Rebecca Llewellyn
Rebecca Llewellyn (born 5 October 1985) is a retired tennis player from Wales. In her career, she won one title in singles and seven in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 280 in singles and No. 309 in doubles. She has not competed professionally since 2007. Career Playing style Rebecca began playing tennis aged seven in school. In 2003, she graduated from Haileybury High School. She played right-handed and cited her favourite shots as the backhand and the volley. Her preferred playing surfaces were grass and clay. Junior years (1999–2003) Llewellyn played her first match on the junior ITF circuit in February 1999 and her last in June 2003 in the Junior Wimbledon Championships. Her best performances in singles came when she reached two semifinals of lower-tier junior events in 2000. She also reached the quarterfinals in one other event. In terms of Grand Slam success, her best singles result came at Wimbledon in 2000 when she ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Welwyn
Welwyn is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The parish also includes the villages of Digswell and Oaklands, Hertfordshire, Oaklands. It is sometimes referred to as Old Welwyn or Welwyn Village, to distinguish it from the much newer and larger settlement of Welwyn Garden City, about a mile to the south. Etymology The name is derived from Old English ''welig'' meaning "willow", referring to the trees that nestle on the banks of the River Mimram as it flows through the village. The name itself is an evolution from ''weligun'', the dative form of the word, and so is more precisely translated as "at the willows", unlike nearby Willian, Hertfordshire, Willian which is likely to mean simply "the willows". Through having its name derived from ''welig'' rather than ''sealh'' (the more commonly cited Old English word for ''willow''), ''Welwyn'' is possibly cognate with ''Heligan estate, Heligan'' in Cornwall whose name is derived from ''h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sarah Loosemore
Sarah Loosemore (born 15 June 1971) is a retired professional tennis player from Wales. She is now a qualified solicitor. Born in Cardiff but brought up in Dinas Powys by solicitor father John (Grandy) and tennis coach mother Pam (Nanny), Loosemore played on the WTA from the late 1980s until 1992. She was the youngest female British competitor at Wimbledon at age 17 in 1988. And before that played in junior Wimbledon for a number of years prior. In 1990, she played the 3rd round the International Australia (beaten by Helena Suková), her best performance in a Grand Slam event. After tennis, Loosemore studied at the University of Oxford for a psychology degree. There she met Chad Lion-Cachet, a Dutch-national former Oxford University rugby union captain and a South African under 21 international. Loosemore also presented an HTV programme in 1991 and 1992 called 'Get Going', the show involved numerous sports activities to inspire the Welsh public to get active in their spare ti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bibiane Schoofs
Bibiane Schoofs (born 13 May 1988), previously known as Bibiane Weijers, is a Dutch professional tennis player. On 11 June 2012, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of 142, whilst her best doubles ranking was world No. 83 on 2 April 2018. She married on 7 July 2014, and took her husband's surname, however, in late 2016, reverted to her maiden name, Schoofs. In December 2016, she became national singles champion under that name. In her career, she has won eight singles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit, three of them in 2011. In doubles, she has won 21 ITF titles, three of them in 2017. At age 29, she won the doubles title at the 2017 Mumbai Open, a tournament on the Challenger-level. In January 2018, she won her first doubles title on WTA Tour, at the tournament of Auckland, and her second in Lyon in 2023. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland's List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city, after Glasgow, and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous city in the United Kingdom. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland. The city's Holyrood Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarchy in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, Scottish law, literature, philosophy, the sc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Verdiana Verardi
Verdiana Verardi (born 16 December 1987) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Verardi has career-high WTA rankings of 358 in singles, achieved on 15 June 2009, and 287 in doubles, set on 7 May 2007. She won four singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2005, she played for Pland the Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fir ... in Almería (Spain) where she won the bronze medal in women's doubles. She retired from tennis due to a serious shoulder injury and personal issues. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups) Doubles: 18 (10 titles, 8 runner–ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Verardi, Verdiana 1987 births Living people Italian female tennis players Mediterranean Games b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Bath, Somerset
Bath () is a city in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary area in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 Census, the population was 101,557. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, west of London and southeast of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987, and was later added to the transnational World Heritage Site known as the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021. Bath is also the largest city and settlement in Somerset. The city became a spa with the Latin name ' ("the waters of Sulis") 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then. Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alicja Rosolska
Alicja Rosolska (; born 1 December 1985) is a professional tennis player from Poland. On 9 June 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 636. On 10 June 2019, she peaked at No. 23 in the doubles rankings. Rosolska has won nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour in her career (in Cachantún with Līga Dekmeijere, in Marbella with Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, in Budapest with Anabel Medina Garrigues, in Monterrey with Gabriela Dabrowski, in Bastad with Andreea Mitu, in St. Petersburg with Jeļena Ostapenko, again in Monterrey with Nao Hibino, in Nottingham with Abigail Spears and in Charleston with Anna-Lena Grönefeld), as well as 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She represented Poland in Fed Cup and both 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, in the women's doubles competitions again with Jans-Ignacik. Personal life Her sister, Aleksandra Rosolska, is also a tennis player. Professional career 2004–07: First WTA doubles final, Grand Slam debut In August 2004, she play ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (née Jans; born 24 September 1984) is a retired Polish tennis player. On 16 August 2004, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 410. On 10 September 2012, she peaked at No. 28 in the doubles rankings. Jans-Ignacik won three WTA doubles tournaments, 2009 Andalucia Tennis Experience with Alicja Rosolska, 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg with Olga Govortsova, and 2012 Rogers Cup with Kristina Mladenovic. In 2012, she advanced to her first Grand Slam final at the French Open, with Santiago Gonzalez in the mixed-doubles tournament. Jans-Ignacik is one of nine Polish tennis players in history who played in a Grand Slam final, others being Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Wojciech Fibak, Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Łukasz Kubot, Marcin Matkowski, Agnieszka Radwańska, Alicja Rosolska and Iga Świątek. She represented Poland in the Fed Cup and both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Playing for Poland at the Fed Cup, Jans-Ignacik has a win–loss record of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Melanie South
Melanie Jayne South (born 3 May 1986) is a former English tennis player. She won six singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 2 February 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 99. On 9 March 2009, she peaked at No. 120 in the doubles rankings. Her greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament came in the first round of the 2006 Wimbledon Championships when she came back from one set down to beat world No. 14, Francesca Schiavone, in a match witnessed by Martina Navratilova. At the time, South was ranked No. 305 in the world and had reached the main-draw courtesy of a wildcard. Not since the third round of the 1998 tournament, when Samantha Smith beat then-world No. 7, Conchita Martínez, had a British woman beaten an opponent of a similar ranking at Wimbledon. She lost in the second round to Shenay Perry, the world No. 62. Outside of Wimbledon, South reached the first round of the 2009 Australian Open without needing to qualify or receiving a wildca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tipton
Tipton is an industrial town in the West Midlands in England with a population of around 38,777 at the 2011 UK Census. It is located northwest of Birmingham. Tipton was once one of the most heavily industrialised towns in the Black Country, with thousands of people employed in the town's industries. Its factories began closing in the 1970s and it has gradually become a commuter town, home largely to people working in other parts of the region. Historically within Staffordshire, the town is now in the borough of Sandwell, It is located adjacent to the towns of Dudley, Wednesbury, Moxley, Darlaston and Bilston. It is also located between Wolverhampton and Birmingham. It also incorporates the areas of Tipton Green, Ocker Hill, Dudley Port, Horseley Heath and Great Bridge. Tipton was an urban district until 1938, when it became a municipal borough. Much of the Borough of Tipton was transferred into West Bromwich County Borough in 1966, but parts of the old borough were a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Surina De Beer
Surina De Beer (born 28 June 1978) is a retired South African tennis player. In her career, De Beer won eleven singles titles and 36 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 6 July 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 116. On 25 September 2000, she peaked at No. 49 in the WTA doubles rankings. In 2011, De Beer retired from professional tennis. ITF finals Singles (11–6) Doubles (36–24) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Beer, Surina 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Pretoria South African female tennis players White South African people Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles US Open (tennis) junior champions ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |