Tennis At The 1999 Summer Universiade
Tennis events were contested at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Majorca, Spain. Medal summary Medal table See also * Tennis at the Summer Universiade External linksWorld University Games Tennis on HickokSports.com 1999 Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ... 1999 Summer Universiade {{tennis-competition-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Wang Shi-ting
Wang Shi-Ting (; born 19 October 1973) is a retired tennis player from Taiwan. She turned professional in 1991. In her career, she won six singles titles on the WTA Tour. She played 49 times over 11 years for Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team The Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team represents the Republic of China in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Chinese Taipei Tennis Association. They currently compete in the World Group II play-offs. History Chinese Taipei competed i ..., earning a 51–25 overall record and setting many team records. Wang retired from the tour in 2000. Since 2006, she has been the captain of the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team. WTA career finals Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (8–1) Doubles (1–1) External links * * * 1973 births Living people Olympic tennis players for Taiwan Taiwanese female tennis players Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tainan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tennis At The Summer Universiade
Tennis has been a part of the Summer Universiade program since the games' first edition in 1959, with the exception of the 1975 Summer Universiade and again in 1989. The first change at the program was at the 1987 edition, when FISU decided awards two bronze medals for the losers of the semifinals, extinguishing the fourth place. The second change was in 2009, when the team competitions were included. Currently, seven events are played at Universiade. Individual, double and team contests for men and women, as well as mixed doubles. Past medalists include twice Grand Slam (2011 French Open, 2014 Australian Open) women's singles champion Li Na, 1978 French Open champion Virginia Ruzici, Grand Slam men's singles runner-up Nikola Pilić; doubles champions Fred McNair, Olga Morozova, Larisa Savchenko, Tomáš Šmíd, and Ion Țiriac; mixed doubles champion Rika Hiraki; 1984 Olympic runner-up Sabrina Goleš, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist, 1992 Olympic bronze medalist Leila Meskhi, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zhu Benqiang
Zhu Benqiang (; ; born 13 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from the People's Republic of China. Biography Zhu, a right-handed player from Hubei, was a regular member of the China Davis Cup team from 1999 to 2005. He played in a total of 15 ties and competed in 30 matches, for 19 wins. One of his wins was a rare triple bagel, over Kuwait's Musaad Al-Jazzaf in Shenzhen in 2002. He won China the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II final against South Korea in 2004 when he came from two sets down to defeat Young-Jun Kim in the fifth and decisive match. He won a gold medal with Li Na in the mixed doubles at the 2001 Summer Universiade The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, between 22 August and 1 September. A total of 6,757 athletes from 165 nations took part in 12 spor ... and competed in the 2002 Asian Games. His best performance on the ATP Tour was in the dou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Kim Dong-hyun (tennis)
Kim Dong-hyun (born 8 October 1978) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea. Biography Kim made his only ATP Tour main draw appearance in the doubles at the 1996 Korea Open, where he partnered with Lee Jong-min to make the semi-finals as wildcards. In 1997 he began playing for the South Korea Davis Cup team and went on to feature in a total of 10 ties. During his career he represented South Korea at the Asian Games and Summer Universiade. He was a member of the gold medal winning Korean team at the 1998 Asian Games and won a mixed doubles gold medal at 1999 Summer Universiade The 1999 Summer Universiade, also known as the XX Summer Universiade, took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Venues * Estadi Son Moix — athletics, football, ceremonies * Arena Son Moix — volleyball * Pavelló Son Hugo — swimming, diving .... See also * List of South Korea Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Dong-hyun 1978 b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kim Eun-ha
Kim Eun-ha (born 8 March 1975) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea. A right-handed player, Kim had a serve-and-volley game and was best on hard courts. Biography Early life Kim was born in 1975, one of three daughters of fisherman Young-Soo and housewife Chung In-ja. She began playing tennis while at school at the age of 10 and graduated in 1994, after which she joined the professional tour. Professional tour Kim made the singles quarterfinals of the 1997 Danamon Open in Jakarta as a qualifier. Her performances in 1997 brought her ranking into the top 200 and she peaked at 141 in 1998. She won ITF singles titles in Seoul and Shenzhen during her career. It was in doubles that she had the most success. After winning four ITF doubles events in 1997, Kim appeared in the main draw of all four Grand Slam events in the 1998 season and reached 84 in the world that year. One of those Grand Slam tournaments was the US Open where she and Virág Csurgó beat the Americ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Patrícia Marková
Patrícia Marková Rogulski (born 5 January 1973) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Biography Marková, who comes from Trnava, competed on the professional tour in the 1990s. She combined her tennis career with university study and regularly represented Slovakia at the Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referred ..., winning four bronze medals. On the professional tour, she reached a best singles ranking of 329 in the world and featured in the main draw of the 1995 TVA Cup in Nagoya. As a doubles player she won 14 ITF titles, with a best world ranking of 121. After retiring in 1998, Marková played club tennis in Austria for several years and married local coach Bogdan Rogulski, formerly of Poland. The couple run a tennis club in Madunice, Sl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ryoko Takemura
Ryoko Takemura (born 2 June 1976) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She competed predominantly on the ITF Women's Circuit, winning three singles and nine doubles titles. In 1999 she won a Universiade bronze medal for Japan in the women's doubles with Seiko Okamoto. At the 2004 Australian Open, Takemura and Seiko Okamoto were given a wildcard into the doubles main draw, where they were beaten in the opening round by second seeds Martina Navratilova and Lisa Raymond. In 2005, she teamed up with Tomoko Yonemura is a Japanese former tennis player. On 4 May 2009, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 148. On 11 April 2005, she peaked at No. 144 in the doubles rankings. Tomoko, the sister of Akiko Yonemura, won seven singles and el ... to win three $25k tournaments, and reached her best doubles ranking of 165 in the world. ITF finals Singles: 6 (3–3) Doubles: 19 (9–10) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Takemura, Ryoko ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Seiko Okamoto
(born 14 March 1978) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Okamoto took part in the 2006 Bangalore Open but lost in the first round of singles qualifying, and the first round of doubles, alongside Ryōko Fuda. She has stated that her favorite surface to play on is hardcourt. In her career, Okamoto won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental .... WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (2–8) Doubles: 33 (15–18) References * * 1978 births Living people Japanese female tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis People from Tokyo Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1999 Summer Uni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anna Żarska
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Katarzyna Teodorowicz
Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska (born 28 November 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Poland. She was born Katarzyna Teodorowicz. Biography Teodorowicz, who comes from Ruda Śląska in the south of Poland, played professionally in the 1990s. She partnered with Magdalena Mroz to win Poland a Fed Cup tie against France in her first Fed Cup campaign in 1991, winning a live doubles rubber over Mary Pierce and Nathalie Tauziat. The same pair also won the decisive doubles match against Sweden in 1992 to put Poland into the World Group quarter-finals for the first time. They also teamed up together in the women's doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, losing in three sets to seventh seeded Argentines Mercedes Paz and Patricia Tarabini in the first round. In the 1993 Fed Cup, Poland were sent to the World Group playoffs after losing to Indonesia. They were able to win the playoff against Great Britain, with Teodorowicz teaming up again with Mroz to win the deciding doubles rub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |