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Michaela Pochabová
Michaela Pochabová (; born 17 October 1989) is a former professional Slovak tennis player. On 7 June 2010, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 236 whilst her best doubles ranking is No. 265, achieved on 14 June 2010. ITF finals Singles: 7 (3–4) Doubles: 10 (5–5) References External links * * 1989 births Living people Slovak female tennis players 21st-century Slovak women {{Slovakia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovaks
The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak. In Slovakia, 4.4 million are ethnic Slovaks of 5.4 million total population. There are Slovak minorities in many neighboring countries including Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine and sizeable populations of immigrants and their descendants in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States among others, which are collectively referred to as the Slovak diaspora. Name The name ''Slovak'' is derived from ''*Slověninъ'', plural ''*Slověně'', the old name of the Slavs (Proglas, around 863). The original stem has been preserved in all Slovak words except the masculine noun; the feminine noun is ''Slovenka'', the adjective is ''slovenský'', the language is ''slovenčina'' and the country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Brózda
Olga Brózda (; born 26 January 1986) is an inactive Polish tennis player. As a professional, her career-high WTA rankings are 281 in singles, achieved in April 2008, and 135 in doubles, set in August 2009. She reached twelve finals on the ITF Women's Circuit in singles, which six of them she won.http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100013676 In doubles, she has won 48 ITF titles. Her regular doubles partners are Magdalena Kiszczyńska or Natalia Kołat Natalia Kołat (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Polish tennis player. Kołat won three singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit during her career. On 7 April 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 281. On 3 August .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 77 (48 titles, 29 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brozda, Olga 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Poznań Polish female tennis pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Birnerová
Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 29 January 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 59. On 21 May 2012, she peaked at No. 52 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Czech Republic Fed Cup team, Birnerová has a win–loss record of 0–2. Career Birnerová was an all-court player who preferred playing on grass. On the junior tour, she was the 2002 European Champion and No. 1 in the combined world ranking of 18-U. In 2006, Birnerová won her first WTA Tour doubles title in Stockholm, alongside Jarmila Gajdošová. In 2011, she reached her first WTA Tour singles final in Tashkent, losing to top seed Ksenia Pervak Ksenia Yuryevna Pervak (russian: Ксения Юрьевна Первак; born 27 May 1991) is a retired tennis player from Russia. Pervak won one singles title on the WTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tereza Hladíková
Tereza Hladíková (born 14 April 1988) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She started playing tennis at the age of 8. Hladíková reached a career-high singles ranking on 27 April 2009, as the world No. 197, and her career-high doubles ranking on 4 May 2009, as No. 186. In her career, she won two singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Partnering Simona Dobrá, Hladíková won her first $75k tournament in June 2008 at the Smart Card Open Monet+, defeating Lucie Hradecká and Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player. Voráčová has won 11 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 56 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 Oc ... in the final. ITF finals Singles (2–2) Doubles (10–6) External links * * 1988 births Living people Czech female tennis players People from Valašské Meziříčí Sportsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlín
Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; german: Zlin) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 73,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice river. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company and its social scheme, developed after the World War I. A large part of the city is urbanistically and architecturally valuable and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Zlín is made up of 16 city parts and villages: *Zlín *Prštné (Zlín II) *Louky (Zlín III) *Mladcová (Zlín IV) *Příluky (Zlín V) *Jaroslavice (Zlín VI) *Kudlov (Zlín VII) *Malenovice (Zlín VIII) *Chlum *Klečůvka *Kostelec *Lhotka *Lužkovice *Salaš *Štípa *Velíková Etymology There are several legends about the origin of the name of the city, according to which it was derived from ''slín'' (i.e. " marl") or ''zlaté japko'' (i.e. "golden apple"). However, the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Matei
Simona-Iulia Matei (born 7 July 1985) is a former professional Romanian 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. On 2 October 2006, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 145 and her best WTA doubles ranking of 246. In her career, she won nine singles and seven doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She was coached by Michele Tellini, and retired from pro tennis in 2010. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups) External links * * * 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Brașov Romanian female tennis players {{Romania-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romana Tabak
