Sofia Prazeres

	Sofia Prazeres Sofia Prazeres (born 19 June 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Portugal. Biography Born in Porto, Prazeres started playing tennis at the age of seven. Prazeres debuted on the WTA Tour as a 16 year old at the 1990 Estoril Open, featuring in both the singles and doubles draws. In 1991, she began representing Portugal in Fed Cup competition and went on to become the most capped player in the team's history, with 30 wins from 49 matches. She made main draw appearances in singles at the 1995 Moscow Ladies Open and the 1997 Styrian Open. After making it to the final round of qualifying at the 1997 French Open, she reached her highest singles ranking of 152 in the world. This was the highest rank attained by a female player from Portugal until surpassed by Frederica Piedade. She retired in 1998, soon after winning Portugal's national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,800 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people (2021) in an area of ,Demographia: World Urban Areas March 2010 making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ángeles Montolio Ángeles Montolio (born 6 August 1975) is a former tennis player from Spain. Montolio reached a career high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto, Estoril, and Bol, as well as reaching the finals of Madrid and Palermo. Her best results in Grand Slam tournaments were appearances in the third round of the Wimbledon Championships in 2001, and of the US Open in 1999 and 2001. As a junior, she won the 1993 Orange Bowl The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Miami metropolitan area. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935, making it, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, the second-oldest bowl game ... for over-18s. WTA career finals Singles: 5 (3–2) ITF Circuit finals Singles (12–6) Doubles (1–3) Grand Slam singles performance timeline External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montolio, Angeles Spanish female tennis players Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christina Zachariadou Christina Zachariadou ( gr, Χριστίνα Ζαχαριάδου; born 28 August 1974) is a retired Greek tennis player. In her career, she won three singles titles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 20 October 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 358. On 11 September 1995, she peaked at No. 186 in the doubles rankings. Zachariadou competed in the women's doubles tournament of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Playing for Greece in 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 chan ..., Zachariadou started in 1990 and accumulated a win–loss record of 26–27. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (3–5) Doubles: 27 (12–15) References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Aveiro, Portugal Aveiro ( or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880, in an area of : it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal (after Coimbra). Along with the neighbouring city of Ílhavo, Aveiro is part of an urban agglomeration that includes 120,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most important populated regions by density in the North Region, and primary centre of the Intermunicipal Community of Aveiro and Baixo Vouga. Administratively, the president of the municipal government is José Ribau Esteves, elected by coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Social Centre, who governs the ten civil parishes ( pt, freguesias). History The presence of human settlement in the territory of Aveiro extends to the period associated with the great dolmens of pre-history, which exist in most of the region. The Latinised toponym ‘'Averius'’ derived from the Celtic word ''aber'' (river-mouth, etym.< Brythonic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Paula Hermida Paula Hermida Velo (born 24 October 1977) is a Spanish former professional 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. Biography Hermida comes from the Galician city of Ferrol and was coached by her father. She won the Spanish Junior Championships as an 11-year old in 1988. As a professional she won 10 ITF singles titles, reaching a best ranking of 148 in the world. She featured in the main draw of the Birmingham Classic WTA Tour tournament in 1996 and during her career played in the qualifying event at all four grand slams. Retiring from professional tennis in 2001, Hermida went on to compete in the sport of padel tennis. ITF finals Singles (10–6) Doubles (5–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hermida, Paula 1977 births Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Keirsten Alley Keirsten Alley (born September 17, 1973) is an American former professional tennis player. Alley, who comes from Melrose, Massachusetts, played college tennis for UC Berkeley. A four-time All-American, she won two Pac-10 doubles championships partnering Pam Nelson and with the same player was an NCAA doubles semi-finalist in 1995. From 1995 to 1997, Alley competed on the professional tour and reached a best singles ranking of 276, winning ITF titles in Curaçao and Santo Domingo , total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 (Distrito Nacional) , websi .... As a doubles player she made a WTA Tour main draw appearance at the 1997 Stanford Classic with Laxmi Poruri. ITF finals Singles: 5 (2–3) Doubles: 9 (3–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alley, Keirsten 1973 births Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Guimarães Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCWorld Heritage Sitesince 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and authentic example of the evolution of a medieval settlement into a modern town" in Europe. Guimarães is also a part of the Ave Subregion (one of the most industrialised subregions in the country), as well as the historical Minho Province. The city has a population of 152,309 inhabitants according to the most recent data of 2019 in an area of . The current Mayor is Domingos Bragança, of the Socialist Party. Guimarães, along with Maribor, Slovenia, was the European Capital of Culture in 2012. The city was settled in the 9th century, at which time it was called ''Vimaranes''. This denomination might have had its origin in the warrior Vímara Peres, who chose this area as the main government seat for the County of Portugal which he conque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	María Sánchez Lorenzo María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo (born 7 November 1977) is a retired tennis player from Spain. Her highest WTA ranking has been world No. 33, a position she achieved in April 2004. She played two-handed on both sides, and her favourite surface was the hardcourt, unusual for a Spanish tennis player. At the 2005 French Open, Lorenzo defeated reigning champion Anastasia Myskina Anastasia Andreyevna Myskina ( rus, Анастасия Андреевна Мыскина ; born 8 July 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Myskina won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian woman to wi ... in three sets in the first round, which became the first time the reigning champ of the French Open lost in the first round. WTA career finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) Performance timeline ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (9–3) Doubles: 3 (1–2) Top 10 wins External links * * * {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sandra Klösel Sandra Klösel (born 22 June 1979) is a former tennis player from Germany. Kösel turned professional in July 1995, and won nine singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In March 2007, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 87. On 1 October 2007, she peaked at No. 128 in the doubles rankings. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 20 (8–12) Doubles: 12 (6–6) External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Klosel, Sandra 1979 births Living people People from Oberkirch (Baden) Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) German female tennis players Tennis people from Baden-Württemberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Stuttgart-Vaihingen Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Stuttgart has a population of 635,911, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.8 million people live in the city's administrative region and 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living; innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities in its Innovation Cities Index; and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status global city in their 2020 survey. Stuttgart was one of the host cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marzia Grossi Marzia Grossi (born 2 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Biography Grossi, who comes from Florence, began playing tennis at the age of eight. She debuted on the professional circuit in 1989 and was more successful in doubles that year with a semifinal appearance at Athens the highlight. From 1990 to 1992, she didn't feature in any WTA Tour events. She won a WTA tournament title at San Marino in 1993, with a win over top seed Barbara Rittner in the final. The title in San Marino took her ranking into the top 100 and in September she reached a career best 79 in the world. At the 1993 French Open, she qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam singles match for the first time and took 13th seed Nathalie Tauziat to three sets in an opening-round loss. Her best French Open performance was a third-round appearance in 1994, and she also appeared in the singles main draws at the three other Grand Slam tournaments that year. She appeared in two Fed C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]