2022 İstanbul Cup – Singles
Anastasia Potapova defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the singles title at the 2022 İstanbul Cup. It was her maiden WTA Tour title. Sorana Cîrstea was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Kudermetova. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier References External links Main drawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Istanbul Cup - 1, 2022 İstanbul Cup, 2022 Singles - 1 2022 in Turkish tennis 2022 WTA Tour 2022 in Istanbul ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anastasia Potapova
Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova. (born 30 March 2001) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 21 by the WTA rankings, WTA, achieved on 19 June 2023, and a doubles ranking of world No. 40, reached on 5 December 2022. Potapova has won three WTA Tour singles titles along with three doubles titles. She is a former junior world No. 1, and she was the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2016 Wimbledon girls' singles champion. Career Juniors On the junior tour, Potapova has a career-high junior ranking of 1, achieved in July 2016. Potapova has had large success on the junior tour including a semifinal at the 2016 French Open, quarterfinals at the 2016 Australian Open and the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and doubles finals at the 2015 US Open (tennis), 2015 US Open and the 2016 French Open. Potapova won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships girls' title, defeating Dayana Yastremska in the final. Two of the seven match points in the f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Petra Martić
Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles tournament on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, plus four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Early and personal life Petra Martić was born in Split, Croatia, Split, SR Croatia, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to Nenad (father) and Sandra (mother). She grew up in the suburb of Duće, 30 km from Split, and moved to Split at the age of 10. Her father died in a car accident when Petra was five. Petra is quoted as saying that her mother is a hero to her for managing to go through all this and raising Petra by herself, and that this motivates her to excel in tennis and bring joy to her family. Career 2006–2009: Early years The best result in her junior career was the quarterfinals in 2006 U.S. Open – ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pemra Özgen
Pemra Özgen (born 8 May 1986) is a Turkish tennis player. Özgen has won 18 singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 26 August 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 182. On 14 October 2013, she peaked at No. 179 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for Turkey Fed Cup team, Özgen has a win–loss record of 41–44 as of June 2024. Özgen is an alumna of Istanbul Bilgi University. Career Özgen, born in Istanbul, began playing tennis at the age of eight, and later trained at local clubs ''Taçspor Kulübü'' and ''Dağcılık Tenis Spor Kulübü''. Özgen made her WTA Tour debut at the 2007 Istanbul Cup, partnering Çağla Büyükakçay in doubles. The Turkish pair lost their first round match against Mervana Jugić-Salkić Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a Bosnian former top 100 tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), sing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julia Grabher
Julia Grabher (born 2 July 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. On 26 June 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 54. On 29 August 2016, she peaked at No. 387 in the doubles rankings. Grabher has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, along with 16 singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for the Austria Fed Cup team, Grabher has a win–loss record of 6–14 in singles and 2–9 in doubles (overall 8–23), as of November 2024. Professional career 2019–22: WTA Tour debut, first Challenger title Grabher was given a wildcard for the main draw of the 2019 Ladies Linz but lost in the first round to Slovak player Viktória Kužmová, in straight sets. In September 2022, she won her first title at a WTA 125 event when she defeated Nuria Brancaccio in the final of the Bari Open, in straight sets. As a result, she reached the top 100, at No. 97 on 12 September 2022. Three weeks later, as the top seed, she wou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Greet Minnen
Greet Minnen (born 14 August 1997) is a Belgian tennis player. Minnen has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 59 in singles and No. 45 in doubles, achieved on 16 October 2023 and on 8 January 2024, respectively. Career Juniors In her last year as a junior, Minnen reached the girls' doubles final of the 2015 Australian Open, losing in two sets. 2018-2022: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debuts Minnen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Luxembourg Open in doubles, partnering Alison Van Uytvanck. They won the title, defeating Vera Lapko and Mandy Minella in the final, in two sets. In May 2021, again partnering Van Uytvanck, they lost in a second WTA Tour doubles final to Aleksandra Krunić and Nina Stojanović in Belgrade. In September 2021, she reached the third round at the 2021 US Open as a lucky loser defeating Nadia Podoroska and Liudmila Samsonova. Next, she won the 2021 Luxembourg Open, her second tour doubles title, also partnering Van Uytvanck. At the 2022 French ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marina Melnikova
