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Tong Ka-po
Tong Ka-po ( zh, 湯嘉寶, born 17 March 1981) is a female tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Hong Kong. Career On 17 March 1981, Tong was born in Hong Kong. By age 12, she was ranked number one in Hong Kong and ranked fifth in the world. Tong featured in 32 ties for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team and represented her nation twice at the Asian Games. As a singles player on the professional tour, Tong reached a best ranking of 236 and won three singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. All of her main-draw appearances on the WTA Tour came in doubles, including quarterfinal appearances at the 2000 China Open and the 2001 Qatar Open. She had a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 154 and took part in the women's doubles qualifying draw at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships The 2001 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom, held from 25 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tāng (surname)
Tāng (; ) is a Chinese surname. It is 72nd surname in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' or ''Baijiaxing'' of the Song dynasty and 101st in modern popularity. The Tang (湯) family name comes from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty. Ancestry.ca In modern times the character can also mean "" or "". Notable people * (; 1550–1616), Chinese playwright * |
Urška Vesenjak
Urška Vesenjak (born 12 September 1982) is a former Slovenian female tennis player. Vesenjak has won 4 singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 18 December 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 295. On 18 December 2000, she peaked at world number 295 in the doubles rankings. Her twin, Maša Vesenjak is also a former female tennis player. Vesenjak made her WTA tour debut at the 2001 Morocco Open The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Internati .... ITF finals (6–6) Singles (4–0) Doubles (2–6) References External links * * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Maribor Slovenian female tennis players {{Slovenia-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Goloviznina
Maria Goloviznina (; born 5 June 1979) is a Russian former tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. Iga Świątek is the current world No. 1. Ranking method The WTA rankings are based on a rolling 52-week, cumulative system. A play ... of 135 in singles, achieved on 31 March 2003, and 139 in doubles, reached on 3 August 1998. She won two singles titles and five doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Goloviznina retired from tennis in 2012. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups) External links * * Russian female tennis players 1979 births Living people Tennis players from Moscow Universiade medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magda Mihalache
Magda Mihalache (born 6 July 1981) is a retired Romanian tennis player. In May 2005, she reached her highest WTA ranking of 176 in singles whilst her best doubles ranking was 120 in November 1999. She was coached by Dietmar Rau. Mihalache won five singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Romania 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 ..., Mihalache has a win–loss record of 7–5. ITF finals Singles (5–10) Doubles (12–15) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mihalache, Magda 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Brăila Romanian female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İstanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Sassi
Valentina Sassi (born 12 July 1980) is an Italian tennis coach and an instructor of the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA). She is a former professional tennis player and a doubles bronze medalist for Italy at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. Born in Seravezza, Sassi made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Madrid Open in 2001, as a qualifier. In 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of 144, making main-draw appearances at Oporto and Casablanca that year. Sassi, a right-handed player, won six singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, before retiring in 2008. Career Sassi started playing tennis when she was six years old before developing into a professional tennis player. She made her WTA Tour debut at the Madrid Open in 2000, and competed in the majors of Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Australian Open, and the Internazionali di tennis in Rome. In 2004, she won the Italian Absolute Championships. At the peak of her career, Sassi played in doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Canepa
Alice Canepa (; born 30 April 1978) is a retired tennis player from Italy. Her highest singles and doubles rankings are No. 158 and No. 93, respectively. Biography In her career, Canepa won a total of 24 titles (19 in doubles) on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has reached the doubles final of the WTA Tier IV tournament in Palermo three times. Her biggest ITF title came when she won the doubles of the $50k event in Marseille in 2000. She has also competed on the Grand Slam tournaments on numerous occasions, but was unable to make it past round two in doubles and qualifying in singles. Canepa retired after losing in the doubles final of the event in Palermo on 22 July 2007. She had partnered compatriot Karin Knapp, losing the final to Mariya Koryttseva and Darya Kustova Darya Kustova ( be, Дар'я Кустава; russian: Дарья Кустова; born 29 May 1986) is a former professional Belarusian tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 117 in singles, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayami Takase
is a former professional tennis player from Japan. She made the round of 16 at the China Open in 2002, as a lucky loser from qualifying. Takase reached a best singles ranking of 250 in the world. As a doubles player 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 featured in the main draw of four editions of the Japan Open and was a quarterfinalist at the 2004 Korea Open. Her five ITF doubles titles include a $50k event in Tokyo in 2006. ITF finals Singles (1–5) Doubles (5–23) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Takase, Ayami 1978 births Living people Japanese female tennis players 20th-century Japanese women 21st-century Japanese women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Webb
Vanessa Webb (born 24 January 1976) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She is currently the Player Class Director for the WTA Board of Directors. In her career, she won ten singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She also reached one WTA Tour doubles final, in Kuala Lumpur in 2000. College While at Duke, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female tennis player in 1999. Tennis career Webb made the second round of the 2003 Australian Open which was her best Grand Slam singles performance. She also reached the first round of the French Open (in 2003) and the US Open (in 1998 & 2000). In doubles, she made the second rounds of the French Open (in 2001,'02,'03 & '04) and the Wimbledon Championships (in 2003). Webb made the first rounds of the Australian Open (in 2000,'03) and US Open (in 1999, 2000), and also the first round of mixed-doubles at the Wimbledon Championships in 2003. Personal life After retiring from tennis, Webb has had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Kolbovic
Renata Kolbovic (born July 30, 1976) is a former tennis player, who was born in Czechoslovakia but competed for Canada. Kolbovic had a professional career from 1996 to 2002. A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, Kolbovic reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour on December 4, 2000, when she became the No. 159 in the world. Alongside Aneta Soukup, she won the bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ..., Canada. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ITF finals Singles (1–9) Doubles (12–13) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolbovic, Renata 1976 births Living people Canadian female tennis players Czech female tennis players Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirstin Freye
Kirstin Freye-Menzler (born 29 May 1975 in Herford) is a former German professional tennis player. She took part in the 2002 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge and was the champion in doubles. Freye-Menzler has never won a singles event but she has won 22 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. In addition, she played doubles on the WTA Tour, reaching the last 16 of the 2003 Australian Open The 2003 Australian Open was a tennis tournament held in 2003. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2003 ATP Tour and the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the 91st edition of the event and attracted 512,225 spectators. Thomas Johansson could not defend ... (her best result at a Grand Slam), and the semifinals in Quebec City in 2002 (her best result on the WTA Tour). ITF finals Singles (0–3) Doubles (22–19) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Freye, Kirstin 1975 births Living people German female tennis players Tennis people from North Rhine-Westphalia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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