Group III in 2006 and 2007. Players See also *Fed Cup * Azerbaijan Davis Cup team External links * Billie Jean King Cup teams 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 ... 2006 establishments in Azerbaijan Sports clubs and teams established in 2006 {{azerbaijan-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pemra Özgen
Pemra Özgen (born 8 May 1986) is a Turkish tennis player. Özgen has won 18 singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 26 August 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 182. On 14 October 2013, she peaked at No. 179 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Turkey in Fed Cup, Özgen has a win–loss record of 40–44. Özgen is an alumna of Istanbul Bilgi University. Career Özgen, born in Istanbul, began playing tennis at the age of eight, and later trained at local clubs ''Taçspor Kulübü'' and ''Dağcılık Tenis Spor Kulübü''. Özgen made her WTA Tour debut at the 2007 Istanbul Cup, partnering Çağla Büyükakçay in doubles. The Turkish pair lost their first round match against Mervana Jugić-Salkić and Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey Billie Jean King Cup Team
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The Turkey Billie Jean King Cup team represents Turkey in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Türkiye Tenis Federasyonu. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group III. History Turkey competed in its first Fed Cup in 1991. Their best result was reaching the final qualifying round in 1993. Players See also *Fed Cup *Turkey Davis Cup team External links * Billie Jean King Cup teams Fed Cup 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Vogt
Stephanie Vogt (; born 15 February 1990) is a retired tennis player from Liechtenstein. In her career, Vogt won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles titles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit. On 24 February 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 137. On 22 February 2016, she peaked at No. 69 in the WTA rankings, WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Liechtenstein Fed Cup team, Vogt achieved a win–loss record of 23–18. Biography Vogt was born on 15 February 1990 to parents Erika and Ewald (the latter died 2007). She began playing tennis at age five. After playing with the Swiss junior team for some time, she turned professional in 2006, and simultaneously decided to move to Hungary to train with Zoltan Kuharszky, which would result in reaching the mid-200s of the WTA rankings in 2008. She was awarded an invitation spot at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but she was forced to withdraw due to a patella injury, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liechtenstein Billie Jean King Cup Team
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The Liechtenstein Billie Jean King Cup team represents Liechtenstein in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Liechtensteiner Tennisverband. They have not competed since 2016. History Liechtenstein competed in its first Fed Cup in 1996. Their best result came in 2014, when they defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina in their Group II promotional play-off, resulting in Liechtenstein's accession to Group I for the first time in history. See also *Fed Cup * Liechtenstein Davis Cup team External links * Billie Jean King Cup teams 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magy Aziz
Magy Nader Aziz ( ar, ماجى نادر عزيز; born 25 December 1987) is an Egyptian former tennis player. Playing for Egypt 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 ..., she has a win–loss record of 26–21. ITF Circuit finals Doubles (0–2) ITF Junior finals Singles (9–1) Doubles (6–4) External links * * * Magy Nader Aziz Egyptian female tennis players 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Cairo African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in tennis African Games silver medalists for Egypt Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games African Games bronze medalists for Egypt 21st-century Egyptian women {{Egypt-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt Billie Jean King Cup Team
The Egypt Billie Jean King Cup team represents Egypt in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Egyptian Tennis Federation. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group III. History Egypt competed in its first Fed Cup in 1986, but did not play again until 1994. They then competed again in 1995, but not in 1996. Since 1997, Egypt has taken part in every edition. Their best result was second place in their Group II pool in 2001 and 2003. Current team (2017) *Sandra Samir *Ola Abou Zekry *Mai El Kamash *Rana Sherif Ahmed See also *Fed Cup *Egypt Davis Cup team External links * Billie Jean King Cup teams 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 ... 1986 establishments in Egypt {{Egypt-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
