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United States At The Hopman Cup ...
The United States has appeared at the Hopman Cup from the 2nd staging of the event in 1990. The United States has appeared in eleven Hopman Cup finals and have a record six victories. It is one of two countries to successfully defend the title (alongside Switzerland) and holds the record for consecutive final appearances at four. Players This is a list of players who have played for the United States in the Hopman Cup. 1 Shaughnessy represented the USA in the 2005 and 2009 competitions and also stood in for an ill Serena Williams in the 2008 tie against India. Results References {{National sports teams of the United States Hopman Cup teams Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an international eight-team indoor hardcourt tennis tournament that played mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis.It was held in Perth, Western Australia each year from 1989 to 2019, before being replaced on the calen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Hopman Cup
The 1990 Hopman Cup was the second edition of the Hopman Cup, an international mixed teams tournament played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. The event was held from 26 December 1989 through 1 January 1990. Twelve teams competed in the tournament with the top four seeded teams (United States, Spain, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union) each receiving a bye into the quarter-finals. The remaining eight teams played in the first round. In the final which was played on 1 January, Spanish pair, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Emilio Sánchez defeated the American pair, Pam Shriver and John McEnroe 2–1 to record Spain's first victory at the Hopman Cup. Teams Seeds # – Pam Shriver and John McEnroe ''(Final)'' # – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Emilio Sánchez ''(Champions) # – Helena Suková and Petr Korda ''(Semifinals)'' # – Natalia Zvereva and Andrei Chesnokov ''(Quarterfinals)'' # – Hana Mandlíková and Mark Woodforde ''(S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Hopman Cup
The 2007 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 19th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. Eight teams participated in the World Group with one qualifier from the Asian region. The first matches were held on 30 December 2006 and the final took place on 5 January 2007 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Australia. Teams Seeds # – Nadia Petrova and Dmitry Tursunov ''(Champions)'' # – Anabel Medina Garrigues and Tommy Robredo ''(Finalists)'' # – Lucie Šafářová and Tomáš Berdych # – Ashley Harkleroad and Mardy Fish Unseeded * – Alicia Molik and Mark Philippoussis1 * – Sanja Ančić and Mario Ančić * – Tatiana Golovin and Jérôme Haehnel * – Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna 1Due to injury Mark Philippoussis was unable to play Australia's last tie against the USA. He was replaced by Nathan Healey. Group A Standings Australia vs. Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former world No. 1 in doubles. In women's doubles, Mattek-Sands has won 27 career titles, including five Grand Slam titles at the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 French Open, 2016 US Open, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 French Open, all partnering Lucie Šafářová. The pair also were the runners-up of the 2016 WTA Finals. Mattek-Sands became the world No. 1 in doubles on January 9, 2017, and held the top ranking for 32 consecutive weeks. Mattek-Sands has also found great success in mixed doubles; she won the 2012 Australian Open with and the 2015 French Open and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Mattek-Sands then suffered a major knee injury in 2017 that required surgery and a year away from competition to heal, but eventually came back t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Hopman Cup
The 1994 Hopman Cup was the sixth edition of the Hopman Cup that was held at the Burswood Entertainment Complex, in Perth, Western Australia. Jana Novotná and Petr Korda of the Czech Republic defeated Anke Huber and Bernd Karbacher of Germany in the final to win the title. Teams Seeds # – Jana Novotná and Petr Korda ''(Champions)'' # – Mary Joe Fernandez and Ivan Lendl # – Conchita Martínez and Emilio Sánchez # – Nathalie Tauziat and Cédric Pioline # – Nicole Provis and Wally Masur # – Natalia Medvedeva and Andrei Medvedev # – Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere and Jakob Hlasek # – Amanda Coetzer and Marcos Ondruska Unseeded * - Judith Wiesner and Alex Antonitsch * - Anke Huber and Bernd Karbacher ''(Finalists)'' * - Miriam Oremans and Jan Siemerink * - Catarina Lindqvist and Mikael Pernfors Draw Results First Round Switzerland vs. Netherlands Australia vs. Sweden Austria vs. Ukraine Germany vs. South Africa ---- Quarterfinals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl (; born March 7, 1960) is a Czech–American former professional tennis player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Lendl was ranked world No. 1 in singles for 270 weeks and won 94 singles titles. He won eight major singles titles and was runner-up a joint record 11 times (tied with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic), making him the first man to contest 19 major finals. Lendl also contested a record eight consecutive US Open finals, and won seven year-end championships. Lendl is the only man in professional tennis history to have a match winning percentage of over 90% in five different years (1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1989). He also had a comfortable head-to-head winning record against his biggest rivals, which translates to a 22-13 record (4-3 in major matches) against Jimmy Connors and a 21-15 record (7-3 in major matches) against John McEnroe. Lendl's dominance of his era was the most evident at the year-end championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup XXII (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 22nd edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament started on 2 January 2010 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia. Eight nations competed. They were formed of one man and one woman from the same nation. The nations were split into two pools of four with the group winners contesting the final. Slovakia were the defending champions but were not invited to participate in 2010, whilst Kazakhstan qualified for the event by winning the Asian Hopman Cup. Spain won their third title, defeating Great Britain in the final 2–1. Seeds Group A Standings Australia vs. Romania Spain vs. United States Australia vs. United States Spain vs. Romania *Pat Cash joined Cîrstea to take on the Spanish duo in the doubles over a Pro Set. The Spanish pair won 8–4. Spain vs. Australia Romania vs. United States Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Isner
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ever to play on the ATP Tour, Isner achieved his career-high singles ranking in July 2018 by virtue of his maiden Masters 1000 crown at the 2018 Miami Open and a semifinal appearance at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. He has also twice reached the quarterfinals at the US Open in 2011 and 2018, the latter of which helped qualify him for an ATP Finals appearance later that year. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, he played the longest professional tennis match in history, requiring five sets and 183 games to defeat Nicolas Mahut in a match which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes, and was played over the course of three days. Isner holds the record for hitting the ATP's fastest "official" serve ever and third-fastest on record in tennis at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Harkleroad
Ashley Harkleroad Adams (born May 2, 1985) is a former professional American tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking in singles of 39 in June 2003. Career Raised in Chickamauga, Georgia (near Chattanooga, Tennessee), Harkleroad turned professional on June 12, 2000, after she turned 15 years old. Her debut was at the ITF tournament in Largo, Florida, in 1999. The following year, she played her first WTA Tour qualifying event in Miami, Florida and her first Grand Slam tournament at the US Open. In 2001, she returned to the same events while improving her status on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2002, she won her first matches, reaching the second round at San Diego, Hawaii, and Bratislava, where she made her first doubles semifinal with partner María Emilia Salerni. She ended 2002 in the top 200 for the first time in her career. Her breakthrough year was 2003, when at Charleston Harkleroad defeated three top-20 players (No. 16 Elena Bovina, No. 19 Meghann Shaughnessy, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup IX corresponds to the ninth edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament was played between 29 December 1996 and 4 January 1997 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia. Eight teams competed for the title. Croatia were the 1996 champions but they lost in the group stage. The United States took the title after beating South Africa in the final.This was the first year that the tournament was sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation. Seedings # – Goran Ivanišević / Iva Majoli # – Marc Rosset / Martina Hingis # – Wayne Ferreira / Amanda Coetzer # – Guy Forget / Mary Pierce Group A Standings Australia vs. Croatia France vs. United States Australia vs. France Croatia vs. United States Australia vs. United States Croatia vs. France Group B Standings Romania vs. Switzerland Germany vs. South Africa South Africa vs. Switzerland Germany vs. Romania Romania vs. Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Gimelstob
Justin Jeremy Gimelstob (born January 26, 1977) is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey, and as of 2009 lived in Santa Monica, California. He was the top-ranked boy in his age group at the ages of 12, 14, 16, and 18. As a pro, he made the final of the Newport Tournament in singles and has 15 doubles championships to his name, including the 1998 Australian Open and 1998 French Open mixed doubles titles with Venus Williams. He was twice a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team. In singles matches, he defeated Andre Agassi, Petr Korda, Àlex Corretja, Pat Rafter, and Gustavo Kuerten. His career singles record is 107–172. His highest career singles ranking was No. 63 in 1999, and his highest career doubles ranking was No. 18 in 2000. Gimelstob most recently coached American John Isner. Tennis career Juniors He started playing tennis when he was eight, and was the top-ranked boy in his age group from ages 12 through 18. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Hopman Cup
The 1991 Hopman Cup was the third edition of the Hopman Cup, an international mixed teams tournament played at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia. The event was held from 27 December 1990 through 4 January 1991. Twelve teams competed in the tournament with the top four seeded teams (United States, Spain, Switzerland and the Soviet Union) each receiving a bye into the quarter-finals. The remaining eight teams played in the first round. In the final which was played on 4 January, Yugoslav pair, Goran Prpić and Monica Seles won both of their singles matches to defeat the American pair, Zina Garrison and David Wheaton without needing to go with the mixed doubles (which was also won by Yugoslavia). Teams Seeds # – Zina Garrison and David Wheaton ''(Finalists)'' # – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Emilio Sánchez ''(Quarterfinalists)'' # – Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere and Jakob Hlasek ''(Semifinalists)'' # – Natalia Zvereva and Andrei Chesnokov ''( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zina Garrison
Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, a three-time major mixed doubles champion, and an Olympic gold and bronze medalist from the women's doubles and singles events, respectively, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Garrison reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on 20 November 1989. Career The youngest of seven children, Garrison started playing tennis at the age of 10 and entered her first tournament at the age of 12. At 14, she won the national girls' 18s title. In 1981, she won both the Wimbledon and US Open junior titles and was ranked the world No. 1 junior player. Garrison graduated from Sterling High School in Houston, Texas in 1982.ESPN Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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