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Tatiana Perebiynis
Tatiana Yurevna Perebiynis ( ua, Тетяна Юріївна Перебийніс; born 15 December 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. She reached the Wimbledon junior girls' singles final in 2000, and won the Wimbledon juniors doubles final that same year. In 2008, she reached her career-high ranking of world No. 55. Biography Tatiana Perebiynis was coached by her husband, Dimitriy "Dima" Zadorozhniy. They married on 15 October 2005 in Kharkiv. Her father, Yuriy Perebiynis, is retired and her mother, Alla Lihova, is an economist at a bank. Tennis career She lists winning the Wimbledon junior doubles in 2000 and reaching the final in singles that same year as memorable experiences. Although Perebiynis has not won a WTA Tour singles title but she has a runner-up in single when she lost to Australian Alicia Molik in Stockholm in 2004. She did, however, win six WTA tournaments in doubles. Her most notable doubles titles are her two victories at the J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open
The 2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Nordea Nordic Light Open, and was part of the WTA Tour, Tier IV Series of the 2008 WTA Tour. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, from 28 July until 3 August 2008. Fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki won the singles title and earned $22,925 first-prize money. Finals Singles Caroline Wozniacki defeated Vera Dushevina, 6–0, 6–2 *It was Caroline Wozniacki's 1st career title. Doubles Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová defeated Petra Cetkovská / Lucie Šafářová, 7–5, 6–4 External links * ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws 2008 WTA Tour, Nordea Nordic Light Open Nordea Nordic Light Open, 2008 2008 in Swedish women's sport 2000s in Stockholm July 2008 sports events in Europe August 2008 sports events in Europe {{title year in Swedish tennis, Nordic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a major tournament (with Rika Hiraki). With his win at the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles, he joined the elite group of eight tennis players who have achieved a career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. He is also the founder of International Premier Tennis League. In December 2016, Bhupathi was appointed as India's next non-playing Davis Cup captain and took over the reins from Anand Amritraj in February 2017. Career 1995–2006 Mahesh Bhupathi is considered one of the top doubles players of the 1990s and 2000s. In 1999, Bhupathi won three doubles titles with Leander Paes, including the French Open and Wimbledon. He and Paes became the first doubles team to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams, the first time such a feat has been achieved in the open era and the first time since 1952. On 26 April of that year, they became the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Fokina
Galina Fokina () (born 17 January 1984) is a Russian former tennis player. Fokina has won a total of 35 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankings are world number 168 in singles and number 79 in doubles, both achieved in 2002. In 2004, she took part in the Hyderabad Open but lost in the second round of the WTA Tour event to Marion Bartoli Marion Bartoli (; born 2 October 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open. She also .... Fokina retired from professional tennis in 2013. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles (11–5) Doubles (24–12) References *Kournikova Loses in 1st Round of Kremlin Cup, ''The Moscow Times'', 4 October 2001 (Reuters) *, GoTennis.ru External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fokina, Galina 1984 births Living people Tennis playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Buric
Mia Buric (born 23 May 1982) is a former German tennis player 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 cove .... She has won 3 singles and 2 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. Her career-high ranking is world number 204 was achieved in July 2000. Her highest ranking in doubles is world number 176 on 11 June 2001. Buric retired from professional tennis in 2003. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles ITF Circuit finals Singles (3–2) Doubles (2–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buric, Mia 1982 births Living people Tennis players from Split, Croatia German female tennis players German people of Croatian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Wartusch
Patricia Wartusch (born 5 August 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 65 in 2000. She won in her career two singles and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She won the Austrian Championships three times in a row as a junior, in 1992, 1993 and 1994. WTA career finals Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (5–8) Doubles: 14 (8–6) Head-to-head records * Elena Dementieva: 0–1 * Kim Clijsters: 0–1 * Svetlana Kuznetsova: 1–0 * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario: 0–1 * Serena Williams: 0–1 * Anna Kournikova: 0–1 * Justine Henin: 0–4 * Silvia Farina Elia: 1–0 * Iva Majoli Iva Majoli-Marić (born 12 August 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won seven o ...: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Mandula
Petra Mandula (; born 17 January 1978) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; in singles, she was eliminated in the first round by fourth seed Conchita Martínez of Spain, in doubles, she reached the quarterfinals, partnering Katalin Marosi. Four years later, when Athens hosted the Games, she once again was defeated in the first round, this time by Patty Schnyder of Switzerland. She reached the quarterfinals at the 2001 French Open as a qualifier, winning seven straight matches and losing to eventual runner-up, Kim Clijsters. Two years later, at the 2003 French Open, she almost repeated the feat, losing in the fourth round 5–7 in the third set to Chanda Rubin. Also in 2003, Mandula reached the semifinals of the Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Poutchek
Tatiana Poutchek ( be, Таццяна Мікалаеўна Пучак; russian: Татьяна Николаевна Пучек; born 9 January 1979) is a retired tennis player and current captain of the Belarus Billie Jean King Cup team. Her career-high ranking is No. 55 in the world, achieved on 22 July 2002. Many of Poutchek's greatest career results came in Tashkent reaching one singles final and seven doubles finals winning five. In 2002, she made her only WTA Tour singles final there, losing to Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian. In doubles, she won eight titles on the WTA Tour (five in Tashkent, two in Guangzhou, and one in Baku) between 2002 and 2010, and 20 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 ... between 1997 and 2009. WTA career finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashkent Open
The Tashkent Open by Zeromax is a women's tennis tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Held since 1999, this WTA Tour event is an International tournament and is played on outdoor hard courts. Since 2014, the event has been scheduled in early autumn, during the same week as Wuhan Open. In 2020 the tournament was replaced by WTA Lyon Open. Past finals Women's singles Women's doubles See also *List of tennis tournaments List of current and past men's and women's tennis tournaments. Criteria for inclusion: *The tournament is notable enough to have its own article on Wikipedia *Historic tournaments are included if notability can be established by reliable third par ... * ATP Tashkent Open – Men's tennis tournament References External linksOfficial Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Perebiynis Antwerpen 2008
Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Variations * be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana * bg, Татяна, Tatyana * german: Tatjana * el, Τατιάνα, Tatiána * pl, Tacjana * russian: Татья́на, Tat'yána, Tatiana * sr, Татјана, Tatjana * uk, Тетя́на, Tetyána Origin Tatiana is a feminine, diminutive derivative of the Sabine —and later Latin— name Tatius. King Titus Tatius was the name of a legendary ruler of the Sabines, an Italic tribe living near Rome around the 8th century BC. After the Romans absorbed the Sabines, the name Tatius remained in use in the Roman world, into the first centuries of Christianity, as well as the masculine diminutive Tatianus and its feminine counterpart, Tatiana. While the name later disappeared from Western Europe including Italy, it remained prevalent in the Hellenic world of Eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kremlin Cup
The Kremlin Cup (russian: Кубок Кремля) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts, which was suspended in 2022. It was part of the ATP Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and was a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour. It was held annually at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia from 1990 to 2018. In 2019, the Olympic Stadium underwent a reconstruction lasting two years. The 2019 edition of the tournament was held at the Ice Palace Krylatskoye. In 2021, the Kremlin Cup was played at the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace and the Luzhniki Palace of Sports. Until 2007, it was held on a carpet surface. It was then held on RuKortHard surface until 2015. Since 2016 the tournament has been held on TPSurface. In light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros. The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this surface. It is chronologically the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments, occurring after the Australian Open and before Wimbledon and the US Open. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on grass. Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches, the French Open is widely regarded as the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. History Officially named in French ''les Internationaux de Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual (; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three career Women's Tennis Association (WTA) titles as well as reaching two Grand Slam quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had been far more successful in doubles. She won 43 career WTA doubles titles, including eleven at Grand Slam tournaments: ten in women's doubles (eight partnering Paola Suárez, and two partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues) and one in mixed doubles (partnering Tomás Carbonell). Between 2002 and 2004, along with Suárez, she reached nine consecutive Grand Slam tournament finals (won five) and they reached at least the semifinals of the last twelve Grand Slam tournaments they played. Their winning run came to an end when they lost in the 2009 Wimbledon semifinals. Alongside Suarez, the pair was names as a ITF World Champions for the three consecutive years in-a-row (2002-2004). Personal life Her father, Jua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
