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Tennis At The 2007 Pan American Games – Women's Singles
The women's singles tournament in tennis at the 2007 Pan American Games was held at Marapendi Club in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ... from July 18 to July 22. Medalists Draw Finals Top half Bottom half {{DEFAULTSORT:Tennis at the 2007 Pan American Games - Women's singles Women's singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milagros Sequera
Milagros Sequera Huss (; born 30 September 1980) is a Venezuelan-Australian former professional tennis player. Career She joined the WTA Tour in 1999 and was ranked world No. 48 in July 2007. Her coach was Larry Willens. She was introduced to the game at the age of seven. Her favorite surface was hardcourt. She won her first title in Fes, Morocco, in May 2007, defeating Aleksandra Wozniak in the final. Sequera won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, winning the final against Sarah Taylor, and again in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, winning the final against Mariana Duque Marino. Sequera retired from professional tennis 2009. Personal Milagros currently resides in San Diego with her husband, Stephen Huss, whom she married in the Dandenong Ranges, near Melbourne, Australia, on 29 December 2009. She was born on the same day as Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joana Cortez
Joana Amorim Cortez dos Santos (born 11 January 1979) is a retired Brazilian tennis player. In her career, Cortez won seven singles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 17 September 2001, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 204. On 5 November 2001, she peaked at No. 115 in the doubles rankings. Cortez represented Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in women's doubles, reaching the second round with Vanessa Menga. A year previously, the pair won gold at the 1999 Pan American Games. Cortez won gold again in 2003, partnering Bruna Colósio, and in 2007 won bronze with Teliana Pereira in Rio. Playing for Brazil at the Fed Cup, Cortez had a win–loss record of 23–14. Cortez played and lost two doubles matches in Grand Slam events, at the 2001 US Open and in 2002 in Australia. After retiring from the professional tour, she became a beach tennis ''For the sport called "beach paddleball", see Matkot. For other sports called "paddleball", see Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melisa Miranda
Melisa Miranda-Otarola (born 28 April 1988) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. Born in Santiago, Miranda played in the Fed Cup for Chile from 2005 to 2009. She featured in a total of eleven ties for her country and won eight of her nine singles rubbers. In addition to the Fed Cup, she also represented Chile at the 2007 Pan American Games. Miranda, a right-handed player, reached a best singles ranking of 447 on the professional tour. She made her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance at the 2008 Cachantún Cup The 2008 Cachantún Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first and only edition of the Cachantún Cup, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Viña del Mar, Chile, on ... in Viña del Mar, as a local wildcard in the women's singles. Both of her two ITF title wins also came in 2008. ITF finals Singles (2–1) Doubles (0–4) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten-Andrea Weedon
Kirsten-Andrea Weedon (born 18 February 1989) is a Guatemalan tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 608, achieved on 5 August 2019. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 634, reached on 24 September 2018. Playing for Guatemala Fed Cup team, Weedon has a win–loss record of 34–23 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 cha ... competition. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups) Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups) External links * * * 1989 births Living people Guatemalan female tennis players Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Guatemala Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 2007 Pan Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Brandi
Kristina Brandi (born March 29, 1977) is a former Puerto Rican tennis player. She was the first tennis player representing Puerto Rico to win a singles match in an Olympic tennis tournament. Some of Brandi's career highlights: She achieved her best ranking in singles of 27 on 4 December 2000, and her high rank for doubles of 246 in June 1995. Brandi won one career singles title, in 1999 on grass at 's Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. Career Early years Brandi was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she became interested in the sport of tennis at an early age. She made her professional debut in 1995 when she was 17 years old. Her father is Joe Brandi, who coached Pete Sampras. USTA Circuit In 2003, Brandi won the most titles of any woman on the "USTA Circuit". She took home trophies from six events. Brandi was a member of the 2003 Puerto Rican Fed Cup team where she captured the singles championship at the $75k event in Albuquerque, New Mexico plus, the $50k event in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossana De Los Ríos
Rossana Neffa de los Rios (born 16 September 1975) is a retired tennis player from Paraguay. She was born in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción, and now lives in Miami, Florida, with her daughter Ana Paula Neffa de los Ríos and her husband Gustavo Neffa, a retired Paraguayan Association football player who played for Boca Juniors. De los Ríos achieved career-high WTA rankings of No. 51 in singles and 52 in doubles. She played doubles with Grand Slam champions such as Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, as well as Jelena Janković and Dinara Safina. She is also a former world number one junior player, having won the 1992 Roland Garros Juniors event. De los Ríos participated in six editions (1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2010) of the Australian Open. She was the only female tennis representative for Paraguay in the 1992 and 2000 Olympic Games. De los Ríos was also in Paraguay's Fed Cup team in 1991 and 1992, and the Pan American team in 1999. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Koch Benvenuto
Karina Andrea Koch Benvenuto (; born 26 April 1985) is a Chilean former tennis player. In her career, Koch Benvenuto won 14 singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 June 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 224, and peaked at No. 289 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Chile at the 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 ..., Koch Benvenuto has a win–loss record of 41–32. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 26 (14 titles, 12 runner-ups) Doubles: 34 (19 titles, 15 runner-ups) Notes References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Koch Benvenuto, Andrea 1985 births Living people Tennis players from Santiago Chilean female tennis players Tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 2011 Pan Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamile Fors Guerra
Yamile Fors Guerra (born 11 May 1977) is a Cuban retired female tennis player. Fors Guerra won 1 singles titles and 10 doubles titles on the ITF tour. On 24 July 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 733. On 24 July 2006, she peaked at world number 421 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Cuba at the 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 ..., Fors Guerra had a win–loss record of 46–33. ITF finals (11–4) Singles (1–1) Doubles (10–3) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fors Guerra, Yamile 1977 births Living people Cuban female tennis players Pan American Games medalists in tennis Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games Central American and Cari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Múñoz Gallegos
Daniela Múñoz Gallegos (born 30 January 1984) is a Mexican former tennis player. Múñoz Gallegos has career-high WTA rankings of 328 in singles, reached on 8 October 2007, and 280 in doubles, achieved on 14 September 2009. She won four singles titles and 21 doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Mexico Fed Cup team, Múñoz Gallegos has a win–loss record of 14–14. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel The 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the men's tournament (10th for the women) of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, and was part of the 500 series of the 2010 ATP World To ... in the doubles event, partnering Ximena Hermoso. ITF finals Singles: 6 (4–2) Doubles: 31 (21–10) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Múñoz Gallegos, Daniela 1984 births Living people Mexican female tennis players Sportspeopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenifer Widjaja
Jenifer Widjaja (born 7 December 1986) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Biography Widjaja, a right-handed player, is originally from São Roque near the city of São Paulo and is of Indonesian descent. Coached by her father Tony, she was only 14 when she began competing in local ITF circuit tournaments. In 2004, she had her breakthrough year when she won three $10,000 events in the space of a month, at Guayaquil, La Paz and Asuncion. Her biggest tournament win was a $25,000 tournament in San Luis Potosi in 2006. She featured in a WTA Tour main draw for the first time at the 2007 Copa Colsanitas (Bogota), in the women's doubles with Larissa Carvalho. They were defeated in the first round by Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci. Straight after that event, she travelled to Acapulco and made the main singles draw of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel WTA tournament, as a lucky loser from qualifying, where she was beaten again in the opening round, by sixth seed Gisela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Jose Arechavaleta
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar * Maria, Quebec, Canada *Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines *María, Spain, in Andalusia *Îles Maria, French Polynesia * María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain * Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ''Maria'' (Ukrainian novel), a 1934 novel by the Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk * ''Maria'' (play), a 1935 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Falcon
Megan Falcon (born July 19, 1985) is an American tennis coach and former professional player. Born in 1985, Falcon was raised in Alameda, California. She was the country's top ranked player in the 16-and-under age group and the first collegiate player at Louisiana State University (LSU) to claim the number one ITA rankings. In her three seasons at LSU she earned three singles All-American selections was the 2007 SEC Player of the Year. Falcon represented the United States at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro and made it to the bronze-medal game in women's doubles, with Audra Cohen. Ranked as high as 331 in the world, Falcon's best performance on the professional tour came at the 2004 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar, a WTA Tour tournament in Bogota, where she won in the first round against top 100 player Gala León García. She lost her second round match in three sets to sixth-seed Ľudmila Cervanová. Falcon is the women's head coach at Auburn University, previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
