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Magdalena Grzybowska
Magdalena Grzybowska (born 22 November 1978) is a former Polish tennis player. Grzybowska, born in Poznań, won the juniors singles competition at one Grand Slam tournament, the 1996 Australian Open. She also competed for Poland in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where she lost in the first round. Since then, until her knee injury in 1998, she managed a rather successful career, culminating in the 30th position in the cumulative WTA rankings for that year, the highest ever standing for a Polish woman, until Agnieszka Radwańska. Her attempts to resume competition were ultimately unsuccessful and she retired in 2002, at the age of 24. Playing for Poland Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 8–10. After having retired from tennis, she completed her university studies in Paris, and is working as a tennis TV commentator for Eurosport in Warsaw, Poland. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (4–2) Doubles: 4 (3–1) Head-to-head record * Venus Williams 1–0 * Arantxa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Fusai
Alexandra Fusai (born 22 November 1973) is a former professional tennis player from France. Fusai was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine. Starting from September 1989 when she turned professional, Fusai played four tournaments (all of them part of the ITF Women's Circuit) on the international tennis circuit in 1989. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career. She retired from the professional tennis circuit in April 2003 when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. Fusai's highest WTA rankings were No. 37 and No. 6 respectively, both attained in 1998. Her career prize money earnings reached the one million USD-mark in 1999. Fusai won six singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached her only career WTA Tour singles final in Warsaw in 1995, losing to Barbara Paulus of Austria in three sets. She was a losing singles quarterfinalist on six occasions and a losing singles semifinalist on three occasions in WTA tournaments. Fusai neve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela Riera
Gisela Riera Roura (born 7 May 1976) is a retired Spanish tennis player. Riera won four singles and eight doubles ITF titles during her career and on 7 June 1999 reached a singles ranking high of world number 136. On 12 June 2000, she peaked at number 71 in the WTA doubles rankings. Riera retired from professional tennis 2003. Personal Born in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ..., Riera started playing tennis at age eight. She prefers clay over hard courts. Her father's name is Jose Maria; mother's name is Angel; has four older siblings: Jose Maria, Carina, Leo and Rafael. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 runner-up ITF finals Singles (4–4) Doubles (8–12) Grand Slam doubles performance timeline External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Riera, Gis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Bes
Eva Bes Ostáriz (born 14 January 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. She won a total of six singles and 29 doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation, ITF Circuit during her career. On 4 March 2002, she reached a singles ranking high of world No. 90. On 22 May 2000, she peaked at No. 71 in the WTA doubles rankings. As a junior, Bes was the 1991 French Open girls' doubles champion. She retired from professional tennis in 2003. Personal Coached by her brother, Pablo Bes, Eva's favorite surface has been clay; best shot is forehand. Father, Rafael, is a doctor; mother, MaPilar, is a housewife; has three brothers, Rafael, Pablo and Jorge, two of whom are tennis coaches. Admires Gabriel Urpi, her first coach. Favorite tournament has been Roland Garros. WTA career finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (6–8) Doubles: 49 (29–20) Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' doubles (1–0) See also * List of French Open champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radka Zrubáková
Radomira "Radka" Zrubáková (born 26 December 1970) is a retired tennis player from Slovakia. Zrubáková gained professional status in 1986. In her career, she won three singles and two doubles titles on the 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 .... She was a member of the Czechoslovakia Federation Cup team that won the 1988 Federation Cup final. Zrubáková reached career-high rankings of 22 in singles (in October 1991) and 38 in doubles (in April 1993). She retired from the pro tour in 1999. WTA career finals Singles: 4 (3–1) Doubles: 6 (2–4) ITF Circuit finals Singles (3–2) Doubles (5–8) External links * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zrubakova, Radka 1970 births Living people Czechoslovak female tennis players Olympic tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Langrová
Petra Píchalová Langrová (born 27 June 1970) is a retired tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic. Langrová gained professional status in 1986. She won one singles title and five double titles in her career on the WTA Tour. She reached career-high rankings of 53 in singles (in May 1997) and 35 in doubles (in April 1993), and retired from the tour in 1998. WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles (3–2) Doubles (8–6) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Langrova, Petra Czech female tennis players Czechoslovak female tennis players Sportspeople from Prostějov 1970 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvette Basting
Yvette Basting (born 8 June 1977) is a retired tennis player from the Netherlands. During her professional career from 1992–2002, she won seventeen titles on the ITF Women's Circuit and qualified twice for the Australian Open and Wimbledon. Career highlights On 5 March 2001, Basting reached her highest singles ranking: world number 92. Her best doubles ranking came on 28 May 2001, when she became world number 106. In her career, Yvette Basting reached the singles final 14 times in ITF Women's Circuit tournaments, winning eight titles. In 1994, she won the $25k Flensburg tournament in Germany and the $25k Poitiers tournament in France. In 1999, Basting won the $25k Jaffa tournament in Israel, and in 2000, she won the $25k Pamplona tournament in Spain and the $50k Naples tournament in the United States. In October 2000, with her partner Katalin Marosi, she won the $75k Poitiers. In February 2001, partnering Elena Tatarkova, she won the $75k Dow Corning Tennis Classic The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Zachariadou
Christina Zachariadou ( gr, Χριστίνα Ζαχαριάδου; born 28 August 1974) is a retired Greek tennis player. In her career, she won three singles titles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 20 October 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 358. On 11 September 1995, she peaked at No. 186 in the doubles rankings. Zachariadou competed in the women's doubles tournament of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Playing for Greece in 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 ..., Zachariadou started in 1990 and accumulated a win–loss record of 26–27. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (3–5) Doubles: 27 (12–15) References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Morariu
Corina Maria Morariu (born January 26, 1978) is an American former professional tennis player. Morariu (pronounced: mo-RA-R'ju) was born in Detroit, Michigan and is of Romanian descent. She turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed-doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open with Ellis Ferreira. She reached the Australian Open women's doubles final with Davenport in 2005. She also reached the world No. 1 ranking in doubles in 2000. In 2001, Morariu was diagnosed with leukemia and began a program of chemotherapy. During this time, Jennifer Capriati dedicated her 2001 French Open victory to Morariu. She also received an inspirational letter from Lance Armstrong, a cancer survivor. After recovering from cancer, along with shoulder surgery, Morariu was largely restricted to doubles play. The WTA then created the Corina Comeback Award, which was presented to M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seda Noorlander
Seda Noorlander (born 22 May 1974) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands who turned professional in 1993. She reached the final of the 2001 Tashkent Open in singles, losing to Bianka Lamade Bianka Lamade (born 30 August 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She turned professional in January 2000 at the age of 17. After just one year of playing on the tour, she had gone up to No. 127 in the world. As the worl .... She won one doubles titles with Christina Papadáki. Her career-high ranking is No. 80 in the world, which she achieved on 13 December 1999. Her best Grand Slam performance is reaching the third round of Wimbledon in 1999. WTA career finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles: 13 (3–10) Doubles: 32 (22–10) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Noorlander, Seda 1974 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Sportspeople from The Hague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maaike Koutstaal
Maaike Koutstaal (born 20 June 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Biography Born in Rotterdam, Koutstaal competed on the ITF junior circuit in the early 1990s and most notably was runner-up in the girls' doubles at the 1993 French Open. As a professional player she was most successful in the doubles format, with a best ranking of 86 in the world. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at the 1995 Indonesia Open, where she qualified for the singles main draw and was a quarterfinalist in the doubles, partnering Dominique Monami. In 1995, she competed in the main draw of the women's doubles at all four Grand Slam tournaments, which included a round of 16 appearance at the Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Fernanda Landa
María Fernanda Landa (born 29 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography Landa competed on the WTA Tour from 1995 and made all of her main-draw appearances in the doubles format, in which she reached 108 in the world. As a singles player she won six ITF Women's Circuit, ITF titles, with a best ranking of 183. She qualified for the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1996 US Open (tennis), 1996 US Open with Marlene Weingärtner and with the same partner was runner-up at the 1999 WTA Madrid Open. At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Landa and Weingärtner received direct entry and were beaten in the first round by eventual champions Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu. She also competed in the mixed-doubles draw at Wimbledon that year with Diego del Río. She now runs a tennis school in Tigre, Buenos Aires. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (6–9) Doubles: 27 (14–13) References External links< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
