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Magdaléna Rybáriková
Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a retired Slovak tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Rybáriková reached the semifinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and broke into the top 30 for the first time in September 2017, and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 17, in March 2018. Early life Rybáriková started tennis at the age of eight. She was born in Piešťany to father Anton, a business manager, and mother Maria. She has two older siblings, Filip and Nada. She moved to Bratislava at age 15 to train at the national tennis centre. Her favourite surfaces were grass and hardcourts. Career summary 2006–2009 In 2006, Rybáriková reached the girls' singles final at Wimbledon. On her way there, she defeated the future top-30 ranked players Tamira Paszek and Alisa Kleybanova. In the final, she lost to the long time world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki. The same year, she won two matches at the Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Birmingham Classic
The 2018 Birmingham Classic (also known as the Nature Valley Classic for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 37th edition of the event, and a Premier tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 18–24 June 2018. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money 1Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money. *per team Singles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of June 11, 2018. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Katie Boulter * Elina Svitolina * Heather Watson The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Océane Dodin * Jennifer Brady * Dalila Jakupović * Kristýna Plíšková Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Madison Keys → replaced by Donna Vekić Doubles main draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings as of June 11, 2018. Other en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 tournaments Structure (2021–present) The WTA Tour underwent slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were organized on par with the nomenclature used on ATP Tour: *Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *WTA 1000 tournaments (9): ** Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players with prize money ranging from US$6.5 million to US$8.3 million. These tournaments are held in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and China Open (tennis), Beijing. However, Beijing tournament could not be held in 2021–22 due to the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic. ** Non-mandatory: Five events in Qatar Ladies Open, Doha/Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, Italian Open (tennis), Rome, Canadian Open (tennis), Montreal/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Aegon Classic
The 2009 Aegon Classic is a tennis tournament being played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 28th edition of the event, known that year as the Aegon Classic, It is taking place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 8 to 14 June 2009. Thirteenth-seeded Magdaléna Rybáriková won the singles title. Entrants Seeds * Seedings are based on the rankings as of May 25, 2009. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Katie O'Brien * Georgie Stoop * Elena Baltacha * Naomi Cavaday The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Arantxa Parra Santonja * Youlia Fedossova * Lilia Osterloh * Naomi Broady * Chanelle Scheepers * Carly Gullickson * Tatiana Poutchek * Anastasia Rodionova Finals Singles Magdaléna Rybáriková defeated Li Na, 6–0, 7–6(7–2) *It was Rybáriková's first career title. Doubles Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears, 6– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Pattaya Women's Open
The 2009 PTT Pattaya Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Pattaya Women's Open, and was part of the International category on the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place in Pattaya, Thailand, from 7 February through 15 February 2009. The total prize money for the tournament was US$220,000, upgraded from last year's US$170,000 prize money. The singles draw was headlined by Australian Open semifinalist Vera Zvonareva, Caroline Wozniacki, Dominika Cibulková. Other top players were 2007 champion Sybille Bammer, Peng Shuai, home favourite Tamarine Tanasugarn, 2006 champion Shahar Pe'er and Magdaléna Rybáriková. Vera Zvonareva won the singles title. Tournament The Pattaya Women's Open was held at the Dusit Resort Pattaya in Thailand on outdoor hard courts. The tournament featured two competitions, an individual or singles tournament with 32 players involved and a doubles tournament with 10 pairs. A quarter of the players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flavia Pennetta
Flavia Pennetta (; born 25 February 1982) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She became Italy's first top-ten female singles player on 17 August 2009 and the first Italian to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, on 28 February 2011. She is a major champion, having won the 2011 Australian Open women's doubles title with Gisela Dulko, and the 2015 US Open singles title over childhood friend Roberta Vinci in the first all-Italian major final. Pennetta won ten other WTA singles titles, including the 2014 Indian Wells Open, where she defeated the top two seeds. She also was a mainstay in the Fed Cup team competition, helping Italy win four titles in 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2013. Her other highlights in doubles include winning the 2010 WTA Finals and finishing runner-up at the 2005 and 2014 US Opens, partnering respectively with Elena Dementieva and Martina Hingis. After winning the 2015 US Open, Pennetta announced she would retire at the end of the season, playing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Moorilla Hobart International
