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2023 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Markéta Vondroušová defeated Ons Jabeur in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first major title, and her first title overall in six years. Vondroušová was the first unseeded woman to win the Wimbledon title, the first to contest the final since Billie Jean King in 1963, and at world No. 42 was the lowest-ranked champion since the WTA rankings were established in 1975. By winning the title, Vondroušová made her debut in the top ten of the WTA rankings. Elena Rybakina was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jabeur in a rematch of the previous year's final. Her loss guaranteed a first-time Wimbledon champion. Iga Świątek and Aryna Sabalenka were in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking. Świątek retained the No. 1 ranking after Sabalenka lost in the semifinals. Elina Svitolina was the first wildcard to reach the semifinals since Sabine Lisicki Sabine Katha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markéta Vondroušová
Markéta Vondroušová (; born 28 June 1999) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 6 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Vondroušová has won two singles titles, including the 2023 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2023 Wimbledon Championships, the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon women's singles title. She was also runner-up at the 2019 French Open – Women's singles, 2019 French Open as a teenager, and claimed a silver medal at the Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Vondroušová is a former junior world No. 1, having won two major doubles titles. She had a quick breakthrough on the WTA Tour, winning the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne at age 17 in just her second career WTA Tour singles event. This helped her reach the top 100 of the WTA rankings before turning 18. Vondroušová struggled with injuries early in her career, most notably missing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iga Świątek
Iga Natalia Świątek (; born 31 May 2001) is a Polish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women’s singles by the Women's Tennis Association, Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for 125 total weeks. Świątek has won 22 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including five Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles: four at the French Open and one at the US Open (tennis), US Open. She has also won the 2023 WTA Finals – Singles, 2023 WTA Finals and ten WTA 1000 titles. Świątek is the first Pole to win a major singles title. As a junior, Świątek was the 2018 French Open – Girls' doubles, 2018 French Open girls' doubles champion alongside Caty McNally and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2018 Wimbledon girls' singles champion. She began playing regularly on the WTA Tour in 2019, and entered the top 50 at 18 years old after her first Tour final and a fourth-round appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka defeated Zheng Qinwen in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 Australian Open. It was her second Australian Open title and second major singles title overall. Sabalenka did not lose a set during the tournament, and lost only 31 games in total. She was the first player to defend the title since Victoria Azarenka in 2013. Dayana Yastremska was the first qualifier to reach the Australian Open semifinals since Christine Matison in 1978, and the third Ukrainian (male or female) to reach a major semifinal, after Elina Svitolina and Andrei Medvedev. Zheng became the second Chinese to reach a major singles final, after Li Na, and the second player in the Open Era to beat six unseeded players en route to the final after Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1995, and the third player to do so at any major (after Sánchez Vicario and Martina Hingis at 1996 and 1997 Wimbledon, respectively, with the 16-seeds draw still in p ... [...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] |
Lesia Tsurenko
Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian inactive professional tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and eight doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 February 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 28 May 2018, she peaked at No. 115 in the WTA doubles rankings. Career 2013: Australian Open 3rd round & top 60 In 2013, Tsurenko reached the semifinals of the WTA Premier Brisbane International tournament, after entering the draw as a lucky loser replacing Maria Sharapova; she defeated Jarmila Gajdošová and Daniela Hantuchová before losing in three sets to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Having qualified for the main draw of the Australian Open, she again faced Pavlyuchenkova, the 24th seed. This time, Tsurenko won in three sets. She then beat fellow qualifier Daria Gavrilova in the second round, but lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the third. She continued her good run of form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved October 2022, and in doubles of world No. 1, set on 11 September 2023. Pegula reached the singles finals of the 2024 US Open and the 2023 WTA Finals. In doubles, she reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering with Coco Gauff, and the mixed doubles final of the 2023 US Open with Austin Krajicek. Pegula has won eight singles titles and seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including three WTA 1000 titles in singles and two in doubles. She is also a seven-time major singles quarterfinalist, having reached this stage at all four majors: thrice at the Australian Open (2021–2023), twice at the US Open (2022, 2024), and once each at the French Open (2022) and Wimbledon (2023). In 2023, Pegula led the United States team to victory in the inaugural United Cup. Early life Pegula was born February 24, 1994 in Buffalo, New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 French Open – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defeated defending champion Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2013 French Open. It was her second French Open singles title, 16th major singles title overall, and she completed the double career Grand Slam in singles with the win. Williams was the oldest woman to win the French Open (a record she later surpassed in 2015) and set a record for the longest gap between successive French Open titles (her last being in 2002). With the win, Williams extended her winning streak to 31 matches (dating back to the Miami Open), going undefeated for the 2013 clay court season. The final marked the first time the top two seeds contested the French Open final since 1995, and the first time overall at a major since the 2004 Australian Open. This tournament marked the major main-draw debut of future Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig; she lost to Carla Suárez Navarro in the third round. Seeds Qualifying Draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Serena Williams defeated the two-time defending champion, her sister Venus Williams, in a rematch of the previous year's final, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. It was her third Wimbledon singles title and eleventh major singles title overall. It was the third time she won a major after saving a match point, which occurred in the semifinals against Elena Dementieva. Venus Williams was attempting to become the first player to win the tournament three consecutive times since Steffi Graf in 1991, 1992 and 1993. This edition of the tournament saw the top four seeds all reach the semifinals, the most recent occurrence of this happened at a major (as of 2024). The match between Serena Williams and Dementieva was the longest women's semifinal at Wimbledon in the Open Era, lasting two hours and 49 minutes, before being surpassed in 2024 by the semifinal between Jasmine Paolini and Donna Vekić. Seeds Dinara Safina ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Era
The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules. Most rules of (lawn) tennis derive from this precursor and it is reasonable to see both sports as variations of the same game. Most historians believe that tennis originated in the monastic cloisters in northern France in the 12th century, but the ball was then struck with the palm of the hand, hence the name jeu de paume (). It was not until the 16th century that Racket (sports equipment), rackets came into use and the game began to be called 'tennis'. It was popular in the Kingdom of France as well as in England, where Henry VIII of England was a notable enthusiast of the game, which is now referred to as 'real tennis'. Many original tennis courts remain, including courts at Oxford, Cambridge, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I (newspaper)
''The i Paper'', known as ''i'' until December 2024, is a British national newspaper published in London by Daily Mail and General Trust and distributed across the United Kingdom. It is aimed at "readers and lapsed readers" of all ages and commuters with limited time, and was originally launched in 2010 as a sister paper to ''The Independent''. The ''i'' was later acquired by Johnston Press in 2016 after ''The Independent'' shifted to a digital-only model. The ''i'' came under the control of JPIMedia a day after Johnston Press filed for administration on 16 November 2018. The paper and its website were bought by the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) on 29 November 2019, for £49.6 million. On 6 December 2019 the Competition and Markets Authority served an initial enforcement order on DMGT and DMG Media, DMG Media Limited, requiring the paper to be run separately pending investigation. The paper is classified as a "Quality press, quality" in the UK market but is published i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Petra Kvitová defeated Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first major title. Kvitová was the first player (men's or women's) born in the 1990s to win a major, the first Czech to win the title since Jana Novotná in 1998, and the first left-hander to win the title since Martina Navratilova in 1990. Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but was defeated in the fourth round by Marion Bartoli. With the loss of Venus Williams in the fourth round, it guaranteed a first-time major finalist from the bottom half of the draw. For the first time since 1913, all eight quarterfinalists came from Europe. This also marked the first Wimbledon main draw appearance of future champion Simona Halep, who lost in the second round to Serena Williams (incidentally, Halep would defeat Serena Williams to claim her Wimbledon title). Seeds Caroline Wozniacki ''(fourth round)'' Vera Zvonareva '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Lisicki
Sabine Katharina Lisicki (; born 22 September 1989) is a German inactive professional tennis player. Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Wimbledon Championships, and also won her first title on the WTA Tour, at the 2009 Family Circle Cup, Family Circle Cup. In March 2010, she suffered an ankle injury at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open – Women's singles, Indian Wells Open that kept her out of competition for five months and saw her fall out of the top 200. Lisicki rebounded in 2011 and won the 2011 Aegon Classic – Singles, Birmingham Classic, before entering the 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Wimbledon Championships as a Wild card (sports), wildcard and going on to reach the semifinals, where she lost to Maria Sharapova. In doing so she became only the second woman in Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon history to make it to the semifinals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
