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Tiffany Dabek
Tiffany Dabek Davis (born March 14, 1980) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Dabek later moved to Bradenton, Florida and was a top ranked junior in the state. Dabek, a right-handed player, started competing on the professional tour in the 1998 season. In 2001 she qualified for the main draw of two WTA Tour tournaments, the Morocco Open in Casablanca and the Tournoi de Québec. The following year she qualified a second time in Casablanca. She won both the singles and doubles titles at the $25,000 ITF tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2003. Her biggest performance came at the 2005 US Open where she made it through the qualifying draw, with wins over Kateřina Böhmová, Tsvetana Pironkova and Maria Fernanda Alves, all in three set matches. In the opening round of the main draw she was beaten by seeded Russian Vera Dushevina Vera Yevgenyevna Dushevina ( rus, Вера Евгеньевна Душевина; born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Chin-wei
Chan Chin-wei (, born 8 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Taiwan. She won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with six singles and 49 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 152 in October 2006. On 3 August 2015, she peaked at No. 74 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career Chan started tennis at the age of ten. In 2002, she played for Taiwan's Fed Cup team for the first time. Her coach was Chan Fu-chen. In 2013, she won the doubles competition at the Korea Open in Seoul, her first title on the WTA Tour. She also won three $25k events (in Changwon, Huzhu and Tsukuba) on the ITF Circuit. In September 2014, Chan won the doubles competition at the Suzhou Ladies Open, her first doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments WTA 125 tournaments are an international series of professional women's tennis tournaments organized by the Women's Tennis Association since 2012. In the past (2012–2015) sometimes call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaysie Smashey
Kaysie Smashey (born April 11, 1980) is an American former professional tennis player. Smashey, who was born and raised in El Paso, played college tennis on a scholarship for the Texas Longhorns between 1999 and 2002. On the professional tour, Smashey reached a best ranking of 451 in singles and 146 in doubles. She made four doubles main-draw appearances 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 ..., with her best performance a quarterfinal appearance at Memphis in 2005. Her four ITF doubles titles included the $50,000 Waikoloa tournament. ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 14 (4 titles, 10 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smashey, Kaysie 1980 births Living people American female tennis players Texas Longhorns women's tennis play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Hazlett
Stephanie Hazlett (born January 29, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player. A native of Indiana, Hazlett attended Heritage Hills H.S. and in 1996 secured the school's first state championship across all sports, winning the girls' singles tournament. Her junior tennis career included an Easter Bowl title in 1995 for the 16s age group. She played collegiate tennis for the University of Florida and was a two-time All-American. Hazlett reached a best singles world ranking of 283 on the professional tour. In 2003 she won her first ITF Circuit event in Evansville, Indiana, a tournament that her mother Anna was involved in running. She also won a $25,000 ITF tournament in Puebla, Mexico later that year, partnering Kaysie Smashey Kaysie Smashey (born April 11, 1980) is an American former professional tennis player. Smashey, who was born and raised in El Paso, played college tennis on a scholarship for the Texas Longhorns between 1999 and 2002. On the professional t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimana Krastevitch
Dimana Krastevitch-Rangelov ( bg, Димана Кръстевич-Рангелов) (born 26 March 1982) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. Biography A left-handed player from Sofia, Krastevitch began her career on the ITF Circuit in the 1997 season. She reached her best singles ranking of 222 in the world in 2003. As a doubles player, she was a quarterfinalist at a WTA Tour tournament in Philadelphia in 2003, and in the same year won a $25,000 doubles event in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. In 2006, Krastevitch appeared in three 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 ... ties for Bulgaria, against Hungary, Great Britain and Ukraine. Retiring in 2007, she now lives in the US state of Florida. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (3 runner–ups) Doubles: 4 (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Drake
