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Xie Yanze
Xie Yanze (born 11 January 1984) is a former Chinese professional tennis player. In her career, she won six singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 7 June 2004, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 184. On 27 September 2004, she peaked at No. 149 in the WTA doubles rankings. In 2005, Xie along with Peng Shuai reached the semifinals at the Guangzhou International Open, losing to eventual finalists Neha Uberoi and Shikha Uberoi Shikha Devi Uberoi (born 5 April 1983) is an Indian-American former professional tennis player, who formerly represented India in international tournaments and a former Indian No. 1. After Nirupama Sanjeev. She is also the second Indian female .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner-ups) Doubles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups) External links * * Yan-Ze Xie at TennisLive.netYanze Xie at the Tennis Channel {{DEFAULTSORT:Xie, Yan-Ze 1986 births Living people Chinese female tennis players Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 French Open – Women's Singles
Anastasia Myskina defeated Elena Dementieva in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2004 French Open. It was her maiden major singles title, and she became the first Russian woman to win a major. Myskina became the first woman in the Open Era to win the French Open after saving a match point, doing so in the fourth round against Svetlana Kuznetsova. This marked the first time two maiden major finalists contested a final since the 1979 Australian Open. The final also made Russia the fourth country in the Open Era (following Australia, the United States, and Belgium) to have two countrywomen contest a major final. Justine Henin-Hardenne was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Tathiana Garbin. This was her only loss at the French Open between 2003 and 2007. This marked the first major in which future two-time French Open champion Maria Sharapova reached the quarterfinals. Martina Navratilova played in her first major since 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anikó Kapros
Anikó Kapros (born 11 November 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the junior's singles title at the Australian Open in 2000. Kapros caused an upset at the 2002 French Open, when she, as a qualifier, beat fifth seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round. Career Early life Her mother, Anikó Kéry, won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. When Kapros was two years old, she moved to the Bahamas where her parents worked as acrobats. She returned to Hungary at the age of nine. Professional career In the 2002 French Open, as a qualifier, she upset future four-time French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0. Kapros' senior career has been marred by recurring knee injuries. Her biggest success at a WTA tournament came in September 2003 when she reached the final of the Japan Open in Tokyo, where she lost to Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ( , ; rus, Мари́ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Ditty
Julie Ditty Qualls (January 4, 1979 – August 31, 2021) was an American professional tennis player. She had her WTA Tour breakthrough when she reached the semifinals of the Bell Challenge. It took her into the top 100 for the first time in her career, on November 5, 2007, at No. 91. She beat Alizé Cornet and Vania King before falling to Julia Vakulenko in three sets. In 2007, she was drafted by the Boston Lobsters of the WTT pro league. Career 2008 In 2008, Ditty qualified for the Open Gaz de France tournament in Paris where she lost to the No. 6 seed and former world No. 1, Amélie Mauresmo. During the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, she made it through the first round by defeating Alona Bondarenko, who was seeded eighth, and got to the second round there before falling to qualifier Timea Bacsinszky 5–7, 4–6, after having leads in both sets. Her win over world No. 22, Alona Bondarenko, was best-ever career win. In August, Julie defeated Yuan Meng in the first round at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Bradshaw
Allison Bradshaw (born November 14, 1980) is an American former professional tennis player. She was born in San Diego, California in the United States. During her career she won one ITF singles title and one ITF doubles title. She made her professional debut in 1999 but also made an appearance as a wildcard in doubles at the US Open the previous year, where she lost with Abigail Spears in the first round. She reached the second round of the tournament on her professional debut in 2000. She also reached the third round in 2001 before losing to the fifth seed Kim Clijsters. One of Bradshaw's most significant results was a second-round victory against Barbara Schett at the 2001 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, only six months into her professional career. Schett was the second seed at the tournament and one of the highest-ranked players Bradshaw had faced. Career Bradshaw started her professional career in 1999, in the qualifying competition for the Acura Classic in her h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Shujing
Yang Shujing (born 5 October 1984) is a former professional tennis player from China. Tennis career Shujing played four Fed Cup ties for China and won four of her six matches, two each in singles and doubles, all in the 2004 Fed Cup competition. On the professional tour, she had a top ranking of 462 in singles and 154 in doubles. She won six ITF doubles titles and was runner-up in the doubles at the Guangzhou International Open in 2004, on her WTA Tour main-draw debut. Teaming up with Yu Ying, the pair beat top seeds Nicole Pratt and Tamarine Tanasugarn en route to the final, which they lost to another Chinese combination, Li Ting and Sun Tiantian. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 9 (6–3) See also * List of China Fed Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the China Fed Cup team in an official Fed Cup match. China have taken part in the competition since 1981. Players References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Lefèvre
Sophie Lefèvre (born 23 February 1981 in Toulouse) is a retired French tennis player. On 15 September 2003, she reached her career-high WTA ranking of 216 in singles. Her highest doubles ranking was 76, reached on 21 February 2011. Lefèvre retired from the WTA Tour in 2013. She is co-founder and now director, with former Russian professional Maria Kondratieva, of KL Tennis Academy in Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ..., United States. ITF finals Singles (0–1) Doubles (4–7) References External links * * 1981 births Living people French female tennis players Sportspeople from Toulouse {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Kilsdonk
Kim Kilsdonk (born 31 March 1979) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 347, which she reached in February 1999. Her career-high in doubles is 144, achieved August 2005. Kilsdonk made her WTA Tour main-draw debut 2003 at the indoor event in Paris, in the doubles event, partnering Sophie Lefèvre. She retired from professional tennis in 2016. Career In October 2004, Kilsdonk partnered Leanne Baker and the duo lost in the semifinals of the Luxembourg Open. They were beaten in two sets by Jill Craybas and Marlene Weingärtner. In February 2005, Kilsdonk partnered Claire Curran and the duo lost in the first round of the Open Gaz de France. They were beaten by Iveta Benešová and Květa Peschke. Following this, they headed to Antwerp to compete in the Proximus Diamond Games. There, they won two matches to qualify and then went on to beat Francesca L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Nannan
Liu Nannan (; born June 19, 1983) is a former Chinese tennis player. Career Starting in 2001, Nannan has enjoyed considerable success on the ITF Women's Circuit, and occasionally qualified for WTA Tour events. Though her success at the WTA level of the game has so far fallen short of the stellar heights, achieved by some of her Chinese contemporaries such as Peng Shuai, Li Na, Zheng Jie, Sun Tiantian and Yan Zi, she has come close enough at times for future hope of stronger results to justifiably abide. In March 2001, she came through qualifying to win a $25k tournament at Hangzhou, defeating Akiko Morigami, Zheng Jie and Rika Fujiwara in the last three rounds. In July, she won a $10,000 tournament at Tianjin, defeating Peng Shuai in the semi-final; and later the same month she was the losing finalist to Li Na in the $25,000 tournament at Guangzhou. She ended the year ranked world No. 275. In January 2002, she won back-to-back $10k tournaments in the UK, at Hull and Tipto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Mi-ok
Kim Mi-ok (born 1 October 1978) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Tennis career A right-handed player, Kim was a gold medalist for South Korea at the 2002 Asian Games, partnering Choi Young-ja in the women's doubles. The pair, who were unseeded, won the gold medal with a win in the final over the tournament's top seeds, Indonesians Wynne Prakusya and Angelique Widjaja. Between 2002 and 2006, she represented South Korea in a total of nine ties. Her only singles win came against Hong Kong's Kristin Godridge and she won five doubles rubbers. Kim has featured mostly in ITF level events during her professional career, with three singles and thirteen doubles titles to her name. She made a WTA Tour main-draw appearance in the doubles at the Korea Open in 2005, reaching the quarter-finals. They defeated Marion Bartoli and Tamarine Tanasugarn Tamarine Tanasugarn ( th, แทมมารีน ธนสุกาญจน์, , ; born 24 May 1977) is a Thai former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choi Jin-young (tennis)
Choi Jin-young (born 24 August 1979) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Choi represented South Korea at the 2002 Asian Games and played in seven Fed Cup ties for her country. As a professional player, Choi spent her career on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmental ..., where she won three singles and eight doubles titles. She reached a best singles ranking of 378 and was ranked as high as 266 in the world for doubles. ITF finals Singles (3–2) Doubles (8-4) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Choi, Jin Young 1979 births Living people South Korean female tennis players Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea 21st-century South Korean women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duan Yingying
Duan Yingying (; born 3 July 1989) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and two WTA Challenger doubles titles, as well as eleven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her nickname is lightning for her amazing forehand. On 24 April 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 60. On 3 February 2020, she peaked at No. 16 in the doubles rankings. Career 2012 Starting the year as the No. 378 in the world, Duan's ranking would improve significantly to No. 128 by the year's end. Some of the highlights of her 2012 season included winning four ITF titles at the 25k level in Wellington, Changwon, Gimcheon and Goyang. Playing qualifying at the US Open, Duan had her first experience in a Grand Slam tournament. She would win her first qualifying round defeating Réka Luca Jani, but would fall in the next round to Kirsten Flipkens. She received a wild ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |