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Open De Touraine
The Open Engie de Touraine (previously known as the ''Open GDF Suez de Touraine'') is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on indoor hardcourts. The event is classified as a $25,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held in Joué-lès-Tours Joué-lès-Tours (, literally ''Joué near Tours'') is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Tours, and is adjacent to it on the southwest. Population Toponymy The name of Joué ..., France, since from 2005 to 2018. From 2005 till 2016, the event was a $50,000 tournament. It was not held from 2019 to 2021, but returned in 2022 as a $25,000 event. Past finals Singles Doubles External links ITF searchOfficial website {{ITF Women's Circuit ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Hard court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in France Recurring sporting events established in 2005 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joué-lès-Tours
Joué-lès-Tours (, literally ''Joué near Tours'') is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Tours, and is adjacent to it on the southwest. Population Toponymy The name of Joué-lès-Tours appears in its form "Gaudiacus" in the 6th Century. It corresponds to a toponymic type frequently found in Christian Gaule, that gave different variants depending on the region: Joué (west of France), Jouy (center and north), Jouey (east), Gouy (Normandy/Picardy), Gaugeac, Jaujac (south). It is composed of the Christian name "Gaudius", meaning "fortunate", "blessed" (gaudia > joy, in Latin) and with the Gallo-Roman suffix -ACU, meaning "place of", "property of". History Joué-lès-Tours was the site of the 20 December 2014 Tours police station stabbing. Controversy In February 2010 the mayor, Philippe Le Breton, added the word ''laïcité'' underneath the French national motto on the town hall's façade. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristýna Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is an inactive Czech professional tennis player. Plíšková has won one singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 July 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 14 June 2021, she peaked at No. 44 in the doubles rankings. Plíšková won the 2010 Wimbledon Championships junior tournament, beating Sachie Ishizu in straight sets.2010 Wimbledon ChampionshipsGirls' champion Pliskova adds to family success(3 July 2010) She currently holds the record for the most aces (31) in a match on the WTA Tour, which she set in a second-round match against Monica Puig at the 2016 Australian Open. Personal life Plíšková was born to Radek Plíšek and Martina Plíšková in Louny, and has an identical twin sister, Karolína, who is also a tennis player, and a former world No. 1. On 6 December 2021, Plíšková posted on her Instagram that s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna Manasieva
Vesna Ratkovna Dolonc (Serbian Cyrillic and russian: link=yes, Весна Ратковна Долонц; née Manasieva, Манасиева; born 21 July 1989) is a retired Serbian tennis player. She earned career-highs of 84 in singles and 93 in doubles. Career Dolonc began competing on the ITF Circuit in September 2005, soon after her 16th birthday, and had risen to world No. 152 by 28 January 2008. In February 2006, she won seven successive matches to come through qualifying and reached the semifinals of the $10k event at Portimão, Portugal, and in May 2006, she reached her first $10k final at Kiev, Ukraine. In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Stockholm-Salk ($25k level); Monzón, Spain ($75k level); Moscow ($25k level); and Podolsk, Russia ($25k level). In September 2007, she made it to the finals at the $100k tournament inn Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 2008, she qualified for her third career WTA Tour main draw at Pattaya, defeated fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Charievna Amanmuradova ( uz, Oqgul Omonmurodova; born June 23, 1984) is a professional tennis player from Uzbekistan. At 1.90 metres in height, she is one of the tallest female tennis players in history. Amanmuradova has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 May 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 18 January 2010, she peaked at No. 36 in the WTA doubles rankings. Amanmuradova has twice reached the final of the Tashkent Open in her native Uzbekistan, losing in 2005 to Michaëlla Krajicek and in 2009 to Shahar Pe'er. She has also reached the final of the 2011 President's Cup in Nur-Sultan. Career 2000–2006 Amanmuradova played her first WTA Tour match in her home town of Tashkent where she lost in the first round. She played her first ITF tournaments in 2002, and reached the semifinals in Mysore and finals in Manila and Hyderabad, both times losing to Sania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Riske
Alison Riske-Amritraj (née Riske; born July 3, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014 at the Tianjin Open. She has won three WTA singles titles, as well as nine singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Her best singles performances at Grand Slam tournaments include reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open in 2020, the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2019 (where she defeated world No. 1 and reigning French Open champion, Ashleigh Barty, in the fourth round) and the fourth round of the US Open in 2013. Despite having not won a WTA doubles title, Riske-Amritraj has had success in doubles at the Grand Slam-level, reaching the 2019 Australian Open semifinals with Jennifer Brady and the 2020 US Open quarterfinals with Gabriela Dabrowski, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 40 on January 13, 2020. She has had numerous care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Open GDF Suez De Touraine – Singles
Alison Riske is the defending champion. Riske successfully defended her title, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the final. Seeds Main draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Main DrawQualifying Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 Open GDF Suez de Touraine - Singles Open GDF Suez de Touraine - Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria João Koehler
Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player. Koehler has won three singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 102. On 18 June 2012, she peaked at No. 151 in the doubles rankings. Playing for the Portugal Fed Cup team, Koehler has a win–loss record of 11–20. Career Born in Porto, Koehler made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit at the age of 14 at a $10k event in Braga. Having qualified for the main draw, she lost her first match to Catarina Ferreira. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2009 Estoril Open. Having been awarded a wildcard, she played world No. 77, Kristina Barrois Kristina Barrois (born 30 September 1981) is a retired German tennis player. Barrois won 15 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 9 May 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 57. On 20 February 20 ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Puig
Monica Puig Marchán, (born September 27, 1993) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. She is the first Puerto Rican in history to win a gold medal at the Olympics while representing Puerto Rico, having done so in 2016 at the women's singles event. She is also a Central American and Caribbean champion and Pan American silver medalist. Having turned professional in 2010, Puig won two WTA singles titles and six ITF singles titles. On 26 September 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 27. On 25 May 2015, she peaked at No. 210 in the doubles rankings. She retired as a professional tennis player on 13 June 2022. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Puig won the gold medal, the ninth overall medal at the Games for Puerto Rico. With the feat, she also became the first Latin American champion in the women's singles discipline and is the only unseeded female player to win the gold medal since the reintroduction of tennis in 1988. During her career, Pui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Open GDF Suez De Touraine – Singles
Alison Riske was the defending champion, but lost to Maria João Koehler in the semifinals. Monica Puig won the title defeating Maria João Koehler in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–1. Seeds Main draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Main DrawQualifying Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 Open GDF Suez de Touraine - Singles Open GDF Suez de Touraine - Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An-Sophie Mestach
An-Sophie Mestach (born 7 March 1994) is a Belgian retired tennis player. In her career, Mestach won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 September 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 98. On 1 February 2016, she peaked at No. 64 in the doubles rankings. Ghent-born Mestach won the junior events of the 2011 Australian Open in both singles and doubles. Following these wins, she became the world No. 1 junior. She also won two Grade-A and three Grade-1 tournaments in singles on the junior circuit. In 2012, Mestach made the final of one ITF event and the semifinals of two others. She ended the year with a ranking of world No. 361. Playing for the Belgium Fed Cup team since 2010, Mestach has accumulated a win–loss record of 9–6. Since retirement, Mestach has pursued a career as a police officer. She has also spent time on the professional padel Padel ( es, Pádel) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (; ; born 9 March 1982) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. She enjoyed a meteoric rise on the WTA Tour in the late 1990s, during which she set several "youngest-ever" records. She captured the women's doubles title at the 1998 Australian Open when she was 15 years old, partnered with Martina Hingis. She also won the first ever professional tournament she entered, the 1997 Croatian Ladies Open, and defended it the following year at age 16, making her the youngest player in history to successfully defend a title. She then reached the semifinals of the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, beating world No. 4, Monica Seles, and eighth seed Nathalie Tauziat, the previous year's finalist, before she lost to Steffi Graf in three sets. Following a series of personal problems from 2000 onwards, she faded from the scene. After toiling on the ITF Women's Circuit through much of the next decade, Lučić re-emerged as a WTA regular following the 2010 season. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Open GDF Suez De Touraine – Singles
Monica Puig was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but she decided to participate at the 2013 HP Open. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni won the tournament, defeating An-Sophie Mestach in the final, 6–4, 6–2. Seeds Main draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Main draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2013 Open Gdf Suez de Touraine - Singles Open Gdf Suez de Touraine - Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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