Romana Tabak () or Romana Tabaková (; born 7 May 1991) is a Slovak politician and former professional tennis player. She is a former World Junior No. 36, achieving that ranking in March 2008. Her career-high ranking of World No. 240 was achieved on 27 February 2012. Political Career On 29 February 2020 she got elected in parliamentary elections and became a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for the political party Ordinary People along with fellow Slovak tennis players Karol Kučera and Ján Krošlák. In May 2022, she was expelled from the party after voting against the potential prosecution of former PM Robert Fico in custody. In August she joined the parliamentary caucus of the We Are Family party. In late September 2022, Tabak was legally accused by a Freedom and Solidarity MP Jana Bittó Cigániková of assault in a nightclub. Personal Tabak was a contestant in 2007 in Slovakia's Next Top Model, but withdrew after a few episodes because of pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn ( th, นพวรรณ เลิศชีวกานต์; born 18 November 1991) is a former professional Thai tennis player. At 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she won the junior singles title. She reached career-high WTA rankings of 149 in singles and 97 in doubles. As of July 2018, Lertcheewakarn having played her last match in August 2017, is in training to be a police officer. She has yet to officially retire. Playing style Lertcheewakarn is a counterpuncher with her two-handed backhand and forehand. Her game is lacking powerful strokes, but based on precise groundstrokes and good strategy. Her main weakness is considered to be her serve, lacking of power, consistency and stability. She has had inspiration by Tamarine Tanasugarn, Monica Seles, Marion Bartoli, and Williams sisters. Lertcheewakarn has been coached by Chuck Kriese. Junior career In 2008, Lertcheewakarn was world No. 1 in ITF Junior Circuit, became the first Thai player to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bol, Croatia
Bol is a municipality on the south of the island of Brač in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia, population 1,630 (2011). Bol (its name is derived from the Latin word "''vallum''") is renowned for its most popular beach, the Zlatni Rat ("Golden cape"). by Rudolf Abraham It is a composed mostly of pebble rock that visibly shifts with the tidal movement. The water at Zlatni Rat is clear and somewhat cold, due to the strong current of the strait it is situated in. There is a beach on eith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulia Gabba
Giulia Gabba (born 20 February 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Career Gabba, a right-handed player, was born in the northwest Italian town of Casale Monferrato. Her junior career included a win over Victoria Azarenka, at a tournament in Santa Croce, Italy. All of her main-draw appearances on the WTA Tour were in doubles, most notably at Palermo in 2006, where she and Alice Canepa made it through to the final. The pair, who were featuring in the draw as qualifiers, were beaten in the final by Janette Husárová and Michaëlla Krajicek. Her regular doubles partner on the WTA Tour was Sara Errani. As a singles player, she had wins over both Barbora Strýcová and Kirsten Flipkens Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (; born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, winning the 2012 T ... at the $75,000 Ortisei tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefania Chieppa
Stefania Chieppa (; born 5 April 1983) is an Italian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 359, which she reached on 10 July 2006. On 9 July 2007, she peaked at No. 204 of the doubles rankings. In her career, she won two singles and 15 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 July 2016, she played her last match on the circuit. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner-ups) Doubles: 36 (15–21) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chieppa, Stefania 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Turin Italian female tennis players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games 20t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaudia Boczová
Klaudia Boczová (born 22 December 1990) is a former Slovak tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In May 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 261. On 18 May 2009, she peaked at No. 363 in the doubles rankings. Born in Bratislava, Boczová played collegiate tennis in the United States for San Jose State University during 2012–2013. Junior years In 2005, she played for Slovakia the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Lignano Sabbiadoro (Italy) where she won the bronze medal in women's singles and mixed doubles. In 2007, she reached the Australian Open semifinals with fellow Slovak Kristína Kučová, losing to the eventual champions and third seeds, Evgeniya Rodina and Arina Rodionova. She also made the French Open and US Open quarterfinals with Kučová, losing to the eventual champions and third seeds, Ksenia Milevskaya and Urszula Radwańska Urszula Radwańska (; born 7 December 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
