Rosa Bielsa-Hierro (born 9 January 1966) is a Spanish former professional
tennis
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player.
Biography
Bielsa competed in two
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ties for Spain, both in the
1985 edition, as the doubles partner of Ana Almansa. The pair won the deciding doubles rubber against
Hong Kong
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, to advance to a second round fixture against
Australia
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, which they and their teammates lost 0–3.
At the
1989 French Open
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she lost in the qualifying draw for the singles but featured in the main draw of the women's doubles, with Soviet player
Eugenia Maniokova
Eugenia Aleksandrovna Maniokova ( rus, Евгения Александровна Манюкова, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪə mənʲʊˈkovə ; born 17 May 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Russia. She is a former world No. 18 in doub ...
.
Bielsa won two medals for Spain at the
1991 Summer Universiade
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in Sheffield, a bronze in the singles and a bronze in the mixed doubles.
In 1996 she was a member of the Spanish women's team which finished runner-up in the
Padel Tennis World Championship.
ITF finals
Singles (0–2)
Doubles (8–10)
See also
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List of Spain Fed Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
Spanish female tennis players
Universiade medalists in tennis
Universiade bronze medalists for Spain
Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
20th-century Spanish women