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Vanessa Menga
Vanessa Menga (born 10 October 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Born in São Paulo, she started playing tennis at the age of 4, when she went to an academy along with her father. At the age of 14, Menga went to train tennis in Barcelona, where she won her first doubles championship. She's the only Brazilian female tennis player to play in two Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996 (doubles with Miriam D’Agostini, falling in round 1), and Sydney 2000 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ... (with Joana Cortez, falling in round 2). Menga was also in two Pan American Games, Mar Del Plata 1995 and Winnipeg 1999, where she won the doubles gold medal with Joana Cortez. In 2001, Menga posed for ''Playboy'' Brazil. In 2003, she retired from ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, São Paulo is the most populous city proper in the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the world's 4th largest city proper by population. Additionally, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The city's name honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas around the Greater São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Jundiaí, Sorocaba and São José dos Campos) created the São Paulo Macrometr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katalin Marosi
Katalin Marosi (born 12 November 1979) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. In her career, Marosi won 15 singles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 May 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 101. On 6 May 2013, she peaked at No. 33 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Hungary Fed Cup team The Hungary women's national tennis team represents Hungary in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Magyar Tenisz Szövetség. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I. History Hungary competed in its first Fed ..., Marosi has a win–loss record of 15–13. Early life Her mother Ildiko is a secretary, her father Sandor a gymnastics trainer; she has one older brother (Peter). Marosi was introduced to tennis at age six by Antal and Eva Elekes in Budapest. Favorite surface of the all-court player was hardcourt, favorite shot forehand. Best memories include warming-up her serve with Steffi Graf in 1996 Rola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilie Viqueira
Emilie Viqueira (born March 21, 1969) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. Biography Viqueira, who comes from Mayagüez, began competing on the professional tour in the late 1980s. She featured mostly on the ITF circuit, winning six titles in doubles. All of her WTA Tour main draw appearances came at her home tournament, the Puerto Rico Open. During her career she played college tennis for UC Berkeley, where she earned All-American honors in 1990 and 1991. At representative level, Viqueira was a mixed doubles bronze medalist at the 1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ... in Havana and represented the Puerto Rico Fed Cup team in 16 ties from 1992 to 1997. She is married to Puerto Rican musician Roy Brown. ITF finals Doubles ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Cabezas
Paula Andrea Cabezas (born 21 August 1972) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Santiago, Cabezas competed on the professional tour in the 1990s, mostly on the ITF Circuit, winning 14 singles and 17 doubles titles. Her WTA Tour performances include a semifinal appearance in the doubles at São Paulo in 1991, partnering with Andrea Vieira. She qualified for her only singles main draw at the 1995 Puerto Rico Open. She reached a best singles ranking of 212 in the world, attained in 1997. During her career, she featured in a total of 39 ties for the Chile Fed Cup team. This included a World Group fixture against defending champions Spain in 1994, where she lost a singles match to world No. 2, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. She won 49 matches overall, 23 of them in doubles, both of which are national records. Cabezas represented Chile in doubles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was a multiple Pan American Games medalist. She won a bronze medal at the 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciana Tella
Luciana Camargo Tella (born 31 December 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Biography Born in Campinas, Tella first appeared on the WTA Tour in the 1986 season and went on to reach a top ranking 154 in the world in singles. At the 1988 French Open, she competed in the main draw of both the women's doubles and mixed doubles events. She featured in a total of 19 Fed Cup ties for Brazil, which included World Group fixtures against Czechoslovakia in 1988 and Canada in 1989. Her representative career included appearing at the 1995 Pan American Games File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ... in Mar del Plata, where she partnered with Andrea Vieira to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles. Since 1998, she has run the Tella Tennis Academy in Campinas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guayaquil
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María Fernanda Landa
María Fernanda Landa (born 29 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography Landa competed on the WTA Tour from 1995 and made all of her main-draw appearances in the doubles format, in which she reached 108 in the world. As a singles player she won six ITF Women's Circuit, ITF titles, with a best ranking of 183. She qualified for the main draw of the women's doubles at the 1996 US Open (tennis), 1996 US Open with Marlene Weingärtner and with the same partner was runner-up at the 1999 WTA Madrid Open. At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Landa and Weingärtner received direct entry and were beaten in the first round by eventual champions Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu. She also competed in the mixed-doubles draw at Wimbledon that year with Diego del Río. She now runs a tennis school in Tigre, Buenos Aires. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 15 (6–9) Doubles: 27 (14–13) References External links< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Dolores Campana
María Dolores Campana (born 5 April 1975) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Quito, Campana competed on the professional tour in the 1990s and reached a best singles ranking of 287 in the world. She made her only WTA Tour main draw appearance at the 1995 Zagreb Open, where she featured in the doubles. During her career she was a regular member of the Ecuador Fed Cup team and is the country's most successful Fed Cup player, with 28 overall wins, 20 of which came in singles. Campana now lives in Guayaquil and has two daughters. Her elder brother is Ecuadorian politician Pablo Campana Pablo Campana (born 16 December 1972 in Quito, Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republ ..., who was also a tennis player. ITF finals Singles: 8 (4–4) Doubles: 18 (8–10) References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manizales
Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Caldas Department, Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an important hub for higher educational institutions. History Manizales was founded on October 12, 1849. The city was founded by a group of twenty Antioquia Department, Antioquians (''The Expedition of the 20''), who came from Neira, Caldas, Neira and Salamina, Caldas, Salamina. Geography Manizales is the capital city of one of the smallest Colombian departments. The city is described as having an "abrupt topography", and lies on the Colombian Central Mountain Range (part of the longest continental mountain range, the Andes), with a great deal of ridgelines and steep slopes, which, combined with the seismic instability of the area, has required architectural adaptations and public works to make the city safer. Even though Manizales has this very di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murcia
Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one third of the total population of the Region). The total population of the metropolitan area is 672,773 in 2020, covering an urban area of 1,230.9 km2. It is located on the Segura River, in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a climate with hot summers, mild winters, and relatively low precipitation. Murcia was founded by the emir of Cordoba Abd ar-Rahman II in 825 with the name ''Mursiyah'' ( ar, مرسية). It is now mainly a services city and a university town. Highlights for visitors include the Cathedral of Murcia and a number of baroque buildings, renowned local cuisine, Holy Week procession, works of art by the famous Murcian sculptor Francisco Salzillo, and the ''Fiestas de Primavera'' (Spring Festival). The city, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrícia Marková
Patrícia Marková Rogulski (born 5 January 1973) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Biography Marková, who comes from Trnava, competed on the professional tour in the 1990s. She combined her tennis career with university study and regularly represented Slovakia at the 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 ..., winning four bronze medals. On the professional tour, she reached a best singles ranking of 329 in the world and featured in the main draw of the 1995 TVA Cup in Nagoya. As a doubles player she won 14 ITF titles, with a best world ranking of 121. After retiring in 1998, Marková played club tennis in Austria for several years and married local coach Bogdan Rogulski, formerly of Poland. The couple run a tennis club in Madunice, Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivana Havrlíková
Ivana Havrlíková (born 22 August 1973) is a former professional Czech tennis player. On 2 October 1995, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 267. In 1992 Her only WTA Tour main draw appearance came at the Linz Open she partnered with countrywoman Alice Noháčová in the doubles event. But semi-finals lost Dutch Monique Kiene and Miriam Oremans Miriam Oremans (born 9 September 1972) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands. On 26 July 1993 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 25. She did not win any singles titles (Oremans did have two Sate .... ITF Finals Singles: 3 (2–1) Doubles: 16 (8–8) References External links * * 1973 births Living people Czech female tennis players Czechoslovak female tennis players {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
