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Mingge Xu
Mingge Olivia "Mimi" Xu (born 2 October 2007) is a British tennis player. Early life From Swansea, South Wales, Xu started playing tennis at the Swansea Tennis and Squash Club before moving to the National Tennis Academy in Loughborough. She then moved to the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton where she started to be coached by Mathew James. Career At the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, Xu lost in three sets in the first round to the fourth seed Polina Kudermetova. In June 2022, Xu won the Junior Girls title at the LTA Junior National Championships, beating Talia Neilson-Gatenby 6-4, 7-5 in the final at the National Tennis Centre. Aged 14, she had also won the under-16 British title earlier that same month. Winning the British junior title granted her a wildcard into qualifying for the main draw of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and at 14, she would have been the youngest qualifier in the Open era. However, she was defeated by 800+ places higher ranked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there are 211 national and six regional associations that make up ITF's membership. The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. The ITF partners with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to govern professional tennis. The ITF organizes the Grand Slam events, annual team competitions for men ( Davis Cup), women (Billie Jean King Cup), and mixed teams (Hopman Cup), as well as tennis and wheelchair tennis events at the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on behalf of the International Olympic Committee. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Era
The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Birmingham, England now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules. Most rules of (lawn) tennis derive from this precursor and it is reasonable to see both sports as variations of the same game. Most historians believe that tennis was originated in the monastic cloisters in northern France in the 12th century, but the ball was then struck with the palm of the hand; hence, the name jeu de paume ("game of the palm"). It was not until the 16th century that Racket (sports equipment), rackets came into use, and the game began to be called "tennis." It was popular in England and France, and Henry VIII of England was a big fan of the game, now referred to as real tennis. Many original tennis courts remain, including courts at Oxford, Cambridge, Falkland Palace in Fife where Mary Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haley Giavara
Haley Giavara (born 16 October 2000) is an American tennis player. Early life Raised in San Diego, California by Jada Coleman and Jason Giavara, she attended Serra High School. She also ran track and played lacrosse at school. She started at University of California, Berkeley in 2019. She was coached as a youngster by her uncle, Ken Giavara, who runs the Giavara Tennis Academy along with her father, Jason. Career Junior career In December 2022, Giavara represented Team USA in a junior tennis tournament in France. Senior career A graduate of University of California, Berkeley, she earned a wildcard into the 2024 Indian Wells qualifying in 2023 through the USTA SoCal Pro Series. She won her first ITF W50 title in doubles at the 2024 Kunming Open The Kunming Open (formerly known as the ATP China International Tennis Challenge – Anning and the Anning Open) is a tennis tournament held in Anning, China since 2012. The women's event first started in 2014, joining the men's Chal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour (July-September)
The 2024 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's World Tennis Tour is the entry-level and mid-level tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Challenger series of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The Tour provides a professional pathway between the ITF Junior World Tennis Tour and the WTA Tour. The results of ITF tournaments are incorporated into the WTA ranking, which enables professionals to progress through to the elite levels of women's professional tennis. The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour offers approximately 500 tournaments across 65 countries and incorporates five prize money levels of tournaments: $15,000, $25,000, $40,000, $60,000 and $100,000. Tournaments at $15,000 level include reserved main draw places for Top-100 ranked ITF Juniors, providing a smooth pathway for the best new talent to break through into elite professional tennis. The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iva Jovic
Iva Jovic (born 6 December 2007) is an American tennis player. She won the girls' doubles event at the 2024 Australian Open. Career From Torrance, California, she won the U14 singles event at the Orange Bowl in December 2021. She was runner-up at the inaugural International Junior Championships held at the site of the famed BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells in March 2023, being defeated by Clervie Ngounoue in the final. Alongside compatriot Tyra Caterina Grant she won the doubles at the Orange Bowl in Plantation, Florida in 2022 and again in 2023 when they defeated No. 1-seeded Czech paring of Alena Kovackova and Laura Samsonova. Grant, Jovic and Alanis Hamilton played as part of the victorious American team at the 2023 Junior Billie Jean Cup, winning the tournament without dropping a set. In her singles matches, Jovic only lost 26 games in total during her 12 sets played. With Grant she won the final of the girls' doubles draw at the 2024 Australian Open The 2024 Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra Caterina Grant
Tyra Caterina Grant is an American tennis player. She won the girls' doubles titles at the 2023 French Open and the 2024 Australian Open. Early and personal life Born and raised in Italy, Grant is the daughter of American former basketball player Tyrone Grant who relocated to Italy to play basketball and Cinzia Giovinco, an Italian model. She trained at the Riccardo Piatti Academy in Bordighera, before later moving to Orlando, Florida to train with the United States Tennis Association. She has a younger brother called Tyson who is also a tennis player. Her mother also acts as her manager. Career In December 2022, Grant partnered Iva Jovic to win the doubles title at the Orange Bowl in Miami Beach. She won the final of the girls' doubles draw at the 2023 French Open as a fifteen year-old, alongside partner Clervie Ngounoue against the top seeds Alina Korneeva and Sara Saito is a Japanese tennis player. Saito has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 166, achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Stusek
Julia Stusek (born 30 June 2008) is a German tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 749, achieved in October 2023. She is the daughter of former professional tennis player Petra Holubová. Career Stusek made her WTA Tour main draw debut as a lucky loser at the 2024 Bad Homburg Open, where she lost in the first round to Peyton Stearns Peyton Mckenzie Stearns (born October 8, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. A former player at the University of Texas at Austin, Stearns turned professional in 2022. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as h .... Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) References External links * * 2008 births Living people German female tennis players {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Samson
Laura Samson (also known as Laura Samsonová; born 10 March 2008) is a Czech tennis player. Career Junior career A member of TK Sparta Prague, Samsonová won her first junior title as a 13 year-old at a J5 event in Prostějov in a October 2021, without dropping a set. It was her first junior-level event. She then won her second J5 event in November 2021 in Silla-Saledar in Spain, and reached the final in her third, in Montemar. In July 2023, she won the final of the Girls' doubles alongside compatriot Alena Kovačková. In the final they faced Hannah Klugman and Isabelle Lacy of Great Britain, winning in straight sets. It was the first Czech pairing to win the title since Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in 2013. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (title) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Samson, Laura 2005 births Living people Sportspeople from Prague Czech female tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alena Kovačková
Alena Kovačková (born 13 June 2008) is a 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. Career Junior career Whilst ranked European number one in the U14s, Kovackova won the U16 title at the Tennis Europe Masters in Monte Carlo in October 2022. Later that year she became the first girl to win both the U14 and U16 "Player of the Year" awards in the same year. In July 2023, she won the final of the Girls' doubles alongside compatriot Laura Samsonová. In the final they faced Hannah Klugman and Isabelle Lacy of Great Britain, winning in straight sets. It was the first Czech pairing to win the title since Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in 2013. Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 title References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovackova, Alena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Doubles
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
