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Samantha Stosur
Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten singles player, Stosur reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on 21 February 2011 and spent a total of 165 weeks ranked inside the top ten, between March 2010 and June 2013. Stosur was also the top-ranked Australian singles player for 452 consecutive weeks, from October 2008 to June 2017, and was ranked inside the top 25 for a period of nine straight years. She won a combined total of 40 career titles (9 in singles, 28 in doubles, and 3 in mixed doubles)——including 8 major titles, and amassed more than $20 million in prize money. Stosur won a Grand Slam singles title at the 2011 US Open, where she beat Serena Williams in the final and became the first Australian woman since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 to win a Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 US Open – Women's Singles
Samantha Stosur defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2011 US Open. It was her first and only major singles title. Stosur became the first Australian woman to win a major since Evonne Goolagong Cawley at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships, and the first to win the US Open since Margaret Court in 1973. Kim Clijsters was the two-time reigning champion, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury. This was the first time in the tournament's history where no American players were among the top ten seeds. This was the first US Open main draw appearance for 2017 champion Sloane Stephens, who lost in the third round to Ana Ivanovic. Seeds Qualifying Main draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Championship match statistics References External linksOfficial siteMain DrawSchedule of Play [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Wimbledon Championships
The 2019 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on Monday 1 July 2019 and finished on Sunday 14 July 2019. The defending gentlemen's singles champion Novak Djokovic retained his title, while the defending ladies' singles champion Angelique Kerber lost in the second round to Lauren Davis. Simona Halep won the ladies' singles title. This was the first Grand Slam tournament where both singles titles were won by players born in the Balkans. This was the first edition of the tournament to feature a standard tie break in the final set when the score in the set was 12 games all. The winner was the first player or pair to reach seven points whilst leading by two or more points or, in the case of a 6-6 point score, to establish a subsequent lead of two points. Henri Kontinen and John Peers won the first such tie break played in Wimbledon his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Serena and Venus Williams defeated Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. It was their third Wimbledon title together and seventh major title together overall, and they won the title without dropping a set. The Williams sisters played against each other in the singles final as well, in which Venus emerged victorious. Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Raymond and Stosur. Seeds Cara Black / Liezel Huber ''(semifinals)'' Ai Sugiyama / Katarina Srebotnik ''(second round)'' Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs ''(third round)'' Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung ''(first round)'' Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual ''(third round)'' Victoria Azarenka / Shahar Pe'er ''(quarterfinals)'' Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko ''(withdrew)'' Peng Shuai / Sun Tiantian ''(first round)'' Yan Zi / Zheng Jie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
Defending gold medalists Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States successfully defended their title, beating the Czech Republic's Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. With the victory, the Williams sisters claimed their third gold medal in doubles and also became the first players in tennis history to win four Olympic golds, with the pairing also winning the doubles gold in 2000 and 2008, and Venus winning the 2000 singles and Serena winning the 2012 singles events. In the bronze medal match, Russia's Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova defeated the United States' Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1. The tournament was held from 28 July to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London of the United Kingdom. All matches were the best of three sets, with tie-breaks used for the first two set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Michael Venus in the final, 6–2, 6–3. This is the third straight Mixed Doubles title Murray has won at the US Open, following his championships in 2018 (with Mattek-Sands) and 2017 (with Martina Hingis). Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links Main Draw at the {{DEFAULTSORT:2019 US Open - Mixed Doubles |
2014 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Max Mirnyi and Chan Hao-ching. Nenad Zimonjić and Samantha Stosur defeated Mirnyi and Chan in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round. Mike Bryan / Katarina Srebotnik ''(second round)'' Bob Bryan / Květa Peschke ''(third round)'' Alexander Peya / Abigail Spears ''(second round)'' Leander Paes / Cara Black ''(second round)'' Daniel Nestor / Kristina Mladenovic ''(semifinals)'' Horia Tecău / Sania Mirza ''(third round)'' Rohan Bopanna / Andrea Hlaváčková ''(third round)'' Jean-Julien Rojer / Anna-Lena Grönefeld ''(withdrew)'' David Marrero / Arantxa Parra Santonja ''(second round)'' Jamie Murray / Casey Dellacqua ''(quarterfinals)'' Juan Sebastián Cabal / Raquel Kops-Jones ''(second round)'' John Peers / Ashleigh Barty ''(third r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Tatiana Golovin and Richard Gasquet were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate together. The tournament was won by Daniela Hantuchová and Fabrice Santoro. Seeds The seeded teams are listed below. Daniela Hantuchová and Fabrice Santoro are the champions; other teams show the round in which they were eliminated. Draws Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External linksWTA Draw at the {{DEFAULTSORT:2005 French Open - Mixed Doubles |
2005 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
The Czech Republic's Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was the Czech Republic's first victory in women's doubles, and its third consecutive medal. In the bronze medal match, Brazil's Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani defeated Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina of the Russian Olympic Committee, 4–6, 6–4, 1–9 It was Brazil's first Olympic tennis medal. Ekaterina Makarova and Vesnina were the reigning gold medalists from 2016, but Makarova retired from tennis in 2020. Vesnina attempted to defend the title with Kudermetova, but they lost in the semifinals. The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except that the third set is a match tiebreak (first to 10 points) instead of a typical set. A tiebreak was played if one of the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Defending champions Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur defeated Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs (born 26 March 1971) is an Australian tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional player. She is the host of The Power Hour on Amazon Prime Video Sports Talk. She worked at the Seven Network between 2011 and 201 ... in a rematch of the previous year's final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2006 WTA Tour Championships. With the win, they secured the joint- year-end world No. 1 ranking. Seeds Draw Finals References {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 WTA Tour Championships - Doubles Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur defeated Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs in the final, 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2005 WTA Tour Championships. Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy were the reigning champions, but did not qualify this year. This marked the final professional appearance for 1994 Wimbledon champion Conchita Martínez before her retirement in 2006. Partnering Virginia Ruano Pascual, she was defeated by Raymond and Stosur in the semifinals. Seeds # Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs ''(final'') # Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (champions) Draw Finals Doubles 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 tourna ... 2005 WTA Tour {{WTAtour-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
