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1999 Estoril Open – Women's Doubles
The 1999 Estoril Open women's doubles was the doubles event of the first edition of the WTA Tour Estoril Open; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Portugal. This tournament was part of the ITF Tour last year, and it was won by Caroline Dhenin and Émilie Loit. They did not compete in the event this year. Alicia Ortuño and Cristina Torrens Valero won in the final 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–3 against Anna Földényi and Rita Kuti-Kis. Seeds Draw Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers # Nirupama Vaidyanathan / Andreea Vanc Andreea Ehritt-Vanc (born 6 October 1973) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. Vanc played predominantly in doubles, and won two WTA Tour titles. Her best performance at the major tournaments is third round: at the 2005 Australian Op ... Qualifying draw External links 1999 Estoril Open Women's Doubles Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Estoril Open - Women's Doubles, 1999 1999 WTA Tour Women's D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Ortuño
Alicia Ortuño (; born 2 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. From 1990 to 2001, she won 30 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She appeared in six Grand Slam events. Career highlights On 1 November 1999, Ortuño reached her highest doubles ranking of world No. 82. Her highest singles ranking came on 20 July 1998, when she became world No. 155. In 1994, Ortuño partnered with Cristina Torrens Valero Cristina Torrens Valero (born 12 September 1974) is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She won two singles and two doubles titles on WTA Tour. Cristina reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 27 on 4 March 2002. ... to win her first ITF doubles title in the $25k Barcelona tournament. In 1999, Ortuño and Torrens-Valero partnered again to win the doubles title of the WTA Tour Estoril Open. Grand Slam appearances From 1996–1999, Ortuño competed in six Grand Slam tournaments: twice a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Crook
Helen Crook (born 20 November 1971) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Before turning professional, Crook attended college in the United States, as a journalism student at the University of South Carolina. She formed a doubles partnership in college tennis with another British player, Victoria Davies. The pair made the semifinals of the 1994 NCAA Doubles Championships. Crook, who was based in Essex, began competing on the international circuit in 1996. All of her WTA Tour and Wimbledon main-draw appearances were in doubles, a format in which she reached No. 155 in the world. She made two WTA Tour doubles quarterfinals, both with regular doubles partner Victoria Davies, at the 1999 Warsaw Cup and the 2001 Birmingham Classic. She featured in the women's doubles at Wimbledon on eight occasions and twice in mixed doubles. Her only grand slam win came when partnering Anna Hawkins at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, with the pair overcoming Barbara Schett an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Correia
Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Cristina (daughter of Edward the Exile), 11th-century English princess *Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American singer *Infanta Cristina of Spain (born 1965), Spanish princess *Cristina D'Avena (born 1964), Italian singer and actress *Cristina Bazgan, French computer scientist * Cristina Boiț (born 1968), Romanian discus thrower * Cristina Bowerman, Italian chef *Cristina Butucea, French statistician *Cristina Buarque (1950–2025), Brazilian singer and composer *Cristina Cini (born 1969), Italian football assistant referee * Cristina Conati, Italian and Canadian computer scientist * Cristina Deutekom (1931–2014), Dutch opera singer *Cristina Dorcioman (born 1974), Romanian football referee *Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (born 1953), former president of Argentina *Cristina Fink (born 1964), Mexican high jumper * Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Chilean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Cardoso (tennis)
Angela Cardoso (born 13 May 1980) is a former Portuguese professional female tennis player. She has achieved a career-high singles ranking of no. 580 as of 23 April 2001. Career-high doubles ranking of no. 435 as of 21 May 2001. Cardoso made her WTA main draw debut at the 1999 Estoril Open and 2002 Estoril Open in the doubles event partnering Cristina Correia. Playing for Portugal 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 ..., Cardoso has a win–loss record of 9–9. Cardoso retired from professional tennis 2003. ITF Career Finals Doubles: 2 (0–2) References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardoso, Angela 1980 births Living people Portuguese female tennis players 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariam Ramón Climent
Mariam Desamparados Ramón Climent (born 26 August 1976) is a retired Spanish female tennis player. Ramón Climent won six singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit during her career, and on 20 September 1999, she reached a singles ranking-high of world No. 124. On 3 May 1999, she peaked at No. 120 in the doubles rankings. She also played in the 1999 Australian Open and French Open The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ... doubles events, and lost in the first round of each. Ramon Climent retired from pro tennis 2004. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (6–4) Doubles: 14 (6–8) References External links * * Living people 1976 births Spanish female tennis players {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Krivencheva
Svetlana Krivencheva (, born 30 December 1973) is a former tennis player from Bulgaria. Krivencheva won two singles and 21 doubles titles 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 developmenta ... in her career. On 9 February 1998, she reached her best singles ranking of 142nd in the world. On 3 August 1998, she peaked at No. 63 in doubles rankings. Krivencheva retired from professional tennis 2012 but made a temporary return at the 2017 Central Coast Open in Templeton, California. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner–ups) Doubles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runner–ups) References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krivencheva, Svetlana Bulgarian female tennis players 1973 births Tennis players from Plovdiv Living people 21st-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Menga
Vanessa Menga (born 10 October 1976) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Born in São Paulo, she started playing tennis at the age of 4, when she went to an academy along with her father. At the age of 14, Menga went to train tennis in Barcelona, where she won her first doubles championship. She's the only Brazilian female tennis player to play in two Summer Olympic Games, Atlanta 1996 (doubles with Miriam D’Agostini, falling in round 1), and Sydney 2000 (with Joana Cortez, falling in round 2). Menga was also in two Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ..., Mar Del Plata 1995 and Winnipeg 1999, where she won the doubles gold medal with Joana Cortez. In 2001, Menga posed for ''Playboy'' Brazil. In 2003, she retired from tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katalin Marosi
Katalin Marosi (born 12 November 1979) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player. In her career, Marosi won 15 singles and 31 doubles titles 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 developmenta .... On 8 May 2000, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 101. On 6 May 2013, she peaked at No. 33 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Hungary Fed Cup team, Marosi has a win–loss record of 15–13. Early life Her mother Ildiko is a secretary and her father Sandor a gymnastics trainer; she has an older brother (Peter). Marosi was introduced to tennis at age six by Antal and Eva Elekes in Budapest. Favorite surface of the all-court player was hardcourt, favorite shot forehand. Best memories include warming-up her serve with Steffi Graf in 1996 R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Jensen
Amy Jensen (born 31 July 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Originally from Brisbane, Jensen had a successful career in American college tennis playing for UC Berkeley. From 1998 to 2000 she won three successive NCAA doubles titles, partnering Amanda Augustus in the first two, then Claire Curran for the third. As a professional player she had a top 200 ranking in doubles and won eight ITF titles. She featured in the main draw of the women's doubles at both the Australian Open and US Open during her career. At the 2000 US Open, she and partner Claire Curran won the first set of their opening round match against Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce. Jensen has held several coaches positions in college tennis. She is currently the head coach for UC Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber (née Horn; born 21 August 1976) is a South African- American retired tennis player who represented the United States internationally since August 2007. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On 12 November 2007, she became the co-world No. 1 in doubles with Cara Black. On 19 April 2010, Huber became the sole No. 1 for the first time in her career. Personal life At age 15, she moved from South Africa to the United States to attend the Van Der Meer Tennis Academy in Hilton Head, South Carolina in 1992. Huber has since resided in the U.S. and became a naturalized American citizen in July 2007. She married Tony Huber, an American, in February 2000. In 2005, she started a foundation, Liezel's Cause, to raise money and gather basic supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. She competed for the United States in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Bes Ostariz
Eva Bes Ostáriz (born 14 January 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Over her career, she won a total of 35 titles (29 in doubles) on the ITF Circuit. On 4 March 2002, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 90. On 22 May 2000, she peaked at No. 71 in the WTA doubles rankings. As a junior, Bes was the 1991 French Open girls' doubles champion. She retired from professional tennis in 2003. Personal Coached by her brother, Pablo Bes, Eva's favorite surface has been clay; best shot is forehand. Father Rafael is a doctor; mother, MaPilar, is a housewife; Eva has three brothers, Rafael, Pablo and Jorge, two of whom are tennis coaches. She admired Gabriel Urpi, her first coach. Favorite tournament has been Roland Garros. WTA Tour finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (6–8) Doubles: 49 (29–20) Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' doubles (1–0) See also * List of French Open champions The following is a list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez (born 29 May 1977) is a former professional Spanish tennis player. Her highest singles and doubles rankings are 152 and No. 81, respectively. Career overview In her career, Andrés won eight singles and 28 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. In 2005, Andrés partnered Andreea Vanc to win her first and only Tour title, winning the doubles event in Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ..., France. Andrés played at Grand Slam tournaments on multiple occasions, but failed to qualify in singles and could not make it past round one in doubles. She also did not manage to win an ITF title bigger than $25k events. She retired from tennis, after losing in round one of the women's doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |