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Victoria Azarenka
Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former world No. 1 in singles, having claimed the top ranking for the first time on 30 January 2012. She was the year-end No. 1 in 2012 and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 51 weeks. Azarenka has won 21 WTA singles titles, including two Grand Slam singles titles at the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open, becoming the first Belarusian player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam tournament singles title. Azarenka is also a three-time major finalist at the US Open, finishing runner-up to Serena Williams in both 2012 and 2013 and to Naomi Osaka in 2020. In singles she also won six Premier Mandatory tournaments (including the Sunshine Double in 2016), four Premier 5 tournaments, and the singles bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 French Open
The 2019 French Open was a Grand Slam (tennis), major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 26 May to 9 June, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments were also scheduled. Rafael Nadal was the two-time defending champion in men's singles and won his record 12th French Open singles title. Simona Halep was the defending champion in women's singles, but lost in the quarterfinals; the title was won by Ashleigh Barty. It was the 123rd edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2019. The main singles draws included 16 qualifiers for men and 12 for women out of 128 players in each draw. This was in contrast to two other Grand Slam tournaments – the Australian Open and The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon, which from 2019 increased the number of women qualifiers to 16, to match with the US Open (tennis), US Open. 2019 was the final year in which th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
The United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics, United States' Serena Williams defeated Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Russia's Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Both finalists were attempting to become the second woman (after Steffi Graf) to complete the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Golden Slam, career Golden Slam in singles. Williams won the gold without losing a set, without losing more than three games in any set, and without losing more than five games in any match. Her serve was broken only once during the tournament (by Urszula Radwańska in the second round). She also became the first tennis player (male or female) to complete the career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. It was the United States' first victory in the event since Serena's sister Venus Williams won in Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2000, and its fifth gold overall. In the bronze medal mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the 2012 Olympics. Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and the then- London mayor Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore on 6 July 2005, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid, and Paris. London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times, having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and 1948. Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment, with an emphasis on sustainability. The mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The Summer Olympics
Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players. After two appearances as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 (with a U-21 age limit), it returned as a full medal sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics open for all players regardless of their age and status and has been played at every summer Games since then. In 1896, 1900, 1904, 1988, 1992, semifinal losers shared bronze medals. In all other years, a playoff match for the bronze medal was staged. From the 2004 until the 2012 Summer Olympics, results from the Olympics had ranking points that the ATP and WTA added to their players' annual totals in singles for that calendar year. This was discontinued beginning with the 2016 Summer Olympics. While the number of ranking points did not equate with those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed Doubles
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] |
2007 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan were the defending champions, but Navratilova retired from the sport at the end of 2006. Bryan partnered Tatiana Golovin, and lost in the second round to Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi. Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi won the title, defeating Meghann Shaughnessy and Leander Paes in the final 6–4, 7–6(8–6). This was Azarenka's first Grand Slam title; she would later win 2 Grand Slam singles titles and reach No. 1 in the world. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Draw at the { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
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2008 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Dominika Cibulková and Gaël Monfils. Victoria Azarenka and Bob Bryan won in the final 6–2, 7–6(7–4), against Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Draw at the {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 French Open - Mixed Doubles |
2007 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor won the mixed doubles title at the 2007 Australian Open tennis tournament, defeating Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi in the final 6–4, 6–4. Martina Hingis and Mahesh Bhupathi were the defending champions, but Hingis did not participate in the mixed doubles tournament. Bhupathi partnered Daniela Hantuchová, but lost in the first round to Jelena Janković and Nenad Zimonjić. Seeds # Lisa Raymond / Bob Bryan ''(quarterfinals)'' # Rennae Stubbs / Mark Knowles ''(second round)'' # Samantha Stosur / Leander Paes ''(quarterfinals)'' # Francesca Schiavone / Jonas Björkman ''(semifinals)'' # Yan Zi / Todd Perry ''(second round)'' # Cara Black / Marcin Matkowski ''(first round)'' # Liezel Huber / Kevin Ullyett ''(semifinals)'' # Meghann Shaughnessy / Martin Damm ''(first round)'' Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External linksDraw2007 Australian Open – Doubles draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 US Open – Women's Doubles
Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka defeated Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka in the final, 7–5, 7–5, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2019 US Open. Barbora Strýcová retained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking after the tournament. Kristina Mladenovic was also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament. Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Barty played alongside Azarenka and lost in the final. Vandeweghe teamed up with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the first round to Magda Linette and Iga Świątek. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links2019 US Open – Women's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Serena and Venus Williams defeated Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. It was their third Wimbledon title together and seventh major title together overall, and they won the title without dropping a set. The Williams sisters played against each other in the singles final as well, in which Venus emerged victorious. Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Raymond and Stosur. Seeds Cara Black / Liezel Huber ''(semifinals)'' Ai Sugiyama / Katarina Srebotnik ''(second round)'' Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs ''(third round)'' Chan Yung-jan / Chuang Chia-jung ''(first round)'' Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual ''(third round)'' Victoria Azarenka / Shahar Pe'er ''(quarterfinals)'' Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko ''(withdrew)'' Peng Shuai / Sun Tiantian ''(first round)'' Yan Zi / Zheng Jie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
