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2024 Říčany Open
The 2024 Říčany Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2024 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Říčany, Czech Republic, between 11 and 17 March 2024. Champions Singles * Tereza Valentová def. Daria Snigur, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 Doubles * Gabriela Knutson / Tereza Valentová def. Fanny Stollár / Lulu Sun, 6–4, 3–6, 0–4 Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of 4 March 2024. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Kateřina Hajná * Lucie Havlíčková * Laura Samson * Tereza Valentová The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Suzan Lamens The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Silvia Ambrosio * Mona Barthel * Nikola Bartůňková * Katy Dunne * Talia Gibson * Amandine Hesse * Aneta Laboutková * İpek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis Court
A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match, doubles and singles matches. A variety of surfaces can be used to create a tennis court, each with its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. Dimensions The dimensions of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) governing body and are written down in the annual 'Rules of Tennis' document. The court is long. Its width is for singles matches and for doubles matches. The Service line (tennis), service line is from the net. Additional clear space around the court is needed in order for players to reach overrun balls for a total of wide and long. A net is stretched across the full width of the court, parallel with the Glossary of tennis terms#Baseline, baselines, dividing it into two equal ends. The net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinja Kraus
Sinja Kraus (born 29 April 2002) is an Austrian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 151 in singles, achieved in May 2023, and No. 303 in doubles, attained in December 2023. Juniors She reached a career-high ITF Junior Circuit, ITF juniors ranking of world No. 87, on 21 January 2019. Kraus also won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Győr. National representation She represents Austria Fed Cup team, Austria in the Billie Jean King Cup and made her debut in 2020 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone, 2020, when she partnered Melanie Klaffner in the (then Fed Cup) tie against Italy Fed Cup team, Italy, losing to Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Martina Trevisan. Career Kraus made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard entrant at the 2021 Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Singles, 2021 Linz Open, losing to Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round. As a qualifier, she defeated eighth seed Nadia Podoroska to reach the second round at the WTA 125 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İpek Öz
İpek Öz (born 8 July 1999) is a Turkish tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 163, achieved on 18 July 2022. On 13 June 2022, she peaked at No. 327 in WTA the doubles rankings. She took part in the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, and won the gold medal for Turkey in the doubles event, alongside teammate Başak Eraydın. Career 2017-2022 Öz won her first professional title in the singles event at the ITF tournament held at Manavgat, Turkey in 2017, defeating Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie from Romania in the final. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 İstanbul Cup, where she received a wildcard into the singles draw, and in the doubles main draw, partnering Melis Sezer. Partnering Başak Eraydın, she won the Gold medal in the women's doubles at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, defeating Bosnian pair Nefisa Berberović and Dea Herdželaš in the final which went to a deciding champions tiebreak. Entering as a wildc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aneta Laboutková
Aneta Laboutková (born 10 May 2000) is a Czech 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 st ... player. Laboutková has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 445, achieved on 19 December 2022, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 281, achieved on 16 June 2025. Laboutková has a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 595, achieved on 14 March 2016. Career Laboutková won her first W75 title at the 2024 Ismaning Open in the doubles draw, partnering with Aneta Kučmová. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 1 (title) Doubles: 16 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups) References External links * * 2000 births Living people Czech female tennis players Tennis players from Prague {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Hesse
Amandine Hesse (; born 16 January 1993) is a French professional tennis player. Hesse has won six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 154. On 2 May 2016, she peaked at No. 108 in the WTA doubles rankings. Playing for the France Fed Cup team, Hesse has accumulated a win–loss record of 3–1. Personal life Amandine Hesse was born in Montauban Montauban (, ; ) is a commune in the southern French department of Tarn-et-Garonne. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, and the sixth most populated of Oc ... and started playing tennis at the age of five. She is coached by father, Yannick Hesse. Her mother's name is Nicole. She has two half-sisters, Géraldine and Stéphanie. Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner–ups) Doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talia Gibson
Talia Gibson (born 18 June 2004) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a best singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 125, achieved on 11 November 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 159, attained on 28 August 2023. Career 2023: WTA and major debuts Gibson made her WTA Tour debut at the Hobart International as a wildcard entrant, losing to Tatjana Maria in the first round. She made her first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open, again as a wildcard, but lost in the first round to Clara Burel. 2024: Back to back ITF titles Gibson won back to back the ITF W75 singles titles at the Perth Tennis International, defeating Maddison Inglis in the final, and the following week at the Perth Tennis International 2, where she overcame Eri Shimizu in the championship match. 2025: First win at a major As a wildcard entrant at the Australian Open, Gibson secured her maiden major win and first against a player ranked in the WTA top-100, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katy Dunne
