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2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour (January–March)
The 2023 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour is the 2023 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 in six categories with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $100,000. Key Month January February March References External links International Tennis Federation (ITF) {{DEFAULTSORT:ITF Women's World Tennis Tour 4 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Anastasia Tikhonova (tennis)
Anastasia Vadimovna Tikhonova (; born 21 January 2001) is a Russian tennis player. Tikhonova has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 151 in singles and No. 104 in doubles. She has won one doubles title on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour along with five titles in singles and seventeen in doubles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. Career Tikhonova made her main-draw debut on WTA Tour at the 2019 Baltic Open, having been handed a wildcard for the doubles competition, partnering Veronika Pepelyaeva. Her singles WTA Tour debut came at the 2022 Libéma Open – Women's singles, 2022 Rosmalen Championships. Partnering with Jodie Burrage, Tikhonova won the doubles title at the W100 2024 Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open – Doubles, 2024 Caldas da Rainha Ladies Open in Portugal, defeating third seeds Francisca Jorge and Matilde Jorge in straight sets in the final. Performance timeline Singles ''Current through the 2024 Branik Maribor Open.'' WTA Challeng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroko Kuwata
Hiroko Kuwata (; born 18 December 1990) is a Japanese tennis player. Kuwata has won seven singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 150. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 112 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career Kuwata made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Washington Open, having entered the qualifying tournament and defeating Sanaz Marand and Stéphanie Dubois for a spot in the main draw. She was thereby pitted against world No. 45, Alison Riske, and defeated the American in straight sets, losing five games in the process. It was Kuwata's first main-draw win at the WTA Tour-level. She also competed in the doubles event, partnering with Kurumi Nara to defeat Nicola Slater and Emily Webley-Smith in the first round. The Japanese advanced to the final of the event, losing to Shuko Aoyama is a Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. Aoyama turned professional afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Yexin
Ma Yexin ( zh, s=马烨欣, p=MÇŽ yèxÄ«n) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 177 by the WTA, reached on 6 May 2024, and a doubles ranking of world No. 187, achieved on 3 April 2023. Career In 2020, Ma won two tournaments in Antalya, Turkey, with Kazakh partner Zhibek Kulambayeva in doubles. Ma won her first $40k title in January 2023 at Nonthaburi, Thailand in the doubles draw, partnering Liang En-shuo. The following week, they won another $40k title at Nonthaburi, beating Lee Pei-chi from Taiwan and Indonesian Jessy Rompies in the final. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a qualifier at the 2023 Jiangxi Open, losing in the first round to Camila Osorio. Ma received a wildcard for the main draw of the WTA 1000 2024 China Open but lost to Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round in three sets. Early life Ma Yexin was born in Foshan, China on 10 June 1999. From the age of four to twelve years old, she was coached by her father, Ma Dean (é ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
