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2012 Internationaux De Strasbourg – Doubles
Akgul Amanmuradova and Chuang Chia-jung were the defending champions but Amanmuradova decided not to participate. Chuang played alongside Chang Kai-chen, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Natalie Grandin and Vladimíra Uhlířová. Olga Govortsova and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik won the tournament defeating Natalie Grandin and Vladimíra Uhlířová Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978) is a retired Czech tennis player. In her career, she won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2003, she reached her best singles ranki ... 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 0–3in the final. Seeds Draw Draw References Main Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg - Doubles Internationaux de Strasbourg - Doubles 2012 Doubles 2012 in French tennis 2010s in Strasbourg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Govortsova
Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 24 in the doubles rankings. Tennis career She reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2008 Memphis Championships but lost in straight sets to Lindsay Davenport. Govortsova has been sponsored by Wilson and Chinese clothing company Peak. She is represented by French-based sports agency Lagardère Unlimited. 2009 She began her season at the Brisbane International, where she defeated eighth seed Francesca Schiavone en route to the quarterfinals. However, she fell against world No. 41, Sara Errani. At the Australian Open, she received main-draw entry but lost in straight sets against 20th seed Amélie Mauresmo in the first round. She then played in Indian Wells, a Premier-Mandatory event where she defeated British Anne Keothavong in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2017 US Open – Women's singles, 2017 US Open. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 63 and has won one WTA title. Born to athletic parents, Stephens was introduced to tennis in Fresno, California. She moved to Florida to train at a tennis academy, ultimately working with Nick Saviano. Stephens became a promising junior player, reaching a junior ranking of world No. 5 and winning three out of four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major girls' doubles titles in 2010 with her partner Tímea Babos. While 19 years old, Stephens rose to prominence at the 2013 Australian Open – Women's singles, 2013 Australian Open with a semifinal run beating world No. 3, Serena Williams. Although she reached No. 11 towards the end of 2013, she r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Hao-ching
Chan Hao-ching (; ; born September 19, 1993), also known as Angel Chan, is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She is primarily a doubles specialist, having won twenty-one WTA Tour, two WTA Challenger and six ITF titles in that discipline. Chan reached the final of the mixed-doubles competition at Wimbledon with Max Mirnyi in 2014, her first major final. She reached two more finals in 2017, the Wimbledon women's doubles with Monica Niculescu, and the US Open mixed doubles with Michael Venus. Personal life She is the younger sister of fellow professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's doubles, Latisha Chan, formerly known as ''Chan Yung-jan''. Career 2013: Shenzhen Open doubles title At the beginning of the season, Chan won the Shenzhen Open with her sister Chan Yung-jan, beating Irina Buryachok and Valeriya Solovyeva in straight sets. She reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Open with Janette Husárová, falling to Ekaterina Makarova and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuko Aoyama
is a Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. Aoyama turned professional after graduating from Waseda University. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a doubles ranking of world No. 4, on 28 February 2022. She plays predominantly in doubles and has won 20 titles on the WTA Tour, having had her most successful Grand Slam appearances at the 2023 Australian Open final and at Wimbledon, reaching the semifinals at the 2013 and 2021 tournaments. She has also won four singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Personal life and background Aoyama started playing tennis at age 9. Her favorite surface is grass. She studied at Waseda University in Japan. Professional career 2007–12: First steps, first WTA Tour title in doubles Aoyama made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in the doubles event at Gifu in 2007. In March 2009, she won her first ITF title at the $10k Kōfu doubles event. In June 2010, she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ximena Hermoso
Ximena Hermoso (born April 28, 1991) is a retired tennis player from Mexico. On 23 April 2012, she reached her highest singles ranking A ranking is a relationship between a set of items, often recorded in a list, such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than", or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak ... of 331. Her best WTA doubles ranking was world No. 329, achieved 20 May 2013. Playing for the Mexico Fed Cup team, Hermoso has a win–loss record of 15–7. ITF Circuit finals Singles (3–4) Doubles (5–9) References External links * * * 1991 births Living people Mexican female tennis players Sportspeople from Puebla Tennis players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Mexico 21st-century Mexican sportswomen {{Mexico-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Gámiz
Andrea Gámiz Pérez (; born 31 October 1992) is a Venezuelan professional tennis player. Gámiz has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 244 in singles (reached 30 April 2018) and No. 77 in doubles (26 June 2023). Gámiz has won three doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 13 singles and 41 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for the Venezuela Fed Cup team, Gámiz has a win–loss record of 33–20 (10–5 in doubles) as of December 2024. Career Playing alongside Eva Vedder, Gámiz reached her first WTA 125 doubles final at the 2022 Open Delle Puglie, losing to Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Olga Danilović. Partnering with Aliona Bolsova, she won her maiden WTA 125 doubles title at the 2022 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, defeating Réka Luca Jani and Panna Udvardy in the final. They also won the 2023 San Luis Open Challenger, overcoming Oksana Kalashnikova and Katarzyna Piter Katarzyna Piter (; born 16 February 1991) is a Polish professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon
Stéphanie is a French feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1984), Belgian noble; wife of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg * Princess Stéphanie (other), several people * Stéphanie Arricau (born 1973), French golfer * Stéphanie Atger (born 1975), French politician * Stéphanie Blake (born 1968), author of children's stories * Stéphanie Bouvier (born 1981), short track speed-skater *Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789–1860), consort of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden * Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro (born 1983), French tennis player * Stéphanie Dixon (born 1984), Canadian swimmer * Stéphanie Dubois (born 1986), Canadian tennis player * Stéphanie Falzon (born 1983), French hammer thrower * Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin (1746–1830), French writer and educator * Stéphanie Foretz (born 1981), French tennis player * Stéphanie Jiménez (born 1974), Andorran mountain runner * St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Brianti
Alberta Brianti (born 5 April 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. On 13 June 2011, Brianti achieved her career-high singles ranking of 55. On 13 February 2012, she peaked at No. 68 in the doubles rankings. She won one singles title on the WTA Tour in her career, at Fes, Morocco in 2011. Biography She is coached by 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 o ... and Niccola Vercellino. Her parents are Attilio and Rita, and her brothers are Andrea (engineer) and Alessandro (student). She began playing tennis at age 6 when her family introduced her to the sport at a local club. Her favourite surface is hard. She speaks Italian, English and French. Her favourite tournaments are Wimbledon and Stuttgart Open. WTA career finals Singles: 2 (1– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Keothavong
Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a British former tennis player. In her career, she won a total of 28 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved February 2009). She also reached the semifinals of six WTA International tournaments, and the semifinals of one Premier tournament. Keothavong was British No. 1 and in 2009 became the first British player to make the WTA top 50 since 1993. In April 2001, aged 17, she became, until Katie Swan in 2016, the youngest player ever to play in the Fed Cup for the British team, and she is second (alongside Elena Baltacha) to Virginia Wade's record for most Fed Cup ties played for the Great Britain with 39. Keothavong announced her retirement on 24 July 2013. After that, she became a member of BT Sport's tennis coverage team, alongside Martina Navratilova and fellow British ex-number one Sam Smith. In 2017, Keothavong became Fed Cup captain for Great Britain, lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Cadanțu
Alexandra () is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "protector of man". The name Alexandra was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". The earliest attested form of the name is the Mycenaean Greek ( or //), written in the Linear B syllabic script.Tablet MY V 659 (61). Alexandra and its masculine equivalent, Alexander, are both common names in Greece as well as countries where Germanic, Romance, and Slavic languages are spoken. Variants * Alejandra, Alejandrina (diminutive) (Spanish) * Aleksandra (Александра) ( Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian) * Alessandra (Italian) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Bengson
Stephanie Bengson (born 31 January 1987) is an Australian former tennis player. Her career has developed more in doubles than singles. Her highest singles ranking is No. 541, achieved in October 2012. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 154, achieved in June 2012. Career 2005–2008 Bengson played collegiate D1 tennis at Long Beach State. She was the Big West Conference Freshman of the Year in 2005 and first team All-Big West honoree three times. A member of four League Championship and NCAA post-season teams, Bengson earned a collegiate career-high No. 31 in doubles and No. 115 national ranking. She was a key part of the 2008 team that achieved Long Beach's highest ever team ranking at No. 18 in the ITA rankings. 2011 Bengson won three doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit in 2011. 2012 Bengson started her year playing at the Premier-level tournament in Sydney. She and Tyra Calderwood fell in the first round to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova. She and Cald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monique Adamczak
Monique Adamczak (born 21 January 1983) is an inactive Australian tennis player. Her favourite surface is grass. She has specialised in doubles and has been coached by Tony Roche, former coach of Roger Federer. Adamczak made her debut as a professional in 1998, aged 15, at an ITF tournament in Lyneham. On her way to the quarterfinals she defeated Alicia Molik. She won her first title in September 2000 on grass at the ITF Jaipur in India, defeating home favourite Manisha Malhotra, in three sets. It was here that she also won her first doubles title, partnering with Jennifer Schmidt. At the 2009 US Open, Adamczak qualified for the singles event, losing to Alizé Cornet in the first round, in a tight three-setter. At the 2014 Australian Open, Adamczak partnering Olivia Rogowska, reached the third round, losing to the first seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci Roberta Vinci (; born 18 February 1983) is an Italian former tennis player. In doubles tennis, she is a Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
