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Tessy Van De Ven
Tessy van de Ven (born 8 July 1983) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Born in Woerden, van de Ven spent her career on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit, playing her first tournament in 2000. She had her best year on tour in 2004 when she won three of her four ITF singles titles and represented the Netherlands in two Fed Cup ties, partnering Anousjka van Exel in doubles rubbers against Ukraine Fed Cup team, Ukraine and South Africa Fed Cup team, South Africa. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) See also * List of Netherlands Fed Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ven, Tessy van de 1983 births Living people Dutch female tennis players People from Woerden Sportspeople from Utrecht (province) 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woerden
Woerden () is a city and a municipality in central Netherlands. Due to its central location between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht, and the fact that it has rail and road connections to those cities, it is a popular town for commuters who work in those cities. History The river Oude Rijn used to flow through the city center of Woerden, but in 1960 the old river was diverted around the city center. The city has a long and rich history in cheese making and trading; for years Gouda cheese for domestic and international use has been produced in this region. Woerden still holds its authentic (since 1885) cheese market at the market place in its center. Roman castellum Woerden is situated on the river Oude Rijn, near the confluence with the former stream. The lower stretch of the Linschoten stream from Montfoort and Linschoten to Woerden silted up a long time ago and its flow was diverted through the Lek and Hollandse IJssel rivers, but at one time it was an im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Gussoni
Natalia Gussoni (born 24 August 1981) is a retired Argentine tennis player. Gussoni has career-high WTA rankings of 134 in singles, achieved on 3 May 2004, and 220 in doubles, reached on 5 July 2004. She won seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Argentina 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 ... competitions, Gussoni has a win–loss record of 3–3. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups) Doubles (3 titles, 13 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gussoni, Natalia 1981 births Living people Argentine female tennis players 21st-century Argentine women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anouk Sterk
Anouk is a Dutch female given name and diminutive of Anna. People * Anouk, or Anouk Teeuwe, (born 1975), Dutch singer-songwriter * Anouk Aimée (b. 1932 as Françoise Sorya Dreyfus), pseudonym of a French film actress * Anouk Hoogendijk (b. 1985), a Dutch footballer * Anouk Denton (b. 2003), an English footballer * Anouk Nieuwenweg (born 1996), a Dutch handballer * Anouk Renière-Lafrenière (b. 1983), a Canadian synchronized swimmer See also * Anuk Anuk is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Anuk Arudpragasam (born 1988), Sri Lankan novelist * Anuk de Alwis (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricketer * Anuk Fernando Anuk Fernando (born 1 August 1995) is a Sri Lankan first-class ... * {{Given name Dutch feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimíra Uhlířová
Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978) is a retired Czech tennis player. In her career, she won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 400. In October 2007, she peaked at No. 18 in the doubles rankings. Uhlířová reached the semifinals of the 2007 US Open, partnering Ágnes Szávay. She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016.http://www.itftennis.com/antidoping/news/retired-players.aspx Uhlířová now provides television commentary on the 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 tourna .... She speaks several languages, and is therefore able to translate many of the non-English exchanges when on-court coaching takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kika Hogendoorn
KiKA (contraction of ''Der KinderKAnal von ARD und ZDF'' ARD_(broadcaster).html" ;"title="he Children's Channel of ARD (broadcaster)">ARD and ZDF]) is a German free-to-air television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. It is managed by a joint venture by public-service broadcasters ARD and ZDF. Its intended audience is children and the youth, and it is generally watched by children 3 to 13. The channel also repeats shows, such as '' Tabaluga tivi'' from ZDF's main service. Mascot KiKA's mascot is the puppet character Bernd das Brot, a chronically depressed loaf of bread. Announcers The channel uses live continuity announcers. Four of the most popular announcers were Juri Tetzlaff (1997–2010), Karsten Blumenthal (1997–2004), Singa Gätgens (1997–2010), and Lukas Koch (2003-2009). History In the channel’s early years, the program consisted mostly of series and shows that were already being broadcast on ARD and ZDF. Whole programs were being broadcast simultaneous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa O'Riain
Elsa O'Riain (born 20 September 1982) is an Irish former professional tennis player. O'Riain has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 382, reached on 21 October 2002. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 295, achieved on 22 September 2023. O'Riain has won one singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF. In September 2002, she won the ITF 25K tennis tournament in Glasgow, United Kingdom, with partner Yvonne Doyle. Playing for Ireland at the Fed Cup, she has a win–loss record of 9–3. She plays college tennis at the Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner-up) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:O'Riain, Elsa 1982 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Doyle (tennis)
Yvonne Doyle (born 7 December 1974) is an Irish former professional tennis player. Playing for Ireland 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 chan ..., Doyle has a win–loss record of 31–18. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Yvonne 1974 births Living people Irish female tennis players Tennis players from Dublin (city) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaslyn Hewitt
Jaslyn Hewitt-Shehadie (born 23 February 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She is the younger sister of Lleyton Hewitt. Biography Tennis career A right-handed player from Adelaide, Hewitt was highly ranked in junior tennis and represented Australia at the 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games in Edinburgh. Hewitt had a best singles ranking of 304 in the world on the professional circuit. In 2001 she featured in the main draws of two WTA Tour tournaments, the Croatian Bol Ladies Open and Belgium's Sanex Trophy, which was followed by home appearances at the 2002 Sydney International and 2005 Gold Coast Hardcourt. Her biggest title win came at the Canberra ITF in 2004, where she beat top seed Evie Dominikovic in the final of the $25,000 tournament. As a doubles player she competed as a wildcard in the main draw of the women's doubles at the Australian Open every year from 2002 to 2005. Personal life During her career she was in a relationship with Swedish te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elke Clijsters
Elke Clijsters (born 18 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. The daughter of Belgian football player Lei Clijsters (1956–2009) and sister of former world No. 1, Kim Clijsters (born 1983), won 2002 the girls' Wimbledon Championships doubles title with Barbora Strýcová, and the girls' US Open doubles title with compatriot Kirsten Flipkens. Her highest singles ranking was 389, a ranking she achieved on 15 September 2003. She played in the Belgium Fed Cup team in 2002, 2003 and 2004, losing all four matches, of which one was a singles match. In 2004, she reached the finals of two ITF singles tournaments, winning the one in Bournemouth. In the same year, she also reached the finals of two ITF doubles tournaments, of which she also won one. She retired in 2004 due to a persistent back injury. Elke married footballer Jelle Van Damme on 31 May 2008 in Bree. They had their first child in 2009, a boy. She gave birth to their second baby, a girl in Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Butkiewicz
Leslie Butkiewicz (born 26 May 1982) is a former tennis player from Belgium. Biography Butkiewicz, a right-handed player, won nine singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She also featured in the main draw of the doubles at several WTA Tour events, including five appearances at her home tournament in Antwerp. Both of the Fed Cup ties she played in for Belgium came against the United States. In 2005, she lost a dead rubber singles match to Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is ... in the quarterfinals of the World Group. The following year, she partnered Caroline Maes in the doubles of the World Group semifinal against the United States, which was also a dead rubber. She was a member of the Belgian squad that lost the 2006 World Group final to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Lucía Migliarini De León
Ana Lucía Migliarini de León (born 16 December 1983) is a Uruguayan former professional tennis player. Migliarini de León won three singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 March 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 338. On 25 November 2002, she peaked at No. 338 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Uruguay Fed Cup team The Uruguay Billie Jean King Cup team represents Uruguay in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Asociación Uruguaya de Tenis. They currently compete in the Americas Zone Group II. History Uruguay competed in its ..., Migliarini de León has a win–loss record of 16–24. ITF finals Singles (3–5) Doubles (8–11) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Migliarini de León, Ana Lucía 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Montevideo Uruguayan female tennis players 20th-century Uruguayan women 21st-century Uruguayan women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celeste Contín
Celeste Contín (born 17 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography Contín, who reached a career-high singles ranking of 236 in the world, competed mostly on the ITF Circuit, winning eight singles titles. She also has a career win over Justine Henin, whom she beat at an ITF tournament in Spartanburg in 1998. Her career included a Fed Cup appearance for Argentina in 1998, a World Group II Play-off tie against Australia in Canberra. She played in the second singles rubber, which she lost to Nicole Pratt. On the 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 tou ..., Contín's best performance came when she won her way through to the round of 16 at the 1999 Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, having made the main draw as a qualifier. ITF finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
