|
Sofya Zhuk
Sofya Andreyevna Zhuk ( rus, Софья Андреевна Жук, , ˈsofʲjə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ˈʐuk; born 1 December 1999) is a former Russian tennis player. She won the 2015 Wimbledon girls' singles title. Career Early career Zhuk trained at the Justine Henin Academy in Belgium and her coach was Olivier Jeunehomme. Her best win to date on the professional tour has been at a $60K tournament in Turkey, where she beat home favourite İpek Soylu in the final. In 2014, she won her first tournament at Shymkent and became only the 17th 14-year-old in ITF history to win an open tournament at that age, joining a group which includes former world number ones Justine Henin and Dinara Safina. In 2015, Zhuk competed as an unseeded 15-year-old at Wimbledon, where she won the junior girls' title against fellow Russian and No. 12 ranked junior Anna Blinkova in straight sets, 7–5, 6–4. Zhuk did not drop a set in the whole Wimbledon tournament. Zhuk became only the second Russian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Wimbledon Championships
The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on Monday, 2 July 2018 and finished on Sunday, 15 July 2018. Novak Djokovic won the 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, gentlemen's singles title and Angelique Kerber won the 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, ladies' singles title. The 2018 tournament was the 132nd edition of The Championships, Wimbledon, The Championships, the 125th staging of the ladies' singles Championship event, the 51st in the Open Era (tennis), Open Era and the third Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass courts and was part of the 2018 ATP World Tour, ATP World Tour, the 2018 WTA Tour, WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour. The tournament was organised by All England Lawn Tennis Club and International Tennis Federa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 tournaments Structure (2021–present) The WTA Tour underwent slight change in the classification of tournaments in 2021, which were organized on par with the nomenclature used on ATP Tour: *Grand Slam tournaments (4) *Year-ending WTA Finals (1) *WTA 1000 tournaments (9): ** Mandatory: Four combined tournaments with male professional players with prize money ranging from US$6.5 million to US$8.3 million. These tournaments are held in Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid, and China Open (tennis), Beijing. However, Beijing tournament could not be held in 2021–22 due to the impact of Covid-19 Pandemic. ** Non-mandatory: Five events in Qatar Ladies Open, Doha/Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, Italian Open (tennis), Rome, Canadian Open (tennis), Montreal/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Valentini Grammatikopoulou ( el, Βαλεντίνη Γραμματικοπούλου; born 9 February 1997) is a Greek tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 143. On 28 February 2022, she peaked at No. 118 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has one a singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and in addition, 12 singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Greece Fed Cup team, Grammatikopoulou has a win–loss record of 15–9 in Fed Cup competitions. Professional career She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open as a qualifier, after attempting to qualify 12 times for a major. It marked the first time ever that three Greek players were in the US Open main draw. On her major debut, she reached the second round after defeating Anna Blinkova, 6-3, 6-2. It was just her third career win at the WTA Tour-level. As a result, she moved close to 50 spots up the rankings reentering the top 200. She qualified for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
The 2018 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying was a series of tennis matches that took place from 22 May 2018 to 25 May 2018 to determine the twelve qualifiers into the main draw of the 2018 French Open – Women's singles. Two competitors also qualified as lucky losers. Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier Tenth qualifier Eleventh qualifier Twelfth qualifier References 2018 French Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there ... {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 French Open - Women's Singles Qualifying Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Miami Open – Women's Singles
Sloane Stephens defeated Jeļena Ostapenko in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2018 Miami Open. It was Stephens' sixth career singles title, first Premier Mandatory title, and first title since winning the US Open back in September. By virtue of her victory, Stephens also made her debut in the Top 10, at No. 9. Johanna Konta was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Venus Williams. Danielle Collins became the first qualifier in Miami Open history to reach the semifinals. Seeds All seed (tennis), seeds received a bye (tennis), bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky loser Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 7 by the Women's Tennis Association The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tenni ... (WTA), a ranking she first achieved in October 2016. Keys has played in one Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament final at the 2017 US Open (tennis), 2017 US Open, competed at the 2016 WTA Finals, and was a semifinalist at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2016 Summer Olympics. She has won six WTA tournaments, five of which were at the WTA Premier Tournaments, Premier level, and she achieved her biggest title at the 2019 Western & Southern Open, 2019 Cincinnati Open, a Premier 5 event. Known for having a fast serve and one of the most powerful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Rybarikova
Magdalena may refer to: * Magdalena (given name), a given name derived from Mary Magdalene (including a list of people with the name) Entertainment * Magdalena (comics), an American comic book superheroine * ''Magdalena'' (film), a 1920 Czechoslovak film * ''Magdalena'' (Philippine TV series), a 2012 Philippine drama series * ''Magdalena'' (Mexican TV series), Mexican telenovela * ''Magdalena'' (novel), a Czech novel by Josef Svatopluk Machar Music * '' Magdalena: a Musical Adventure'', a 1948 folk operetta by Heitor Villa-Lobos * ''Magdalena'', a 1983 album by Freddie Aguilar, or the title song * "Magdalena", a song by Brandon Flowers from ''Flamingo'', 2010 * "Magdalena", a song by David Gray from ''Sell, Sell, Sell'', 1996 * "Magdalena", a song by dEUS from ''The Ideal Crash'', 1999 * "Magdalena", a song by Donny Hathaway from ''Extension of a Man'', 1973 * "Magdalena", a song by the Mothers of Invention from ''Just Another Band from L.A.'', 1972 * "Magdalena", a song by A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. Cornet has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. On 16 February 2009, she reached her highest WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 11. Cornet has also made the second week at each of the four Grand Slam events, having reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open, and the fourth round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 French Open, 2015 and 2017 French Opens, and the 2020 US Open (tennis), 2020 US Open. She holds the record for the most Open Era tennis records – women's singles#Consecutive totals, consecutive Grand Slam appearances with 63 and also in seventh place for Open Era tennis records – women's singles#Career totals, overall appearances with 66. In 2014, Cornet became known for defeating world No. 1, Serena Williams, on three occasions. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 BNP Paribas Open
The 2018 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2018 Indian Wells Masters) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2018. It is the 45th edition of the men's event and 30th of the women's event, and is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2018 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, from March 5 through March 18, 2018, on outdoor hard courts. For the first time ever, tournament organisers offered a $1,000,000 reward to any player, male or female, who wins both singles and doubles titles in the same year. However, for the 2018 edition, no players remained in contention for the bonus reward prize. Points and prize money Point distribution * Players with byes receive first-round points. Prize money ATP singles main-draw entrants Seeds The following are the seeded players. Rankings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Collins
Danielle Rose Collins (born December 13, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 7 in singles and world No. 86 in doubles. Collins has won two WTA Tour singles titles, at the 2021 Palermo Open and the 2021 Silicon Valley Classic. She reached her first major singles final at the 2022 Australian Open. Collins played collegiate tennis at the University of Virginia and won the NCAA singles title twice, 2014 and 2016, during her sophomore and senior years. She finished her career at Virginia in 2016 as the top-ranked collegiate player. Having first established herself on the WTA Tour when she reached the semifinals of the 2018 Miami Open as a qualifier, her breakthrough came at the 2019 Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals, defeating world No. 2, Angelique Kerber, en route. Collins was also a quarterfinalist at the 2020 French Open in singles, and a semifinalist at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in doubles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA 125K Series
WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012. In the past (2012–2015) sometimes called the WTA Challenger series 2015 (analogous to the men's ) it is the second highest level of women's competition, right below the top-tier , and just above the |
Newport Beach
Newport Beach is a coastal city in South Orange County, California. Newport Beach is known for swimming and sandy beaches. Newport Harbor once supported maritime industries however today, it is used mostly for recreation. Balboa Island, Newport Beach, Balboa Island draws visitors with a waterfront path and easy access from the ferry to the shops and restaurants. History The Upper Bay of Newport is a canyon carved by a stream in the Pleistocene period. The Lower Bay of Newport was formed much later by sand brought along by ocean currents, which constructed the offshore beach now recognized as the Balboa Peninsula of Newport Beach. For thousands of years, the Tongva people lived on the land in an extensive, thriving community. The Tongva villages of Genga, California, Genga and Moyongna were located in Newport Beach. Throughout the 1800s, Europeans colonized the land and forcibly removed and assimilated the Tongva. Present-day Newport Beach exists upon the unceded homelands of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Alizé Cornet")
_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg "Click for more on -> Danielle Collins")
