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2023 Birmingham Classic – Singles
Jeļena Ostapenko defeated Barbora Krejčíková in the final, 7–6(10–8), 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2023 Birmingham Classic. Beatriz Haddad Maia Beatriz "Bia" Haddad Maia (; born 30 May 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high of world No. 10 in singles and in doubles, becoming the first Brazilian woman to enter the top 10 in singles in the history of t ... was the reigning champion, but withdrew before the tournament began, due to a knee injury. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Qualifying Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier References External links Main drawQualifying draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Birmingham Classic - 1 2023 Birmingham Classic - 1 2023 WTA Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeļena Ostapenko
Jeļena "Aļona" Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 5 in singles and No. 4 in doubles by the WTA. Ostapenko has won nine WTA Tour-level singles and eleven doubles titles, including a singles major at the 2017 French Open and a doubles major at the 2024 US Open, partnering Lyudmyla Kichenok. She is the first Latvian to win a major in singles or in doubles. Ostapenko has also won 15 singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and the junior singles event at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. She is a member of the Latvia Billie Jean King Cup team. Personal life Ostapenko was born in Riga to former Ukrainian footballer Jevgēnijs Ostapenko (d. 2020) and Latvian-Russian tennis coach and former player Jeļena Jakovļeva. Jevgēnijs played professional football for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia where Jeļena's grandmother lives. Jeļena has one half-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmine Paolini
Jasmine Paolini (; born 4 January 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. She is ranked world No. 4 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the joint-highest-ranked Italian woman in singles (alongside Francesca Schiavone). She is a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion in doubles at the 2025 French Open – Women's doubles, 2025 French Open, partnering compatriot Sara Errani. Representing her country, Paolini won an Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles, Olympic gold medal in doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with Errani. Paolini has won three WTA Tour-level singles titles and nine in doubles, including two singles and four doubles WTA 1000 titles. Paolini is also a three-time major runner-up, contesting the 2024 French Open – Women's singles, singles and 2024 French Open – Women's doubles, doubles finals of the 2024 French Open and the 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, singles final of the 2024 Wimbledon Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbora Strýcová
Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She won two Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles in doubles at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2019 Wimbledon Championships and 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, 2023 Wimbledon Championships, both times partnered with Hsieh Su-wei. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2020 Australian Open – Women's doubles, 2020 Australian Open and 2019 WTA Finals – Doubles, 2019 WTA Finals. Strýcová won 32 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including eight at WTA 1000 tournaments, WTA 1000 level, and became world No. 1 for the first time in July 2019, holding the top ranking for a total of 27 weeks. She is also a successful singles player, with her best major result coming at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, where she rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Fręch
Magdalena Fręch (; born 15 December 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22, achieved on 28 October 2024. On 8 August 2022, she peaked at No. 174 in the doubles WTA rankings, rankings. She has won one singles WTA Tour title and one on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, along with six singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit. Playing for Poland Billie Jean King Cup team, Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup, Fręch has a win–loss record of 10–7, as of September 2024. Career 2013-2018: WTA Tour and major debuts Fręch made her WTA Tour debut at the 2013 BNP Paribas Katowice Open – Doubles, Katowice Open in doubles, partnering with Katarzyna Pyka. Fręch started 2018 season in Auckland where she lost in qualifying (in the first round) to Sachia Vickery, in straight sets. She then took part at the first Grand Slam qualifying in her career - at the 2018 Australian Open – Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Marta Kostyuk
Marta Olehivna Kostyuk ( ; born 28 June 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 16 in singles, achieved on 17 June 2024 and No. 27 in doubles, achieved on 8 May 2023. On the WTA Tour, she has won one singles title ( 2023 ATX Open) and two doubles titles ( 2022 Slovenia Open and 2023 Birmingham Classic). Her best major singles performance is reaching the quarterfinals of the 2024 Australian Open. Early and personal life Kostyuk is the daughter of Oleh Kostyuk and his wife, Talina Beiko. Her father was the technical director of the Antey Cup, a junior tennis tournament in Kyiv; her mother was a professional tennis player who reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 391, won a $10k title in her home city of Kyiv in 1994, and represented a Ukrainian tennis team. Kostyuk is the younger sister of Mariya Kostyuk, who competed for Chicago State University and Southeast Missouri State University, and a cousin of professional foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caty McNally
