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Angelika Rösch
Angelika Rösch (born 8 June 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She reached her career-high ranking in singles of No. 69 in the world on 24 February 2003, and retired from tennis in 2010. Rösch turned professional in 1996 and spent several years in mostly ITF Women's Circuit events before enjoying her best year in 2002, reaching the top 100 and making her Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon. She also won against Elena Dementieva three times during that season, with Dementieva being ranked in the top 20 in all three of the meetings. She went on to play in all four Grand Slams during 2003 but failed to advance past the first round in any of them. WTA career finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ITF finals Singles (5–5) Doubles (6–7) External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosch, Angelika 1977 births Living people German female tennis players Tennis players from Berlin Sportspeople from East Berlin 20th-century German women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Berlin
East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French sectors were known as West Berlin. From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989, East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. The Western Allied powers did not recognize East Berlin as the GDR's capital, nor the GDR's authority to govern East Berlin. For most of its administrative existence, East Berlin was officially known as Berlin, capital of the GDR () by the GDR government. On 3 October 1990, the day Germany was officially German reunification, reunified, East and West Berlin formally reunited as the city of Berlin. Overview With the London Protocol (1944), London Protocol of 1944 signed on 12 September 1944, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union decided to divide Nazi Germany, Germany into three occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan (; Gascon dialect, Occitan: ''Lo Mont de Marçan'') is a communes of France, commune and capital of the Landes (department), Landes Departments of France, department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Population Military installations The French Air and Space Force operates the ''Constantin Rozanoff'' Mont-de-Marsan Air Base about 2 kilometres north of the town. The base includes CEAM (the French air force military experimentation and trials organisation), an air defense radar command reporting centre and an air defence control training site. Mont-de-Marsan Air Base was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage IVA. Sights * The Donjon Lacataye is the keep of a 14th-century castle * Despiau-Wlérick Museum (1930s sculpture by two local artists) * Dubalen Museum * Maréchal Foch's equestrian statue Culture Stade Montois Club Omnisports is the city's main sports club: Stade Montois, Stade Montoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milena Nekvapilová
Milena Nekvapilová (born 9 May 1977) is a Czech former tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 214 in singles, achieved on 17 November 1997, and 146 in doubles, set on 22 February 1999. Nekvapilová won four singles titles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in the doubles event of the 1999 Belgian Open partnering 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, .... Nekvapilová retired from professional tennis in 2009. ITF finals Singles: 8 (4–4) Doubles: 41 (21–20) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nekvapilova, Milena 1977 births Living people Czech female tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahlscheid
Lohmar (; Ripuarian: ''Luhme'') is a municipality and a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Lohmar is located about 20 km east of Cologne and 15 km north-east of Bonn in the Bergisches Land area. Because it is only 20 minutes by car to Cologne or Bonn, Lohmar is a popular place for commuters. The municipality of Lohmar is divided into two parts: Lohmar itself and Wahlscheid 7 km to the north. About a third of the total population lives in Wahlscheid (a separate municipality until 1969). In total Lohmar comprises 30 districts. The most important are Lohmar itself (est. population approx. 9500)Donrath(2200), Heide (2100) and Birk (1400) in the south, as well as Wahlscheid (3200), Neuhonrath (2000), Honrath (1500) and Agger (1000) in the north. Lohmar, Donrath, Wahlscheid, Neuhonrath and Agger are located in the Agger valley, the other villages in the uplands. History Lohmar was first mentioned as a donation of archbishop S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Mervana Jugić-Salkić (born 14 May 1980) is a Bosnian former top 100 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. She turned professional in 1999, and reached her highest singles ranking on 21 June 2004, when she was ranked world No. 99. On 10 July 2006, Jugić-Salkić reached world No. 59 in doubles, after winning the Auckland Open in 2004 with Jelena Kostanić, and Internazionali di Modena in 2005 with Yuliya Beygelzimer. She also won 15 singles and 43 doubles events on the ITF Circuit. In her career, she defeated players such as Yan Zi, Victoria Azarenka, Bethanie Mattek, Sania Mirza, Anabel Medina Garrigues, Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sybille Bammer. Personal life Jugić-Salkić was born to Hidajet and Hašiha Jugić. She began playing tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lecce
Lecce (; ) is a city in southern Italy and capital of the province of Lecce. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula, and is over two thousand years old. Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is nicknamed "The Florence of the South". "Lecce stone"—a particular kind of limestone—is one of the city's main exports, because it is very soft and workable, and thus suitable for sculptures. Lecce is also an important agricultural centre, chiefly for its olive oil and wine production, as well as an industrial centre specializing in ceramics. Lecce is home to the University of Salento. History According to legend, a city called ''Sybar'' existed at the time of the Trojan War, founded by the Messapii. It was conquered by the Romans in the 3rd century BC, receiving the new name of ''Lupiae''. Under the emperor Hadrian (2nd century AD) the city was moved to the northeast, taking the name of Licea or Litium. Lecce had a theater and an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darya Kustova
Darya Kustova (; ; born 29 May 1986) is a Belarusian former tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 117 in singles, which she reached in January 2010, and 66 in doubles, attained in July 2008. Kustova won one doubles title on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ..., partnering Mariya Koryttseva, as well as seven singles and 29 doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. Playing for Belarus Fed Cup team, she has accumulated a win–loss record of 11–4. Kustova retired from tour tennis before the 2013 season. WTA career finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (7–1) Doubles: 56 (29–27) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kustova, Darya 1986 births Living people Belarusian female tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grado, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Grado (; ; ; ) is a town and (municipality) of 8,064 residents in the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located on an island and adjacent peninsula of the Adriatic Sea between Venice and Trieste. The territory of the municipality of Grado extends between the mouth of the Isonzo and the Adriatic Sea and the Grado Lagoon, and covers an area of about 90 square kilometers between Porto Buso and Fossalon. Characteristic of the lagoon is the presence of the , which are simple houses with thatched roof used in the past by the fishermen of Grado, who remained in the lagoon for a long time, returning to the island of Grado only during the colder period of the year. Once mainly a fishing centre, today it is a popular tourist destination, known commonly as ("The Island of the Sun"). It is also famous because it is a spa town; from 1873 a maritime hospice for children called Ospizio Marino wanted by the doctor Giu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulia Gabba
Giulia Gabba (born 20 February 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. Career Gabba, a right-handed player, was born in the northwest Italian town of Casale Monferrato. Her junior career included a win over Victoria Azarenka, at a tournament in Santa Croce, Italy. All of her main-draw appearances on the WTA Tour were in doubles, most notably at Palermo in 2006, where she and Alice Canepa made it through to the final. The pair, who were featuring in the draw as qualifiers, were beaten in the final by Janette Husárová and Michaëlla Krajicek. Her regular doubles partner on the WTA Tour was Sara Errani. As a singles player, she had wins over both Barbora Strýcová and Kirsten Flipkens at the $75k Ortisei tournament in 2007. Later in the year she defeated Alizé Cornet en route to the quarterfinals of the $100k Tiro A Volo ITF event, after which she broke into the top 200 in the WTA rankings. She won a total of eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bari
Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and university city as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. The city itself has a population of 315,473 inhabitants, and an area of over , while the urban area has 750,000 inhabitants. Its Metropolitan City of Bari, metropolitan province has 1.2 million inhabitants. Bari is made up of four different urban sections. To the north is the closely built old town on the peninsula between two modern harbours, with the Basilica di San Nicola, Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San Sabino (1035–1171) and the Castello Normanno-Svevo (Bari), Norman-Swabian Castle, which is now also a major nightlife district. To the south is the Murat quarter (erected by Joachim Murat), the modern heart of the city, which is laid out on a rectangular grid-plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player. As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2009, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual. Like many of her Spanish compatriots, she was a clay-court specialist who grinds to win most of her rallies. However, unlike most of her fellow Spaniards, she preferred to play on hardcourts. She won the WTA tournament in Strasbourg, beating Katarina Srebotnik in the final in May 2008, thus defending the title she won the previous year against Amélie Mauresmo. Her other singles titles came at Palermo in 2011, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001, at Canberra in 2006, Strasbourg in 2005 and Fès in 2009. After retirement from singles tennis (she continues playing doubles) at the end of the 2014 season, Medina Garrigues became a professional coach, gaining success while working for Jeļena Ostape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girona
Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the population of the Girona–Salt urban area is estimated to be about 156,400 (2020). Girona is also capital of the ''comarca'' of the Gironès and the vegueria of Girona. Since much of the old quarter of this ancient city has been preserved, Girona is a popular tourist destination. The city is located northeast of Barcelona. History The first historical inhabitants in the region were Iberians; Girona is the ancient Gerunda, a city of the Ausetani. Later, the Romans built a citadel there, which was given the name of ''Gerunda''. The Visigoths ruled in Girona until it was conquered by the Moors in 715. Charlemagne reconquered it in 785 and made it one of the fourteen original counties of Catalonia. It was sacked by the Moors in 827, 842 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