Katy Dunne (born 16 February 1995) is a British tennis player. Dunne has won nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. On 28 May 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 212, and in July 2018, she peaked at No. 135 in the WTA doubles rankings. Her brother, Conor Dunne, is a former professional cyclist and Irish road race national champion. Tennis career In March 2016, Dunne won a major non-ITF title at Naremburn, Sydney. As the No. 2 seed, she defeated Shérazad Reix 6–3, 6–2 to claim the $3,200 first prize at the prestigious North Shore Open. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2014 Aegon Classic, 2014 Birmingham Classic. Having defeated the tenth and second seeds in qualifying, Alizé Lim and Tímea Babos, respectively, she faced world No. 44, Camila Giorgi, in the first round, but had to retire with a hip injury after only three games of the third set. Dunne was later handed a Wild card (sports), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Bartůňková
Nikola Bartůňková (born 25 February 2006) is a Czech tennis player. Bartůňková has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 226, achieved on 8 April 2024, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 320, achieved on 14 August 2023. Professional career In April 2021, at the 2021 İstanbul Cup – Singles, 2021 İstanbul Cup, Bartůňková attempted her WTA Tour debut. She defeated world No. 152, Leonie Küng, in the first round of qualifying, before losing to Anastasia Gasanova. She made her WTA Tour debut at the same tournament one year later, after having been handed a wildcard for the main draw, losing to Anastasia Potapova. On 16 October 2023, Bartůňková won her first tour-level match when she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the first round of the 2023 Transylvania Open – Singles, 2023 Transylvania Open, before losing in three hours to Ana Bogdan in the second round. In November 2024, Bartůňková was issued with a six month competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player. On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Barthel has won four singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA 125 tournaments, WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles titles and one doubles title on the International Tennis Federation, ITF Circuit in her career. Early life Mona Barthel was born in Bad Segeberg to Wolfgang Barthel, who won the shot put event at the 1970 European Junior Athletics Championships in Paris, and Dr. Hannelore. She was raised in a tennis-playing family, and took an interest in the game at age 3. She has cited Steffi Graf as an inspiration. Barthel moved to Neumünster, where she completed her Abitur in 2009, having attended the Klaus Groth Schule. Career 2007–2010: Early career Barthel played her first ITF tournament in July 2007 in Frinton where she qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Ambrosio
Silvia Ambrosio (born 24 January 1997) is a German born Italian tennis player. Ambrosio has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 242, achieved on 11 December 2023. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 322, reached on 27 January 2025. She was born in Giessen and played for Germany since 2019. In June 2023, she became an Italian citizen. From 2015 to 2019, Ambrosio played college tennis in the United States. From 2015 to 2017, she played for the Golden Eagles of Marquette University, and from 2017 to 2019 for the Boilermakers of Purdue University. Ambrosio won her first major ITF title at the W50 in Mâcon Mâcon (), historically Anglicization, anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home t ... in the doubles draw, partnering Lena Papadakis. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzan Lamens
Suzan Lamens (born 5 July 1999) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Lamens has a best singles ranking of No. 64 by the WTA, achieved on 3 March 2025. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 183, attained on 22 May 2023. Lamens is the current No. 1 Dutch singles player. Career 2021–2022: WTA Tour debut Lamens won her first $60k title at the 2021 Amstelveen Open, in the doubles draw, partnering Quirine Lemoine. She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Copa Colsanitas, defeating seventh seed Astra Sharma to reach the second round, where she lost to Irina Bara in three sets. 2024: First career title, top 100 In April, she defeated Jelena Ostapenko in the BJK Group I for her first top 10 win, outside the WTA Tour. Following her maiden WTA 125 title at the 2024 Oeiras Ladies Open, which she won as an unseeded player, she made her top 150 debut at No. 134, on 22 April 2024. Ranked No. 140, she received a wildcard for the Rosmalen Open and defeated Bernarda Pera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Samson
Laura Samson (formerly known as Laura Samsonová; born 10 March 2008) is a Czech professional tennis player. She won the girls' doubles title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships and was a runner-up in girls' singles at the 2024 French Open. Personal info In 2024, she changed her surname to the gender neutral form to be distinguished from another WTA Tour tennis player, Russian Liudmila Samsonova, with whom she shared the same abbreviated name (L. Samsonova). Career Juniors A member of TK Sparta Prague, Samson won her first junior title as a 13-year-old at a J5 event in Prostějov in an October 2021, without dropping a set. It was her first junior-level event. She then won her second J5 event in November 2021 in Silla-Saledar in Spain, and reached the final in her third, in Montemar. In July 2023, she won the Wimbledon girls' doubles title with compatriot Alena Kovačková. In the final, they faced Hannah Klugman and Isabelle Lacy of Great Britain, winning in straight sets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
