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Melissa Dowse
Melissa Dowse (born 27 April 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Dowse, who grew up in Gosford, was a top 20 ranked junior and represented Australia at the 1998 World Youth Cup held in Italy. A right-handed player, Dowse is most noted for appearing twice in the singles main draw of the Australian Open. In the 2000 Australian Open she received a wildcard and faced German qualifier Jana Kandarr in a first round match she lost 6–8 in the third set, having held a match point. She returned for the 2001 Australian Open as another wildcard entrant and this time won her first round match over Alexandra Fusai in three sets, the last of which she claimed 6–0. In the second round she was easily defeated by Silvia Farina Elia. In 2001 she won three ITF doubles titles over the course of a month in Japan partnering with Samantha Stosur Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Jennifer Capriati defeated Martina Hingis in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2001 Australian Open. With the win, Capriati returned to the top 10 in rankings for the first time since 1993. Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion, but lost to Capritati in the semifinals, in a rematch of their semifinals the previous year. Seeds Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References 2001 Australian Open draw External links 2001 Australian Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Singles 2001 Australian Open 2001 WTA Tour 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Stone (tennis)
Sarah Jane Stone (born 23 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography A doubles specialist from Melbourne, Stone competed on the professional tour in the early 2000s before her career was cut short due to a right foot and back injury. Stone won 11 ITF doubles titles during her career, eight of which came in the 2002 season. Stone excelled as a doubles player on the ITF junior world tour where she reached the number 8 ranking in the world. Her best result on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance partnering Samantha Stosur at the 2002 Tasmanian International. In 2003 she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. She played in the Australian Open as a wildcard pairing with Samantha Stosur, then at Wimbledon, she and Nicole Sewell played as successful qualifiers after defeating Dinara Safina and Maria Elena Camarin. Between 2006-2008 Stone worked with WTA tour players Anastasia Rodionova, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Gosford
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the el, άθλητὴς, ''athlētēs'', one who participates in a contest; from ἄθλος, ''áthlos'' or ἄθλον, ''áthlon'', a contest or feat. The primary definition of "sportsman" according to Webster's ''Third Unabridged Dictionary'' (1960) is, "a person who is active in sports: as (a): one who engages in the sports of the field and especially in hunting or fishing." Physiology Athletes involved in isotonic exercises have an increased mean left ventricular end-diastolic volume and are less likely to be depressed. Due to their strenuous physical activities, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Female Tennis Players
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Living People
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1982 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Krauth
Erica Krauth (born 20 May 1981) is a retired Argentine female tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 229 in singles, achieved on 16 August 2004, and 103 in doubles, set on 11 October 2004. Krauth won two singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour at the 2009 Swedish Open and 2009 Gastein Ladies in the doubles event partnering Hanna Nooni Hanna Nooni (born 9 March 1984) is a former Swedish tennis player. In her career, she won five ITF singles (Madrid, Vittel, Portschach, Båstad and Garching) and three ITF doubles titles. Career In 2006, Nooni had wrist surgery and returned to .... Krauth retired from professional tennis 2010. ITF finals Singles (2–3) Doubles (23–19) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krauth, Erica 1981 births Living people Argentine female tennis players People from Luján, Buenos Aires Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province 20th-century Argentine women 21st-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melisa Arévalo
Melisa Arévalo (born 9 January 1980) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Arévalo won 19 ITF tournaments during her career, four in singles and 15 in doubles. She made two 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 tou ... main-draw appearances, both in doubles, at the 1999 Copa Colsanitas and the 2002 Casablanca Grand Prix. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (4–6) Doubles: 32 (15–17) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arevalo, Melisa 1980 births Living people Argentine female tennis players 21st-century Argentine women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casale Monferrato
Casale Monferrato () is a town in the Piedmont region of Italy, in the province of Alessandria. It is situated about east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Montferrat hills. Beyond the river lies the vast plain of the Po valley. An ancient Roman ''municipium'', the town has been the most important trade and manufacturing centre of the area for centuries. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Casale became a free municipality and, in the 15th and early 16th centuries, served as the capital of the House of Palaiologos. Then in 1536 the town passed to the Gonzagas who fortified it with a large citadel. In the 17th century Casale was heavily involved in the War of the Mantuan Succession and besieged by French and Spanish troops. During the wars of Italian unification the town was a defensive bulwark against the Austrian Empire. In the 1900s Casale, in the middle of the Turin-Milan-Genoa industrial triangle, developed as an important indust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Macurová
Jana Macurová (born 14 October 1978) is a former professional Czech 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. Macurová reached a record singles ranking high of world no. 276 and even ranked World No. 200 in doubles during her playing career. She won 21 different ITF titles. ITF Circuit finals Singles (6–9) Doubles (15–15) References * * 1978 births Living people Czech female tennis players {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanka Kumbárová
Blanka Kumbárová (born 22 June 1976) is a Czech former professional tennis player. Kumbárová featured as a lucky loser at the 1998 Polish Open, which was her only 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 tourna ... main-draw appearance. ITF finals Singles (1–2) Doubles (13–9) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumbarova, Blanka 1976 births Living people Czech female tennis players 20th-century Czech women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean, a seaport and the centre of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Its total population is 42,615 (2011 census). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in recognition of its outstanding medieval architecture and fortified old town. The history of the city probably dates back to the 7th century, when the town known as was founded by refugees from Epidaurum (). It was under the protection of the Byzantine Empire and later under the sovereignty of the Republic of Venice. Between the 14th and 19th centuries, Dubrovnik ruled itself as a free state. The prosperity of the city was historically based on maritime trade; as the capital of the maritime Republic of Ragusa, it achieved a high level of develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
