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2018 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but Sestini Hlaváčková chose to compete in 2018 Brisbane International – Women's Doubles, Brisbane instead and Peng chose not to participate this year. Irina-Camelia Begu and Simona Halep won the title, defeating Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in the final, 1–6, 6–1, [10–8]. Seeds Draw External links Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 WTA Shenzhen Open - Doubles 2018 WTA Tour, WTA Shenzhen Open WTA Shenzhen Open, 2018 Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina-Camelia Begu
Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA ranking, WTA singles ranking of world No. 22 , in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. She is currently the No. 2 Romanian player. Begu has won five singles titles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also has won three singles titles on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, with 12 singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. As a junior, she reached semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Oksana Kalashnikova. Later, as a senior, she continued with Grand Slam doubles success. She reached the semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open and quarterfinals of the 2017 French Open and 2018 Wimbledon Championships. In singles, she has the round of 16 as her best Grand Slam result at the 2015 Australian Open, 2016 French Open and 2022 French Open. In singles, she reached one Premier final, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lu Jingjing
Lu Jingjing (; ; born 5 May 1989) is a Chinese tennis player. On 15 January 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 159 by the WTA. On 21 September 2009, she peaked at No. 105 in doubles. Jingjing has won one doubles title 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 ..., and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, with four singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Tour. WTA Tour finals Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 1 (title) ITF Tour finals Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups) Doubles: 30 (14 titles, 16 runner-ups) Ranking history References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lu, Jingjing Chinese female tennis players Tennis players from Inner Mongolia 1989 births Living people 21s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Shuai (tennis)
Zhang Shuai ( zh , s = 张帅 , p = Zhāng Shuài ; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 22 reached in January 2023. She is a two-time Grand Slam tournament champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang also finished runner-up at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and 2024 US Open, and has reached six further semifinals across women's and mixed doubles. She has won a total of 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2021 Cincinnati Open with Stosur. Zhang has also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions. She has also enjoyed success in singles winning three WTA Tour singles titles, at the Guangzhou International in 2013 and 2017, and the 2022 Lyon Open, and finished runner-up at three further tournaments. She has reached two major quarterfinals, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Jiaqi
Kang Jiaqi (; ; born 19 July 1997) is a female former tennis player from China. 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 Zhang Shuai ( zh , s = 张帅 , p = Zhāng Shuài ; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high doubles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 22 re .... ITF Circuit finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Doubles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner-ups) External links * * 1997 births Living people Bisexual sportswomen Chinese female tennis players Tennis players from Tianjin LGBTQ tennis players Chinese LGBTQ sportspeople 21st-century Chinese sportswomen 21st-century C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihaela Buzărnescu
Mihaela Buzărnescu (born 4 May 1988) is a Romanian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 20, achieved on 6 August 2018. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 24, she reached on 22 October 2018. She won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Buzărnescu has a PhD in sports science from the National University of Physical Education and Sport. Professional career 2004: Turned Pro, Junior success Buzărnescu played her first professional match in 2004. She then won the junior doubles title at the 2006 US Open with Raluca Olaru. Seeded No. 2, they defeated the top-seeded pair of Sharon Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final. 2016: Injuries and hiatus Shoulder and knee injuries (the latter prompting two surgeries) forced her off the pro tour for years, long enough that she went back to school, graduating with a doctorate at the National University of Physical Education and Sport in December 2016. 2017: Major and top 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Bara
Irina Maria Bara (born 18 March 1995) is a professional tennis player from Romania. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 104, achieved on 18 April 2022. On 13 May 2019, she peaked at No. 56 in the WTA doubles rankings. She won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Ekaterine Gorgodze. Bara has also won five doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour, with 11 singles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, most of them on clay. In singles, she reached a $100k and an $80k finals, three finals at $60k events, but lost all of them, having $25k as the highest category tournament that she won. In doubles, she won a couple of $60k and $80k tournaments, but also won one $100k event, the 2016 Soho Square Tournament in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt. Bara is better known for her performances in doubles, reaching the top 100. Her most significant result so far is a quarterfinal at the 2018 French Open, partnering with Mihaela Buzărnescu. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liang Chen
Liang Chen (; born 25 February 1989) is a former professional Chinese tennis player. Liang has a career-high singles ranking of 342, achieved on 21 September 2009. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking of 35, she reached on 26 October 2015. Liang made her WTA Tour main-draw doubles debut, partnering Zhou Yimiao at the 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open. They lost in the first round 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 ... and Xu Yifan. At the 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open, partnering Tian Ran, they defeated Alona Bondarenko and Mariya Koryttseva 4–6, 6–3, 2–10in the first round before losing to the second seeds Alberta Brianti and Petra Martić in the quarterfinals. Playing for China Fed Cup team, she has a win-loss rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Xinyun
Han Xinyun (; ; born 30 May 1990), also known as Monica Han, is an inactive Chinese tennis player. Han has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also has won 35 titles (9 in singles and 26 in doubles) on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 105. On 29 July 2019, she peaked at No. 50 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for China Fed Cup team, Han has a win–loss record of 2–1 as of September 2024. Personal The only child of father Han Lei and mother Fu Deyuan first played tennis at the age of seven. Han Xinyun is coached by Wang Hufu. Her tennis idol is Li Na, her favorite tournaments are the Australian Open and China Open. Career Han again reached the WTA Tour doubles final at the 2008 China Open where she and her partner Xu Yifan lost to the pairing of Caroline Wozniacki and Anabel Medina Garrigues. She had reached the same final with the same pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanie Vögele
Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA rankings, WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January 2015. Over her career, she has defeated top ten players Sloane Stephens and Caroline Wozniacki. Vögele announced her retirement from tennis in November 2022. Biography Vögele who has three sisters was introduced to tennis at the age of four by her parents. Her coach was Ivo Werner. Professional career 2009 For the first five months of the year, Vögele participated in several WTA Tour events, needing to play through the qualifying rounds of most tournaments. During this period, she never won a main-draw match in such an event. In June, Vögele played in 2009 Aegon Classic – Singles, Birmingham, defeating seeded Ekaterina Makarova en route to a quarterfinal showing. Playing at 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Wimbled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, , jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ɐlʲɪksɐnˈdrovə; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won five WTA Tour singles titles, three WTA 125 titles and seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 1 April 2024, she achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 15. On 26 September 2022, she peaked at No. 58 in the WTA doubles rankings. Personal life Since 2006, Alexandrova has been living and training in Prague, Czech Republic, with her parents and two siblings, a brother and a sister. They moved after travelling to the city for a youth tournament, attracted by the local availability of tennis courts compared to Russia. According to the player, the Russian Tennis Federation didn't know about her existence before 2016 and she has never been good enough to cause interest from the Czech Tennis Association in terms of citizenship switch. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidziya Marozava
Lidziya Marozava (, , ''Lidiya Aleksandrovna Morozova''; born 8 October 1992) is a professional tennis player from Belarus who has specialized in doubles. On 1 October 2018, Marozava reached her career-high of No. 37 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour plus two doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 21 doubles titles and one singles title on the ITF Circuit. On 25 September 2017, she peaked at No. 468 in the singles rankings. Playing for the Belarus Fed Cup team The Belarus women's national tennis team represented Belarus in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Belarus Tennis Association. They compete in the World Group. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International ..., Marozava has an overall win–loss record of 4–3 as of August 2024. Having entered the tournament as alternates when second seeds Hailey Baptiste and Caty McNally withdrew, she won the doubles at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Kerkhove
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (born 4 November 1991) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 6 June 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 135. On 25 June 2018, she peaked at No. 58 in the doubles rankings. Career In July 2013, Kerkhove made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Swedish Open. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2017 US Open as a qualifier, and recorded her first major singles match-win at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships over 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 .... She recorded her second major singles win as a lucky loser at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships over wildcard Sonay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