The 2009 Moorilla Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2009 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 12 through 18 January 2009. Unseeded Petra Kvitová won the singles title. Finals Singles Petra Kvitová defeated Iveta Benešová, 7–5, 6–1 *It was Kvitová's first title of her career. Doubles Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta defeated Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko, 6–2, 7–6(7–4) References External linksWTA – Hobart Tournament details {{2009 WTA Tour Moorilla Hobart International Moorilla Hobart International The Hobart International is a women's professional tennis tournament held at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia. Held since 1994, it forms a part of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour and is classed as an Interna ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Tashkent Open
The 2008 Tashkent Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the Tashkent Open, and was part of the Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from September 29 through October 5, 2008. Third-seeded Sorana Cîrstea won the singles title. Finals Singles Sorana Cîrstea defeated Sabine Lisicki, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) *It was Sorana Cîrstea's 1st career title. Doubles Ioana Raluca Olaru / Olga Savchuk defeated Nina Bratchikova / Kathrin Wörle, 5–7, 7–5, 0–7 References External links Official websiteITF tournament edition details Tournament draws {{2008 WTA Tour Tashkent Open 2008 Tashkent Open The Tashkent Open by Zeromax is a women's tennis tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Held since 1999, this WTA Tour event is an International tournament and is played on outdoor hard courts. Since 2014, the event has been scheduled in early ...< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA Tier IV Events
The WTA Tier IV tournaments were Women's Tennis Association fourth-level tournaments held from 1990 until the end of the 2008 season. The line-up of events varied over the years, with tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled. Some of the tournaments became Tier V events between 1990 and 1992, and later from 2001 to 2005, before being integrated back into Tier IV. From 2009 WTA Tour, WTA changed the tournament categories, so that most of the Tier III and Tier IV tournaments from 2008 were in one category, WTA International tournaments The WTA International Tournaments was a category for professional tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. The winner of a WTA Internatio .... Events References External links {{WTA Tier IV tournaments * Tier 4 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008 Recurring sporting events established in 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 US Open (tennis)
The 2008 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 128th edition of the US Open, and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States, from August 25 through September 8, 2008. The men's defending champion, Roger Federer, won the US Open for a fifth consecutive time. Justine Henin, the women's defending champion, did not return to defend her title due to her retirement from tennis, for personal reasons, earlier in the year. Serena Williams was the champion on the women's side, winning her third US Open title; she had last won the event in 2002. Federer and Williams's opponents, Andy Murray and Jelena Janković, were making their débuts in Grand Slam finals. World number ones Rafael Nadal and Ana Ivanovic went out in the semifinal and second round, respectively. This was Nadal's best ever result at the US Open; for Ivanovic, it was h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Wimbledon Championships
The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 122nd edition of the The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2008. It was the third Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Spanish people, Spanish player Rafael Nadal won the first Wimbledon title of his career; the first Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament he had won other than the French Open. Nadal defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the 2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final, final in what many regard as the greatest tennis match of all time. In the women's singles, Venus Williams claimed her fifth title, and first win over her sister Serena Williams, Serena in a Wimbledon final (she had lost the previous two). The performances of Britons Andy Murray in the men's singles and Laura Robson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 French Open
The 2008 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 112th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 25 May until 8 June 2008. Justine Henin did not defend her trophy due to her retirement from the sport on May 14. Ana Ivanovic, the runner-up to Henin in 2007, won the Women's Singles. On the men's side, Rafael Nadal won the Men's Singles, and equalled Björn Borg's record of four consecutive French Open titles in the Open Era. Other competitions included men and women's doubles, junior singles and doubles as well as wheelchair and 'veteran' competitions. The 2008 edition marked the first time in the Open Era no American man or woman reached the singles' quarterfinals at Roland Garros. Notable stories Justine Henin's retirement On May 14, 2008, less than two weeks before the start of the 2008 French Open, defending champion and world No. 1 Justine Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 ECM Prague Open
The 2006 ECM Prague Open, known also as 2006 ECM Prague Open by Ceska Sporitelna for sponsorship reasons, was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague, Czech Republic from 8 to 14 May 2006. It was the 15th edition of the men's tournament which was part of the 2006 ATP Challenger Series and the 5th edition of the women's tournament which was part of the 2006 WTA Tour as a Tier IV tournament. Points and prize money ''Note: this information was only available for the women's tournament'' Point distribution Prize money * per team Men's singles entrants Seeds 1 Source: ATP Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Dušan Karol * Michal Navrátil * Wolfgang Schranz * Mike Steinherr The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Konstantinos Economidis * Jan Hájek * Petr Kralert * Simone Vagnozzi The following players received entry as special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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