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1985 Italian Open – Women's Singles
Raffaella Reggi defeated Vicki Nelson-Dunbar in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1985 Italian Open. Reggi was the first Italian woman to win the tournament in the Open Era. Manuela Maleeva Manuela Georgieva Maleeva (; born 14 February 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage, Maleeva began representing Switzerland officially from January 1990 ... was the reigning champion, but did not compete this year. Seeds Draw Draw References External links Official results archive (ITF)Official results archive (WTA) {{DEFAULTSORT:1985 Italian Open - Women's Singles Italian Open - Women's Singles 1985 Italian Open (tennis) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaella Reggi
Raffaella Reggi (; born 27 November 1965) is an Italian TV pundit and former professional tennis player. Career As a junior, Reggi won the Orange Bowl 16 and under in 1981. She was a member of the Continental Players Cup Team in 1982. Reggi won the mixed doubles title at the US Open in 1986, partnering Sergio Casal. She was a singles quarter-finalist at the French Open in 1987, and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in 1988. One of the highlights of her career was winning the Italian Open in 1985. In 1985 she became the first Italian woman to win the Italian Open since Annelies Ullstein-Bossi won in 1950. Ullstein-Bossi, Reggi, the 2014 finalist Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in 2025 are the only Italian women to reach the singles final of Italy's top tennis tournament since World War II. Reggi finished her career with five singles titles and four doubles titles. She was a member of the Italian Fed Cup team from 1982 through 1991 and the Italian O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Garrone
Laura Garrone (born 15 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. In her career, Garrone won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome .... The right-hander reached her career-high ranking of world No. 32 on 19 January 1987. Her best Grand Slam finish was the fourth round at the 1986 French Open at Roland Garros. WTA career finals Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runners-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (4–1) Doubles: 7 (5–2) External links * * * 1967 births Living people Italian female tennis players Tennis players from Milan US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Golder
Jamie Golder (born February 21, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Fort Lauderdale, Golder played college tennis for the University of Miami before joining the professional tour. During her professional career she featured in the main draw of all four grand slam tournaments, most notably at the 1984 French Open, where she had an opening round win over fourth seed Andrea Jaeger, who retired hurt after losing the first set 5–7. Golder won a silver medal behind Ronni Reis in the women's singles event at the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel. She was the second wife of actor and comedian Art Metrano Arthur Metrano (September 22, 1936 – September 8, 2021) was an American actor. He was noted for his role as Lt./Capt./Cmdt. Mauser in '' Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment'' and '' Police Academy 3: Back in Training''. Career Metrano's f .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Golder, Jamie 1962 births Living people Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateřina Skronská
Kateřina Skronská (born 22 January 1958) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca .... After her marriage with Czech basketball player Zdeněk Böhm she became known as Kateřina Böhmová-Skronská. She is the mother of former pro tennis player Kateřina Klapková-Böhmová. External links * * * 1958 births Czech female tennis players Czechoslovak female tennis players Living people Tennis players from Prague Place of birth missing (living people) {{CzechRepublic-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Villagrán
Adriana Villagrán (born 7 August 1956) is an Argentine tennis player, who played professionally in the 1980s. She is also known under the married name Adriana Villagrán-Reami. Career In 1980, with compatriot Ivanna Madruga, she reached the women's doubles final at Roland Garros (losing to Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan (born December 3, 1959) is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won seven Grand Slam titles, five of them in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. She also was the 1983 Australian Open women's singles runn ... and Anne Smith). She participated in seven Grand Slam tournaments. Adriana Villagrán represented her country in Federation Cup from 1979 to 1985. Grand Slam finals Doubles: (1 runner–up) WTA Tour finals Singles (2 runner-ups) Doubles (6 runner-ups) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Villagran, Adriana 1956 births Argentine female tennis players Living people 20th-century Argentine women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcela Skuherská
Marcela Skuherská-Davidová (born 14 February 1961) is a former professional tennis player who represented Czechoslovakia. Biography Skuherská, who was born in Přerov, played on the professional circuit in the 1980s. She was a member of the Czechoslovak Fed Cup team in 1983 and 1984, which won the competition both years. All six of her Fed Cup appearances came partnering Iva Budařová in doubles, including the final against West Germany in 1983. In 1984 the pair played in both the quarter-final and semi-final, but stood aside for Hana Mandlíková and Helena Suková in the final. On the WTA Tour, her best performances in singles included making the final at Nashville in 1983 and reaching the third round of the 1984 Wimbledon Championships. She was more successful in doubles, with her three WTA finals including one title, at Hershey in 1984. At the 1986 Goodwill Games The 1986 Goodwill Games was the inaugural edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angeliki Kanellopoulou
