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Paulette Moreno
Paulette Moreno Hjorth (born 12 March 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Hong Kong. Biography Moreno was a national champion in Hong Kong at the age of 13 in 1982. She made her debut for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team in 1985 and won a doubles match against West Germany that year. Another of her doubles wins came against Sweden in 1987, when she and Patricia Hy teamed up to claim the deciding rubber 9–7 in the third set. As a junior she was a finalist in the girls' doubles at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, where she and Korean Kim Il-Soon lost to Natalia Medvedeva and Natasha Zvereva. From 1987 to 1991 she competed on the WTA Tour. She appeared twice in the main draw at Wimbledon, both times in mixed doubles, partnering Todd Woodbridge in 1987 and Neil Borwick in 1989. In between she also featured at the 1988 Australian Open and made the second round of the singles, with a win over Marianne van der Torre Marianne van der Torre (born 18 August 1961) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Australian Open
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Eugenia Maniokova
Eugenia Aleksandrovna Maniokova ( rus, Евгения Александровна Манюкова, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪə mənʲʊˈkovə ; born 17 May 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Russia. She is a former world No. 18 in doubles. Biography Maniokova is best known for winning the mixed doubles event at the 1993 French Open partnering Andrei Olhovskiy. In her career, she won four titles in women's doubles on the WTA Tour, and three titles in singles and 24 in women's doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Maniokova represented Commonwealth of Independent States at both the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1992 Federation Cup The 1992 Federation Cup was the 30th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. For the first time, qualifying rounds were split among three regional zones, each sending teams to the main World Group tour ..., due to the separation of the Soviet Union. Maniokova retired after playing at the 1996 French Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Strandlund
Maria Strandlund (born 17 August 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. She competed in the 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 ... from 1988 to 2000. at fedcup.com WTA career finals Doubles 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ITF finals Singles (1–4) Doubles (9–9) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county town is the cathedral city of Chester, while its largest town by population is Warrington. Other towns in the county include Alsager, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Frodsham, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Middlewich, Nantwich, Neston, Northwich, Poynton, Runcorn, Sandbach, Widnes, Wilmslow, and Winsford. Cheshire is split into the administrative districts of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Halton, and Warrington. The county covers and has a population of around 1.1 million as of 2021. It is mostly rural, with a number of towns and villages supporting the agricultural and chemical industries; it is primarily known for producing chemicals, Cheshire cheese, salt, and silk. It has also had an impact on popular culture, producin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Lundqvist
Monica Lundqvist (born 18 April 1967) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. Biography Lundqvist, who comes from Sundsvall, reached a best singles ranking of 143 in the world. Her best performances on the WTA Tour came in 1986, when she made the round of 16 at the Taipei Women's Championships and Singapore Open, beating a young Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the former. She appeared in two Federation Cup ties for Sweden, against France and Belgium, both in 1986. ITF finals Singles (0-1) Doubles (1-2) See also *List of Sweden Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Sweden Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. Sweden have taken part in the competition since 1964. Players References External linksSvenska Tennisförbundet {{DEFAULTSORT:Sweden ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lundqvist, Monica 1967 births Living people Swedish female tennis players Sportspeople from Sundsvall 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Ekstrand
Maria Ekstrand (born 2 March 1970) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. Ekstrand, who reached a best singles ranking of 149, claimed two $25,000 ITF titles during her career, in Benin City in 1988 and York, Pennsylvania in 1990. Most notably, Ekstrand won through to the second round of the 1991 Australian Open, where she was eliminated by fourth seed Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine-Italian former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 .... ITF finals Singles: 5 (3–2) Doubles: 8 (1–7) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ekstrand, Maria 1970 births Living people Swedish female tennis players 20th-century Swedish women 21st-century Swedish women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Jönsson Raaholt
Amy Elisabeth Jönsson Raaholt (born 8 June 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Norway. She was born Amy Jönsson. Biography Jönsson, who was born in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, debuted for the Norway Fed Cup team The Norway women's national tennis team represents Norway in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Norges Tennisforbund. They compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I. History Norway competed in its first Fed Cup ... in 1985. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at Bastad in 1987 when she made the quarter-finals, a run which included a win over eighth seed Carina Karlsson. At the 1988 Australian Open she featured in the women's singles and doubles draws. She was beaten in the first round of the singles by top seed Steffi Graf, who went on to win the title. In the doubles she and partner Helena Dahlström reached the second round. Her last Fed Cup appearance came in 1995 and she finished with a 30/19 over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llorca
Llorca is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * José Pedro Pérez-Llorca (born 1940), Spanish politician *Ricardo Llorca Ricardo Llorca (born 1958, Alicante) is a Spanish-American Composer based in New York City since 1988. Llorca is a Juilliard School graduate and a faculty member of the performing arts conservatory's Evening Division since 1996. In addition, Ll ... (born 1962), Spanish composer * Rubén Torres Llorca (born 1957), Cuban-American artist * Samuel Llorca Ripoll (born 1985), Spanish footballer * Álex Llorca Castillo (born 1989), Spanish basketball player See also * Lorca (other) {{surname, Llorca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Paulus
Barbara Paulus (born 1 September 1970) is a former professional top-ten tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career, she won a total of seven WTA tournaments (six singles titles, one doubles title). Paulus competed for the Austria Fed Cup team on 21 occasions in singles and doubles, winning nine of her 22 matches. Career Paulus is one of the most successful Austrian female tennis players, being one of only two to be ranked in the top 10 (along with Barbara Schett), despite having a career plagued with injuries. She won six singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Her best results include victories over Chris Evert, Mary Pierce, Gabriela Sabatini, Conchita Martínez, and Jana Novotná. After reaching as high as No. 12 in the world in 1990, she sustained injuries to her knee and both wrists which required her to have surgery and kept her sidelined for many months through 1992 and 1993. Her comeback from i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bettina Diesner
Bettina Diesner (born 8 February 1970) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Diesner competed on the international tour in the 1980s and achieved a career high singles ranking of 272 in the world. Her best performance on the 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 tou ... was a second round appearance at the 1989 Brighton Championships. ITF finals Doubles: 5 (2–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diesner, Bettina 1970 births Living people Austrian female tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Oberleitner
Karin Oberleitner (born 14 March 1968) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Oberleitner represented Austria in a 1985 Federation Cup tie against the USSR in Nagoya, where she featured in a dead rubber doubles match with Barbara Pollet, losing to Svetlana Cherneva and Larisa Savchenko. She competed on the international circuit through the late 1980s and reached a career best singles ranking of 290 in the world. Her husband is former ATP Tour player Alex Antonitsch and their daughter Mira Mira (), designation Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, abbreviated Omicron Cet, ο Cet), is a red-giant star estimated to be 200–400 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cetus. ο Ceti is a binary stellar system, consisting of a vari ... has played Fed Cup for Austria. The couple also have a son Sam who is a professional ice hockey player. ITF finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 2 (1–1) See also * List of Austria Fed Cup team representatives References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
