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1984 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received Wild card (sports)#Professional tennis, wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open, French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event. Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier References External links1984 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1984 French Open - Women's Singles Qualifying 1984 French Open, Women's Singles Qualifying French Open by year – Qualifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is an invitation to a tournament or a playoff berth awarded to a team or individual that does not qualify via an automatic bid. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. For Summer Olympic Games, some National Olympic Committees, whose nations are underrepresented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larisa Neiland
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (, ; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a tennis coach and former professional player who represented the Soviet Union and Latvia. A former world No. 1 doubles player, Neiland won six Grand Slam titles: two in List of Grand Slam women's doubles champions, women's doubles and four in List of Grand Slam mixed doubles champions, mixed doubles. She also won two singles titles and 63 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She is listed in fourth place for the most doubles match wins (766) in WTA history, after Lisa Raymond, Rennae Stubbs and Liezel Huber. Neiland has been the coach of Ukrainian tennis player Daria Snigur since 2017. Career Savchenko turned professional in 1983 as No. 10 on the ITF Junior Circuit, ITF Junior rankings in that year. Doubles team of Savchenko and Svetlana Parkhomenko reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 1983 and 1984, both times as an unseeded pair; beat No. 2 seeds Fairbank/Reynolds in 1983 and No. 3 seeds Horv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Warringa
Judith Warringa (born 22 March 1965) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 151 in singles, achieved on 5 February 1990, and 365 in doubles, reached on 5 January 1987. Playing for Netherlands 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 cha ..., Warringa has a win–loss record of 3–0. ITF finals Singles: 6 (1–5) Doubles: 3 (1–2) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Warringa, Judith 1965 births Living people Dutch female tennis players 21st-century Dutch women 20th-century Dutch sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renee Blount
Renee Blount (born May 12, 1957) is a retired American tennis player. Career Blount was a No. 1 singles and doubles All-American player for UCLA. She joined the WTA Tour in 1978 and went on to reach a career-high ranking of 63 in singles and world No. 8 in doubles. Blount was the fifth seed in the 1978 Australian Open and competed in the 1979 US Open and the 1980 US Open. In 1979, she made history when she became the first African American woman to win a professional tennis tournament since Althea Gibson when she won the Futures of Columbus. In 1984, Blount achieved her best Grand Slam women's doubles result, reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon partnering Janet Newberry, losing to Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith 0–6, 1–6. Blount was also a mixed-doubles semifinalist at the French Open and extended Martina Navratilova to three sets at the 1980 Australian Open. She competed in Wimbledon five times, including a 1986 doubles quarterfinal appearance. Life after tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Konanz
Helena Konanz (née Manset; born February 1, 1961) is an American-born Canadian politician and former tennis player. She was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay in the 2025 Canadian federal election for the Conservative Party of Canada. College career Manset attended the University of California, Los Angeles for her undergraduate degree, where she was a part of the UCLA Bruins women's tennis team. In 1982, Manset as well as her partner Kathy O'Brien were defeated in the finals of the NCAA Women’s Doubles and in 1982 and 1983 she was named as an All-American. She graduated from UCLA in 1984 with a degree in political science. Professional career After being narrowly defeated in the NCAA Women's Doubles Finals Manset began to compete professionally. Manset had competed across the world including in the US Open and Wimbledon. She reached her peak in 1987 when she was ranked 228 overall in women's doubles. She retired from profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Chanfreau
Gail Chanfreau (née Sherriff; born 3 April 1945), also known as Gail Lovera and Gail Benedetti, is a French former amateur and professional tennis player. Tennis career Chanfreau was born in Australia, but moved to France in 1968. Chanfreau made her first appearance in the Federation Cup for Australia in 1966. She played for France Fed Cup team from 1969 to 1980. When Gail beat her sister Carol Sherriff, who reached the third round of the Australian Open on five occasions, 8–10, 6–3, 6–3 in the 1966 Wimbledon Championships second round, that was the second match between sisters at Wimbledon, the first being in the 1884 Wimbledon Championships when Maud Watson beat Lillian. The next Wimbledon match between sisters was in 2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuelle Folcher
Emmanuelle is the lead character in a series of French erotic films based on the protagonist in the novel of the same name, by Emmanuelle Arsan, written in 1959 and published in 1967. Emmanuelle originated as the pen name ''Emmanuelle Arsan'', used by Marayat Rollet-Andriane, a French-Thai actress who wrote a 1957 book, ''The Joys of a Woman'', detailing the sexual exploits of a bored housewife. The first ''Emmanuelle'' film debuted in 1974 and starred Sylvia Kristel, who became synonymous with the role. The film embraced its X-rating and became a success, with an estimated audience of 300 million. It remains one of France's most successful films. The films' explicit content varied from softcore to full hardcore, though no penetration or oral sex made it to publicly available releases. It spawned a film series with multiple sequels, and a video game. The original series consists of six theatrical films and seven made-for-television films, while a reboot was released in 2024. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Gulley
Annette "Dolly" Gulley (born 27 February 1964) is an Australian tennis player who won the Swedish Open in 1984. Gulley was born in Sydney, and trained at the Australian Institute of Sport. Playing career Gulley was Australian CBA Champion in her age group from 1976 to 1979 and New South Wales Under-18 Champion in 1980. In 1982, as a junior, she and compatriot Kim Staunton won the Australian Open girls' doubles. She won the women's Swedish Open in 1984, defeating Carin Anderholm Carin Anderholm (born 11 March 1966) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two playe .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gulley, Annette Living people 1964 births Tennis players from Sydney Australian female tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Sportswomen from New So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Gabriel
Anne Gabriel (born 14 August 1963) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Gabriel was active on the professional tour in the 1980s. She was a member of the Belgium Federation Cup team from 1981 to 1984, amassing wins in six singles and one doubles rubber. Qualifying for her only French Open main draw in 1982, she came up against Cláudia Monteiro Cláudia Monteiro (born 8 May 1961) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Monteiro played in the mixed doubles final of the French Open with Cássio Motta in 1982. She holds a career singles record of 41 wins and 82 defeats, and a ... in the first round and lost in three sets. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabriel, Anne 1963 births Living people Belgian female tennis players 20th-century Belgian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Barg
Penny Barg (born April 11, 1964) is a retired tennis player from the U.S. She is also known as Penny Barg-Mager. Tennis career During her career Penny Barg, a former champion of the Orange Bowl Junior Singles, won three WTA doubles titles. She also reached the doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon and the US Open with her partner Beth Herr. Career finals Doubles (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barg, Penny 1964 births Living people American female tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles 21st-century American women 20th-century American sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Huebner (tennis)
Karin Huebner (born March 23, 1964) is an American historian and former professional tennis player. A native of Fresno, California, Huebner was a collegiate tennis player for the UCLA Bruins in the early 1980s, before competing on the international tour. She qualified for her only grand slam singles main draw at the 1984 US Open and fell in the first round to Raffaella Reggi. Huebner, who holds a PhD in history from the University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ..., works for her alma mater as the Director of Programs at the Harman Academy for Polymathic Study. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huebner, Karin 1964 births Living people American female tennis players UCLA Bruins women's tennis players Tennis players from C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Dries
Cornelia Dries (born 4 March 1961) is a former German professional tennis player. Born in Düsseldorf, Dries competed on the professional tour in the 1980s. As a qualifier into the main draw of the 1982 French Open, she made it through to the second round, with a win over Rosalyn Fairbank. Dries won a silver medal for West Germany at the 1983 Summer Universiade The 1983 Summer Universiade, also known as the 1983 World University Games or XII Summer Universiade, took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between July 1 and 12, 1983. Over 2400 athletes from 73 countries participated. It was the first time Ca ... in Edmonton, partnering with Jochen Settelmeyer. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dries, Cornelia 1961 births Living people West German female tennis players German female tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games silver medalists for West Germany Sportspeople from Düsseldorf Tennis players from D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
