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Sabina Simmonds
Sabina Simmonds (born 17 April 1960) is a retired tennis player from Italy. 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 1978 to 1984. at fedcup.com WTA career finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (7–9) Doubles (4–5) References 1960 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lea Plchová
Lea Plchová (born 31 August 1956) is a former professional tennis player. Personal background Her mother Ludmila was a tennis coach and is credited with discovering tennis player Jana Novotná, having spotted Jana on a playground in the neighbourhood she worked. Impressed with her mobility, Ludmila convinced Jana's parents to take her to train at a tennis centre where she worked. Tennis career Plchová's best performance on the WTA Tour was a runner-up finish at the 1982 edition of the Austrian Open, losing the final to Virginia Ruzici. At the 1983 French Open, she made her Grand Slam main-draw debut with appearances in both the singles and doubles draws. She played again at the 1984 French Open in the doubles. Plchová featured in the main draw of the singles at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser, with Rafaella Reggi withdrawing due to illness. She had a first-round win over the previous year's Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Carina Karlsson Carina Karlsson (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcela Skuherská
Marcela Skuherská-Davidová (born 14 February 1961) is a former professional tennis player who represented Czechoslovakia. Biography Skuherská, who was born in PÅ™erov, played on the professional circuit in the 1980s. She was a member of the Czechoslovak Fed Cup team in 1983 and 1984, which won the competition both years. All six of her Fed Cup appearances came partnering Iva BudaÅ™ová in doubles, including the final against West Germany in 1983. In 1984 the pair played in both the quarter-final and semi-final, but stood aside for Hana MandlÃková and Helena Suková in the final. On the WTA Tour, her best performances in singles included making the final at Nashville in 1983 and reaching the third round of the 1984 Wimbledon Championships. She was more successful in doubles, with her three WTA finals including one title, at Hershey in 1984. At the 1986 Goodwill Games she and doubles partner Iva BudaÅ™ová won a silver medal in the women's doubles. She is married to Czech sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…sa Flodin
Åsa may refer to: * Åsa, Kungsbacka, Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden * Åsa, Ringerike, Ringerike municipality, Buskerud, Norway People with the given name * Åsa Domeij (born 1962), former politician for the Swedish Green Party * Åsa Eriksson (born 1972), Swedish politician * Åsa Karlsson (born 1973), Swedish politician * Åsa Larsson (born 1966), Swedish crime-fiction writer * Åsa Regnér (born 1964), Swedish politician * Åsa Romson (born 1972), Swedish politician * Åsa Sandell (born 1967), Swedish journalist and former boxer * Åsa Svensson (born 1975), Swedish tennis player * Åsa Westlund (born 1976), Swedish politician See also * Aasa (other) * Asa (other) ASA as an abbreviation or initialism may refer to: Biology and medicine * Accessible surface area of a biomolecule, accessible to a solvent * Acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin * Advanced surface ablation, refractive eye surgery * Anterior spinal ar ... * Åse (other), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Bohm
Nina Bohm (born 30 April 1958) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Bohm, a right-handed player from Stockholm, made her Fed Cup debut for Sweden in 1978, against France. She appeared in a total of four ties, the other three coming in 1980, where she and partner Helena Anliot won deciding doubles rubbers against France and Japan, before Sweden fell to Australia in the quarter-finals. During her professional career she competed in the main draw of all four grand slam events. She made the fourth round of the 1981 French Open, with wins over Renáta Tomanová and 14th seed Ivanna Madruga. At the 1981 Wimbledon Championships she was a quarter-finalist in the women's doubles, partnering American Sherry Acker. She also reached the third round of the singles draw that year, where she lost 6–8 in third set against eighth seed Virginia Ruzici Virginia Ruzici (born 31 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She won the 1978 French Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florența Mihai
Florența Mihai (; 2 September 1955 – 14 October 2015) was a professional tennis player from Romania. She was the runner-up in two events at the 1977 French Open. She lost in the singles final to Mima Jaušovec in three sets, and partnered with Iván Molina, lost in the mixed doubles final to John McEnroe and Mary Carillo in straight sets. rolandgarros.com Together with , Mihai won three consecutive gold medals in the doubles at Summer Universiade
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Eva Pfaff
Eva Pfaff (born 10 February 1961) is a German former professional tennis player. Career During her career, she won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her peak world rankings in the sport were 17th in singles (in 1983) and 16th in doubles (1988). At the 1983 Canadian Open, Pfaff held match points against Martina Navratilova in the round of 16, but lost 6–7 in the third set. She was the only player to have match points against Navratilova that year outside of Martina's loss at the French Open to Kathy Horvath Erica Kathleen "Kathy" Horvath (born August 25, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player. She is best known for upsetting world No. 1 Martina Navratilova in the fourth round of the 1983 French Open, delivering her only defeat for .... Major finals Grand Slam tournaments Women's doubles: 1 runner–up Year-end championships Doubles: 1 runner–up WTA Tour career finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 19 (9 title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elly Appel-Vessies
Elly Appel-Vessies (27 July 1952 - 16 July 2022) was a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Since retiring, she played some seniors tennis. Appel-Vessies' best performance in the singles competition at a Grand Slam championship was at the 1975 French Open when she reached the third round. Her best performance in a doubles tournament at a major was at the 1976 French Open when she and Virginia Ruzici reached the quarterfinals. She also played 30 times for the Netherlands Fed Cup team The Netherlands Billie Jean King Cup team represents the Netherlands in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennis Bond. They currently compete in World Group II. Current team ''Most re ..., winning 17 matches and losing 13. She helped the team retain its place in the World Group during her time as a professional. Appel-Vessies died on 16 July 2022 at the age of 69. Career finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Doubles: 1 (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Hallquist
Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (born May 1, 1957) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. She was the first female student to receive an athletic scholarship from the University of Southern California (USC) as a result of Title IX legislation. She played tennis for USC from 1976 to 1979. College titles Hallquist won the national collegiate singles title in 1976 and 1977. She also won four team national championships. She was a four-year letter winner (1976-1979) and a four-time All-American. Hallquist won seven national collegiate tournaments. She was the winner of the USTA singles titles in 1976 and 1977. She earned MVP honors in 1977 as a member of three US Junior Federation Cup teams. Professional career After college, Hallquist turned pro, and she attained a world ranking of 30, completing all four Grand Slam events. In 1980, Hallquist reached the singles quarterfinals at the US Open and advanced twice to the doubles quarterfinals. Her last major appearance was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Desfor
Diane Desfor (born June 15, 1955), is an American former tennis player who was active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Her best result at a Grand Slam singles event was reaching the third round at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships with she lost in straight sets to seventh-seeded Billie Jean King. At the three other Majors she reached the second round in singles. In doubles, with partner Barbara Hallquist, she reached the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1979 and 1980. In December 1979, she won the doubles title at the New South Wales Open with Barbara Hallquist. In June 1981, she reached the semifinals of the singles event at Surbiton, which she lost to Hallquist in three sets. Desfor won the WTA Player Service Award in 1980 and 1982. She attended the University of Southern California and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1977 with a degree in psychology. After her tennis career, Desfor became a lawyer, specializing in employment law Labour laws (also known as labor laws or em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Meyer
Carolyn Meyer Richardson (born August 22, 1955) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography From Indianapolis, Meyer was the Indiana state singles champion in 1971 at the age of 16. Before turning professional, she played tennis at Marymount College (now Lynn University) and in 1974 was the AIAW national singles champion. Meyer, who reached a best world ranking of 14, began competing on the professional tour in 1974. In her first year on tour, she made the mixed doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon (partnering Rayno Seegers), reached the third round of the US Open, and was a semifinalist at the U.S. Clay Court Championships. She made the biggest final of her professional career in 1975 at the Virginia Slims of Denver, where she was beaten in three sets by Martina Navratilova. During this tournament, she upset Janet Newberry, Laura Dupont, #7 seed Linky Boshoff, #2 Francoise Durr & No. 5 Nancy Richey. From 1975 to 1976, she played World TeamTennis World TeamTen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Van Der Torre
Marianne van der Torre (born 18 August 1961) is a Dutch former professional tennis player who was active during the 1980s. She reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 84 in December 1981. During her career, van der Torre reached the second round of the singles event in two Grand Slam tournaments; the French Open (1981 and 1982) and the US Open (1981). Her best result at a Grand Slam championship was reaching the semifinal of the mixed doubles event at the 1988 Australian Open, partnering Martin Davis. In October 1981, she partnered with compatriot Nanette Schutte to win the doubles title at the Borden Classic in Kyoto, defeating Elizabeth Smylie and Kim Steinmetz Kim Steinmetz (born December 22, 1957) is an American former professional Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player. She was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She retired from professional tennis in 1989. Career highlights Steinmetz compet ... in the final, in straight sets. Van der Torre was a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
