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Nicole Kriz
Nicole Kriz (born 13 December 1983) is a retired Australian tennis player. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is No. 104, achieved on 9 July 2007. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 332, which she reached on 4 August 2008. Early life Kriz was born on 13 December 1983, in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, to Mike and Seija Kriz. She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, in Croydon, leaving at the end of Year 10, in 1999, to focus on her tennis career.. Kriz won the $25k Australian Challenger event in Berri, beating top-100 player Marina Erakovic in the final. She also defeated the No. 2 seed Monique Adamczak in the semifinals. Both wins were by third set tiebreakers. Kriz retired in 2010. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 35 (23 titles, 12 runner-ups) WTA doubles highlights * 2007 – SF Tier IV Prague, Czech Republic w/ Leanne Baker * 2007 – QF Tier IV Fes, Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankstown, New South Wales
Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, having previously been the administrative centre of the City of Bankstown prior to 2016. It is the most populous suburb within the City of Canterbury-Bankstown. History Before European settlement, Cumberland Plains Woodland occupied much of the area. Turpentine ironbark forest covered much of what is now Bankstown. The land was occupied by the Bediagal people. Their land bordered the Dharawal and the Darung people. In 1795, Matthew Flinders and George Bass explored up the Georges River for about beyond what had been previously surveyed, and reported favourably to Governor Hunter of the land on its banks. Hunter examined the country himself, and established one of the pioneer colonies there, called Bank's Town, today written as one word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Stone (tennis)
Sarah Jane Stone (born 23 March 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography A doubles specialist from Melbourne, Stone competed on the professional tour in the early 2000s before her career was cut short due to a right foot and back injury. Stone won 11 ITF doubles titles during her career, eight of which came in the 2002 season. Stone excelled as a doubles player on the ITF junior world tour where she reached the number 8 ranking in the world. Her best result on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance partnering Samantha Stosur at the 2002 Tasmanian International. In 2003 she featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. She played in the Australian Open as a wildcard pairing with Samantha Stosur, then at Wimbledon, she and Nicole Sewell played as successful qualifiers after defeating Dinara Safina and Maria Elena Camarin. Between 2006-2008 Stone worked with WTA tour players Anastasia Rodionova, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Kilsdonk
Kim Kilsdonk (born 31 March 1979) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 347, which she reached in February 1999. Her career-high in doubles is 144, achieved August 2005. Kilsdonk made her WTA Tour main-draw debut 2003 at the indoor event in Paris, in the doubles event, partnering Sophie Lefèvre. She retired from professional tennis in 2016. Career In October 2004, Kilsdonk partnered Leanne Baker and the duo lost in the semifinals of the Luxembourg Open. They were beaten in two sets by Jill Craybas and Marlene Weingärtner. In February 2005, Kilsdonk partnered Claire Curran and the duo lost in the first round of the Open Gaz de France. They were beaten by Iveta Benešová and Květa Peschke. Following this, they headed to Antwerp to compete in the Proximus Diamond Games. There, they won two matches to qualify and then went on to beat Francesca L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edita Liachovičiūtė
Edita Liachovičiūtė (born 7 April 1976) is a Lithuanian former professional tennis player. A left-handed player from Palanga, Liachovičiūtė made her Federation Cup debut for Lithuania in 1992. She appeared in a total of 29 Fed Cup ties, amassing ten singles and nine doubles wins. Since the Europe/Africa zone was split into different tiers in 1995 she always competed in Group II, until Lithuania overcame Portugal in the 2003 playoffs, with her win over Frederica Piedade securing promotion. The 2004 season in Group I was her final year of Fed Cup tennis. Liachovičiūtė, who won two ITF doubles titles, now works as a tennis coach and has been a long serving captain of the Lithuania Fed Cup team, as well as running her own academy in Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeria Bondarenko
Valeria Volodymyrivna Bondarenko ( Ukrainian: Валерія Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 20 June 1982) is a former Ukrainian tennis player, the older sister of tennis players Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko. In her career, she won eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 636, reached in 2002. Her best doubles ranking is 189, achieved on 16 August 2004. Bondarenko retired from professional tennis in 2008. ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 21 (8–13) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bondarenko, Valeria 1982 births Ukrainian female tennis players Living people Sportspeople from Kryvyi Rih 21st-century Ukrainian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Butkiewicz
Leslie Butkiewicz (born 26 May 1982) is a former tennis player from Belgium. Biography Butkiewicz, a right-handed player, won nine singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She also featured in the main draw of the doubles at several WTA Tour events, including five appearances at her home tournament in Antwerp. Both of the Fed Cup ties she played in for Belgium came against the United States. In 2005, she lost a dead rubber singles match to Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is ... in the quarterfinals of the World Group. The following year, she partnered Caroline Maes in the doubles of the World Group semifinal against the United States, which was also a dead rubber. She was a member of the Belgian squad that lost the 2006 World Group final to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Višnja Vuletić
Višnja Vuletić Popović ( sr-cyr, Вишња Вулетић Поповић; born 7 January 1982) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Vuletić made her only WTA Tour main draw appearance at the 2000 EuroTel Slovak Indoor, partnering Belarusian Olga Barabanschikova in the doubles. But First Round lost Slovakian Ľubomíra Kurhajcová and Eva Fislová Eva Fislová (; born 17 March 1981) is a former professional Slovak tennis player. She won one singles title and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit during her career. On 11 August 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 98. .... After Vuletić retired from professional tennis, she continued to work as a tennis coach. She works with players from all over the world, including WTA players, with the tennis academy that she names. ITF finals Doubles: 3 (1–2) References External links * * 1982 births Living people Tennis players from Belgrade Serbian female tennis play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Rankin
Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca's brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of Milcah and Nahor, the brother of Abraham. Rebecca and Isaac were one of the four couples that some believe are buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs, the other three being Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, and Jacob and Leah. Early life After the Binding of Isaac, Sarah died. After taking care of her burial, Abraham went about finding a wife for his son Isaac, who was already 37 years old. He commanded his servant (whom the Torah commentators identify as Eliezer of Damascus) to journey to his birthplace of Aram Naharaim to select a bride from his own family, rather than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Hawkins
Anna Hawkins (born 7 July 1984) is an English former professional tennis player. In her career, Hawkins won sixteen doubles titles on the 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 .... On 7 July 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 581. On 29 September 2003, she peaked at number 215 in the WTA doubles rankings. Hawkins retired from professional tennis in 2009. ITF finals Doubles (16–12) Grand Slam doubles performance timeline External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawkins, Anna 1984 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis people from Wiltshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madita Suer
Edita Malovčić (born 21 January 1978), known by her stage name, Madita, is an Austrian singer and actress of Bosnian descent. Her father is Bosnian folk singer Kemal Malovčić. Madita's music ranges from synth-pop to R&B to jazz. Early life Born Edita Malovčić in Vienna, she is the daughter of Bosnian folk singer Kemal Malovčić from his first marriage, to a Serbian woman. Madita has stated that she has not been in contact with her father for many years, and that she has "no good memories" of him. Career Acting Malovčić studied musicology and took private acting lessons. In 1999, she acted in the Austrian film ''Northern Skirts'', about the Bosnian War, which won several awards. After her first success, she went on to act in numerous other films, such as ''Berlin is in Germany'' (2001), ''Kaltfront'' (2003), ''Želary'' (2003), and '' Four Minutes'' (2006). She has also appeared in various television series, including '' Medicopter 117'', ''Tatort'', and most recently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochelle Rosenfield
Rochelle may refer to: Places in the United States *Rochelle, Florida *Rochelle, Georgia *Rochelle, Illinois *Rochelle, Texas *Rochelle, Virginia People * Rochelle (given name), including a list of people with this name *John of la Rochelle (died 1245), French Franciscan theologian Surname * Alexandra Rochelle (born 1983), French volleyballer * Claire Rochelle (1908–1981), American actress * June Rochelle, American soul singer *Karyn Rochelle, American country music songwriter *Robert Rochelle (born 1945), American politician Fictional characters * Rochelle (''Everybody Hates Chris''), a character from the television series ''Everybody Hates Chris'' *Rochelle, a playable character in ''Left 4 Dead 2'' *Rochelle Goyle, a character in ''Monster High'' Other uses *''Rochelle, Rochelle'', a fictional film described within the 1990s TV sitcom ''Seinfeld'' *''Rochelle'' (LB&SCR no.119), a London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E1 class See also *Rochelle School, a historic si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenja Weidemann
Svenja Weidemann (born 22 September 1980 in Marburg) is a German tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. She won two singles titles on the ITF tour and on 12 April 2010 reached a singles ranking high of world number 496. ITF finals (2–4) Singles (2–1) Doubles (0–3) References External links * * * 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Marburg German female tennis players Tennis people from Hesse {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
