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Alena Paulenková
Alena Paulenková (born 5 January 1979) is a Slovakian former professional tennis player. Born in Zvolen, Paulenková reached a best singles ranking of 392 in the world during her career and won two ITF titles, both in 1997. Paulenková made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in the doubles at the 1999 Eurotel Slovak Indoor, 1999 Slovak Indoor, where she and partner Radka Zrubáková were beaten in the first round by eventual champions, Kim Clijsters and Laurence Courtois. She featured in the doubles at WTA Bratislava, Bratislava again in the 2000 edition, as a main-draw qualifier, partnering Martina Suchá. ITF finals Singles: 2 (2–0) Doubles: 11 (3–8) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paulenková, Alena 1979 births Living people Slovak female tennis players Sportspeople from Zvolen 20th-century Slovak women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvolen
Zvolen (; ; ) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers. It is famous for several historical and cultural attractions. It is surrounded by Poľana mountain from the East, by Kremnické vrchy from the West and by Javorie and Štiavnické vrchy from the South. The population numbers approximately 40,000, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in Slovakia by population, thirteenth by size. It is the center of the Podpoľanie historical region and the seat of a county ( Zvolen District). It is also an important transportation hub in Slovakia, being one of the four central train stations in Slovakia (others are Bratislava, Košice and Žilina). Etymology The name is of Slovak (Slavic) origin meaning "the chosen one, splendid, excellent". The Hungarian ' and the German ' were derived from the Latinized form ' (earliest mention 1135). An adjective "Old" (, , ) distinguish Zvolen from Banská Bystrica (). History Zvolen has been inh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Prazeres
Sofia Prazeres (born 19 June 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Portugal. Biography Born in Porto, Prazeres started playing tennis at the age of seven. Prazeres debuted on the WTA Tour as a 16 year old at the 1990 Estoril Open, featuring in both the singles and doubles draws. In 1991, she began representing Portugal in Fed Cup competition and went on to become the most capped player in the team's history, with 30 wins from 49 matches. She made main draw appearances in singles at the 1995 Moscow Ladies Open and the 1997 Styrian Open. After making it to the final round of qualifying at the 1997 French Open, she reached her highest singles ranking of 152 in the world. This was the highest rank attained by a female player from Portugal until surpassed by Frederica Piedade. She retired in 1998, soon after winning Portugal's national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Mens
Jolanda Mens (born 4 February 1978) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Mens, a right-handed player from Leiden, spent most time of her career on the ITF Circuit. She won two ITF singles titles, including one at a $25k tournament in Campos do Jordão Campos do Jordão () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in southeastern Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 52,405 (2020 est.) in an area of . The city is situated above .... As a doubles player, she claimed 14 ITF titles and featured in the main draw of three WTA Tour tournaments, in Den Bosch, Waikoloa (Hawaii) and Québec in 2002. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 36 (14 titles, 22 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mens, Jolanda 1978 births Living people Dutch female tennis players Sportspeople from Leiden Tennis players from South Holland 20th-century Dutch women 21st-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Macurová
Jana Macurová (born 14 October 1978) is a former professional 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. Macurová reached a record singles ranking high of world no. 276 and even ranked World No. 200 in doubles during her playing career. She won 21 different ITF titles. ITF Circuit finals Singles (6–9) Doubles (15–15) References * * 1978 births Living people Czech female tennis players {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Šebová
Andrea Hradecká Šebová (born 4 September 1980) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Partizánske, Šebová was ranked as high as five in the world as a junior. Šebová spent most of her professional career on the ITF Women's Circuit, ITF Circuit and won eight titles, three in singles and five in doubles. She made her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance at the 1999 Eurotel Slovak Indoor where she and Stanislava Hrozenská qualified for the doubles. At the 1999 Summer Universiade in Mallorca, she won bronze medals in both the women's singles and doubles events. Šebová, who left professional tennis in 2001, was married in 2004 to Radoslav Hradecký. ITF finals Singles (3–1) Doubles (5–7) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sebova, Andrea 1980 births Living people Slovak female tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Slovakia Sportspeople from Parti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Šromová
Hana Šromová (born 10 April 1978 in Kopřivnice) is a Czech former tennis player. Šromová won eight singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit 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 ... in her career. On 19 June 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 87. On 24 July 2006, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings. Personal Šromová was coached by Lubomír Gerla for the last six years. Her father, Jiří Šrom, is a construction technician; her mother Hana is a kindergarten teacher; she has one brother, Jiří. Šromová started playing tennis at age seven, introduced to the sport by her parents, who both played tennis. Favorite surface is indoor hardcourts; biggest weapon is forehand. Most memorable experience was traveling to India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Vymetálková
Olga Vymetálková (née Blahotová; born 24 January 1976) is a Czech former tennis player. She won six singles and 40 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit 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 ... during her career. On 20 March 2006, Vymetálková reached her best singles ranking of world No. 143. On 13 September 2004, she peaked at No 82 in the WTA doubles rankings. Vymetálková retired from professional tennis 2012. WTA career finals Doubles: 2 (runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 16 (6–10) Doubles: 73 (40–33) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vymetalkova, Olga 1976 births Living people Czech female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Chmelinová
Gabriela Chmelinová (née Navrátilová; born 2 June 1976) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, Chmelinová won six singles titles and 55 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 23 June 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 258. On 25 July 2005, she peaked at No. 55 in the doubles rankings. Until 2003, Navrátilová played mainly on the ITF Women's Circuit in Europe, garnering over 60 titles. From 2004, she began to play exclusively in doubles and became a more active participant on the WTA Tour. She reached six finals and the semifinals of the 2005 Australian Open, partnering with Michaela Paštiková. She announced her retirement in November 2008. In November 2014, in a comeback in an ITF tournament in Poland, she reached the final, partnered with Karolína Muchová. In 2016, Chmelinová retired again and finally from professional tour. She is related to Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova (, ; ; born October18, 1956) is a Czech-America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Zděnovcová
Magdalena Zděnovcová (born 17 May 1978) is a former Czech tennis player. Zděnovcová, who won a total of eleven ITF Women's Circuit, ITF tournaments in her career, reached a singles ranking high of world No. 195 in September 2003. ITF finals Singles (3–10) Doubles (8–9) External links * * 1978 births Living people Czech female tennis players {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joelle Schad
Joelle Schad (born 13 March 1973) is a former Dominican female tennis player. Playing for Dominican Republic at the Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ..., Schad has accumulated a win–loss record of 38–21. ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (4–6) Doubles: 15 (10-5) References External links * * 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Santo Domingo Dominican Republic female tennis players Tennis players at the 1991 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games silver medalists in tennis Pan American Games bronze medalists in tennis Pan American Games bronze medalists for the Dominican Republic Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Falcó
Melody Falcó Díaz (born 18 July 1975) is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Falcó, who won seven ITF doubles titles, represented Mexico at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games in Maracaibo, where she earned two silver medals. She played collegiate tennis for the University of Texas. Between 1998 and 2000 she was a member of the Mexico Fed Cup team. In her debut year she featured primarily in doubles, winning all six of her matches partnering Paola Palencia. She didn't play for Mexico in 1999, then in 2000 returned to the side and appeared in the first singles rubber in each of her four ties, which included a win over Colombia's Catalina Castaño. Her doubles partners in 2000 were Jessica Fernández and Erika Valdés Erika Leticia Valdés Samaniego (born 20 July 1983) is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Biography A right-handed player from Mexico City, Valdés represented the Mexico Fed Cup team from 1999 to 2002, playing in a total of seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adria Engel
Adria Engel Raines (born December 21, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player. Born in Chicago, Engel is of Czech heritage through both of her parents, who were noted sportspeople in their native Czechoslovakia. Her mother played tennis and trained with Věra Suková, while her father was a professional soccer player. She also has an elder brother, Marty, who played some professional tennis. Engel was a member of the Arizona State Sun Devils (ASU) varsity tennis team and amassed an ASU record 132 career-singles wins. In 2001, as a sophomore, she became the first player from ASU to claim a Pac-10 The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level for all sports, and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl ... singles title. ITF finals Singles: 6 (2–4) Doubles: 9 (3–6) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
