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2021 MUSC Health Women's Open
The second 2021 Charleston Open (branded as the MUSC Health Women's Open for commercial reasons) was a tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor green clay courts in Daniel Island. It was held one day after the 48th edition ended and was a replacement tournament for other tournaments that were not held because of travel restrictions, and organised by Charleston Tennis with a single-year licence in 2021, held at Family Circle Tennis Center from April 12 to 18, 2021. Champions Singles * Astra Sharma def. Ons Jabeur, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 Doubles * Hailey Baptiste / Caty McNally def. Ellen Perez / Storm Sanders, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 0–6 Singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of April 5, 2021 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Linda Fruhvirtová * Emma Navarro * CoCo Vandeweghe The following player received entry as a special exempt: * Camila Osorio The following players received entry from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA International Tournaments
The WTA International tournaments was a category for 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. As of 2021 these events have been reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments. The winner of a WTA 250 tournament adds 250 points to her WTA ranking. For the 2025 WTA Tour, 2025 season, there were 20 WTA 250, all knock-out tournaments with a prize money for every event at $275,094. Events Current WTA 250 Defunct Upgraded to WTA 500 Downgraded to WTA 125 Winners by tournament Singles Current tournaments Previous tournaments See also * WTA Premier tournaments * WTA 250 tournaments References {{WTA International tournaments WTA Tour, * Recurring sporting events established in 2009 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misaki Doi
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings are No. 30 in singles and No. 77 in doubles. Doi reached two junior Grand Slam doubles finals – at Wimbledon in 2007 with Kurumi Nara, and at the Australian Open in 2008, with Elena Bogdan (losing both). She has made it to three WTA tournament finals (only winning one). She is managed by Muse Group, a sports marketing agency based in Tokyo. Junior career Doi began playing tennis at the age of six. She first distinguished herself in tennis as a middle-school student, reaching the semifinals of the All Japan Middle School Tennis Championships in both 2004 and 2006 and joining the ITF Junior Circuit in 2006. In 2007, while enrolled as a freshman in Sundai Kōei High School, Doi earned second place in the Japan Open Junior Championships in Nagoya. A highlight of Doi's junior career was her successful doubles partnership with age-mate Kurumi Nara. They placed second in girls' doubles at the 2007 Wimble ... [...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] |
Amanda Anisimova
Amanda Kay Victoria Anisimova ( ; ; born August 31, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA rankings, WTA ranking of world No. 13, achieved on 16 June 2025. Anisimova has won three WTA Tour titles, including one WTA 1000 event, the 2025 Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Singles, 2025 Qatar Ladies Open. As a junior, Anisimova was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world, and won the 2017 US Open – Girls' singles, 2017 US Open girls' singles title. On the WTA Tour, she rose to prominence at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles, 2018 Indian Wells Open when she scored her first top-10 victory at age 16, against Petra Kvitová. She won her first career title at the 2019 Copa Colsanitas – Singles, Copa Colsanitas in April 2019 at age 17. Anisimova's breakthrough at the Grand Slam (tennis), Majors came in early 2019 at the 2019 Australian Open – Women's singles, Australian Open where she reached the fourth round by defeating No. 11 Ary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alycia Parks
Alycia Michelle Parks (born December 31, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 40, achieved on 14 August 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 27, set on 11 September 2023. Parks has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 1000 doubles title at the 2023 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles, 2023 Western & Southern Open. She has also won five singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour. Career 2021: WTA Tour & Grand Slam debut, fastest serve record She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 MUSC Health Women's Open – Singles, 2021 MUSC Health Open in Charleston, having made it through qualifying as an alternate. She defeated qualifier Grace Min in the first round, before losing to top seed Ons Jabeur in the second. In her first-round match at the 2021 US Open (tennis), US Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Min
Grace Min (born May 6, 1994) is an American tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 97, achieved on 2 March 2015, and she peaked at No. 308 in the doubles rankings, on 17 September 2012. Min won the 2011 US Open girls' singles title. She also won the 2011 Wimbledon girls' doubles title with Eugenie Bouchard. Tennis career 2006–07 Her first tournament was the Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships, an under-14 tournament at the Bollettieri Sports Academy. Aged 12 and seeded tenth, Grace received a bye into the second round, where she was defeated by Nataliya Pintusova, 6–3, 6–4. Her next tournament was the Prince Cup in Miami, Florida. In the first round, she defeated tenth seed Melina Ferrero, for her first victory of the year. She then fell to qualifier Laurie Gingras in the second round, in straight sets. Her final tournament of the year was the Junior Orange Bowl in Coral Gables, Florida. In the first round, she crushed German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Liu
Claire Liu (born May 25, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. On 30 January 2023, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 52. Liu has won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as six titles in singles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2017, she was the world No. 1 in the junior rankings, after winning the Wimbledon girls' singles title, and finishing runner-up at the French Open. Liu also won a junior Grand Slam doubles title at Wimbledon with Usue Arconada in 2016. Personal life Liu grew up in Thousand Oaks, California. Both her parents are Chinese immigrants. In 2023, she began maintaining a blog that recounts her experiences on the professional tennis tour and personal life. Career Juniors Grand Slam results - Singles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: F (2017) * Wimbledon: W (2017) * US Open: 2R (2013, 2016) Grand Slam results - Doubles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camila Osorio
María Camila Osorio Serrano (; born 22 December 2001) is a Colombian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings, rankings of world No. 33 in singles and No. 167 in doubles. Osorio has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour and three on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. Career 2017-2019: Junior Grand Slam champion and World No. 1 She won the 2019 US Open – Girls' singles, girls' singles title at the 2019 US Open (tennis), 2019 US Open. In the final, she defeated Alexandra Yepifanova, losing only one game. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Osorio advanced to the world No. 1 in September 2019. Singles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: SF (2019) * Wimbledon: 3R (2017) * US Open: W (2019) Doubles: * Australian Open: – * French Open: QF (2017) * Wimbledon: 2R (2017, 2019) * US Open: QF (2018) At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, she won the bronze medal in Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' singles, girls' singles and a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Navarro
Emma Navarro (born May 18, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 by the WTA, achieved on September 9, 2024 and a best doubles ranking of No. 93, set in 2024. Navarro has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, and reached a major semifinal at the 2024 US Open. Navarro played college tennis at the University of Virginia and won the NCAA Singles Championship in 2021, later becoming the first women's singles NCAA champion to reach the US Open semifinals. She won her first WTA Tour title at the 2024 Hobart International in Hobart, Australia. Career 2019: WTA Tour debut Navarro finished as the runner-up in the junior 2019 French Open singles draw, and won the junior 2019 French Open in doubles playing with Chloe Beck. They also finished as runners-up in the junior 2019 Australian Open. Navarro made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Charleston Open in South Carolina, after receiving a wildcard for the sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Fruhvirtová
Linda Fruhvirtová (; born 1 May 2005) is a Czech professional tennis player. On 26 June 2023, she reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 49. She peaked at No. 187 in the doubles rankings in October 2023. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Prague Open – Singles, 2020 Prague Open, after receiving wildcard, and won her maiden singles title at the 2022 Chennai Open – Singles, 2022 Chennai Open. Early life and background Born on 1 May 2005 in the Czech Republic, Linda has a younger sister, Brenda Fruhvirtová, Brenda (born 2007), who is also a tennis player. Linda and Brenda are recipients of Patrick Mouratoglou's foundation. Linda has been training at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Southern France since 2017; she also trained at the Evert Tennis Academy in January 2021. Junior career At the junior level, Fruhvirtová won the singles and doubles titles of the Petits As tournament. Her sister Brenda won the singles title the year a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is an invitation to a tournament or a playoff berth awarded to a team or individual that does not qualify via an automatic bid. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. For Summer Olympic Games, some National Olympic Committees, whose nations are underrepresented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
