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Valda Lake
Valda Lake (born 11 October 1968) is a former tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1983 and retired in 1997. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 172 in singles (achieved on 11 April 1988) and number 56 in doubles (achieved on 20 June 1994). During her career, Lake was more successful in doubles than she was in singles, winning eight ITF titles and reaching the final of the 1994 China Open. She represented Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta playing doubles with Clare Wood and reaching the quarter-finals before losing to the Gold Medalist American Team- Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick (born María José Fernández; August 19, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player, who reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in both singles and doubles. In singles, Fernández was the runner-up .... She currently lives in Los An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 WTA Tour
The 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 13th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 3, 1983, and concluded on March 4, 1984, after 64 events. The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the ''Toyota Series'' and the ''Avon Series''. The circuit consisted of 48 tournaments in nine countries, including the four Grand Slam tournaments, and culminated in the season-ending Virginia Slims Championships played in February 1984. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking. Martina Navratilova was the most successful player in both singles and doubles across the season. She won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in singles, with Chris Evert-Lloyd win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Open (tennis)
The China Open is an annual men's and women's professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The women's event is a WTA 1000 event on the WTA Tour, while the men's is an ATP Tour 500 event on the ATP Tour. The tournament was first held in its current iteration in 2004 as a back-to-back event for 4 years, though followed on from a Beijing event in 1993 to 1997. In 2008, it became a combined event for the first time. In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside the United States to use the Hawk-Eye system in match play. is the only player to have won the title six times and holds the distinction of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colette Hall
Colette Caple (born 3 July 1973) is a British former professional tennis player. During her career she was known as Colette Hall. Raised in the town of Weymouth in Dorset, Hall competed on the professional tennis circuit in the early 1990s, reaching a best singles ranking of 322 in the world. Hall twice competed as a wildcard in the singles main draw at Wimbledon, losing in the first round to 12th seed Katerina Maleeva in 1992, then Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko-Neiland ( uk, Лариса Савченко-Нейланд, lv, Larisa Savčenko-Neilande; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a retired tennis player who represented the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Latvia. ... in 1993. ITF finals Singles (0–1) Doubles (0–1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Colette 1973 births Living people British female tennis players Sportspeople from Weymouth English female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Billingham
Caroline Billingham-Jones (born 12 July 1967) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Billingham is a daughter of Labour politician Angela Billingham, Baroness of Banbury. Educated at Banbury School, Billingham joined the international tennis circuit in the late 1980s. She competed regularly in Wimbledon qualifying during her career and made a main draw appearance in the women's doubles at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships The 1987 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. It was the 101st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from .... Her four ITF doubles titles included one $25,000 tournament, in Nigeria in 1991. As a singles player she reached a best ranking of 359 in the world and was the joint winner of the 1992 Scottish Championships. She is a former captain of the Oxfordshire women's county side, holding the positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Humphreys-Davies
Virginia "Ginny" Humphreys-Davies (born 6 January 1972) is a British former professional tennis player. A right-handed player, Humphreys-Davies twice featured in the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships. She reached her career high singles ranking of 92 in the world in 1992. As a doubles player she had a best ranking of 239 and won four ITF titles. ITF finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 7 (4–3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Humphreys-Davies, Virginia 1972 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Simpkin
Anne Simpkin Meredith (born 2 April 1969) is a British former professional tennis player. A right-handed player from Leicestershire, Simpkin reached a career best ranking of 200 in the world while competing on the professional tour. Simpkin featured as a wildcard in the singles main draw at Wimbledon on three occasions. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at Eastbourne in 1989, where she had a first round win over Julie Salmon, before losing in the second round to Mary Joe Fernandez Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also call .... She won one singles and three doubles titles on the ITF circuit. ITF finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 7 (3–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpkin, Anne 1969 births Living people British female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Louis (tennis)
Joanne Louis (born 27 April 1967) is a British former professional tennis player. Louis made four singles main draw appearances at Wimbledon while competing on the professional tour in the 1980s and had a career high ranking of 282 in the world. She comes from Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is .... ITF titles Doubles: (3) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Louis, Jo 1967 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis people from Devon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse De Ruysscher
Ilse de Ruysscher (born 13 July 1962) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. de Ruysscher has career-high WTA rankings of 308 in singles, achieved on 15 February 1988, and 278 in doubles, set on 15 February 1988. Playing for Belgium 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 chan ..., de Ruysscher has accumulated a win–loss record of 4–3. ITF finals Singles: 2 (0–2) Doubles: 1 (0–1) References External links * * 1962 births Living people Belgian female tennis players 20th-century Belgian women {{tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Rickett
Katie Rickett Shaw (born 19 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from England. A right-handed player from Birmingham, Rickett reached a career high ranking of 291 in the world. Rickett qualified as a lucky loser for the main draw of the 1988 Australian Open and was beaten in the first round by Marie-Christine Damas Marie-Christine Damas (born 9 December 1966) is a French former professional tennis player. Damas, who comes from Brittany, reached a best ranking on tour of 130 in the world. Her best performance on the WTA Tour was a quarter-final appearance .... ITF finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 5 (1–4) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rickett, Katie 1968 births Living people British female tennis players English female tennis players Tennis players from the West Midlands (county) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digna Ketelaar
Digna Ketelaar (born 13 August 1967) is a former Dutch tennis player. She won one ITF doubles title during her career and on 2 March 1987 reached a singles ranking high of world number 258. On 21 December 1986, Ketelaar reached a doubles ranking high of world number 174. As a junior, Ketelaar became the 1984 French Open girls' doubles champion. ITF doubles finals (1–2) See also * List of French Open champions The following is a list of French Open champions in tennis: Champions † Not considered to be a Grand Slam event. A French club members only tournament. †† Disputed champions: Not considered to be a Grand Slam event. Not sanctioned or recog ... External links * * * 1967 births Living people Dutch female tennis players French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles People from Halderberge Sportspeople from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Schilder
Simone Schilder (born 7 April 1967) is a former Dutch tennis player. She won a total of two singles and eight doubles ITF titles in her career. On 4 July 1988, she reached a singles ranking high of world No. 164. On 14 August 1989, she peaked at No. 71 in the doubles rankings. At the age of 17, Schilder became the 1984 French Open girls' doubles champion and represented the Netherlands at the 1984 Summer Olympics The Netherlands competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 136 competitors, 82 men and 54 women, took part in 74 events in 15 sports. Medalists Archery Both of the Dutch archers from the 1980 competition returned in .... WTA career finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF finals Singles (2–0) Doubles (8–9) See also * List of French Open champions External links * * * 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Beverwijk Dutch female tennis players French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Joe Fernández
Mary Joe Fernández Godsick (born María José Fernández; August 19, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player, who reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in both singles and doubles. In singles, Fernández was the runner-up at the 1990 and 1992 Australian Open, and the 1993 French Open. She also won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In doubles, she won the 1991 Australian Open with Patty Fendick and the 1996 French Open with Lindsay Davenport, plus two Olympic gold medals. Career Fernández first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won four straight Orange Bowl junior titles. In 1985, aged 14 years and eight days, she became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the US Open when she defeated Sara Gomer in the first round. Turning professional in 1986, she won her first tour doubles title in 1989 at Dallas, partnering Betsy Nagelsen. She was also semifinalist at the 1989 French Open, losing to Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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