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2014 Baku Cup – Singles ...
Elina Svitolina was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Bojana Jovanovski in the final 6–1, 7–6(7–2). Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier References Main DrawQualifying Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Baku Cup - Singles Baku Cup - Singles 2014 Singles Fourteen or 14 may refer to: * 14 (number), the natural number following 13 and preceding 15 * one of the years 14 BC, AD 14, 1914, 2014 Music * 14th (band), a British electronic music duo * ''14'' (David Garrett album), 2013 *''14'', an un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina (, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles by the WTA rankings, WTA. Svitolina has won 18 WTA Tour singles titles, including the 2018 WTA Finals – Singles, 2018 WTA Finals, and has reached three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles semifinals. Svitolina first broke into the world's top 50 in July 2013, reached the top 20 in June 2015, and then the top 10 in May 2017, making her the List of highest ranked tennis players per country, first Ukrainian woman to reach the top 10 in rankings after surpassing compatriot Alona Bondarenko. After winning her first WTA Tour title in 2013, she won three additional titles until 2017, during which she won five titles that same year to propel her into the top 10. Among her titles are the 2018 WTA Finals and three WTA Premier tournaments, Premier 5-level tournaments: the 2017 Dubai Tennis Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Van Uytvanck
Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. In August 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 37. Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 15 singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Personal life Van Uytvanck was born in the small town of Grimbergen to René Van Uytvanck and Krista Laemers. She started playing tennis at age five when her older brother Sean introduced her to the game. She has a twin brother named Brett. Van Uytvanck graduated from high school at Sint-Donatus in Merchtem. As a junior, she alternated between training with local coach Sacha Katsnelson and the Flemish Tennis Association, where she was coached by Ann Devries. She admires Roger Federer, and her compatriot Kim Clijsters. Van Uytvanck was in a relationship with fellow Belgian tennis player Greet Minnen. In July 2023, she m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Soler Espinosa
Silvia () is a female given name of Latin origin, with a male equivalent Silvio and English-language cognate Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest, ''Silva'', and its meaning is "spirit of the wood"; the mythological god of the forest was associated with the figure of Silvanus. Silvia is also a surname. In Roman mythology, Silvia is the goddess of the forest while Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus. Silvia is also the name of one of the female innamorati of the commedia dell'arte and is a character of the ''Aminta'' written by Torquato Tasso. People with the given name *Queen Silvia of Sweden (born 1943), spouse of King Carl XVI Gustaf * Saint Silvia, Italian saint of the 6th century * Silvia Abascal (born 1979), Spanish actress * Silvia Abril (born 1971), Spanish actress and comedian * Silvia Agüero (born 1985), Spanish Roma writer and activist * Silvia Airik-Priuhka, Estonian writer and poetry translator * Silvia Albano, Italian judge * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danka Kovinić
Danka Kovinić ( sr-cyrl, Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a Montenegrin professional tennis player. On 22 February 2016, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, and on 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 67 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career 2010–2013: Tour debut and quarterfinal Kovinić started playing as a professional in 2010. Her first WTA Tour tournament in singles was the 2013 Budapest Grand Prix, where she became the first Montenegrin to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA event. 2015: WTA Tour singles final and doubles title Her first major match wins in singles came at the 2015 French Open and the 2015 US Open. In October 2015, she reached her first WTA Tour singles final at the Tianjin Open. Her first match in doubles on the WTA Tour was at Bogotá, in April 2014. She won her first WTA Tour doubles title with Stephanie Vogt, in July 2015 at Bad Gastein. 2016: Top 50 debut Kovinić started the season at the Auckland Open wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Dulgheru
Alexandra Dulgheru (; born 30 May 1989) is a former professional tennis player from Romania. On 11 April 2011, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. Her best ranking in doubles is No. 41, which she reached on 4 July 2011. Personal Her father Dumitru is a pilot, and her mother Doina is an airline coordinator. Her sister Bianca is an assistant hotel manager. Besides Romanian language, Romanian she speaks English and Spanish, and is studying economics at Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. Career Her best junior result came at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2006 Wimbledon girls' championship, where she was defeated in the quarterfinals by Tamira Paszek 6–4, 6–4. She also made the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, doubles final with Kristina Antoniychuk. They lost to Alisa Kleybanova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1–6, 2–6. At the end of 2008, she was No. 346 in the WTA rankings. 2009: First WTA Tour title In April 2009, she finishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Parmentier
Pauline Parmentier (; born 31 January 1986) is a French former tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 40, which she attained on 21 July 2008. On 30 April 2012, she peaked at No. 89 on the WTA doubles rankings. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She competed in the singles and women's doubles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and had been playing for France in the Fed Cup since 2010, with a win–loss record of 7–14. Parmentier retired following the 2020 French Open. Personal life Parmentier was born in the northern French town of Cucq to Dominique and Jean-Philippe. She has two older brothers named Olivier and Julien. Pauline began playing tennis at age six and trained for five years at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy. Career 2000–2003 In 2000, Parmentier played only one tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit; she lost her main-draw opening match in both the singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazrin Jafarova
Nazrin Jafarova (; born 16 November 1997) is an Azerbaijani tennis player. Jafarova made her WTA tour debut at the 2013 Baku Cup, having received a wildcard into the main draw, but lost in the first round to world number 62 Donna Vekić of Croatia. She was also granted a wildcard into the doubles tournament with Tamari Chalaganidze, but the pair lost to Ilona Kremen and Marina Melnikova Marina Anatolyevna Melnikova (; born 5 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. She has won seven singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 4 May 2015, Melnikova reached her best singles ranking of world No. 170. On 20 June 2016, s ... in the first round. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jafarova, Nazrin 1997 births Living people Azerbaijani female tennis players 21st-century Azerbaijani sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Bondarenko
Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; ; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine. Her career-high rankings are world No. 29 in singles and No. 9 in doubles. She was the doubles champion at the 2008 Australian Open, partnering her sister Alona Bondarenko. Her best Grand Slam performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 US Open. Over her career, Bondarenko has defeated top ten players Elena Dementieva, Sara Errani, Ana Ivanovic, Garbiñe Muguruza, Li Na, Agnieszka Radwańska, Roberta Vinci, and Venus Williams. Personal life Kateryna is the younger sister of professional tennis players Valeria Bondarenko and Alona Bondarenko. Bondarenko was born on 8 August 1986 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR (nowadays Ukraine) to father, Vladimir, and mother, Natalia. She was introduced to tennis at age four by her parents. She has two sisters, Valeria and Alona, both used to play on the WTA Tour. Her favourite surface is hardcourt. In September 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Glushko
Julia Glushko (or Yulia, ; born 4 January 1990) is an Israeli former tennis player. She won 11 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best results at a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament were reaching the third round of the US Open in 2013, and the French Open in 2014 in singles. In September 2015, she reached the final of the 2015 WTA 125K series, WTA Challenger event in Dalian, where she was defeated by Zheng Saisai. On 23 June 2014, Glushko reached her best singles ranking of world No. 79. On 4 November 2013, she peaked at No. 109 in the doubles rankings. She won the 2011 Israeli National Women's Singles Championship. Playing for Israel in the Fed Cup, she had a win–loss record of 29–29. Early and personal life Glushko was born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, and is fluent in Hebrew, Russian language, Russian, and English language, English. She started playing tennis at the age of four. Her parents, Sergei and Olga, are tennis instructors. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Vekić
Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 17 on 27 January 2025. Her best performance at a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major is reaching the semifinals at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2024 Wimbledon Championships. Vekić is also an Olympic silver medalist, in Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Vekić has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open (tennis), Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open, and the 2023 Monterrey Open. She has also won five titles in singles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Early life Vekić was born in Osijek to father Igor and mother Brankica. Her father was a goalkeeper for NK Osijek. She has a brother, Bruno. She began playing tennis at the age of six, and tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Savchuk
Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk (; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas. Her best accomplishment to date was reaching the third round of the 2006 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 79, which she achieved on 19 May 2008. Since the beginning of 2020, Savchuk is one of the two coaches of top-ten player Karolína Plíšková, along with Daniel Vallverdú and since November 2020 along with Sascha Bajin. Career On 5 August 2007, in Washington, D.C., Savchuk reached the Legg Mason USTA Women's Pro Circuit final as the No. 2 seed, but was defeated by Melinda Czink of Hungary in two sets. Savchuk won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, 2008 the Tashkent Open, and 2017 the Hobart International both with Raluca Olaru, and the 2014 Katowice Open won with Yuliya Beygelzimer. She won one WTA 125K series doubles titles, at the Ningbo Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles ranking is world No. 10. She is a nine-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2016 French Open – Women's doubles, 2016 and 2022 French Open – Women's doubles, 2022 French Open women's doubles titles partnering Caroline Garcia, and the 2018 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2018 Australian Open, 2019 French Open – Women's doubles, 2019 and 2020 French Open – Women's doubles, 2020 French Opens and 2020 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2020 Australian Open with Tímea Babos. In mixed doubles, Mladenovic won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships and 2014 Australian Open alongside Daniel Nestor, and the 2022 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, 2022 Australian Open with Ivan Dodig. She has also reached a further six major finals across women's and mixed doubles. Mlad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
