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Tennis At The 1998 Asian Games ...
Tennis was contested at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from 8 to 18 December 1998. Tennis had team, doubles, and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition. South Korea finished first in the medal table winning two gold medals. Medalists Medal table See also * Tennis at the Asian Games References Results External linksAsian Games medalists in tennis {{1998 in tennis 1998 Asian Games events 1998 Asian Games 1998 Asian Games The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muang Thong Thani Tennis Centre
Mueang ( th, เมือง ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( lo, ເມືອງ ''mɯ́ang'', ; Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''muang''), Mong ( shn, ''mə́ŋ'', ), Meng () or Mường (Vietnamese), were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or principalities in mainland Southeast Asia, adjacent regions of Northeast India and Southern China, including what is now Thailand, Laos, Burma, Cambodia, parts of northern Vietnam, southern Yunnan, western Guangxi and Assam. Mueang was originally a term in the Tai languages for a town having a defensive wall and a ruler with at least the Thai noble rank of ''khun'' (), together with its dependent villages. The mandala model of political organisation organised states in collective hierarchy such that smaller mueang were subordinate to more powerful neighboring ones, which in turn were subordinate to a central king or other leader. The more powerful mueang (generally designated as ''chiang'', '' wiang'', '' nakhon'' or ''krung'' – with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Bing-chao
Lin Bing-chao (, formerly Benny Wijaya, born October 28, 1973, in Jakarta, Indonesia) is a retired Taiwanese tennis player. Lin represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Canada's Andrew Sznajder. The right-hander Lin reached his highest ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body * American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company * ', a Danish pension * Armenia Tree Project, non ... singles ranking on October 10, 1994, when he became World No. 240. References External links * * 1973 births Living people Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian emigrants to Taiwan Olympic tennis players for Taiwan Sportspeople from Jakarta Taiwanese male tennis players Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1990 Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Li (tennis)
Chen Li (born 13 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from China. Career Chen, who comes from the city of Xiangtan in Hunan, played on the WTA Tour in the 1990s and won one title, the doubles at the 1994 China Open, with Li Fang as her partner. In 1996 she was runner-up in the singles at the Nokia Open in Beijing. En route to the final, which she lost to Wang Shi-ting, she accounted for three seeded players, Francesca Lubiani, Yayuk Basuki and Sandrine Testud. She competed as a wildcard at the 1997 Australian Open and was beaten in the first round by Natalia Medvedeva. A two-time Olympian, Chen represented China at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. At the Barcelona Olympics she lost in the first round to eventual bronze medalist Mary Joe Fernández. In Atlanta she competed in both the singles and doubles draws. She lost to top seed Monica Seles in the singles but her and Yi Jing-Qian made the second round of the doubles c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Fang (tennis)
Li Fang (, born 1 January 1973) is a retired female tennis player from China. She is widely regarded as the first professional tennis player from China. Li turned professional in 1990, and won two WTA doubles titles in her career. In singles, Li Fang reached three finals on the WTA tour (Hobart 1995, Makarska and Pattaya in 1998), losing all of them. She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Li played seven years on the China Fed Cup team. She retired in 2001. Personal Li Fang was born in Hengyang in Hunan province to father Li Jianmin and mother Zhou Shanglian. As of 2014, Li Fangs runs a tennis academy in Frisco, Texas. WTA Tour career finals Singles: 3 runner-up Doubles: 2 titles ITF finals Singles (18–6) Doubles (8–5) See also * Tennis in China Tennis in China is a rapidly growing sport that has received much private and public support, and has today become firmly entrenched in the Chinese as one of the most popular. Tennis is now the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yi Jingqian
Yi Jingqian (; born 28 February 1974, in Nanjing) is a retired tennis player from China. Yi first played in the China Fed Cup team in 1991, and turned professional in 1994. In her career, she won 13 singles titles and six doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF circuit. Yi appeared in the finals of two WTA Tour tournaments in 1995: those at Surabaya and Pattaya. She appeared in the main draw in several major tournaments as a singles player from 1996 to 2001. The furthest she progressed in a major was when she reached the third round of the 2000 Australian Open. Yi was part of the Chinese Fed Cup team in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2000. She represented China at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Over the course of her career, she won four medals (three bronze, one silver) at the Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Tamarine Tanasugarn ( th, แทมมารีน ธนสุกาญจน์, , ; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai former tennis player. Born in Los Angeles, she turned professional in 1994, and has been in the top 20 in both singles and doubles. Tanasugarn's career-high WTA ranking is No. 19, achieved on 13 May 2002, which is the highest ranking ever achieved of a Thai female player. She won four singles and eight WTA doubles titles, and was briefly a doubles partner with Maria Sharapova, with whom she won two titles in 2003. Her career-high doubles ranking was 15, which she achieved on 13 September 2004. With Liezel Huber, she reached the 2004 US Open doubles quarterfinals, and at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, she reached the women's doubles semifinal with Marina Erakovic. Her biggest success came in 2008, when she reached the singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon. In her career, Tanasugarn has defeated former and current No. 1 players, including Amélie Mauresmo, Jennif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yayuk Basuki
Yayuk Basuki (born 30 November 1970) is an Indonesian former professional tennis player who is now a politician. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached No. 19 in singles in the WTA rankings in October 1997. She retired from playing singles in 2000, but remained an active doubles player on the circuit until 2013. She sat in the Indonesian House of Representatives between 2014 and 2019. In January 2018, she was elected Chair of the Indonesian Olympian Association (IOA) for a four-year term. She unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 2019. Sporting career She began playing tennis at the age of seven and turned professional in 1990. In 1991, she became the first Indonesian player to win a major professional tennis event when she captured the singles titles at Pattaya. She won six WTA Tour singles titles during her career (all of them in Asia). Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at Wimbledon in 1997, where she reached the qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nitin Kirtane
Nitin Kirtane (born 4th March 1974) is an Indian professional tennis player. Kirtane won the gold medal at the 2002 National Games of India and along with Mahesh Bhupathi was the runner-up at the 1992 boys Wimbledon Championship The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is play .... Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 6 (0–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirtane, Nitin 1974 births Living people Indian male tennis players Racket sportspeople from Pune Asian Games bronze medalists for India Asian Games medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Fazaluddin
Fazaluddin Syed (born 18 October 1974) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. He has competed on the ATP tennis tour, achieving a Top 400 ranking in singles and Top 200 ranking in doubles. Fazal has represented India in Davis Cup between 1998 and 2001. Early life Fazal was born in Kolkata, India, and is the son of Syed Naeemuddin, who was one of India's prominent footballers.. Fazal ranked No. 1 as a junior (U-18) in India. He played collegiate tennis at Temple University and was ranked No. 1 in both singles and doubles. He was also elected captain of Men’s Tennis at Temple University. Career Fazal achieved a Top 400 ranking in singles and Top 200 ranking in doubles. He represented India in the Davis Cup between 1998 and 2001. Fazal was the National grass court Champion of India in 2000. He was a Bronze medalist at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998. Fazal earned No. 1 ranking as an Amateur by the USTA 1997-98. He won the 1997 USTA Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Tomashevich
Dmitri Tomashevich (Дмитрий Томашевич; born 6 March 1974) is a former tennis player from Uzbekistan, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Slovakia's Karol Kučera. The right-hander reached his highest singles Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP-ranking on June 5, 1996, when he became the number 261 of the world. He has been the Fed Cup, Uzbekistan Fed Cup coach for Uzbekistan since 2013. He led the Fed Cup team with relatively decent records including 2–0 against Hong Kong, Hong Kong Fed Cup 1–0 against Japan, Japan Fed Cup, 2–1 against Chinese Taipei, 2–2 against South Korea, Korea Fed Cup, and 1–1 against Thailand, Thailand Fed Cup. External links * * 1974 births Living people Uzbekistani male tennis players Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Uzbekistan Sportspeople from Tashkent Uzbekistani people of Russian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Ogorodov
Oleg Ogorodov (Олег Огородов; born 16 July 1972) is a former tennis player, who turned professional in 1995. He represented Uzbekistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. His career high singles rank came on May 13, 1996, when he was ranked 101st in men's singles tennis rankings. Alternatively in doubles his career high came a year later on July 7, 1997, when he ranked 102nd. Career Ogorodov officially turned pro in 1995 and made his first singles appearance on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) challenger series tour in July. During his first appearance in Weiden, Germany he made it to the quarterfinal but lost to Swedish tennis player Thomas Johansson in three sets, 7–6, 1–6, 5–7. He would make it to his first challenger semifinal the following week in Eisenach, Germany when lost to Polish tennis player Wojtek Kowalski in straight sets, 6–7, 3–6. In July 1995 Ogorodov made his first ATP tour appearance in Prague, Czech Republic ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Kutsenko
Vadim Kutsenko (born March 13, 1977) is a professional Uzbekistani tennis player. Kutsenko reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on June 17, 2002, when he became World number 140. He primarily plays on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circuit. Kutsenko's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 2003 Australian Open, where he reached the second round. Kutsenko has been a member of the Uzbekistani Davis Cup team, posting a 14–17 record in singles and a 6–6 record in doubles in twenty-two ties played from 1995 to 2004. Kutsenko represented Uzbekistan at the 1998 and 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ... Asian Games, winning the bronze medal in the Men's Team event in both games. ATP Challenger & ITF Futures Titles ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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