Catherine "Caty" McNally (born November 20, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 54 on 22 May 2023 and her best WTA doubles ranking of No. 11 on 4 April 2022. She has won eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour, three of them with Coco Gauff, and the pair also reached the final of the 2021 US Open (tennis), 2021 US Open. She reached another major final at the 2022 US Open (tennis), 2022 US Open with Taylor Townsend. McNally has also won six doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. In singles, she has won one title on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour plus three on the ITF Circuit. She is best known for her doubles partnership with Coco Gauff, which is nicknamed "McCoco" by fans and media. As a junior, McNally won the 2018 2018 French Open, French Open doubles title, was runner-up in the 2018 French Open girls' singles, and won the 2018 US Open (tennis), US Open junior doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Davis
Lauren Davis (born October 9, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. Known for her aggressive backhand, speed, and clay-court strength, she has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 26, in May 2017. She has also won eight singles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. Early life Davis was born on 9 October 1993 in Gates Mills, Ohio. She began playing tennis at age nine. Upon turning 16, she left her hometown for training at the Evert Tennis Academy. Davis' parents both work in the medical profession. Her mother is a nurse and still resides in Gates Mills, and her father, William Davis (cardiologist), William Davis, a well known author of "Wheat Belly", is a cardiologist working in Wisconsin. Career Juniors Davis reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 as a junior. She made her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit in September 2008 at the age of 14, via wildcard at the 2008 US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Burrage
Jodie Anna Burrage (born 28 May 1999) is a British professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 85, achieved on 11 September 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 147, set on 15 January 2024. Burrage has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and one doubles title on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour, along with six titles in singles and seven in doubles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Early and personal life Burrage was born in Kingston upon Thames and grew up in Hindhead, Surrey. She was first introduced to tennis through her mother. Burrage won a scholarship to Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth, which enabled her to develop her tennis at the nearby The West Hants Club, West Hants Club. Following the completion of GCSE exams Burrage relocated to Junior Tennis Coaching (JTC) in Chiswick, London, where she was guided by former tour professionals Colin Beecher and Lucie Ahl. Career 2020–2021: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Dart
Harriet Dart (born 28 July 1996) is a British professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 70 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 59, on 14 October 2024. She reached the final of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles with Joe Salisbury. Dart has won one WTA 125 doubles title and five singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2015 Eastbourne International and entered the top 100 for the first time in March 2022. Personal life Dart was born in Hampstead, London, and attended The Royal School. She started playing tennis aged seven. Career 2018: Major debut Dart began playing at ITF events where she beat Freya Christie, Laura Pigossi, Nastja Kolar, and Conny Perrin before she reached the final of an ITF event in Germany and beat Karolína Muchová to win her first 2018 title. She reached another final in Japan but lost to Veronika Kudermetova. In Eastbourne, she wo ... [...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] |
Emina Bektas
Emina Bektas (born March 30, 1993) is an American tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 82 in singles, reached on November 6, 2023, and No. 78 in doubles, achieved on July 11, 2022. Bektas has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour along with eight titles in singles and 26 in doubles on the ITF Circuit. Career 2016–17: Major doubles debut Bektas made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2016 US Open in the mixed doubles main draw with Evan King; they fell in the first round. The following year, she teamed with Amanda Anisimova as a wildcard entry in the women's doubles at the 2017 US Open, again losing in the first round. To date, she won her biggest singles championship on ITF Circuit at the 2017 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships in Albuquerque. 2022–23: Major singles and top 100 debuts, first WTA 125 title She qualified into the main draw in her Grand Slam singles debut at the Australian Open, losing in the first round to Liudmila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