Marina Anatolyevna Melnikova (; born 5 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. She has won seven singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 4 May 2015, Melnikova reached her best singles ranking of world No. 170. On 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 80 in the doubles rankings. Career Melnikova made her WTA Tour debut 2008 at Barcelona and also featured 2009 in the Rosmalen Open, both times in the doubles draw. She was a finalist at the 2014 Delhi Open in doubles, alongside Elise Mertens. At the age of 35 and ranked No. 440 she qualified the 2024 San Diego Open but lost to fellow qualifier Canadian Marina Stakusic who was playing only her second main draw at a WTA Tour event. Personal life and background Melnikova is currently coached by Oleg Mannapov. Her father is Anatoliy, mother is Elena, and brother is Sergey. She started playing at age seven when introduced to the sport by her dad. Her favorite surfaces are hardcourt and clay Clay is a type of fine-gr ... [...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 2009, she peaked at No. 39 in the WTA rankings in July 2023. Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January 2008. Career 2016: Major debut and WTA Tour 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 WTA Tour event Stanford 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 the Brasil Tennis Cup, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal, defeating former world No. 1, Jelena Janković, en route. At the US Open, after qualifying, she defeated fellow Romanian Sorana Cîrstea in the first round, in three sets, for her first main-draw major match-win. In the second round, she lost to another countrywoman, Monica Niculescu, in straight sets. 2017: S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ana Konjuh
Ana Konjuh (; born 27 December 1997) is a Croatian tennis player. A successful junior player, Konjuh won both the 2013 Australian Open – Girls' singles, singles and 2013 Australian Open – Girls' doubles, doubles junior events at the 2013 Australian Open, Australian Open in January 2013 and, as a result, moved up to No. 1 in the ITF Junior Circuit, ITF Junior world rankings. Later in the year, she also won the 2013 US Open – Girls' singles, girls' singles event at the 2013 US Open (tennis), 2013 US Open. She turned her attention to the main tour in 2014, and made her debut in the top 100 aged 16. Konjuh won her first singles title on the WTA Tour at the 2015 Nottingham Open, becoming the youngest player to win a main tour event since 2006. She has also won four titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 July 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 20. Tennis career Junior Aged 14, Konjuh was the runner-up at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in 2012 Wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martina Trevisan
Martina Trevisan (; born 3 November 1993) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 18 by the WTA, achieved in May 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 138. For Italy, she was finalist in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup and won the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup. In 2022, she won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Rabat Grand Prix in Morocco, and reached her first major semifinal at the French Open. Trevisan has also won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as ten singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Playing for the Italy Billie Jean King Cup team, she has a record of 11–7 (6–4 in singles), as of August 2024. In 2020, she received a nomination for the WTA Newcomer of the Year. In 2022, as the Italian woman No. 1, she paired with the Italian man No.1 Lorenzo Musetti as part of the United Cup, reaching the final but lost to Jessica Pegula in singles. Career In 2009, Trevisan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nuria Párrizas Díaz
Nuria Párrizas Díaz (born 15 July 1991) is a Spanish people, Spanish professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 45 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved in March 2022, and 320 in doubles, attained in September 2022. Career Early years Párrizas Díaz started playing tennis when she was six years old. Until the age of 14, she trained in her hometown. At that age, the Andalusian Tennis Federation awarded her a scholarship to train at their facilities in Seville and compete throughout Spain in the children's and cadet tournaments. 2007–2016: Professional debut, injury and hiatus At the age of 16, she began to play in the Futures tournaments, both nationally and internationally. Párrizas Díaz then relocated to live and train in Barcelona, at the Hispano Francés Academy. However, due to a lack of professional support, she decided to return to Granada where she continued training and attending ITF ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anna Bondár
Anna Bondár (born 27 May 1997) is a Hungarian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 50 in singles, achieved on 18 July 2022, and No. 43 in doubles, achieved on 30 January 2023. She is currently the No. 1 Hungarian player. Playing for Hungary in Fed Cup, Bondár has a win–loss record of 16–9 (as of October 2024). Career overview 2021: WTA 125 title, top 100 debut The 2021 season was one of progress for Bondár. In July in Gdynia, at the Poland Open, she reached her first WTA Tour-level quarterfinal also recording her first two wins on the tour. Starting early September, she had a series of good results. The first step was the $60k Collonge-Bellerive tournament where she reached semifinal after defeating all her opponents in straight-sets. The following week, she advanced to quarterfinal of the Karlsruhe Open, a tournament that is part of WTA Challenger Tour. Two weeks later, she won her first significant ITF title at the $80k Wiesbaden in both singles a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wang Qiang (tennis)
Wang Qiang (; ; born 14 January 1992) is a Chinese tennis player. On 9 September 2019, Wang achieved her highest singles ranking of world No. 12, becoming the third-highest ranked Chinese tennis player in history after Li Na and Zheng Qinwen. She has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA Challenger singles title, and 14 singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Her best performance at a major came at the 2019 US Open when she advanced to the quarterfinals. Alongside Li Na, Zheng Jie, Peng Shuai, Zhang Shuai and Zheng Qinwen, Wang is one of only six Chinese tennis players to have reached the quarterfinals of a major. Career Wang was born in Tianjin. At age nine, she started playing tennis. That year, she became the promotion player for the Tianjin National Tennis Center. For two years consecutively (2006, 2007), she won the Junior's Tennis Championship in China. She officially started touring the ITF Women's Circuit in Japan as of 2007. In F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |