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Sweden Billie Jean King Cup Team
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The Sweden Billie Jean King Cup team represents Sweden in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Swedish Tennis Association. History Sweden competed in its first Fed Cup in 1964. Their best result was reaching the quarterfinals on four occasions. Current team (2017) *Johanna Larsson *Jacqueline Cabaj Awad *Cornelia Lister *Mirjam Björklund Results 2010–2019 External links * Billie Jean King Cup teams Fed Cup 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars-Anders Wahlgren
Lars-Anders Wahlgren (born 24 August 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Wahlgren was a top 100 player in both the singles and doubles. He won his first Grand Slam match at the 1987 French Open, beating Guy Forget. In 1989 he had his best singles performance in an ATP Tour event, reaching the final of the Australian Indoor Championships. He defeated defending champion Slobodan Živojinović en route to the final, where he lost to Ivan Lendl. He reached the quarter-finals of Wellington's BP National Championship – Singles in 1990 and also made the third round of the Men's Singles at the Australian Open that year. Wahlgren upset 15th Marc Rosset in the opening round of the 1991 Australian Open but didn't progress any further. He won the match 9–7 in the fifth set. The following year he equaled his effort from 1990, again reaching third round in Australia. On this occasion he beat world number 20 Brad Gilbert and 12th seed Derrick Rostagn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2010 Fed Cup. Group I *Venue: Complexo de Tenis do Jamor, Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal (indoor hard) *Date: 3–6 February The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations relegated to Group II in 2011. Pools Play-offs * and advanced to the 2010 World Group II Play-offs. * ' and ' were relegated to Group II for 2011. Group II *Venue: Orange Fitness & Tennis Club, Yerevan, Armenia (outdoor clay) *Date: 28 April – 1 May The eight teams were divided into two pool of four teams each. The winner of each pool played-off against the runner-up of the other pool to determine which two nations would be promoted to Group I in 2011. The bottom nation in each pool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool B
Group B of the 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 2011 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II. Israel vs. Luxembourg Poland vs. Bulgaria Poland vs. Israel Bulgaria vs. Luxembourg Poland vs. Luxembourg Israel vs. Bulgaria References External links Fed Cup website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 Fed Cup Europe Africa Zone Group I - Pool B 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 2011 Fed Cup. Group I *Venue: Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel (hard, outdoors) *Date: 2–5 February The fifteen teams were divided into three pools of four teams and one pool of three. The four pool winners took part in play-offs to determine the two nations advancing to the World Group II Play-offs. The nations finishing last in their pools took part in play-offs, with the two losing nations relegated to Group II in 2012. Pools Play-offs * and advanced to World Group II play-offs. *' and ' were relegated to Europe/Africa Group II in 2012. Group II *Venue: Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt (clay, outdoors) *Date: Week of 2 May (ties played 4–7 May) The seven teams were divided into one pool of four teams and one pool of three. The top nation from each pool played off against the runner-up from the other with the two winning teams promoted to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Fed Cup
The 2012 Fed Cup (also known as the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 50th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis. The draw took place on 17 July 2011 in Kobe, Japan. The final took place at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic on 3–4 November. The home and defending champions Czech Republic defeated the first-finalists Serbia, to win their seventh title and equal the record for second-most titles won by a country since the competition's beginning. Czech Republic was the only country except United States and Australia to hold both Davis Cup and Fed Cup at the same time. The Czechs did the same in 2012. Petra Kvitová and Tomáš Berdych also scored Hopman Cup victory at the same year. World Group Draw World Group Play-offs The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and four winners of the World Group II ties entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs. Four seeded teams, based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federalism, Federal assembly-independent Directorial system, directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an urban agglomeration of over 150,000. It is the List of cities in Switzerland, ninth largest Swiss city. The city lies on Lake Lugano, at its largest width, and, together with the adjacent town of Paradiso, Switzerland, Paradiso, occupies the entire bay of Lugano. The territory of the municipality encompasses a much larger region on both sides of the lake, with numerous isolated villages. The region of Lugano is surrounded by the Lugano Prealps, the latter extending on most of the Sottoceneri region, the southernmost part of Ticino and Switzerland. Both western and eastern parts of the municipality share an international border with Italy. Described as a market town since 984, Lugano was the object of con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Fed Cup World Group II
The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2011. Winning nations advanced to the World Group I play-offs, and losing nations were demoted to the World Group II play-offs. Estonia vs. Spain Estonian team * Kaia Kanepi (WTA Singles #17, WTA Doubles #184) * Anett Kontaveit (WTA Singles -, WTA Doubles -) * Maret Ani (WTA Singles #527, WTA Doubles #241) * Margit Rüütel (WTA Singles #442, WTA Doubles #1174) Spanish team * María José Martínez Sánchez (WTA Singles #28, WTA Doubles #12) * Carla Suárez Navarro (WTA Singles Singles #66, WTA Doubles -) * Anabel Medina Garrigues (WTA Singles #81, WTA Doubles #23) * Nuria Llagostera Vives (WTA Singles #128, WTA Doubles #19) Slovenia vs. Germany Serbia vs. Canada Sweden vs. Ukraine References See also *Fed Cup structure 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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Fed Cup
The 2011 Fed Cup (also known as the 2011 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 49th edition of the tournament between national teams in women's tennis. The final took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, on 5–6 November. Czech Republic defeated the home team, Russia, to win their sixth title and first as an independent nation. World Group Draw World Group play-offs The four losing teams in the World Group first round ties (Australia, France, Slovakia and United States), and four winners of the World Group II ties (Spain, Germany, Serbia and Ukraine) entered the draw for the World Group Play-offs. Four seeded teams, based on the latest Fed Cup ranking, were drawn against four unseeded teams. Date: 16–17 April World Group II The World Group II was the second highest level of Fed Cup competition in 2011. The winners advanced to the World Group Play-offs, and the loser playing in the World Group II Play-offs. Date: 5–6 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsingborg
Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the central urban area of northwestern Scania and Sweden's closest point to Denmark: the Danish city Helsingør is clearly visible about to the west on the other side of the Øresund. The HH Ferry route across the sound has more than 70 car ferry departures from each harbour every day. Historic Helsingborg, with its many old buildings, is a scenic coastal city. The buildings are a blend of old-style stone-built churches and a 600-year-old medieval fortress (Kärnan) in the city centre, and more modern commercial buildings. The streets vary from wide avenues to small alley-ways. ''Kullagatan'', the main pedestrian shopping street in the city, was the first pedestrian shopping street in Sweden. History Helsingborg is one of the oldest cities of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
