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Mika Stojsavljevic
Mika Stojsavljevic (born 15 December 2008) is a British tennis player. She won the girls' singles title at the 2024 US Open. Early life Stojsavljevic was born to a Serbian father from Velika Popina in Croatia and a Polish mother from Warsaw. She was raised in Ealing, where she attended St Benedict's School. She later trained at the LTA national academy in Loughborough. She attends Loughborough Amherst School. Growing up, she idolised Maria Sharapova. Career Junior career 2023 In April 2023, she reached the final of the LTA national junior championships where she lost to Hannah Klugman. Competing as a 14 year-old at the Girls' singles of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, Stojsavljevic secured a big win over the fourth seed and French Open junior finalist Lucciana Pérez Alarcón, and Australian 14th seed Emerson Jones, reaching the quarter-finals. 2024 In April 2024, Stojsavljevic and Mimi Xu paired up to win 6–2, 1–6, 12–10 over Flora Johnson & Allegra Korpanec Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ealing
Ealing () is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. Ealing is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Ealing was historically in the county of Middlesex. Until the urban expansion of London in the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, it was a rural village. Improvement in communications with London, culminating with the opening of the railway station in 1838, shifted the local economy to market garden supply and eventually to suburban development. By 1902 Ealing had become known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its greenery, and because it was halfway between city and country. As part of the growth of London in the 20th century, Ealing significantly expanded and increased in population. It became a municipal borough in 1901 and part of Greater London in 1965. It is now a significant commercial and retail centre with a developed night-time econom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alena Kovackova
Alena is a feminine given name from the origins Russia and Czechia. People Alena is a variant of Helen. People with this name include: * Saint Alena (died 640), born in Dilbeek, Belgium, and martyred c. 640 * Alena Douhan, Belarusian diplomat * Alena Holubeva (born 1994), Belarusian basketball player * Alena Martinovská, Czech actress, appearing in the 1954 film ''Komedianti'' * Alena Matejka (Alena Matějková, born 1966), Czech sculptor and glass designer * Alena Mazouka (born 1967), Belarusian long-distance runner * Alena Mihulová (born 1965), Czech actress, married to director Karel Kachyňa * Alena Šeredová (born 1978), Czech model * Alena Vránová, Czech actress, appearing in the 1956 film ''Lost Children (1956 film)'' * Alena Vrzáňová (1931–2015), Czech athlete, figure skater It is also a Catalan last name. People with this name include: * Carles Aleñá (born 1998), Spanish footballer Fiction * Alena (Encantadia), a fictional character who possesses the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Grass Court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Grass courts are made of grasses in different compositions depending on the tournament. Although grass courts are more traditional than other types of tennis courts, maintenance costs of grass courts are higher than those of hard courts and clay courts. Grass courts (in the absence of suitable covers) must be left for the day if rain appears, as the grass becomes very slippery when wet and will not dry for many hours. This is a disadvantage on outdoor courts compared to using hard and clay surfaces, where play can resume in 30 to 120 minutes after the end of rain. Grass courts are most common in the United Kingdom and Australia, although the Northeastern United States also has some private grass courts. Play style Because grass courts tend to be slippery, the ball often skids and bounces low while retaining most of its speed, rarely rising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Championships, Wimbledon
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 Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts, with retractable roofs over the two main courts since 2019. Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open. Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass, the traditional tennis playing surface. Also, it is the only Grand Slam that retains a night-time curfew, though matches can now continue until 11.00 pm under the lights. The tournament traditionally takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, starting on the last Monday in June and culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Finals, scheduled for the Saturday and Sunday at the end of the second week. Five major events are held each year, with addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Open (tennis)
The US Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Queens, New York. Since 1987, the US Open has been chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the year. The other three, in chronological order, are the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. The US Open starts on the last Monday of August and continues for two weeks, with the middle weekend coinciding with the US Labor Day holiday. The tournament is of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, originally known as the U.S. National Championship, for which men's singles and men's doubles were first played in August 1881. It is the only Grand Slam that was not affected by cancellation of World War I and World War II or interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The tournament consists of five primary championships: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. The tournament also includes events for senior, junior, and wheelchair pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selena Janicijevic
Selena Quintanilla Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano singer. Called the " Queen of Tejano music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. In 2020, ''Billboard'' magazine put her in third place on their list of "Greatest Latino Artists of All Time", based on both Latin albums and Latin songs chart. Media outlets called her the "Tejano Madonna" for her clothing choices. She also ranks among the most influential Latin artists of all time and is credited for catapulting the Tejano genre into the mainstream market. The youngest child of the Quintanilla family, she debuted on the music scene as a member of the band Selena y Los Dinos, which also included her elder siblings A.B. Quintanilla and Suzette Quintanilla. In the 1980s, she was often criticized and was refused bookings at venues across Texas for performing Tejano musica m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Wimbledon Championships
The 2024 Wimbledon Championships is a Grand Slam tennis tournament that is currently taking place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England. Carlos Alcaraz and Markéta Vondroušová are the reigning champions in the singles tournaments. Tournament The tournament will be played on grass courts, with all main draw matches scheduled to be played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, from 1 July to 14 July 2024. Qualifying matches are scheduled from 24 to 27 June 2024 at the Bank of England Sports Ground in Roehampton. The 2024 Championships will be the 137th edition, the 130th staging of the Ladies' Singles Championship event, the 56th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament is to be run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and to be included in the 2024 ATP Tour and the 2024 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category, as well as the 2024 ITF tours for junio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Belgraver
Julie Belgraver (born 4 July 2002) is a French–Dutch tennis player. Belgraver has a career-high doubles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 388, which she achieved on 31 October 2022. She has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. Belgraver made her Grand Slam debut at the 2019 French Open, after receiving a wildcard for the doubles main draw, partnering Mylène Halemai Mylène Halemai (born 11 August 2001) is a French professional tennis player and beauty pageant titleholder. Halemai has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of 794, achieved on 31 December 2018. She also has a career-high WTA double .... Grand Slam performance timeline Singles Doubles ITF finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up) Doubles: 7 (8 titles, 4 runner–ups) References External links * * 2002 births Living people French female tennis players Dutch female tennis players {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamira Paszek
Tamira Shelah Paszek (born 6 December 1990) is an Austrian tennis player. Paszek has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She realized her greatest success so far when she reached quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament twice, 2011 and 2012 at the Wimbledon Championships. On 11 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 26. On 6 May 2013, she peaked at No. 93 in the doubles rankings. In her career, Paszek has defeated top-ten players Marion Bartoli, Elena Dementieva, Daniela Hantuchová, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Janković, Angelique Kerber, Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone, Patty Schnyder, and Caroline Wozniacki. Biography Paszek was introduced to tennis by her mother, Françoise Paszek, at age four-and-a-half. Her mother is a Chilean-born Austrian of Polish and French descent; and her father, Ariff Mohamed, a Tanzanian-born, Kenyan-raised Canadian of Indian descent. Tamira ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Watson
Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships partnering Henri Kontinen, making her the first British woman to win a major title since Jo Durie in 1991, and the first to win a Wimbledon title since Durie in 1987. In October 2012, Watson won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Japan Open, becoming the first British woman to win a WTA Tour singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988. In her junior career, Watson won the US Open and a gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She reached No. 3 in the world on the ITF Junior Circuit. Early life and junior career Heather Watson was born in Guernsey to Michelle and Ian Watson. Her mother is from Papua New Guinea and her father is British, and was the managing director of Guernsey Electricity from 1995 until retirement in 2010. She has one brother ... [...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] |
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