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Nuria Montero
Nuria Montero (born 8 October 1978) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Montero reached a career-best singles ranking of 297 and made her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance as a qualifier at the 1998 Madrid Open. She was beaten in the first round by María Sánchez Lorenzo, after securing qualifying wins over Conchita Martínez Granados, Syna Schmidle and Alicia Ortuño Alicia Ortuño (; born 2 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. From 1990 to 2001, she won 30 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She appeared in six Grand Slam events. Career highlight ..., the latter in a walkover. As a doubles player, Montero had a career-high ranking of 193, and won eleven titles on the ITF Circuit. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montero, Nuria 1978 births Living people Spanish female tennis player ... [...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] |
Misumi Miyauchi
is a former professional tennis player from Japan. Biography Born in Ibaraki, Miyauchi played on the professional tour in the 1990s and had a best ranking of 115 in the world. Miyauchi partnered with Ai Sugiyama in the women's doubles at the 1993 Australian Open and featured in the women's singles main draw at the 1993 French Open The 1993 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 97th staging of the French Open, and the second Gran .... She was a two-time quarter-finalist at the Asian Open, a WTA Tour tournament in Osaka, as well as reaching the quarter-finals of the 1991 Pattaya Open and 1994 Salem Open-Beijing. Her ITF titles include the $50,000 Gifu tournament in 1998. ITF finals Singles (3–3) Doubles (1–2) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyauchi, Misumi 1971 births Living people Japanese female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany '' persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher become the first convict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noelia Serra
Noelia Serra-Djamdjean (born 9 September 1977) is a Dominican-Spanish former professional tennis player. Before changing allegiances to Spain, Serra won three medals for the Dominican Republic at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She and Joelle Schad were gold medalists in the team event and also partnered together to win a silver medal in the doubles. In the singles event, Serra claimed a bronze medal. Serra reached a career best singles ranking of 236 in the world and won three singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance came as a local wildcard entrant at the 1996 Madrid Open, where she was beaten in the first round by Argentina's Florencia Labat María Florencia Labat (born 12 June 1971) is an Argentinian former professional female tennis player. She joined the WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second .... ITF fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam D'Agostini
Miriam D'Agostini (born 15 August 1978) is a former professional Brazilian tennis player. In her career, she won eight singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 September 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 188. On 10 September 2000, she peaked at number 159 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Brazil Fed Cup team The Brazil Billie Jean King Cup team represents Brazil in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Brazilian Tennis Confederation. They currently compete in the Americas Zone of Group I. History Brazil competed in its ..., D'Agostini has a win–loss record of 13–12. ITF finals Singles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups) Doubles: 36 (15 titles, 21 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Agostini, Miriam 1978 births Brazilian female tennis players Living people Olympic tennis players for Brazil Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celeste Contin
Celeste may refer to: Geography * Mount Celeste, unofficial name of a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada * Celeste, Texas, a rural city in North Texas ** Celeste High School, public high school located in the city of Celeste, Texas * Celeste Lake, Bolivia * Celeste River, Costa Rica * Celeste Center, a multipurpose arena in Columbus, Ohio Film, books and games * ''Céleste'' (1980 film), a German film about the life of Marcel Proust * Celeste (2018 film), an Australian film * ''Celeste'', a 2004 novel in the Gemini series of V. C. Andrews novels, ghostwritten by Andrew Neiderman * ''Celeste'' (video game), a 2018 puzzle platforming video game Music * Celeste (singer), American-born British singer-songwriter * Celeste Cruz, half of American pop duo Daphne and Celeste * Celeste Johnson, professionally known as Celeste, American performer in Italy * Celeste (band), a post-metal band from Lyon, France * ''Celeste'' (album), a 2012 album by My Tiger My Timin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Lourdes Domínguez Lino (; born 31 March 1981) is a retired tennis player from Spain. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 40 in singles and 45 in doubles. Tennis career In the 1999 Roland Garros, she won the junior girls' singles, defeating Stéphanie Foretz in the final. In 2000, she played her first WTA Tour main draw at Madrid. In 2002, she won her first main draw match at Bogotá. In Porto, she defeated then-No. 33 Cristina Torrens Valero. In August, Lino was suspended from the tour for three months, after testing positive for cocaine that March. In 2005, she reached the top 100 for the first time. In Bogotá she made it to the final as a qualifier, losing to Flavia Pennetta. She ended at No. 77 in the world in singles and No. 63 in doubles. She won her first WTA title in Bogotá by defeating No. 18 Flavia Pennetta. She reached the final of Budapest, losing to Anna Smashnova, and ended the year at No. 52 in singles. In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Bogot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Nedelková
Martina Nedelková (born 21 October 1977) is a former professional Slovak tennis player. On 7 October 1996, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 441. Personal life Martina was born on 21 October 1977 in Piešťany. Nedelková started playing tennis in Piešťany with coach Ivo Doležálek. Martina currently lives in the USA, where she remained after successful studies and works as a tennis coach. Career Nedelková had a successful junior career, Her career-high world ranking as a junior was world No. 1. In 1994 Nedelková won a prestigious tournaments for juniors Osaka Mayor's Cup and Trofeo Bonfiglio (Grade A) She has won six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She decided to follow the college route and was part of the VCU Rams The VCU Rams are the athletic teams of Virginia Commonwealth University of Richmond, Virginia, United States. The Rams compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference ... [...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] |
Désirée Leupold
Désirée Leupold (born 11 November 1972) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Leupold played on the professional tour in the 1990s and reached a best singles ranking of 375 in the world. She featured in four 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 draws as a doubles player, otherwise spending her career on the ITF Circuit. ITF finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 5 (0–5) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leupold, Desiree 1972 births Living people Austrian female tennis players 20th-century Austrian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Salas Lozano
Ana Salas Lozano (born 12 July 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A right-handed player from Madrid, Salas reached a best singles ranking on tour of 275, with four ITF titles. In 1998 she received a wildcard into the main draw of her home WTA Tour tournament, the Madrid Open There are three sporting events known as the Madrid Open: * Madrid Open (golf) The Madrid Open was an annual men's golf tournament which was held in and around the Spanish capital Madrid from 1968 to 2007, apart from a seven-year gap from 1994 to ..., where she was beaten in the first round by Meike Babel. ITF finals Singles (4–4) Doubles (0–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salas Lozano, Ana 1972 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Tennis players from Madrid 20th-century Spanish women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
