2017 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open
The 2017 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open, tournament, and part of the WTA International tournaments, International category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Nanchang, China, from July 24 through July 30, 2017. Second-seeded Peng Shuai won the singles title. Points and prize money Point distribution Prize money Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of July 17, 2017 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Wang Yafan * Zheng Saisai * Zheng Wushuang The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Harriet Dart * Eri Hozumi * Kang Jiaqi * Lu Jingjing * Xun Fangying * You Xiaodi The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Peangtarn Plipuech Withdrawals ;Before the tournament * Ana Bogdan →replaced by Peangtarn Plipuech ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 International adds 280 points to her WTA ranking. For the 2020 season, there were 32 tournaments, all knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $275,000 ($775,000 for Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major Sub-provincial division, sub-provincial city and one of the Special economic zones of China, special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pea ..., and $525,000 for Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou and Hong Kong Open (tennis), Hong Kong). Events Internationals Defunct Winners by tournament Singles Current tournaments Previous tournaments See also * WTA Premier tournaments * WTA 250 tournaments {{WTA International tour ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wang Yafan
Wang Yafan (; ; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. In her career, she has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four doubles titles on WTA 125 tournaments, plus eleven singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. 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. Career She was born in Nanjing in 1994. Wang Yafan started playing tennis when she was nine year old. 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, before losing to eventual champions Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals. In September 2014 at the Guangzhou Open, Wang was given a wildcard into the singles main draw, and she advanced to the semifinals, upsetti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nao Hibino
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Hibino has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Along with that, she has won eight singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Hibino made her breakthrough in 2015, when she won her first WTA Tour title in singles at the Tashkent Open. As a result, she debuted in the top 100. Since then, she spent all weeks inside top 150 and several years in the top 100. She has represented Japan at national competitions, debuting at the Billie Jean King Cup in 2016 and at the Summer Olympics in 2021. Personal life and background Hibino was born on November 28, 1994, in Ichinomiya, Japan. Coming from a tennis-loving family, she is named after former top-20 player Naoko Sawamatsu, while her brother is named after Shuzo Matsuoka. She also has one older sister. At the age of 10, she and her brother w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tereza Martincová
Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech tennis player. Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 40. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 77 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career 2013–2015 In June 2013, Martincová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup. After coming through all three qualifying rounds, she lost to Estrella Cabeza Candela in round one. One month later, Martincová once again came through qualifying at the Baku Cup, defeating Oksana Kalashnikova in the first round, but losing to Tadeja Majerič in the second. In 2014, first WTA tournament for Martincová was the Nürnberger Versicherungscup, where she qualified for the main draw, and then lost to Anastasia Rodionova. She qualified for the Swedish Open in Båstad, before Mona Barthel defeated her in the first rou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alla Kudryavtseva
Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player. Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 4 October 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 56. On 8 September 2014, she peaked at No. 15 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 2 November 2021, Kudryavtseva announced on Instagram that she had retired from the sport. Professional career Early career Kudryavtseva debuted on the WTA Tour at the 2004 Kremlin Cup, where she could not succeed beyond the qualifying rounds. In the following season, her best WTA Tour result was reaching the first rounds of the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Stockholm in singles and the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in doubles. Her first major appearance was at the 2006 Australian Open, where she could not win a qualification round. The same result was seen at the other three Grand Slam tour ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kristína Kučová
Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour with eleven singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Kučová was an accomplished junior player, having won the girls' singles title at the 2007 US Open and reaching a combined career-high junior ranking of world No. 3, on 10 September 2009. Playing for Slovakia Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 1–5. Kučová was born in Bratislava. Her elder sister Zuzana retired from the professional tour in 2013. Tennis career Junior years At the 2007 US Open, the unseeded Kučová took the girls' singles title, defeating the 13th seed Julia Glushko in the third round, top seed and defending champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals, and number two seed Urszula Radwań ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ana Bogdan
Ana Bogdan (born 25 November 1992) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2007, she peaked at No. 46 in the WTA rankings in October 2022. Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January 2009. Tennis career 2016: Grand Slam debut and first WTA semifinal In May, she won her first ITF tournament of the year in Grado by defeating Susanne Celik in the final. In July, she qualified for the Bank of the West Classic. She won her first round match against Asia Muhammad before losing to Alison Riske in three sets in the second round. At her next tournament at Brasil Tennis Cup, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal, defeating former world number 1, Jelena Jankovic along the way. At the US Open she made it out of qualifying and defeated her countrywoman, Sorana Cirstea, in the first round. This was her first main draw Grand Slam match win. In the second round, she lost to countrywoman Monica Niculescu in straight sets. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peangtarn Plipuech
Peangtarn "Earth" Plipuech ( th, เพียงธาร ผลิพืช; born 15 November 1992) is a Thai tennis player. Plipuech has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 175, achieved on 31 July 2017. On 10 October 2016, she peaked at No. 100 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with six singles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her biggest success to date was at the 2013 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships where she and Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Nicha "Eve" Lertpitaksinchai ( th, ณิชาต์ เลิศพิทักษ์สินชัย; born 14 August 1991) is a former professional tennis player from Thailand. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 280 in singles, ach ... claimed the doubles title. In 2016 and 2017, she reached the final of WTA tournament in Seoul. Plipuech's sister Plobrung is a junior tennis player. Grand Slam performa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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You Xiaodi
You Xiaodi (; ; born 12 May 1996) is a Chinese tennis player. She has won one WTA Challenger doubles title, as well as six singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 16 March 2020, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 166. On 12 September 2016, she peaked at No. 102 in the doubles rankings. You made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Liu Fangzhou in doubles. The pair lost their first-round match against Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten double ... and Klára Zakopalová, who went on to win the tournament. Performance timeline ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.'' Singles ''Current through the 2022 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Xun Fangying
Xun Fangying (; ; born 14 January 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. On 24 February 2020, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 167. On 8 April 2019, she peaked at No. 176 in the WTA doubles rankings. Xun made her 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 ... main-draw debut at the 2015 Guangzhou International Open, in the doubles competition, partnering Liu Fangzhou. Performance timeline ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.'' Singles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups) Doubles: 17 (7 titles, 10 runner–ups) References External links * * 1995 births Living people Chinese female tennis players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lu Jingjing
Lu Jingjing (; ; born 5 May 1989) is a Chinese tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ... player. Jingjing has won one WTA doubles title, and four singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 January 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 159. On 21 September 2009, she peaked at No. 105 in the WTA doubles rankings. WTA career finals Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) WTA 125 tournament finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups) Doubles: 25 (14 titles, 13 runner-ups) Ranking history References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lu, Jingjing Chinese female tennis players Tennis players from Inner Mongolia 1989 births Living people 21st-century Chinese women ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kang Jiaqi
Kang Jiaqi (; ; born 19 July 1997) is a female former tennis player from China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... In her career, she won one singles title and two doubles titles in tournaments of the ITF Circuit. On 26 November 2018, she achieved her best doubles rankings of world No. 198. Kang made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Tianjin Open, after she was handed a wildcard into the doubles event, partnering Zhang Shuai. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner-ups) External links * * 1997 births Living people Chinese female tennis players Tennis players from Tianjin LGBT tennis players Chinese LGBT sportspeople 21st-century Chinese women {{China-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |