2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour (January–March)
The 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour is the 2019 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour 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 ... includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $100,000. Key Month January February March External links International Tennis Federation (ITF) {{DEFAULTSORT:ITF Women's World Tennis Tour 1 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lulu Sun
Lulu Sun ( zh, s=孙璐璐, p=Sūn Lùlù; born 14 April 2001) is a New Zealand professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 41 by the WTA, achieved on 26 August 2024, and a best doubles ranking of No. 190, reached on 24 February 2025. Early and personal life Sun was born Lulu Radovcic () in Te Anau, New Zealand, to a Chinese mother and a Croatian father. Sun briefly lived in Shanghai thereafter. From the age of five she was raised in Geneva, Switzerland, where she completed her school education while still visiting New Zealand to visit family. She attended college in the United States at the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with a bachelor's degree in international relations and global studies in 2022 and completing her degree in just 3 years. Sun speaks English, French, and Mandarin Chinese fluently; she expressed interest in learning Korean and Japanese. She has an older sister, Phenomena Radovcic (later Sun; born 1998), who pl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wu Fang-hsien
Wu Fang-hsien (; born 15 July 1999) is a Taiwanese tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has a career-high WTA ranking in doubles of No. 30, achieved 31 March 2025. Wu has won three WTA Tour doubles titles. Career 2018-2020: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debuts Wu made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Washington Open in doubles, partnering with Chen Pei-hsuan. She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2020 Australian Open, partnering Lee Ya-hsuan. They lost against Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin in the first round. 2023-2024: Maiden WTA Tour title, top 50 She reached the top 100 following her maiden WTA Tour title at the 2023 Thailand Open, partnering with Chan Hao-ching, moving close to 50 positions up to world No. 99 on 6 February 2023. Partnering Ingrid Neel, she recorded her first major win, against Nadiia Kichenok and Anna-Lena Friedsam at the 2023 French Open. She reached the third round at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Zh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chen Pei-hsuan
Chen Pei-hsuan (; born 28 February 2000) is a Taiwanese inactive tennis player. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 160, achieved on 25 February 2019. On 11 June 2018, she peaked at No. 919 of the WTA singles rankings. In her career, she won nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, each time partnering Wu Fang-hsien. Chen 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 2018 Washington Open, in the doubles draw, partnering with Wu Fang-hsien. ITF Circuit finals Doubles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runner–ups) External links * * 2000 births Living people Taiwanese female tennis players 21st-century Taiwanese women {{Taiwan-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michaëlla Krajicek
Michaëlla Krajicek (; born 9 January 1989) is a Dutch former tennis player. She has won three singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA 125 doubles title, and 14 titles in singles and 24 in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 11 February 2008, she reached her highest Women's Tennis Association, WTA singles ranking of world No. 30. On 23 March 2015, she peaked at No. 23 in the doubles rankings. Personal life Michaëlla Krajicek, born in Delft, is the younger half-sister of former world No. 4 and The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek. She is therefore nicknamed ''Kleine Kraai'', which means "little crow" in Dutch ("kraai" is a Dutch heterograph of the Czech origin surname "Krajicek" and has long been Richard's nickname). Austin Krajicek is her cousin. An article in a Dutch newspaper with statements from the Netherlands Fed Cup team, Fed Cup captain Manon Bollegraf caused Krajicek to stop participating ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mai Minokoshi
is a professional Japanese tennis player. Her career record is 86 wins against 121 losses. Biography Minokoshi was born in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture on 16 April 1992.''美濃越 舞'' Japan Tennis Association, website, accessed 28 May 2020 She commenced playing tennis at seven years of age at a public tennis court near her family home with her parents and older sister.''美濃越 舞「人生一度きり」'' Tennis Tribe, website accessed 28 May 2020 Her father, who is a school teacher, transferred to a night school so that he could coach Minokishi during the day. During her career Minokishi has also been ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Junri Namigata
is a Japanese tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 105, which she reached in February 2011. Her career-high doubles ranking is 101, achieved May 2015. Early life and amateur career Namigata was born in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture and started playing tennis when she was six years old. She completed elementary school at a school in Koshigaya and won a regional tournament when in the third grade. She attended Fujimura Girls' Junior High School and Horikoshi High School in Tokyo. In September 1997, when still in junior high school, she made her first appearance in an ITF doubles tournament. In her first year of high school, she reached the round of 16 at the All Japan Tennis Championship and won the All Japan Junior Championship title in her final year of high school. She enrolled in the School of Social Sciences at Waseda University and in 2001 won the intercollegiate doubles title, was runner-up in the singles title, and was a member of the Waseda team that too ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moyuka Uchijima
is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of No. 52, achieved on 3 March 2025, and a doubles No. 101, reached on 12 June 2023. She has won thirteen titles in singles and eleven in doubles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. She is the current Japanese No. 1 player. Career 2023: Major debut For her Grand Slam debut, Uchijima received a wildcard from the 2023 Australian Open, Australian Open but lost in the first round to Bernarda Pera. 2024: Major wins and top 60 in singles, first WTA doubles title In May, Uchijima won three consecutive titles on the ITF Circuit, reaching a career-high of 80 in the world rankings and making her the Japanese No. 1 female singles player for the first time. She qualified for the 2024 French Open - Women's singles, French Open, making her debut at this major and defeated fellow qualifier Irene Burillo Escorihuela in the first round. She lost in the second round to the No. 2 see ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Valentini Grammatikopoulou (; born 9 February 1997) is a Greek tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 143. On 15 July 2024, she peaked at No. 97 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won a singles and a doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, and in addition, 15 singles and 32 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for Greece, Grammatikopoulou has a win–loss record of 26–14 in Fed Cup competition (as of July 2024). Professional career Playing with Ulrikke Eikeri, Grammatikopoulou reached her first WTA Tour doubles final at the 2021 Lausanne Open, losing to Susan Bandecchi and Simona Waltert in a deciding champions tiebreak. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open as a qualifier, after attempting to qualify 12 times for a major. It marked the first time ever that three Greek players were in the US Open main draw. On her major debut, she reached the second round after defeating Anna Blinkova, 6-3, 6-2. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monika Kilnarová
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Monika may refer to: People and fictional characters * Monika, main antagonist of Doki Doki Literature Club! * Monika (given name) * Mounika, an Indian film actress Films * ''Monika'' (1938 film), a German drama * ''Monika'' (1974 film), an Italian comedy Music * ''Monika'' (opera), a 1937 operetta by Nico Dostal * Monika Enterprise, a record label * Monika Christodoulou, a Greek musician known mononymously as Monika * "Monika" (song), by Island, Cyprus' entry for Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 * "Monika", a 1969 song by Peter Orloff See also *" Hej Hej Monika", a song by Nic & the Family * * Monica (other) * Monique (other) Monique is a female given name. Monique may also refer to: * ''Monique'' (film), 1970 UK film * Radio Monique, offshore radio station broadcasting to the Low Countries * Mount Monique, Antarctica; a mountain * Sainte-Monique, Quebec (disambi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liang En-shuo
Liang En-shuo (; ; in Chinese mainland born 2 October 2000) is a tennis player from Taiwan. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 150, achieved on 13 May 2019. On 9 September 2024, she peaked at No. 136 in the WTA doubles rankings. She is currently the No. 1 Taiwanese player. Liang has won one WTA 125 doubles title, as well as one singles title and eight doubles titles at ITF Circuit tournaments. Junior career Liang had a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 2, achieved on 29 January 2018. In January 2018, she won the Australian Open girls' singles title, defeating Clara Burel in straight sets in the final. Alongside Wang Xinyu, Liang also won the girls' doubles title at the same event, overcoming Violet Apisah and Lulu Sun in the final. Professional career Liang made her Grand Slam tournament debut as a qualifier at the 2021 French Open, losing to Fiona Ferro in the first round. Partnering Rebecca Marino, she won her first WTA 125 doubles t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barbora Štefková
Barbora Štefková (''née'' Hlavicová; born 4 April 1995) is a Czech former tennis player. Due to reactive arthritis Reactive arthritis, previously known as Reiter's syndrome, is a form of inflammatory arthritis that develops in response to an infection in another part of the body (cross-reactivity). Coming into contact with bacteria and developing an infect ..., she retired from professional tennis in June 2019. Performance timelines ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.'' Singles Doubles WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) WTA Challenger finals Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups) Doubles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runner–ups) Notes References External links * * 1995 births Living people Czech female tennis players Sportspeople from Olomouc Tennis players from the Olomouc Region Long stubs with short prose ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |