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Michelle Gerards
Michelle Gerards (born 8 July 1984) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Biography A right-handed player from Limburg, Gerards was the Dutch Under-18 champion at the age of 13 and was a junior quarterfinalist at the 1999 French Open. Most of her professional career was spent on the ITF Circuit, reaching a best ranking in singles of 207 in the world. She made WTA Tour main-draw appearances at the 1999 Sanex Trophy in Knokke-Heist and 2000 Belgian Open, both times as a wildcard. Gerards featured in four Fed Cup ties for the Netherlands. In 2005, she played two doubles matches, partnering Dutch veteran Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, winning both, over Poland and Luxembourg. When she returned to the Fed Cup team in 2009, it was as a singles player and she won one match, over Claudine Schaul Claudine Schaul (born 20 August 1983) is a former tennis player from Luxembourg. Her career-high rankings are world No. 41 in singles, which was achieved on 24 May 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heerlen
Heerlen (; li, Heële ) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of Limburg. Heerlen forms part of the city-region of Parkstad Limburg, an agglomeration with about 250,000 inhabitants and encompassing 8 municipalities. It is to the east of Maastricht and north of the German city of Aachen. After its early Roman beginnings and a modest medieval period, Heerlen became a centre for the coal mining industry in the Netherlands in the late 19th century. In the 20th century, architect Frits Peutz played a major role in shaping the city as we know it today. His most famous design, and a distinctive building in the city centre, is the so-called Glaspaleis (''Glass Palace''), listed as one of the world's thousand most architecturally important buildings of the 20th century. History A habitation from the Michelsberg culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Fernández Brugués
Eva Fernández Brugués (; born 5 May 1986) is a Spanish former tennis player. On 19 October 2009, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 185 whilst her best doubles 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) was 336 on 12 September 2011. She won seven ITF tournaments and two in doubles. She won a gold and a bronze medal in the 2009 Mediterranean Games at Pescara. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (7–8) Doubles: 4 (2–2) Notes References External links * * 1986 births Living people People from Figueres Sportspeople from the Province of Girona Spanish female tennis players {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristie Boogert
Kristie Boogert (born 16 December 1973) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands who retired in 2003 due to chronic elbow pain. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29. She has not won any singles titles, but did win three titles in doubles. At the 1994 French Open championships she won the mixed doubles title with countryman Menno Oosting. Her biggest achievement came during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won the silver medal in doubles, partnering Miriam Oremans. They were beaten by Venus and Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ... in the final. Major finals Olympic finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) WTA finals Singles 1 Doubles 10 (3–7) Mixed doubles 1 ITF Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amra Sadiković
Amra Sadiković ( mk, Амра Садиковиќ; ; born 6 May 1989) is a Swiss tennis player. She announced her retirement in May 2014, a few days after her 25th birthday, only to begin playing 13 months later on the ITF Women's Circuit again. In April 2019, Sadiković announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis. She had another comeback in October 2022 at Sharm El Sheik. In her career, Sadiković won eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 18 July 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 126. On 10 October 2016, she peaked at No. 135 in the WTA doubles rankings. In 2016, Sadiković made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at Wimbledon. She won three rounds of qualifying before facing defending (and eventual) champion Serena Williams in the first round, where she lost in straight sets. Sadiković has a win–loss record of 7–6 for Switzerland in Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Giulia Gatto-Monticone (born 18 November 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. In February 2020, she reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 148, while her best WTA doubles ranking is 200, achieved in October 2014. She has never lost a match in Fed Cup (2-0 record in double). Personal life and background Gatto-Monticone stated that her tennis idols are Roger Federer and Kimiko Date. Her favorite shot is her forehand and favorite surface to play on is grass. Career highlights Gatto-Monticone has won 11 singles titles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In May 2019, she made her Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros. In September 2020, Gatto-Monticone reached her first final on the WTA Challenger Tour. Partnering with Nadia Podoroska, she lost to Lidziya Marozava and Andreea Mitu Cristina-Andreea Mitu (born 22 September 1991) is a professional tennis player from Romania. On 8 June 2015, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of 68, and her be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Dokic
Jelena Dokic ( sr, Јелена Докић, Jelena Dokić; ; born 12 April 1983) is an Australian tennis coach, commentator, writer, and former professional tennis player. Her highest ranking as a tennis player was world No. 4, in August 2002. She won WTA Tour events on all surfaces during her career. In the 1999 Wimbledon Championships the 16-year-old Dokic achieved one of the biggest upsets in tennis history, beating Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–0. This remains the only time the women's world No. 1 has ever lost to a qualifier at Wimbledon. Dokic went on to reach the quarterfinals of that competition, only her second Grand Slam championship. Dokic rapidly ascended through the world rankings after her Wimbledon breakthrough, but her time in the world elite was beset by off-court struggles. Her relationship with her outspoken father and coach Damir Dokić, on whose advice she switched allegiance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in November 2000, was the subject of much med ... [...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] |
Ksenia Milevskaya
Ksenia Milevskaya ( be, Ксенія Мілеўская, links=no; ; born 9 August 1990) is a former tennis player from Belarus. On 9 June 2007, Milevskaya and Urszula Radwańska won the 2007 French Open – Girls' doubles title, beating Sorana Cîrstea and Alexa Glatch in the final, and on 8 September 2007, they continued their unbeaten match-streak as a doubles team by winning the 2007 US Open – Girls' doubles title, beating Oksana Kalashnikova and Ksenia Lykina in the final. In singles competitions at the juniors level, Milevskaya has lost in the semifinals of three of the 2007 Grand Slams – the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open, losing to Madison Brengle, Alizé Cornet, and her doubles partner Urszula Radwańska, respectively. In 2006, she made it to the Orange Bowl singles final, but lost in straight sets to Nikola Hofmanova. As of 9 September 2007, she was the second ranked junior of the world. She lived in Minsk and trained at the Weil Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elitsa Kostova
Elitsa Kostova ( bg, Елица Костова) (born 10 April 1990) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 130, achieved on 12 September 2016, her best doubles ranking is world No. 154, reached on 26 October 2015. Playing for Bulgaria Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 16–18. Career At the $25k tournament in Wellington, New Zealand, held in November 2010, Kostova, ranked 254 in the world, achieved her greatest victory in her career. She defeated world No. 42, Jarmila Groth, in the semifinals in two sets. In the final, she lost to world No. 241, Erika Sema, in three sets. Kostova won her first match in a WTA Tour main draw by beating Alizé Lim at the 2014 Bucharest Open, after coming through the qualifying competition. At the 2015 Rio Open, she reached her first WTA semifinal in doubles along with Hsu Chieh-yu. They lost to defending champions, Irina-Camelia Begu and María Irigo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Sulpizio
Valentina Sulpizio (born 18 August 1984) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 345, which she reached on 24 October 2005. Her career-high ranking in doubles is 199, which she set on 31 October 2005. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 70 (41 titles, 29 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sulpizio, Valentina 1984 births Living people Italian female tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Italian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Vongsouthi
Stéphanie Vongsouthi (born 15 September 1988) is a French former tennis player. 2005 Vongsouthi played her first ever professional match on clay at Amiens in France, at the age of 16. She lost a close match to compatriot Laurene Fayol, 7–5, 5–7, 4–6, and left the tournament with her first prize money of $98. Vongsouthi's first victory came four months later at Zwevegem in Belgium. She defeated home favorite Davinia Lobbinger, 6–4, 6–3. She went on to lose a tight match in the second round to Gabriela Velasco Andreu, the world No. 380, 6–7, 7–5, 2–6. Vongsouthi played three more tournaments that year but did not advance past the second round in any of them. She ended the year ranked 1090 with a singles record of 3–6. 2006 Vongsouthi started her year in Belfort, France, where she lost in the qualifying rounds. Next, she returned to Amiens where she won her first-round match against Tessy van de Ven, 6–3, 6–1. However, she lost in the next round to fourth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Fokina
Galina Fokina () (born 17 January 1984) is a Russian former tennis player. Fokina has won a total of 35 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankings are world number 168 in singles and number 79 in doubles, both achieved in 2002. In 2004, she took part in the Hyderabad Open but lost in the second round of the WTA Tour event to Marion Bartoli Marion Bartoli (; born 2 October 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open. She also .... Fokina retired from professional tennis in 2013. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles (11–5) Doubles (24–12) References *Kournikova Loses in 1st Round of Kremlin Cup, ''The Moscow Times'', 4 October 2001 (Reuters) *, GoTennis.ru External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fokina, Galina 1984 births Living people Tennis playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