Angeliki Kanellopoulou (; born 18 December 1965) is a Greek former tennis player who competed on the WTA Tour. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 43 in April 1987. During her career, she twice reached the third round of the French Open. She competed in the Federation Cup multiple times and participated in the tennis demonstration in the 1984 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals. Another career highlight was reaching the finals of the 1986 Athens Trophy, where she lost to Sylvia Hanika. She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for 1980 and 1985. Kanellopoulou is the mother of pro tennis player Maria Sakkari Maria Sakkari (, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek player .... WTA career finals Singles: 1 (0–1) ITF finals Singles (2–0) Doubles (0–1) Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caterina Nozzoli
Caterina Nozzoli (born 29 June 1967) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Nozzoli played on the WTA Tour in the late 1980s and early 1990s, reaching a career high singles ranking of 130 in the world. Her best performance came early in her career, a semi-final appearance at the 1985 Italian Open. At the 1987 French Open she featured in the main draw of both the women's singles and doubles. A member of Italy's Federation Cup squad in 1987, Nozzoli played a dead rubber doubles match in their World Group round one win over Belgium (with Laura Garrone Laura Garrone (born 15 November 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. In her career, Garrone won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide t ...). She married tennis player Antonio Padovani. ITF finals Singles: 2 (1–1) Doubles: 4 (2–2) See also * List of Italy Fed Cup team representatives References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catrin Jexell
Catrin Jexell (born 17 February 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Biography Originally from Halmstad, Jexell played professionally in the 1980s. She first competed for the Sweden Fed Cup team in 1982 and featured in a total of seven ties. Her only WTA title came at the 1982 Hong Kong Open. In 1983 she was runner-up at Ridgewood and had a win over Hana Mandlikova at Filderstadt. She made the third round of the 1984 French Open The 1984 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 28 May until 10 June. It was the 83rd staging of the French Open, and the first Gra .... WTA Tour finals Singles (1-1) Doubles (0-1) ITF finals Singles (3–2) Doubles (3–1) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jexell, Catrin 1963 births Living people Swedish female tennis players Sportspeople from Halmstad 20th-century Swedish sportswomen< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Cueto
Isabel Cueto (born 3 December 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. Her career-high ranking was No. 20, which she achieved in 1989. Early life Isabel Cueto was born in Kehl to her father, Toni, an electrical engineer who had immigrated from Bolivia, and her mother, Jutta, a German. She grew up in Aspach and attended school in Backnang. Career In 1984, Cueto became the youngest German national champion, winning the final against Elke Renz. She also won the German championship in 1986 and 1987. Cueto won a total of six titles on the main WTA Tour over the course of her career; five in singles, one in doubles. She also won four titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She progressed to the third round at the French Open (1985, 1990) and the US Open (1987, 1988), her best finishes at Grand Slam events. She represented the Germany Fed Cup team four times from 1988 to 1990, playing all four matches in doubles ties. Her win–loss record was 3–1. After tennis C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Golarsa
Laura Golarsa (born 27 November 1967) is a former Italian 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 players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... player. Golarsa was born in Milan and played on the WTA Tour from 1985 to 2001. She did not win any senior titles but did reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1989. Her singles record included victories over Zina Garrison and Jana Novotná. She won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of No. 23 in August 1995. WTA career finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles (6–4) Doubles (3–3) External links * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Golarsa, Laura 1967 births Living people Italian female tennis players Olympic tennis players for Italy Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicki Nelson-Dunbar
Vicki Nelson-Dunbar (born September 25, 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career she won one top-level singles title (at São Paulo in 1986), and reached the fourth round of the US Open in 1982. Nelson-Dunbar holds the record for participating in the longest women's tennis match against Jean Hepner which lasted six hours and 31 minutes. This match also featured the longest rally in tennis history, a 643-shot rally that lasted 29 minutes. The game occurred on September 24, 1984, at a tournament in Richmond, Virginia. WTA Tour finals Singles (1 win, 1 loss) See also * Longest tennis match records This article details longest tennis match records by duration or number of games. The 1970–1973 introduction of the Tiebreak (tennis), tiebreak reduced the opportunity for such records to be broken. However, among the Grand Slam (tennis), four ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson-Dunbar, Vicki 1962 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |