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Sofia Finér
Sofia Tillström (born 15 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. She competed during her career as Sofia Finér. Career Finér played on the professional tour in the 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 289 in the world, with two ITF titles. As a doubles player she had a top ranking of 254 and won three doubles titles on the ITF circuit. In 1997 she featured as a doubles player in three Fed Cup ties. Partnering Annica Lindstedt, the pair won two of their three matches together for Sweden. Now known as Sofia Tillström, she is a coach at the Ekerö Tennisklubb in the Stockholm region. Her husband is former ATP Tour player Mikael Tillström. ITF finals Singles (2–3) Doubles (3–6) 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 T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Van De Zande
Daphne Van De Zande (born 21 July 1974 in Vilvoorde) is a former Belgian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 161 in singles, achieved on 22 June 1998, and 210 in doubles, reached on 5 October 1998. Van De Zande won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. She made her 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 ... main-draw debut at the 1997 Volvo Women's Open. Van De Zande retired from professional tennis 2011. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:van de Zande, Daphne 1974 births Living people Belgian female tennis players People from Vilvoorde Sportspeople from Flemish Brabant 20th-century Belgian women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Rampre
Petra Rampre (born 20 January 1980) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. In her career, she won eight singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 30 April 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. On 20 November 2000, she peaked at No. 84 in the WTA doubles rankings. Illness Rampre developed alopecia universalis and lost all her hair within three weeks; she utilises bandannas to cover the result. Biography Rampre began playing tennis at age ten with her family, and preferred hard or grass courts. Her father, Daniel, is a singer and musician; mother, Berta, is an administrator; she has a younger brother, Aljaz. Rampre played her last match on the professional circuit in 2016. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups) Doubles: 17 (5–12) Singles performance timeline References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rampre, Petra 1980 births Living people Slove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valladolid
Valladolid () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of Valladolid, province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 people (2021 est.). Population figures from 1 January 2013. The city is located roughly in the centre of the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula's Meseta Central, at the confluence of the Pisuerga River, Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers before they join the Duero, surrounded by winegrowing areas. The area was settled in pre-Roman times by the Celtic Vaccaei people, and then by Ancient Rome, Romans themselves. The settlement was purportedly founded after 1072, growing in prominence within the context of the Crown of Castile, being endowed with fairs and different institutions such as a collegiate church, University of Valladolid, University (1241), Court (royal), Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Macurová
Jana Macurová (born 14 October 1978) is a former professional Czech tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. Macurová reached a record singles ranking high of world no. 276 and even ranked World No. 200 in doubles during her playing career. She won 21 different ITF titles. ITF Circuit finals Singles (6–9) Doubles (15–15) References * * 1978 births Living people Czech female tennis players {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuzana Hejdová
Zuzana Hejdová (born 29 April 1977) is a former Czech tennis player. Hejdová won two singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 4 August 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 222. On 29 September 2003, she peaked at No. 140 in the doubles rankings. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2–2) Doubles: 25 (10–15) External links * * 1977 births Living people Czech female tennis players {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Linkova
Anna Linkova (russian: Анна Линкова; born 22 January 1977) is a former Russian tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player. Linkova won one singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 27 January 1997, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 338. On 21 July 1997, she peaked at world number 247 in the doubles rankings. Linkova made her WTA tour debut at the 1995 Moscow Ladies Open – Doubles. ITF finals (2–16) Singles (1–2) Doubles (1–14) External links * * 1977 births Living people Russian female tennis players 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiumicino
Fiumicino () is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). It is known for being the site of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, the busiest airport in Italy and the eleventh-busiest in Europe. History Etymology The name literally means ''little river''. The town of "Fiumicino" should not be confused with its namesake, Fiumicino, a small river near Rimini. Recent history Fiumicino became a ''comune'' in 1992; previously it was part of the municipality of Rome, being almost totally included in the former Municipio XIV. On 24 August 2013, a small mud volcano popped up at the centre of the via Coccia di Morto roundabout. Geography Located by the Tyrrhenian coast. Fiumicino borders the municipalities of Anguillara Sabazia, Cerveteri, Ladispoli and Rome. It is on the northern side of the mouth of the river Tiber, next to Ostia. It includes the hamlets (''frazioni'') of Aeroporto "Leonardo da Vinci", Ara Nova (o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Jansson
Linda Jansson (born 10 September 1974) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. Biography Jansson comes from Åland, a Swedish speaking autonomous region of Finland. As a professional player she was most successful in doubles, with a best ranking of 233 and six ITF titles. She played the doubles rubber in ten Fed Cup ties for Finland, including a World Group quarterfinal against Australia in 1993, which was the team's best ever run in the competition. Outside of tennis, she also competed in the sport of racketlon and was the world champion in 2006, by which stage she was competing for Sweden. Since retiring she has remained involved in tennis, as an administrator and coach in Sweden. She has served on the board of the Swedish Tennis Federation and was a tournament director for the WTA Tour event Nordic Light Open The Nordic Light Open (sponsored by Nordea) was a women's tennis tournament held in Stockholm, Sweden (in 2002 and 2003 the tournament was played in Espoo, Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiken Pape
Maiken With Pape (born 20 February 1978) is a retired Danish international football striker and former professional tennis player. In January 2009 she signed to play for Stabæk in Norway. She has previously played for Brøndby. Career statistics ''Statistics accurate as of match played 8 June 2013'' Tennis Pape also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 484 achieved on 15 December 1997. Pape has won 4 ITF doubles titles. Pape was in the early 1990s, with moderate success, a professional tennis player. Pape retirement from professional Tennis career in 1999. ITF Circuit finals Doubles Finals: 5 (4-1) Personal life Pape is in a relationship with fellow former football player, Katrine Pedersen Katrine Søndergaard Pedersen (born 13 April 1977) is a retired Danes, Danish association football, football midfielder. She has played for and Captain (association football), captained Denmark women's national football team, Denmark, for whom s .... External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofie Albinus
Sofie Albinus (born 21 September 1972) is a former professional Danish tennis player. Albinus, on 3 February 1992, reached her best singles ranking of world number 163. On 20 August 1990, she peaked at world number 120 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Denmark at 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 ..., Albinus has a win–loss record of 13–11. ITF finals Singles (7–2) Doubles (9–2) References External links * * * 1972 births Living people Danish female tennis players 20th-century Danish women {{Denmark-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
