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2007 Pattaya Women's Open
The 2007 Pattaya Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the PTT Pattaya Open, and was part of the WTA Tier IV tournaments of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was held in Pattaya, Thailand, from 5 February through 12 February 2007. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money * per team Singles main draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Montinee Tangphong * Olga Savchuk * Alicia Molik The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Andreja Klepač * Tzipora Obziler * Noppawan Lertcheewakarn * Yuan Meng Retirements * Alicia Molik (right hamstring) Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Martina Suchá / Napaporn Tongsalee Retirements * Peng Shuai Champions Singles Sybille Bammer def. Gisela Dulko, 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA Tier IV Tournaments
The WTA Tier IV tournaments were Women's Tennis Association fourth-level tournaments held from 1990 until the end of the 2008 season. The line-up of events varied over the years, with tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled. Some of the tournaments became Tier V events between 1990 and 1992, and later from 2001 to 2005, before being integrated back into Tier IV. From 2009 WTA Tour, WTA changed the tournament categories, so that most of the Tier III and Tier IV tournaments from 2008 were in one category, WTA International tournaments The WTA International Tournaments was a category for professional tennis tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour until 2020, which replaced the previous Tier III and Tier IV categories. The winner of a WTA Internat .... Events References External links {{WTA Tier IV tournaments * Tier 4 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008 Recurring sporting events established in 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montinee Tangphong
Montinee Tangphong ( th, มณฑินี ตั้งพงษ์; 30 April 1985 – 4 November 2020) was a Thai professional tennis player. She won two singles and two doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit and took part in many WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tou ... events. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 272, achieved on 29 May 2006. ITF finals Singles: 6 (2–4) Doubles: 6 (2–4) References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tangphong, Montinee 1985 births 2020 deaths Montinee Tangphong Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Montinee Tangphong Montinee Tangphong SEA Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Montinee Tangphong Montinee Tangphong Montinee Tangphong Montinee Tangphong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Suchá
Martina Suchá (; born 20 November 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. On 22 April 2002, Suchá reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 37. She helped the Slovak team to win the 2002 Fed Cup, beating Nathalie Dechy of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ... in the quarterfinal. She was also part of the Slovak 2004 Olympic Team. WTA career finals Singles (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (5–6) Doubles: 2 (2–0) References External links * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sucha, Martina 1980 births Living people Slovak female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Slovakia Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Nové Zámky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Kostanić Tošić
Jelena Kostanić Tošić (née Kostanić; born 6 July 1981) is a retired tennis player from Croatia. On 26 July 2004, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32. On 4 October 2004, she reached her highest doubles ranking of No. 30. Kostanić Tošić won eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour and four singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a junior, she won the 1998 Australian Open. Kostanić Tošić married Croatian table tennis player Roko Tošić on 8 July 2006 (until 6 January 2007 she competed as Jelena Kostanić). At the 2008 Australian Open The 2008 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 96th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 14 throug ..., Tošić was defeated in the first round by the eventual champion Maria Sharapova in straight sets. Playing for Croatia Fed Cup team, Kostanić T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Gajdošová
Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won her first WTA Tour title in 2006, emerging as the Nordic Light Open doubles champion, her first singles title came in 2010 at the Guangzhou International Open, and the following year she won the Hobart International. In May 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 25. In August 2012, she peaked at No. 31 in the doubles rankings. Her greatest achievement came at the 2013 Australian Open, where she won the mixed-doubles title with countryman Matthew Ebden. Personal life Wolfe's father Ján Gajdoš is an engineer, as was her mother who died in September 2012; her older brother Ján Gajdoš Jr. was a professional skier. She married Australian tennis player Sam Groth in February 2009 and compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Rodionova
Anastasia (from el, Ἀναστασία, translit=Anastasía) is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the Greek word (), meaning "resurrection". It is a popular name in Eastern Europe, particularly in Russia, where it was the most used name for decades until 2008. Origin The name Anastasia originated during the early days of Christianity and was given to many Greek girls born in December and around Easter. It was established as the female form (Greek: ) of the male name Anastasius (Greek: ''Anastasios'' ), and has the meaning of "she/he of the resurrection". It is the name of several early saints; including Anastasia of Sirmium, a central saint from the 2nd century who is commemorated during the first Mass on Christmas Dawn each year according to the traditional calendar of the Catholic Church and on December 22 according to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Slavic diminutives include Nastya, Nastia or Nastja (Serbian, Slovenian) as well as various hypocori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuliana Fedak
Yuliana Leonidivna Fedak ( uk, Юліана Леонідівна Федак; born 8 June 1983) is a retired Ukrainian tennis player. Fedak has a career high WTA singles ranking of 63, achieved on 18 September 2006. Fedak also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 34 achieved on 15 January 2007. She also has won 6 ITF singles titles and 11 ITF doubles titles. Fedak retired from tennis 2011. Tennis career Fedak partnered Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko third round women's doubles at Roland Garros. She lost to Květa Peschke and Francesca Schiavone. She partnered with fellow Ukrainian Tatiana Perebiynis for the qualifying event of women's doubles at Wimbledon. The pair qualified for the event, then reached the semi-finals where they lost to Paola Suárez and Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual (; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three career Women's Tennis Association (WTA) titles as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuang Chia-jung
Chuang Chia-jung (; ; born 10 January 1985) is a retired Taiwanese tennis player. In her career, she won 22 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three doubles titles on tournaments of the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as ten singles titles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 13 November 2006, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 177. On 18 August 2008, she peaked at No. 5 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 28 October 2018, Chuang announced her retirement from professional tennis and her marriage via Instagram. Career At the 2007 Australian Open, Chuang reached the final of the women's doubles tournament with her partner Chan Yung-jan that they lost in three sets to Cara Black and Liezel Huber. She also reached the women's doubles final of the 2007 US Open. In 2001, Chuang played for the first time for the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team. Her win–loss record in Fed Cup is 26–11. Biography Chuang was coached by her father Chuang Wen-teng. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Yung-jan
Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 US Open alongside Martina Hingis, as well as nine at WTA 1000-level. Chan also finished runner-up at three other Grand Slam events, the 2007 and 2015 Australian Open, and the 2007 US Open. In mixed doubles, she has won three Grand Slam titles: the 2018 French Open, 2019 French Open, and 2019 Wimbledon Championships, all with Ivan Dodig. Highlights of her singles career include reaching the semifinals at the 2006 Japan Open and the final at the Bangkok Open in 2007. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 50 on 11 June 2007, and became world No. 1 in doubles on 23 October 2017, the second Taiwanese player to do so, after Hsieh Su-wei. She again topped the doubles rankings on 13 August 2018, and has spent a total of 34 weeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Meng
Yuan Meng (born 9 May 1986) () is a former Chinese professional tennis player. Yuan has won four singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Career 2001–2004 Yuan began competing on the ITF Circuit at age 15 in May 2001. However, that year she lost in the first round of qualifying in all four events she entered, and ended the year still unranked. In 2002, she won seven matches in qualifying and one in a main draw, and finished the year ranked 984th. The following year, she won 11 matches in qualifying and five in main draws, and after reaching the final qualifying round for a $50k event at Shenzhen she finished the year world-ranked nearly 300 places higher, at 689th. In March 2004, she reached the final of a $10k grass-court event at Yarrawonga, Australia, only to default to her last opponent. In early June, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she reached the semifinal of a $25,000 event at Wulanhaote, before losing to more experienced cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Noppawan "Nok" Lertcheewakarn ( th, นพวรรณ เลิศชีวกานต์; born 18 November 1991) is a former professional Thai tennis player. At 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she won the junior singles title. She reached career-high WTA rankings of 149 in singles and 97 in doubles. As of July 2018, Lertcheewakarn having played her last match in August 2017, is in training to be a police officer. She has yet to officially retire. Playing style Lertcheewakarn is a counterpuncher with her two-handed backhand and forehand. Her game is lacking powerful strokes, but based on precise groundstrokes and good strategy. Her main weakness is considered to be her serve, lacking of power, consistency and stability. She has had inspiration by Tamarine Tanasugarn, Monica Seles, Marion Bartoli, and Williams sisters. Lertcheewakarn has been coached by Chuck Kriese. Junior career In 2008, Lertcheewakarn was world No. 1 in ITF Junior Circuit, became the first Thai player to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzipora Obziler
Tzipora "Tzipi" Obziler ( he, ציפורה אובזילר; born 19 April 1973) is a former Israeli professional right-handed tennis player. She reached her career-high singles world ranking of No. 75 in on 8 July 2007, and career-high doubles ranking of No. 149 on 10 April 2000. In Federation Cup she is a shared world record holder for most ties played, at 61. Early and personal life She was born in Givatayim, Israel, and is Jewish. Obziler speaks Hebrew and English. After graduating from high school, she served two years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF; the Israeli Army). Obziler attended classes at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She and her girlfriend Hadas have a daughter together. Obziler took a break from professional tennis when the baby was born, and came back to play in 2008. Tennis career She won 13 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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