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Nina Nittinger
Nina Nittinger (born 16 June 1976) is a German former professional tennis player. Nittinger reached a best singles ranking of 286 in the world and won two ITF titles. She won a further five ITF titles in doubles. All of her WTA Tour main-draw appearances were in doubles, with her best performance coming at the 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open, where she and partner Amanda Grahame Amanda Grahame (born 25 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Grahame was born in Canberra, one of four daughters of stockbroker Denis and maths teacher Jeanette. Coached by Chris Kachel, Grahame began co ... were quarterfinalists. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2–2) Doubles: 9 (5–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nittinger, Nina 1976 births Living people German female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from US$15,000 to US$100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments. Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125K series. There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125k series and the bigger money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florencia Cianfagna
María Florencia Cianfagna (born 30 January 1974), known as Florencia Cianfagna, is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Cianfagna played on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching best rankings of 365 in singles and 162 in doubles. She won six ITF doubles titles, which included a $25k tournament in Florianópolis in 1996. Her only 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 ... main-draw appearance came at the 1997 Madrid Open, where she featured in the women's doubles. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cianfagna, Florencia 1974 births Living people Argentine female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Births
Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Philadelphia Flyers–Red Army game results in a 4–1 victory for the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers over HC CSKA Moscow of the Soviet Union. * January 16 – The trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction (the West German extreme-left militant Baader–Meinhof Group) begins in Stuttgart. * January 18 ** Full diplomatic relations are established between Bangladesh and Pakistan 5 years after the Bangladesh Liberation War. ** The Scottish Labour Party is formed as a breakaway from the UK-wide party. ** Super Bowl X in American football: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 21–17, in Miami. * January 21 – First commercial Concorde flight, from London to Bahrain. * January 27 ** The United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles title at WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 19 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has ranked within the top 30 for several years in singles. Niculescu entered the Grand Slam doubles final at Wimbledon 2017 tournament, together with Chan Hao-ching. She reached the quarterfinals in doubles in all Grand Slam championships. In WTA 1000 tournaments, she got into three finals (doubles), six semifinals (5 in doubles), and 12 quarterfinals (11 in doubles). In singles, her best Grand Slam performance is reaching round four, which she did at the 2011 US Open and 2015 Wimbledon Championships. Early life Niculescu was born in Slatina but moved to Bucharest when she was fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Niculescu
Gabriela Niculescu (born 7 June 1986) is a retired professional tennis player and former member of the Romania Fed Cup team. On July 4, 2005, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 376, and her best doubles ranking was 199 on February 20, 2006. In 2008 playing for the University of Southern California in doubles, teamed up with Amanda Fink, she won the 2008 Pac-10 Doubles Championship, won the ITA West Regional doubles title, and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation. She became a national platform tennis champion after retiring from professional tennis. She won titles in 2016, 2018 and 2019. Personal life She is the older sister of tennis player Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten doubles .... ITF finals Singles (1–2) Doubles (25-11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorgelina Cravero
Jorgelina Cravero (born 23 January 1982) is a retired Argentine tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 106 in singles (achieved on 10 September 2007) and 114 in doubles (set on 17 November 2008). Cravero has not won a title on the WTA Tour in singles or doubles. However, she won 15 singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In 2007, Cravero qualified for three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, losing in the opening round every time: to Justine Henin at Wimbledon, to Martina Müller at the Australian Open and to Aravane Rezaï at the US Open. Playing for Argentina Fed Cup team, Cravero has a win–loss record of 6–7. Most memorable experiences were qualifying for the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2007. Cravero enjoys the clay surface best of all and started playing tennis at the age of five. She turned professional in 2000. In 2011, she announced her retirement from professional tennis. Personal Cravero was born in San Francisco, Córdoba. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenia Chialvo
Eugenia Chialvo (born 21 February 1983) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Biography Chialvo grew up in the city of San Francisco in Córdoba. She was a member of the Argentine side which won the 1999 Junior Fed Cup in Perth, along with Gisela Dulko and María Emilia Salerni. A left-handed player, Chialvo reached a best singles ranking of 279 in the world and won two ITF titles. As a doubles player she won a further six titles, with a top ranking of 162. She featured in the doubles main draw of WTA Tour tournaments in Madrid and Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ... in 2001, both partnering Conchita Martinez Granados. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2–2) Doubles: 13 (6–7) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chialvo, Euge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Gussoni
Natalia Gussoni (born 24 August 1981) is a retired Argentine tennis player. Gussoni has career-high WTA rankings of 134 in singles, achieved on 3 May 2004, and 220 in doubles, reached on 5 July 2004. She won seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Argentina 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 cha ... competitions, Gussoni has a win–loss record of 3–3. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups) Doubles (3 titles, 13 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gussoni, Natalia 1981 births Living people Argentine female tennis players 21st-century Argentine women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariana Mesa
Mariana Mesa Pineda (born 1 April 1980) is a Colombian former professional tennis player. Biography Tennis career Mesa, who grew up in the city of Pereira, made her Fed Cup debut in 1995, having just turned 15. She featured in a total of 12 ties for Colombia during her career, mostly as doubles player, winning seven matches overall. On the WTA Tour, she made most of her main-draw appearances at her home event, the Copa Colsanitas, playing in every edition of the tournament from 1998 to 2000. She had her best performance in 1998, when she made the round of 16 of the singles and was a doubles semifinalist. Her only other singles main draw came at the 1999 Brasil Open, which she made as a qualifier. Mesa reached a best singles ranking on tour of 251 in the world and won five ITF Women's Circuit tournaments. As a doubles player she had a top ranking of 161, with seven ITF titles. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Mesa represented Colombia in the doubles competition, with Fabiol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Aizenberg
Geraldine Aizenberg (born 31 January 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Aizenberg reached a best singles ranking of 180 in the world. One of her best performances was a runner-up finish at the $50k Jakarta tournament in 1997. She took part in the qualifying draw for the 1998 US Open. As a doubles player, Aizenberg won five titles on the ITF Circuit. In 1998, she appeared in the main draw of WTA Tour tournaments in Maria Lankowitz, Palermo, and Sopot Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest city .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 10 (5–5) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aizenberg, Geraldine 1978 births Living people Argentine female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Fernández
Jessica Fernández (born 19 July 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico. Biography Fernández holds the Mexico Fed Cup record for most ties played, which stands at 29. She started out as a 15-year old in 1995 and on debut played one of the longest Fed Cup matches in history when she defeated Colombia's Carmiña Giraldo, 13–11 in the third set. As a junior, Fernández was an Orange Bowl doubles finalist and twice made the quarter-finals of the girls' doubles at the US Open. Fernández reached a best singles ranking on the professional tour of 195 in the world. She made her first WTA Tour main draw appearance in 1998, featuring in the doubles at Quebec City with Tracy Singian. Her only singles appearance in a main draw came at Acapulco in 2004, where she competed as a wildcard and was beaten in the first round by Ukrainian player Julia Vakulenko. Retiring from professional tennis in 2004, Fernández was the last Mexican female player to be ranked in the worl ... [...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] |
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