Maureen Elizabeth Drake (born March 21, 1971) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 47, which she reached on September 13, 1999. Her career-high doubles ranking is No. 77, set on October 30, 2006. After Drake qualified for the round of 16 at the 1999 Australian Open, there was no Canadian to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam event until Aleksandra Wozniak at the French Open in 2009. Drake retired in April 2011 but returned to professional tennis in July 2014. In August 2016, she announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 runner-up ITF Circuit finals Singles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner-ups) Doubles: 20 (8 titles, 12 runner-ups) Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles Record against top-50 players Drake's win–loss record (14–54, 21%) against players who were ranked world No. 50 or higher when played is as follows: ''Players who have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragana Zarić
Dragana Zarić-Martinov(Serbian Cyrillic: Драгана Зарић-Мартинов, born 1 August 1977) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. Her career-high rankings are No. 157 in singles, achieved in spring of 2001, and No. 82 in doubles, reached in summer of 2002. She won four titles in singles and 24 in doubles in ITF tournaments. She also played for the Yugoslavia Fed Cup team, from 1995 until 2005. Zarić started her professional career in 1994, and in 1995, she won her first ITF title in Nicosia, Cyprus. In 1998, she played her first WTA Tour qualifying draws in Maria Lankowitz and Istanbul, but lost. She kicked off the 2001 season with attempts to qualify on a couple of WTA and all Grand Slam tournaments, but failed to pass the qualifying rounds. In doubles, the same year, she got to the finals of the Budapest Grand Prix and the quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarina Mišić
Katarina Mišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Катарина Мишић, born 5 February 1976) is a Serbian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. She won four singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 4 August 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 220. On 19 May 2003, she peaked at world number 151 in the doubles rankings. Playing for FR Yugoslavia Fed Cup team from 1995 until 2003 she had a win–loss record of 15–8. Other than her debut year in the Fed Cup in 1995, she played under last name Dašković in 14 ties between 2000–2003. Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...-born Mišić retired from active playing in 2005. ITF finals (15–14) Singles (4–3) Doubles (11–11) References Exter ... [...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] |
Vanina García Sokol
María Vanina García Sokol (born 27 December 1983) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography García Sokol, who comes from the Misiones Province of Argentina, turned professional at 17 years of age. In 2003 she was a member of Argentina's Fed Cup squad and represented Argentina at the Pan American Games held in Santo Domingo. Competing mostly on the ITF circuit, she had a best ranking of 191 in the world and won a total of three ITF singles titles. She twice qualified for the main draw of a WTA Tour tournament, the Vancouver Open The VanOpen, currently sponsored as Odlum Brown VanOpen, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, and of the ITF Women's Circuit. It is h ... in 2004 and the 2005 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar in Bogota. In 2007, she retired from professional tennis. Based in Buenos Aires, she now works as a tennis coach and has s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Guillenea
Cecilia Guillenea (born 24 January 1981) is an Uruguayan former professional tennis player. Guillenea played for the Uruguay Fed Cup team between 1997 and 2000, winning four singles and six doubles rubbers, from a total of 15 ties. She also represented Uruguay at the 1998 World Youth Games and was a bronze medalist at the 1998 South American Games The VI South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') were a multi-sport event held in 1998 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, with some events in Azogues (futsal), Gualaceo (boxing), Guayaquil (bowling, c ... in Ecuador, partnering Daniela Peyrot in the women's doubles. Competing on the ITF Women's Circuit, Guillenea reached her best singles ranking of 425 in the world in 2000 and won both of her two career titles that year, at Lima and La Paz. She won a further two ITF tournaments in doubles and had a career high doubles ranking of 395. ITF finals Singles: 2 (2–0) Doubles: 2 (2–0) R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Šebová
Andrea Hradecká Šebová (born 4 September 1980) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Partizánske, Šebová was ranked as high as five in the world as a junior. Šebová spent most of her professional career on the ITF circuit and won eight titles, three in singles and five in doubles. She made her only WTA Tour main draw appearance at the 1999 Eurotel Slovak Indoor, where she and Stanislava Hrozenská qualified for the doubles. At the 1999 Summer Universiade The 1999 Summer Universiade, also known as the XX Summer Universiade, took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Venues * Estadi Son Moix — athletics, football, ceremonies * Arena Son Moix — volleyball * Pavelló Son Hugo — swimming, diving, ... in Mallorca she won bronze medals in both the women's singles and doubles events. Šebová, who left professional tennis in 2001, was married in 2004 to Radoslav Hradecký. ITF finals Singles (3–1) Doubles (5–7) References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
