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2002 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Tomás Carbonell were the defending champions, but had different outcomes. Ruano Pascual teamed up with Gastón Etlis and lost in second round to Cara and Wayne Black, while Carbonell did not compete this year due to retiring from professional tennis in 2001. Cara Black and Wayne Black won the title by defeating Elena Bovina and Mark Knowles 6–3, 6–3 in the final. It was the 1st Grand Slam mixed doubles title for both Cara and Wayne in their respective careers. They became the first Zimbabwean pair to win a Grand Slam title Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Official Results Archive (WTA) at the |
Cara Black
Cara Cavell Black (born 17 February 1979) is a Zimbabwean former professional tennis player. Black was primarily a doubles specialist, winning 60 WTA Tour and 11 ITF Women's Circuit, ITF doubles titles. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, doubles world No. 1, she won ten Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles. By winning the 2010 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2010 Australian Open mixed doubles title, Black became the third woman in the Open Era to complete the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, career Grand Slam in mixed doubles (after Martina Navratilova and Daniela Hantuchová). Having also won one singles title on the WTA Tour, Black peaked at world No. 31 in the singles rankings in March 1999. Personal life Black was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to Don Black (tennis), Donald and Velia Black. Her father and older brothers, Wayne Black, Wayne and Byron Black, were all professional tennis players themselves. The si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett (born 23 May 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour was in men's doubles. Ullyett won 34 doubles titles during his career, including two Grand Slams at the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open with countryman Wayne Black. He also competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, coming in at fifth place in 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ... with Black. In mixed doubles, Ullyett won the 2002 Australian Open with Daniela Hantuchová. He reached the final of Wimbledon in 2002 with Hantuchová, and the semifinals there in 2003 and 2005 with Hantuchová and Liezel Huber, respectively. He and Huber were also the runners-up at the 2005 Australian Open. Black, Ullyett's compatriot and lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Vinci
Roberta Vinci (; born 18 February 1983) is an Italian former tennis player. In doubles tennis, she is a Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam champion having won all Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major tournaments and reached the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 position. She also reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 7, in May 2016. At 33 years and 4 days old, she became the oldest player ever to debut in the top 10. Vinci rose to global prominence at the 2015 US Open – Women's singles, 2015 US Open, where she defeated world No. 1 Serena Williams in the semifinals to end her hopes of achieving the Grand Slam (tennis)#Grand Slam, Grand Slam, in what has been described by commentators as one of the greatest upsets in tennis history. She went on to lose to her childhood friend Flavia Pennetta, Pennetta in the first all-Italian major final. Vinci won 35 career titles, ten in singles and 25 in doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Dupuis
Antony Dupuis (; born 24 February 1973) is a French retired professional tennis player. __TOC__ Personal life Dupuis began playing tennis at the age of nine with his father Xavier. He mentioned in an interview once that he prefers clay and hard court surfaces. He was coached by Benoit Carelli, whom he credits with improving his physical and mental ability. Carelli had coached Dupuis since February 1998. Career Dupuis won one singles title in Milan in 2004 and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in September 2001. In 2005, at the Valencia tournament, Dupuis became the first French player to defeat Novak Djokovic. In 2006 he tested positive for the banned drug Salbutamol and was suspended for two and a half months. ATP career finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 1 (1 title) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 23 (12–11) Doubles: 2 (0–2) Performance timelines Singles See also *List of doping cases in sport T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Golovin
Tatiana Golovin (; born 25 January 1988) is a French former professional tennis player. She won the 2004 French Open mixed-doubles event, partnering with Richard Gasquet, and reached the singles quarterfinals at the 2006 US Open, losing to the eventual champion Maria Sharapova. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 12. In 2008, she was diagnosed with lower back inflammation and was forced to stop playing competitive tennis. Training Born in Moscow, Golovin’s family moved to France when she was eight months old. She later spent six years at Nick Bollettieri's tennis camp in Bradenton, Florida. In her career, she was coached by former world No. 1 Mats Wilander as well as Brad Gilbert and Dean Goldfine. Career 2002–03: tour debut Golovin made her ITF Circuit debut at Cagnes-sur-Mer (France) in 2002. She played in three more ITF events (including one semifinal) later that year. In 2003, Golovin won her first WTA Tour main-draw match at Indian Wells against No. 146 Gis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Varlet
Julien Varlet (born 8 September 1977) is a former professional tennis player from France. Varlet was a singles participant at three Grand Slams and at each event exited in a five set match. He lost to Mark Philippoussis in the opening round of 2002 French Open, despite taking the first two sets. In the 2003 Australian Open he was defeated in five sets in the first round by 13th seed Fernando González. At the 2003 French Open he again wasted a two set lead in losing to the seeded Jarkko Nieminen, but had won his first round match, over Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark. He played both men's doubles and mixed doubles in the 2002 French Open. The Bryan brothers proved too good for he and Olivier Patience in the men's doubles first round but in the mixed doubles he was able to reach the second round, with partner Alexandra Fusai. The Frenchman was a quarter-finalist in the 2003 Breil Milano Indoor tournament which was his best result on the ATP Tour and included wins over two top 50 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Fusai
Alexandra Fusai (born 22 November 1973) is a former professional tennis player from France. Fusai was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine. Starting from September 1989 when she turned professional, Fusai played four tournaments (all of them part of the ITF Women's Circuit) on the international tennis circuit in 1989. She played right-handed and lived in Nantes during her career. She retired from the professional tennis circuit in April 2003 when she discovered that she was pregnant with her first child. Fusai's highest WTA rankings were No. 37 and No. 6 respectively, both attained in 1998. Her career prize money earnings reached the one million USD-mark in 1999. Fusai won six singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached her only career WTA Tour singles final in Warsaw in 1995, losing to Barbara Paulus of Austria in three sets. She was a losing singles quarterfinalist on six occasions and a losing singles semifinalist on three occasions in WTA tournaments. Fusai neve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Capriati
Steven Capriati (born August 15, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player. He is now an attorney. Capriati, coached by his father Stefano, is a Saddlebrook graduate. He played collegiate tennis for the University of South Florida (as a freshman) and the University of Arizona. A world ranked player in singles, Capriati featured at grand slam level in mixed doubles with his elder sister Jennifer Jennifer or Jenifer may refer to: People *Jennifer (given name) * Jenifer (singer), French pop singer *Jennifer Warnes, American singer who formerly used the stage name Jennifer * Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer * Daniel Jenifer Film and televisi ..., including at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Capriati, Steven 1979 births Living people American male tennis players Tennis players from Florida South Florida Bulls athletes Arizona Wildcats men's tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 17 weeks. Capriati won 14 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including three majors at the 2001 Australian Open, 2001 French Open, and 2002 Australian Open, and an Olympic gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Capriati set a number of youngest-ever records. She made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 13 years, 11 months, reaching the final of the Boca Raton tournament. She reached the semifinals of the 1990 French Open on her debut and later became the youngest-ever player to reach the top 10, at age 14 years, 235 days, in October of that year. Following a first-round loss at the 1993 US Open, she took a 14-month break from professional tennis. Her personal struggles during this time (including arrests for shoplifting and possession of marijuana) were well documented by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Coutelot
Nicolas Coutelot (; born 9 February 1977) is a retired professional male tennis player from France who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 87 in May 2002. He also failed a drugs test in 2004 and was suspended for two months (cannabis). 1996–2004 At the 2001 French Open Coutelot caused a major upset when he knocked out former World No. 1 Marcelo RÃos in straight sets in the second round. But he lost a five set battle to Wayne Arthurs in the next round. In 2002 at the French Open Coutelot caused controversy when he claimed that Juan Carlos Ferrero had feigned injury, after he lost their second round encounter in the final set. However, Ferrero really was injured as he took a tumble whilst practicing against Tommy Robredo. At the US Open Coutelot made his best appearance by reaching the first round before losing in straight sets to defending champion and World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt. Coutelot again reached the third round of the French Open when he bundled out Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Loit
Émilie Loit (; born 9 June 1979) is a former tennis player from France. Her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007. She also won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her highest rankings were No. 27 in singles and No. 15 in doubles. On 24 May 2009, right after losing her first-round match at the 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 ..., she announced her retiring from professional tennis by the end of the tournament. In summer 2011, she gave birth to a son, Mathias.Tennis Magazine (France), September 2011 issue WTA Tour finals Singles: 3 (3 titles) Doubles: 26 (16 titles, 10 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles (7–5) Doubles (5-6) References External links * * * {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Bryan
Robert "Bob" Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all time, Bryan was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's doubles for 438 weeks (List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, second-most of all time), and finished as the List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, year-end No. 1 eight times. Bryan won 126 ATP Tour-level doubles titles, including 23 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors: 16 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. Alongside his twin brother Mike Bryan, Mike, the Bryan brothers were one of the most successful doubles partnerships in tennis history. The pair were named the ATP Team of the Decade for the 2000s. They became the second men's doubles team to complete the Grand Slam (tennis)#Golden Slam, career Golden Slam at the Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
