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2011 Swedish Open – Women's Singles
Aravane Rezaï was the defending champion, but lost to Polona Hercog in the second round. Eighth seed Hercog reached the final, where she defeated home player Johanna Larsson Johanna Larsson (; born 17 August 1988) is a Swedish former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles and 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, with 13 singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankin ..., 6–4, 7–5. Seeds Qualifying draw Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External linksMain Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 Swedish Open - Women's Singles Swedish Open - Women's Singles Women's Singles 2011 in Swedish women's sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog (, born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 35 in singles and 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also has had success on the ITF Women's Circuit, winning 19 singles and five doubles titles. Partnering with Jessica Moore (tennis), Jessica Moore, she won the French Open and Wimbledon Championships junior titles in the doubles competition in 2008. Early and personal life Hercog was born in Maribor, Slovenia, to florist Romana and bar owner Vojko.Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, Players, Info (Biography), Polona Hercog As a four-year-old she began playing in the local tennis clinic opened by Mima Jaušovec, and at age 14 moved to Italy to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Arantxa Parra Santonja (; born 9 November 1982) is a Spanish former tennis player. She turned professional in 2000 and retired in 2019. In her career, Parra Santonja won eleven 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 .... She reached career-high rankings of world No. 46 in singles and 22 in doubles. Significant finals Premier Mandatory tournaments Doubles: 1 (runner-up) WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 27 (11 titles, 16 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles (11–6) Doubles (9–11) Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles External links * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parra Santonja, Arantxa 1982 births Living people Tennis players from Valencia Spanish female tennis players Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 34 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2016 WTA Tour, 2016. Kerber won 14 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, majors at the 2016 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2016 Australian Open, the 2016 US Open – Women's singles, 2016 US Open, and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2018 Wimbledon Championships. She also won a silver medal in women's singles at the Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2016 Rio Olympics. Kerber made her professional debut in 2003 and began her rise to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open – Women's singles, 2011 US Open as the world No. 92. An accomplished left-handed player, Kerber first cracked the top 5 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Brazhnikova
Anna Berta, formerly known as Anna Brazhnikova (born 4 October 1991), is a Swedish former tennis player. She achieved the No. 1 position for Girls Under-18 in Sweden according to the January 2009 tennis rankings list published by the Swedish Tennis Federation. Retrieved on 2009-03-29. In 2009, Anna reached four women's singles quarterfinals (twice as a qualifier) at ITF events ($10k) in Turkey and Egypt. She played her last match on the ITF Pro Circuit in July 2011 in Tampere, Finland. ITF Circuit finals Singles (0–2) Doubles (3–5) References External links * * * Profile fo[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Yakimova
Anastasiya Yakimova (; ; born 1 November 1986) is a former tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama, a seeded player, on the way in the second round. The last tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit she played in August 2017, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Career Yakimova began the year by qualifying for the 2009 Sydney International. She defeated Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, Sophie Ferguson and Klára Zakopalová en route to qualifying. She faced Annabel Medina Garrigues in the first round and lost in three sets. She then headed to the Australian Open where she lost to Gisela Dulko, also in three sets. She played her first ITF tournament of the year at the $50k event in Cali, Colombia. As the fourth seed, Yakimova battled through to the final where she defeated Rossana de los Ríos to take her seventh ITF title. She then qualified for both Indian Wells and Miami, two Premier Mandatory events. In Indian Wells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Craybas
Jill N. Craybas (born July 4, 1974) is an American former professional tennis player. From the 2000 US Open to the 2011 US Open, Craybas competed in 45 consecutive Grand Slam tournament main draws; her best result coming in the 2005 Wimbledon Championships where she reached the fourth round, which included wins over Marion Bartoli and Serena Williams. By the time she retired in 2013, she was one of the oldest players on the WTA Tour at 39 years of age, as well as the longest serving, having turned pro in 1996. Early years Craybas was born in Providence, Rhode Island. During commenting the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open women's singles final, she said she is of Polish descent. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) competition from 1993 to 1996. As a senior, she won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilda Melander
Hilda Melander (born 1 December 1991) is a Swedish former tennis player. In her career, she won three singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 September 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 311. On 10 November 2014, she peaked at No. 224 in the WTA doubles rankings. Melander made her debut for Sweden Fed Cup team in February 2012. In 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 ... competitions, she has a win–loss record of 2–2. ITF finals Singles (3–4) Doubles (9–8) References External links * * * 1991 births Living people Tennis players from Stockholm Swedish female tennis players 21st-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna Dolonc
Vesna Ratkovna Dolonc (Serbian Cyrillic and ; née Manasieva, Манасиева; born 21 July 1989) is a retired Serbian tennis player. She earned career-highs of 84 in singles and 93 in doubles. Career Dolonc began competing on the ITF Circuit in September 2005, soon after her 16th birthday, and had risen to world No. 152 by 28 January 2008. In February 2006, she won seven successive matches to come through qualifying and reached the semifinals of the $10k event at Portimão, Portugal, and in May 2006, she reached her first $10k final in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2007, she reached the semifinals at Stockholm-Salk ($25k level); Monzón, Spain ($75k level); Moscow ($25k level); and Podolsk, Russia ($25k level). In September 2007, she made it to the finals at the $100k tournament inn Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 2008, she qualified for her third career WTA Tour main draw at Pattaya, defeated fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany with the loss of only three games, and reached her first WTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-best ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March 2009. On the WTA Tour, she has won two singles and six doubles titles. Cîrstea's greatest achievements are the final at the 2013 Rogers Cup – Women's singles, 2013 Rogers Cup and the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles, 2025 Madrid Open doubles title with Anna Kalinskaya. Early and personal life Sorana Cîrstea was born to Mihai and Liliana in Bucharest. She resides in Târgoviște, her parents' home town. She has a younger brother, Mihnea. Cîrstea was introduced to tennis at the age of four by her mother. Sorana's father owns an ice cream factory in Târgoviște. She has cited Steffi Graf and Roger Federer as her idols. Career 2005–2006: Last junior years and turning professional Cîrstea is a former ITF Junior Circuit to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjana Lučić
Mirjana (; ) is a South Slavic feminine given name. The name is widespread throughout Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia and North Macedonia. Mirjana is a form of Miryam. The name is also related to ′'' mir''′ ("peace, world, prestige, area, space"). List of people with the given name Mirjana * Mirjana Bohanec (born 1939), Croatian opera singer and actress * Mirjana Boševska (born 1981), retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from Macedonia * Mirjana Božović (born 1987), beauty queen who represented Serbia in Miss World 2007 * Mirjana Đurica (born 1961), former Yugoslav/Serbian handball player * Mirjana Gross (1922–2012), Croatian historian * Mirjana Isaković (born 1936), Serbian sculptor * Mirjana Joković (born 1967), Serbian actress *Mirjana Karanović (born 1957), Serbian actress * Mirjana Kostić (born 1983), Serbian singer * Mirjana Lučić (born 1982), professional tennis player from Croatia * Mirjana Marić (born 1970), A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akgul Amanmuradova
Akgul Charievna Amanmuradova (; born June 23, 1984) is an inactive professional tennis player from Uzbekistan. At 1.90 metres in height, she is one of the tallest female tennis players in history. Amanmuradova has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 May 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 18 January 2010, she peaked at No. 36 in the WTA doubles rankings. Amanmuradova has twice reached the final of the Tashkent Open in her native Uzbekistan, losing in 2005 to Michaëlla Krajicek and in 2009 to Shahar Pe'er. She has also reached the final of the 2011 President's Cup in Nur-Sultan. Career 2000–2006 Amanmuradova played her first WTA Tour match in her home town of Tashkent where she lost in the first round. She played her first ITF tournaments in 2002, and reached the semifinals in Mysore and finals in Manila and Hyderabad, both times losing to Sania Mirza. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili ( ka, ანა ტატიშვილი, tr, ; born February 3, 1990) is a Georgian-American former professional tennis player. In her career, Tatishvili won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, 2014 at the Linz Open, partnering with Raluca Olaru. She also won eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2012, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 50. On 21 May 2012, she peaked at No. 59 in the doubles rankings. Her biggest achievement was a fourth-round appearance at the 2012 US Open (tennis), 2012 US Open, in which she was defeated by then-world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, in straight sets. At the 2015 US Open (tennis), 2015 US Open, Tatishvili soared through the qualifiers to face the world No. 8, Karolína Plíšková, in the first round of the main draw. Using her aggressive returns and dominant ground strokes, Tatishvili defeated the eighth seed in just 51 minutes. Competing for Georgia Fed Cup team, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
