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2014 Suzhou Ladies Open – Singles
Shahar Pe'er was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, however she chose not to participate. Anna-Lena Friedsam won the title, defeating Duan Yingying Duan Yingying (; born 3 July 1989) is a former Chinese tennis player. In her career, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and two WTA Challenger doubles titles, as well as eleven singles and three doubles titl ... in the final, 6–1, 6–3. Seeds Main draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Main drawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 Suzhou Ladies Open - Singles Suzhou Ladies Open - Singles Suzhou Ladies Open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Lena Friedsam
Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German professional tennis player. In August 2016, Friedsam reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45. In doubles, she peaked at world No. 34 in September 2020. In her career, she has won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 singles title as well as 13 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She played also in the fourth round of one Grand Slam championship, at the 2016 Australian Open. Career overview 2012 Friedsam won her first $25k tournament in 2012, at the Infond Open. 2015: First WTA Tour final In Linz, Friedsam reached her first career singles final, losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets. 2016-2018: Grand Slam fourth round, top 50 debut, extended hiatus due to surgery At the 2016 Australian Open, she reached her first and so far only Grand Slam round of 16. There, she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska after a big battle and struggling with injury during the match. In the prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xin Yuan
Xin may refer to: *Xin dynasty (), which ruled China from 9–23 AD * Xincan languages (ISO 639: xin), a small extinct family of Mesoamerican languages People * Xin (surname), Chinese surname * Empress Xin (Zhang Zuo's wife) (; died ), wife of the Chinese state Former Liang's ruler Zhang Zuo * Noble Consort Xin (1737–1764), consort of the Qianlong Emperor * Yue Xin (activist) (born 1996), Chinese student activist Philosophy * Xin (heart-mind), 心 * Xin (virtue), 信, one of the Three Fundamental Bonds and Five Constant Virtues Places *Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, abbreviated as Xin, the northwestern region of China * Xin County, Xinyang, Henan, China *Xin River, a tributary to Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province Popular culture * ''Xin'' (comics), a comic book by Kevin Lau, or its main character *Xin, the "Ember Spirit", a character in '' Defense of the Ancients'' and '' Dota 2'' *"Xin", an episode of ''The Good Doctor'' Other uses * .xin, a top-level internet dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Yi (tennis)
Yuan Yi (died 192), courtesy name Boye, was an official and minor warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Life Yuan Yi was from Ruyang County (), Runan Commandery (), which is in present-day Shangshui County, Henan. He was a second cousin of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and Yuan Yin (). In the early part of his official career, he held positions such as Prefect () of Chang'an and Administrator () of Shanyang (山陽郡; around present-day Jinxiang County, Shandong). Yuan Yi received high praise from his contemporaries such as the scholar Zhang Chao () from Hejian Commandery () and the warlord Cao Cao. Zhang Chao, in recommending Yuan Yi as a talent to Zhu Jun, said that Yuan Yi was very well read and knowledgeable, while Cao Cao said that Yuan Yi maintained his diligence towards studying even after he had grown up. In 190, Yuan Yi, then the Administrator of Shanyang Commandery, led the troops from his commandery to join a coalition of warlords in a military c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Fangzhou
Liu Fangzhou (; ; born 12 December 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. On 24 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 127. On 16 September 2024, she peaked at No. 429 in the WTA doubles rankings. Liu made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, having been awarded a wildcard into the main draw, but lost to Peng Shuai Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA ... in the first round. Six months later, Liu advanced to the final of the inaugural WTA 125 Jiangxi International Open where she again faced Peng, this time losing in a tough three-set match. Playing for the China Fed Cup team, Liu has a win–loss record of 1–3. WTA Challenger finals Singles: 1 (runner–up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 27 (6 titles, 21 runner–ups) Doubles: 8 (4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Yafan
Wang Yafan (; ; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese professional tennis player. On 7 October 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 47. She peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 15 February 2016. In her career, she has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, along with one singles title and four doubles titles on the Challenger Tour. In addition, she won 16 singles and seven doubles tournaments on the ITF Circuit. Playing for the China Fed Cup team, Wang has a win–loss record of 9–3, as of September 2024. Personal life She was born in Nanjing in 1994. Wang Yafan started playing tennis when she was nine years old. Career 2014: WTA Tour debut Wang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles. The pair won their first-round match against wildcards Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin, and defeated third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova, then lost to eventual champions Monica Nicules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Chin-wei
Chan Chin-wei (, born 8 January 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Taiwan. She won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with six singles and 49 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. History It serves as a developmenta .... She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 152 in October 2006. On 3 August 2015, she peaked at No. 74 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career Chan started tennis at the age of ten. In 2002, she played for Taiwan's Fed Cup team for the first time. Her coach was Chan Fu-chen. In 2013, she won the doubles competition at the Korea Open in Seoul, her first title on the WTA Tour. She also won three $25k events (in Changwon, Huzhu and Tsukuba) on the ITF Circuit. In September 2014, Chan won the doubles competition at the Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risa Ozaki
is a former professional Japanese tennis player. In her career, Ozaki won seven singles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 April 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 70. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 246 in the WTA doubles rankings. Ozaki made her 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 ... debut at the 2013 Tashkent Open, having entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Veronika Kapshay and Ksenia Palkina for a spot in the main draw. She was thereby pitted against fellow qualifier Kateryna Kozlova and defeated the Ukrainian in straight sets, simultaneously recording her first main-draw win at the WTA Tour-level. She was subsequently beaten in the second round by Nastassja Burnett in a final-set tiebreak. Performance time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsieh Shu-ying
Hsieh Yu-chieh (, born 23 July 1993), formerly known as Hsieh Shu-ying (), is a Taiwanese professional tennis and pickleball player. She is the younger sister of tennis players Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Cheng-peng. On 20 February 2012, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 830. On 21 October 2019, she peaked at No. 129 in the doubles rankings. Hsieh has won one WTA 125 doubles title and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Tennis career Yu-chieh started to play tennis at the age of five. Her favourite surface is hardcourt. On 13 April 2012, she won her first doubles title at an $50k tournament in Wenshan City, China. She and sister Hsieh Su-wei defeated the home team of Liu Wanting and Xu Yifan in the final. On 26 May 2012, Yu-chieh won her second ITF doubles title, at a $25k event at Karuizawa, Japan. She played with Kumiko Iijima of Japan, beating Samantha Murray and Emily Webley-Smith in three sets. She made her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arina Rodionova
Arina Ivanovna Rodionova (; born 15 December 1989) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. On 5 February 2024, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 97. On 27 July 2015, she peaked at No. 41 in the doubles rankings. Rodionova has won one WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles titles, and 16 singles and 42 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. In 2007, she won the 2007 Australian Open, Australian Open girls' doubles title, partnering Evgeniya Rodina. Elder sister Anastasia Rodionova, Anastasia is also a tennis professional, and the two sisters have intermittently contested doubles tournaments together with modest success. Their most notable achievement as a team came at the 2010 Malaysian Open – Doubles, 2010 Malaysian Open, in which they reached the final before losing to Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in a super tie-break. Career Rodionova made her debut as a professional in 2004 at an ITF Women's Circuit event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmyla Kichenok
Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok (, ; born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in doubles. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion winning the 2024 US Open with Jeļena Ostapenko and the 2023 Wimbledon Championships with Mate Pavić becoming the first Ukrainian to do so. Kichenok has won ten additional doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including four with her twin sister, Nadiia. On 21 July 2014, she reached a her career-high singles rankings of No. 156. Career 2015: WTA Tour doubles title, singles top 10 win In 2015, she won her first WTA Tour doubles title together with her sister. They escaped a 5–0 deficit in the second set tie-break of their 6–4, 7–6 defeat of Liang Chen and Wang Yafan in the Shenzhen Open final. This win made the Kichenoks the second pair of twins, after Karolína Plíšková and Kristýna Plíšková, to win a tour doubles title. They previously had been runners-up at Tashkent in 2011, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhu Lin (tennis)
Zhu Lin (; ; born 28 January 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. On 18 September 2023, Zhu reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 31. She attained her best WTA doubles ranking of No. 80 on 2 October 2023. Zhu has won the 2023 Thailand Open in singles and the 2019 Jiangxi Open in doubles. She has also won one singles and one doubles title in WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for China Fed Cup team, Zhu has a win–loss record of 11–5 as of July 2024. Early life and background Zhu Lin was born on 28 January 1994 to Zhu Jiangming and Chen Yunqi in Wuxi, China. Her father introduced her to tennis at age four. She has a very aggressive style of play, and her signature shot and also favorite shot is forehand. Her tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis. Junior career Zhu debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in September 2009 at the age of 15 at the China Junior 1 Open, where she also reached her first sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Shapatava
Sofia Shapatava ( ka, სოფია შაფათავა, tr, ; born 12 January 1989) is a Georgian tennis player. She has won two singles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 September 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 186. On 9 November 2015, she peaked at No. 132 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Georgia Fed Cup team, Shapatava has a win–loss record of 31–29 (as of July 2024). She made her Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2014 French Open where she qualified, before losing to 2009 champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singl ..., in the first round. Grand Slam singles performance timeline ITF Circuit finals Singles: 16 (3 titles, 13 runner–ups) Doubles: 62 (34 titles, 28 runn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
