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Tennis At The 2005 Summer Universiade
Tennis events were contested at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir, Turkey. Medal summary Medal table See also * Tennis at the Summer Universiade External linksWorld University Games Tennis on HickokSports.com 2005 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 ... 2005 Summer Universiade {{tennis-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Cho Yoon-jeong
Cho Yoon-jeong ( ko, 조윤정, born 2 April 1979) is a retired South Korean tennis player. In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, at Seoul in 2004. Her best Grand Slam performance came when she made the third round of the 2005 US Open by defeating Arantxa Parra Santonja in three sets in the first round, upsetting the 27th seed Gisela Dulko in the second round, before she fell to No. 7, Justine Henin. She reached 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 No. 45 in singles (in July 2003), and No. 98 in doubles (in September 2003). Yoon-jeong retired from professional tennis in 2008. WTA career finals Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (5–8) Doubles: 16 (10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Joji Miyao
Joji Miyao (born 15 June 1981) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Biography Miyao competed in the main draw in three editions of the Japan Open, the singles in 2000, doubles in 2001, then singles again in 2002, all as a local wildcard. He made one ATP Challenger final during his career, the doubles at Kyoto in 2005, which he and Atsuo Ogawa lost in three sets to Czechs Pavel Šnobel and Michal Tabara. A student at Waseda University, Miyao represented Japan at the 2005 Summer Universiade The 2005 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXIII Summer Universiade, took place in İzmir, Turkey, in August. Emblem The emblem is the letter “U”, inspired by the bird's-eye view of the Gulf of İzmir. This shape has perfectly fit the lett ... in Izmir, Turkey and won a bronze medal for the mixed doubles. In 2008 he was arrested by police in Tokyo for possession of cannabis. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyao, Joji 1981 births Living people Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor Romero
Víctor Romero (born 26 January 1979) is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Biography Romero grew up in Mexico City and was a top-50 ITF junior. Before turning professional he played college tennis in the United States for Tulane University, a private university in New Orleans, Louisiana. He represented Mexico at the 2005 Summer Universiade and won a mixed doubles silver medal. On the professional tour he reached a best singles ranking of 395 in the world. As a doubles player he was runner-up in two ATP Challenger tournaments, both in 2006. He won 20 ITF satellite tournaments, 7 in singles and 13 in doubles. Romero was a men's doubles bronze medalist for Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, partnering Santiago González. During his career he featured in four Davis Cup ties for his native country and retired unbeaten, from one singles and three doubles rubbers. Romero emigrated with his family to New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Ti
Chen Ti (; born 3 October 1983) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. He is part of the Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. In singles, all of Chen's appearances in a final of a tournament have come at the ITF Tour level, where he has a record of 23 wins and 23 losses. The time from when he won his first title to when he won his most recent title spans 15 years, from September 2003 to July 2018. In 2005, Chen successfully qualified for his first main draw at the ATP Tour level, at the 2005 Thailand Open defeating Tatsushi Fakuda and Nathan Healey in qualifying before being eliminated in the first round by Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand, ''3–6, 4–6''. He has since made 2 other singles main draw appearances; the 2006 Tokyo tournament defeating Takahiro Ittogi and Lars Burgsmuller in qualifying before losing to Japan's Satoshi Iwabuchi in the first round ''2–6'', ''1–6'', and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcela Arroyo
Marcela Arroyo Vergara (born 13 December 1984) is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Tennis career Arroyo, a right-handed player, competed on the professional tour in the early 2000s, reaching a best doubles ranking of 307 in the world. She won four ITF doubles titles, all partnering with Melissa Torres Sandoval in 2004. As a doubles player, she twice featured in the main draw of the Mexican Open. Arroyo represented Mexico in a total of seven Fed Cup ties, three in 2004 and four in 2005, for a 5–3 overall win–loss record. At the 2005 Summer Universiade in Turkey, Arroyo teamed up with Lorena Arias Lorena Ivette Arias Rodríguez (born 25 January 1983), known as Lorena Arias, is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Biography Arias was born into a Mexico City family with a history in the sport of volleyball. Her father coached volle ... to win a bronze medal for Mexico in the women's doubles event. ITF Circuit finals Doubles (4–1) Notes Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorena Arias
Lorena Ivette Arias Rodríguez (born 25 January 1983), known as Lorena Arias, is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Biography Arias was born into a Mexico City family with a history in the sport of volleyball. Her father coached volleyball and her mother, María del Carmen, represented Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Before joining the professional tour, Arias played four seasons of college tennis at Washington State. She is a three-time medalist for Mexico in the Summer Universiade, including the country's first ever tennis medal in 2003, partnering Erika Valdés in the women's doubles. From 2004 to 2008, Arias competed on the professional tour, primarily on the ITF circuit. In 2005 she featured in the qualifying draws of WTA Tour tournaments in Acapulco and Bogota. She played doubles in two 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junri Namigata
is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 105, which she reached in February 2011. Her career-high doubles ranking is 101, achieved May 2015. Early life and amateur career Namigata was born in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture and started playing tennis when she was six years old. She completed elementary school at a school in Koshigaya and won a regional tournament when in the third grade. She attended Fujimura Girls' Junior High School and Horikoshi High School in Tokyo. In September 1997, when still in junior high school, she made her first appearance in an ITF doubles tournament. In her first year of high school, she reached the round of 16 at the All Japan Tennis Championship and won the All Japan Junior Championship title in her final year of high school. She enrolled in the School of Social Sciences at Waseda University and in 2001 won the intercollegiate doubles title, was runner-up in the singles title, and was a member of the Waseda t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Dokei
Tomoko (ともこ, トモコ) is a female Japanese given name. Like many Japanese names, Tomoko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 友子 - "friendly child" * 知子 - "knowing child" * 智子 - "wise child" * 朋子 - "friendly child" * 皆子 - "beautiful girl" * 詩子 - "poetic child" People with the name * , Japanese politician * , Japanese voice actress * Tomoko Aran (荒野智子), born January 14, 1958, Japanese city pop artist * , Japanese judoka * , Japanese origami writer * , Japanese swimmer * , Japanese announcer * , Japanese actress and essayist * , Japanese motorcycle racer * , Japanese actress * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese politician * , victim of Minamata disease and subject of the photo ''Tomoko and Mother in the Bath'' * , Japanese singer * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese artist * , Japanese voice actress * , Japanese singer * , Japanese professional wrestler * , Japanese singer, part of 1980s J-Pop duo BaBe * , Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislava Hrozenská
Stanislava Hrozenská (; born 17 June 1982 in Nitra) is a retired Slovak tennis player. She was a semifinalist at the 1999 US Open – Girls' doubles tournament. Hrozenská won three singles and eleven 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 .... On 27 January 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 146. On 18 July 2005, she peaked at No. 151 in the doubles rankings. ITF finals (14–20) Singles (3–7) Doubles (11–13) Fed Cup participation Doubles References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hrozenska, Stanislava 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Nitra Slovak female tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for Slovakia Universiade bronze medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarína Bašternáková
Katarína Bašternáková (; born 12 October 1982) is a former Slovak tennis player. A native of Hurbanovo, she was runner-up at the 1999 Australian Open – Girls' singles tournament. Bašternáková reached a record doubles ranking high of world number 441 during a playing career in which she won two ITF doubles titles. Although she never won an ITF singles title, her world singles ranking peaked at number 292 in May 2001. Together with Stanislava Hrozenská, Bašternáková won a silver medal in tennis doubles at the 2003 and 2005 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 ... games. ITF finals (2–1) Singles (0–1) Doubles (2–0) Grand Slam finals Girls' singles References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
